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Post by strikeleo on Dec 1, 2010 11:30:54 GMT -5
I wish Adele had performed one of her songs, that would've been great. Imagine Adele singing Back To December?
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Post by maria4hitz on Dec 1, 2010 13:49:12 GMT -5
The “Black Friday” sales numbers are in and it finds the #1 country star of the moment, Taylor Swift, returning into the Top 5 of the Nielsen SoundScan Hot 200 Albums chart behind new albums from her ‘nemesis’ Kanye West, female rapper Nicki Manaj and the sophomore album from Susan Boyle, who competed with Taylor last year for the #1 selling album of 2009 (Taylor’s Fearless won that battle). Speak Now sold over 240,000 copies last week with a total sales number near 2 million copies sold. 9 4 Taylor Swift Speak Now 240,530 1,965,107 61 56 Taylor Swift Fearless 19,915 6,103,889 www.roughstock.com/blog/taylor-swift-s-back-to-1-with-speak-now
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Post by slayZ on Dec 1, 2010 16:30:48 GMT -5
YES! I knew those predictions were a little too low. And Susan Boyle really needs to sit down. WHO the hell is buying her album? I don't understand. Anyways, Taylor is on the cover of Us Weekly with Jake. They look really happy together.
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Post by Taylor. on Dec 1, 2010 18:29:35 GMT -5
Taylor's performing Back To December on Ellen tomorrow. Not sure if they're just airing the unaired one from last time or if it's new.
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Post by slayZ on Dec 1, 2010 18:39:51 GMT -5
Pretty sure they're just re-airing the first performance. I don't think she'd go on the same show to perform the same song twice. On that note though, does she have any more promotion coming soon? It kinda sucks that Carrie Underwood gets to do a medley of her songs at the CMT special and Taylor isn't singing. It would have been the perfect opportunity to promote her single.
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Post by Kyla on Dec 1, 2010 19:43:56 GMT -5
Pretty sure they're just re-airing the first performance. I don't think she'd go on the same show to perform the same song twice. On that note though, does she have any more promotion coming soon? It kinda sucks that Carrie Underwood gets to do a medley of her songs at the CMT special and Taylor isn't singing. It would have been the perfect opportunity to promote her single. Definitely think it's from her last appearance. Especially since she was in Nashville today. I love that Maroon 5 performed her song. We see her sing her own songs all the time. I'd be disappointed if I was a Carrie fan. Since she just sang herself. Didn't have any other artist 'honor' her or perform with her. Which I thought was kinda the point.
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Post by slayZ on Dec 1, 2010 20:04:50 GMT -5
Well yeah but I figured she'd still perform. I think Lady Antebellum performed too, didn't they?
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Post by strikeleo on Dec 1, 2010 20:07:16 GMT -5
No, I believe LA didn't perform! and yes, I feel the same way, we hear her singing all the time, it's nice to get someone singing her songs
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Post by Nadia on Dec 2, 2010 2:12:24 GMT -5
No grammy love for Taylegend :(
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Post by Joe1240 on Dec 2, 2010 2:16:20 GMT -5
Yeah very disapointing grammy nominations this year.Taylor should of been nominated for "Mine".
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Post by slayZ on Dec 2, 2010 2:27:00 GMT -5
Mine wasn't eligible for a nomination. The only song eligible for a Grammy nomination was "Today Was A Fairytale." She's probably not even attending the show, I think she'll be in Japan then.
She'll be eligible next year though. :)
BTW. Her team needs to HURRY UP and release the video for Back To December before the Holidays are here.
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Post by Joe1240 on Dec 2, 2010 2:31:38 GMT -5
I throught "Mine" was submited for the Grammy Nominations. Taylor got mentioned in the Yahoo article for Grammy Nominations- Key hits that were passed over for Record of the Year include "California Gurls" by Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg, "Airplanes II" by B.o.B featuring Eminem and Hayley Williams, Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance," Bruno Mars' "Just The Way You Are" and Taylor Swift's "Mine."awards.music.yahoo.com/blog/42-eminem-lady-a-lead-grammy-noms
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Post by Joe1240 on Dec 2, 2010 10:52:42 GMT -5
Taylor is EW's Entertainer Of The Year!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by maria4hitz on Dec 2, 2010 11:36:29 GMT -5
YES! I knew those predictions were a little too low. And Susan Boyle really needs to sit down. WHO the hell is buying her album? I don't understand. Anyways, Taylor is on the cover of Us Weekly with Jake. They look really happy together. Thanks for posting. They look so cute!!!!!!
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Post by maria4hitz on Dec 2, 2010 11:39:20 GMT -5
Taken from the Top selling digital singles thread :)
10 LOVE STORY TAYLOR SWIFT 4,720,726 10/16/2010 47 YOU BELONG WITH ME TAYLOR SWIFT 3,430,994 10/16/2010
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Post by Taylor. on Dec 2, 2010 12:47:17 GMT -5
Taylor Swift kicked off 2010 with a No. 2 single debut (“Today Was a Fairytale”), a hit movie (Valentine’s Day), and four Grammy wins, including Album of the Year. She then spent months headlining arena concerts and big-ticket awards shows. But there was one achievement — the Oct. 25 release of her third record, Speak Now — that topped everything. Buoyed by strong reviews and the radio-friendly hit “Mine,” Speak amassed a jaw-dropping 1,047,000 units in first-week sales, the highest tally for any release in five years. For all that, the confidently sweet 20-year-old who was only 2 months old when Entertainment Weekly launched in 1990 is now our youngest-ever Entertainer of the Year. In our interview, Swift talks about all the speculation surrounding the subjects of the songs on Speak Now, understood to include ex-boyfriends Taylor Lautner, Joe Jonas, and John Mayer. “Sometimes I would laugh because I would see it in print and it would say, ‘This song, which is written about her ex, so-and-so…’ And they would write about it as if it was fact. The fact is, I haven’t ever confirmed that any song is about any particular person. There’s something kind of freeing about that. As far as I’m concerned, it’s all still up in the air.” She also explains how she decided to perform her song “Innocent,” which sure seems to be about Kanye West, at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. “I had decided that I didn’t want to perform on the show. Or even go. Then I woke up in the middle of the night and I realized that I had to, and that I wanted to perform that song.” For more with Taylor Swift and our 14 other entertainers of the year — including James Franco, Jon Hamm, and Katy Perry — pick up the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, on stands Friday, December 3. popwatch.ew.com/2010/12/02/taylor-swift-entertainer-of-the-year/
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Post by fridayteenage on Dec 2, 2010 17:52:25 GMT -5
Now only 3 SN songs are above You Belong with Me. The third is Mean; I wonder why that instead of, say, Sparks or Revenge.
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Post by maria4hitz on Dec 3, 2010 7:24:12 GMT -5
Obviously Mean needs to be released to country at some point.
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Post by Nadia on Dec 3, 2010 7:25:18 GMT -5
Taylor is EW's Entertainer Of The Year!!!!!!!!!!! Yesss She looked stunning
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Dec 3, 2010 12:50:30 GMT -5
How many amazing years in a row is Taylor gonna have? Every year her star grows exponentially.
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Post by fullonrainstorm on Dec 3, 2010 12:51:42 GMT -5
Taylor is EW's Entertainer Of The Year!!!!!!!!!!! FULL ARTICLE(Thanks to Liatush at t-swift.com) New York, N.Y. – Taylor Swift takes the top spot on our list. From an Album of the Year Grammy to the megahit Speak Now, our Entertainer of the Year earned a career’s worth of commercial and critical success—in just 12 short months. 2010 will go down in history as the year we all saw Taylor Swift differently. The 20 year-old kicked things off with a No. 2 single debut (“Today Was a Fairytale”), a hit movie (Valentine’s Day), and four Grammy wins, including Album of the Year for her 2008 CD, Fearless. She spent months headlining arena concerts and big-ticket awards shows. But there was one achievement—the Oct. 25 release of her third record, Speak Now—that topped everything. Buoyed by strong reviews and the radio-friendly hit “Mine,” Speak amassed a jaw-dropping 1,047,000 units in first-week sales, the highest tally for any release in five years. For all that, the confidently sweet woman who was only 2 months old when Entertainment Weekly launched in 1990 is now our youngest-ever Entertainer of the Year. Most impressively, Swift single-handedly wrote all 14 songs on Speak Now—which makes sense considering how astonishingly personal each track is. Though she hasn’t confirmed the identities of any of her subjects, she’s widely believed to be singing about exes Taylor Lautner (“Back to December”), Joe Jonas (“Last Kiss”), and John Mayer (“Dear John”), as well as her MTV VMA spotlight thief Kanye West (“Innocent”), actress and romantic rival Camilla Belle (“Better Than Revenge”), and influential music blogger Bob Lefsetz (“Mean”). Over a late breakfast in Beverly Hills, Swift talked with EW about her record-setting sales and controversial lyrics—and even said a few words about Kanye West and her new boyfriend, Jake Gyllenhaal. Entertainment Weekly: Before Speak Now was released, were you nervous about it selling? Taylor Swift: It was an emotional roller coaster leading up to releasing that record. I tend to live somewhere between hope and fear. I’ve never wavered so much in my life than I did in the weeks leading up to the record release. EW: As the first week went by, were you getting updates on how it was doing? Swift: I wasn’t given any sales updates. That was by choice. I didn’t think that we could sell a million records, to be completely honest with you. I felt like, “There’s no way I can do this, and the fact that people are speculating whether I can or not immediately gives everyone a reason to say ‘It did less than projected’ if I sold 999,999 records.” But everybody else seemed to think that we could do this impossible thing. EW: So how did you find out about the number? Swift: I got a call, and it was a bunch of people from management and my mom and my dad on the phone. I remember Scott Borchetta, my record-label president, saying, “Congratulations. I guess you’re my million-dollar baby.” I made him say it, like, four times because I couldn’t actually believe it. First I was screaming, and then I was really silent, and then I was really emotional, and then I was dancing. I still can’t wrap my mind around it. EW: And now people are saying you’ve saved the music business. Swift: I write music about my life and love and relationships, and I hope that people like it enough to bring it into their world and make it about their life and their love and their relationships. That’s where I have to draw the line as far as what I am and what I am not. EW: Which song on the record were you most scared to write? Swift: I never had that feeling. There were, of course, songs on the record— and I think you can probably use your imagination about the ones I’m talking about—where I knew people would draw their own conclusions about who they were about. I would take a few seconds and think, “Okay, you need to really have an idea of what you’re doing here and what the consequences could be.” Because I realize there are consequences to your actions. But the reason I write songs is to help clarify how I feel and get past it. Writing a song like “Mean” helped me. The songs on the record that are really raw—those songs helped me more than anything. EW: Were you surprised by how quickly and specifically people started speculating about the subjects of the songs? Swift: I imagined that people would make their own guesses. Sometimes I would laugh because I would see it in print and it would say, “This song, which is written about her ex, so-and-so…” And they would write about it as if it was fact. The fact is, I haven’t ever confirmed that any song is about any particular person. There’s something kind of freeing about that. As far as I’m concerned, it’s all still up in the air. EW: When you wrote “Innocent,” did you know immediately that you would sing it on the VMAs, where Kanye West had caused that ruckus last year? Swift: I didn’t know that until about a week out. That woke me up in the middle of the night. Before I had gone to sleep I had decided that I didn’t want to perform on the show. Or even go. Then I woke up in the middle of the night and I realized that I had to, and that I wanted to perform that song. EW: You’re partially responsible for this because you wrote the song, but how do you feel about the fact that you and Kanye West continue to be linked? Swift: It’s such a long story and it’s such an old story. I wasn’t given much choice in the matter, but the one choice that I do have, that I continue to make, is to not talk about it. EW: You caught some flak this year for some of your performances, particularly your duet with Stevie Nicks at the Grammys. Did that bother you? Swift: Words are everything to me. Words can build me up and make me feel so good. And on the flip side, words can absolutely demolish me. I am nowhere close to being bulletproof when it comes to criticism. Feeling everything is part of being a songwriter. If I block out those feelings of pain and rejection, then I don’t know what I would write about. I’d rather feel pain when I read something terrible about me than feel nothing. EW: Okay, moving on: Have you seen any good movies lately? Swift: Um, yes! [Laughs] What have I seen lately? None that are out yet. EW: How about Love & Other Drugs, starring Jake Gyllenhaal? Swift: [Smiles] It’s a good movie. EW: So what’s it like to go away for a weekend with someone and have it end up on the cover of a magazine? Swift: I write in great detail about my personal life, but I don’t talk about it. EW: Is anyone in your life allowed to say, “You can’t write a song about me”? Swift: Nothing is off-limits as far as writing. You can’t have parts of your life you don’t write about. 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Post by circadian on Dec 3, 2010 13:47:41 GMT -5
EW: How about Love & Other Drugs, starring Jake Gyllenhaal? Swift: [Smiles] It’s a good movie. LMAO
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Post by elementd5 on Dec 3, 2010 13:55:49 GMT -5
YES! I knew those predictions were a little too low. And Susan Boyle really needs to sit down. WHO the hell is buying her album? I don't understand. Anyways, Taylor is on the cover of Us Weekly with Jake. They look really happy together. Poor Jake.
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Post by fridayteenage on Dec 3, 2010 18:49:40 GMT -5
Other musical artists on EW's list:
LOL...3. Kanye. Their names keep being so close together. 7. Gaga, 9. Katy, 11. Glee
Odd at Eminem not being there.
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Post by Eqbk on Dec 3, 2010 19:23:38 GMT -5
Speak Now chart update:
Major Markets USA: 1-1-2-9-4 Japan: 6-6-8 UK: 6-22-34-57-68 France: 39-58-85-112-151 Germany: 15-34-off chart Australia: 1-3-8-7 Canada: 1-1-2-6-6 Italy: 18-30-64-off chart-86 Spain: 10-37-61-84-97 Netherlands: 17-44-68-87-80
Other Markets: New Zealand: 1-1-4-7-8 Norway: 4-8-15-21-27 Ireland: 6-7-13-23-33-34 Mexico: 8-14-19 Austria: 16-41-63-71 Switzerland: 20-17-30-47-75 Belgium: 18-21-30-off chart Sweden: 18-35-off chart Denmark: 26-off chart
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Post by carrieidol1 on Dec 3, 2010 19:29:33 GMT -5
Pretty sure they're just re-airing the first performance. I don't think she'd go on the same show to perform the same song twice. On that note though, does she have any more promotion coming soon? It kinda sucks that Carrie Underwood gets to do a medley of her songs at the CMT special and Taylor isn't singing. It would have been the perfect opportunity to promote her single. Definitely think it's from her last appearance. Especially since she was in Nashville today. I love that Maroon 5 performed her song. We see her sing her own songs all the time. I'd be disappointed if I was a Carrie fan. Since she just sang herself. Didn't have any other artist 'honor' her or perform with her. Which I thought was kinda the point.It was each artist's decision whether to perform or have someone perform for them. CMT had nothing to do with it. Just saying....
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Post by Kyla on Dec 3, 2010 21:15:53 GMT -5
It was each artist's decision whether to perform or have someone perform for them. CMT had nothing to do with it. Just saying.... Didn't say they did. Just saying I'd be disappointed if I was a Carrie fan that it was just her singing. And most Carrie fans that I saw were disappointed.
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Post by Gravity. on Dec 3, 2010 21:19:01 GMT -5
I loved seeing Hayley and Taylor on stage. Also, M5 did a pretty good job with "Mine." It was a good night for seeing three of my faves on TV. Taylor was on cloud nine when Maroon 5 were performing. She was recording with her phone, singing along, dancing in her seat....
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