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Post by maria4hitz on Dec 14, 2010 12:19:53 GMT -5
Here's a little update on Taylor's songs on Itunes top 1000.
32. Back to december 73. Mine 269. Love story 274. You belong with me 342. Mean 346. Better than revenge 373. Sparks fly 374. Speak now 475. Enchanted 503. Today was a fairytale 547. Haunted 575. Innocent 576. Last kiss 627. The story of us 659. Dear john 767. Our song 806. White horse 807. Fifteen 823. Never grow up
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Post by swim on Dec 14, 2010 12:37:20 GMT -5
I bet Back to December picks up more after Christmas.
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Post by passionformusic on Dec 14, 2010 13:44:22 GMT -5
I always love to read her youthful perspective of life. Here is one of the latest small interviews (on her birthday) with her.
Taylor Swift was thrilled that it snowed on her 21st birthday.
The country singer reached the landmark age yesterday, although she didn’t plan anything too extravagant to celebrate.
Taylor was interviewed by Nashville DJ Gerry House on WSIX on the big day, and said she was over the moon to find Nashville covered in snow.
“Plans? For my birthday? This is it! This was all I planned for,” she laughed.
“It snowed yesterday, you know, so that kind of limits activities. I may sit inside my apartment and pretend I’m in a snow globe.”
The beautiful star then joked that she had marked the occasion on her calendar by writing “21st Birthday!”, but that was all the preparation she had done as she confessed “that’s about as far as it went for the day”.
Taylor also explained how she didn’t feel any more mature than she had done the day before. For the singer, age is within a person’s head and shouldn’t be about numbers. The gorgeous star thinks it’s important to guard a youthful outlook on life.
“I don’t feel older all of a sudden,” she explained. “It’s a state of mind thing, how you see the world, being excitable, staying excitable and impressionable and doing your best not to become jaded or bitter. I think keeping your mind and your heart open keeps you young.”
Taylor is currently rumoured to be dating Hollywood hunk Jake Gyllenhaal, although the pair are keeping tight-lipped on the issue. The singer remained coy over whether she had any exciting plans for her birthday evening although hinted something was in the pipeline.
“Later on I might have plans, but not really during the day,” she laughed.
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Post by heartbreaklullaby on Dec 14, 2010 14:00:27 GMT -5
^the full interview is available HereIt is a cool interview :)
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Post by passionformusic on Dec 14, 2010 16:51:39 GMT -5
^the full interview is available HereIt is a cool interview :) Thank you so much! :) Such a funny/free interview. Loved every second of that! :)
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Post by Mark on Dec 14, 2010 16:56:33 GMT -5
Sales this week from HITS: 201,318 Sales to date (estimate): 2,348,000 I can't at her being certified 3x platinum in just over a month and a half. Her > your favs. :'(
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Post by Taylor. on Dec 14, 2010 18:41:27 GMT -5
Mark, may I kindly ask why the fuck there is an absence of Taylegend in your icon?! >:(
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Post by Mark on Dec 14, 2010 19:13:21 GMT -5
Mark, may I kindly ask why the f**k there is an absence of Taylegend in your icon?! >:( This problem shall be rectified soon, I just needed to pay homage to the bosom's of Katy Perry. They are, I daresay, almost as legendary as Taylegend
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Post by Joe1240 on Dec 15, 2010 7:36:09 GMT -5
Dec 15 2010 6:52 AM EST 194 Taylor Swift Is MTV News' #3 Woman Of The YearSwift fell in and out of love through song, but we never stopped loving the superstar in 2010. By Jocelyn Vena (@jocelyn1212) After a year as impressive as 2009, Taylor Swift followed suit in 2010. She toured the world, released a chart-topping album and even starred in her first feature film. Swift kicked off the year winning awards and ended it dominating the charts, and in between, she never looked back. Swift proved that she was more than just a crossover coincidence thanks to catchy songs and girl-next-door charm that appeals to the masses. She managed to scoop up awards and be surprised by each win. The other shoe isn't going to drop anytime soon, and 2010 proved that. 2010 Highlights: In January, Taylor took home her first People's Choice Award and covered Better Than Ezra's "Breathless" at the "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon. She also broke Britney Spears' record for first-week download sales by a female artist thanks to her tune "Today Was a Fairytale." But it was February that would truly leave her breathless. At the Grammys in February, Swift took home four trophies, including Album of the Year. She also hit the stage with Stevie Nicks at the awards show. Weeks later, she would rule the box office alongside former beau Taylor Lautner in "Valentine's Day." Swift spent much of 2010 on tour, but along the way, she racked up nominations at a slew of awards shows, including the Academy of Country Music Awards and CMT Awards. In the spring, she revealed that she was working on her next album and that, unsurprisingly, it would focus on "boys and love." In July, the singer announced that her next album would be out in October and that she wouldn't hold back on the aptly titled Speak Now. Weeks later, in August, the album's first single, "Mine," leaked online and then soared to the top of the charts. "I was reflecting back on a boy I liked at a certain time," she said about the song. The video was released at the end of August and showed a more adult side of the singer. Then September rolled around and Swift took the stage at the VMAs. It was a defining moment for the singer, as she publicly let go of the Kanye West incident from a year prior and buried the hatchet with the rapper thanks to her heartfelt performance of "Innocent." Swift later explained, "I had a lot of options going into the VMAs: You can not go, you can perform your current single, you can pretend that nothing happened or you can say what you need to say at the time you need to say it." By early October, Swift was pre-releasing Speak Now tracks, prompting speculation about whether the songs were referring to famous exes like Taylor Lautner and Joe Jonas. "I've never kept quiet the fact that I write songs about people," she said. "It's like, this is album number three. You guys have had fair warning!" For the album's release, Swift invited fans to her album-release party, and just one week later, she found out that Speak Now had sold 1,047,000 units in its first week, making it the biggest album release in five years. Swift capped 2010 with performances at the CMA Awards and the American Music Awards, announcing a world tour, embarking on a whirlwind romance with Jake Gyllenhaal and turning 21. Not a bad year, to say the least. www.mtv.com/news/articles/1654290/20101214/story.jhtml
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Post by justlurkingaround on Dec 15, 2010 11:13:33 GMT -5
Very happy for her :) But i'll be seriously pissed if they don't make a video for Back To December!
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Post by onebuffalo on Dec 15, 2010 11:32:21 GMT -5
#1 country CD, #2 top 200 CD with 201,000 sold. Total sales 2,349,000.
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Post by maria4hitz on Dec 15, 2010 11:51:33 GMT -5
Very happy for her :) But i'll be seriously pissed if they don't make a video for Back To December!
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Post by maria4hitz on Dec 16, 2010 12:21:54 GMT -5
2 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 200,927 10 182,018 2,348,052
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Post by passionformusic on Dec 17, 2010 13:29:53 GMT -5
Interesting. So there is gonna be a video for "BTD" afterall? www.videostatic.com/SHOT: Taylor Swift - Yoann Lemoine, dir. * artist: Taylor Swift * song: "Back To December" * label: Big Machine * director(s): Yoann Lemoine * production co: HSI * rep: LARK Creative Steven Gottlieb at December 16, 2010 in HSI, Lark | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Post by Taylor. on Dec 17, 2010 13:36:33 GMT -5
Thank God. Yoann Lemoine also directed the 'Teenage Dream' video.
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Post by skaterboyccs on Dec 17, 2010 13:56:04 GMT -5
Thank God. Yoann Lemoine also directed the 'Teenage Dream' video. And it was horrid!
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Post by passionformusic on Dec 17, 2010 13:57:46 GMT -5
Thank God. Yoann Lemoine also directed the 'Teenage Dream' video. And it was horrid! Have to agree.
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Post by Kyla on Dec 17, 2010 14:16:34 GMT -5
Yeah. Here's the guy's twitter. He mentions filming it a couple weeks ago in Nashville and NYC. twitter.com/yoannlemoine
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Post by strikeleo on Dec 17, 2010 14:16:59 GMT -5
Thank God. Yoann Lemoine also directed the 'Teenage Dream' video. And it was horrid! I thought it was great and Katy was drop dead gorgeous on that video...
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Post by Kyla on Dec 17, 2010 14:24:29 GMT -5
I thought it was great and Katy was drop dead gorgeous on that video... I liked it too. And apparently Taylor did, since that's the only video I know of him directing. I hope that BTD is similar in that it's gorgeous and not a by-the-lyrics video. And that it's different from any video she's done in the past. She typically re-uses directors for her videos (I think she's only used Trey Fanjoy and Roman White in the past?), so I like her for trying someone new.
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Post by Taylor. on Dec 17, 2010 14:27:16 GMT -5
I liked the TD video. It suited the song. Yeah. Here's the guy's twitter. He mentions filming it a couple weeks ago in Nashville and NYC. twitter.com/yoannlemoineSo they finished shooting it a week ago. Hopefully it's out before the new year.
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Post by Joe1240 on Dec 18, 2010 0:35:59 GMT -5
It's great to know that the BTD music video has been filmed. :)
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Post by lunaboona on Dec 18, 2010 0:50:42 GMT -5
Does anyone here get emotional when listening to "Long Live"? I always tear up.
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Post by fullonrainstorm on Dec 18, 2010 4:17:50 GMT -5
**sheepishly raises my hand**
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Post by passionformusic on Dec 18, 2010 11:57:39 GMT -5
A little random, but just wanted to share. I am in love with this. :)
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Post by slayZ on Dec 18, 2010 23:42:57 GMT -5
I'm excited that there is going to be a video for the song ANDDD I'm happy that Taylor's trying new people to work with for her videos, tbh, I'm getting sick of Roman White, howeeeever, I really wish she'd do a video with Joseph Kahn. I know he isn't really a "country" video director but Taylor + Joseph Kahn + Back To December = epicness at its finest. By the way, Back To December is Entertainment Weekly's 3rd best single of 2010.
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Post by passionformusic on Dec 19, 2010 11:45:56 GMT -5
new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/71209/chart-watch-extra-eminem-does-it-again/Taylor Swift is on track to become the first artist in Nielsen/SoundScan history to have an album rank among the year's top three in three consecutive years. In addition, Swift will become only the second artist in this period to wind up in the year-end top 10 in four straight years. Mariah Carey scored from 1993 through 1996. This is the third year in a row that Swift has had the year's top-selling album by a female artist. No other female artist in Nielsen/SoundScan history has had the top album of the year three times. (Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Alanis Morissette, Britney Spears and Norah Jones each scored twice.) 3. Taylor Swift, Speak Now, 2,348,000 (includes 430K digital). This is the fourth year in a row that Swift has had the year's best-selling country album. That tops Garth Brooks and Shania Twain, each of whom was responsible for the year's top country album three times. ----------------------- Impressive. Although this last paragraph has to be false, or is Lady A not considered country anymore? Edit. Apparently "Back To December" music video will be out in January. Kind of makes sense.
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Post by slayZ on Dec 19, 2010 14:22:22 GMT -5
No other female artist in Nielsen/SoundScan history has had the top album of the year three times Taylegend. :'(
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Post by heartbreaklullaby on Dec 19, 2010 23:39:47 GMT -5
NBC Thanksgiving Special Behind the Scenes Part 1
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Post by Nadia on Dec 20, 2010 3:06:30 GMT -5
Thank God. Yoann Lemoine also directed the 'Teenage Dream' video. And it was horrid! IA I'm excited though. such a gorgeous song :'(
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