Taylor Swift Named Music’s Top Earner of 2011

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Concerts / Tours, Alternative, Country, Hip-Hop & Rap, Pop, Rock,

Taylor Swift was the world's highest earning music star on 2011, making $35.7 million.

The "Mine" hitmaker grossed $88 million in the US - which amounted to a personal fortune of $29.8 million - from her Speak Now Tour as well as touring across Asia and Europe, selling over 1.8 million albums and a further 7.8 single track downloads, and gaining income from song writing royalties.

Irish rockers U2 follow closely behind the 22-year-old beauty on the 2012 Billboard Money Makers List, with a fortune of $32.1 million, mainly drawn from their huge 360 Degrees shows, the highest-earning tour of 2011. The "Sweetest Thing" band grossed more than $293 million from 44 concerts throughout the three-year tour, which was watched by nearly three million people, and saw them beat a record set by The Rolling Stones for highest grossing tour ever, taking $763 million in total.

Kenny Chesney, Lady Gaga and hip-hop star Lil Wayne also made up the top five.

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Celebrate Thanksgiving with Taylor Swift and Beyonce

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Country, Pop, R&B / Soul,

Kanye West might not be performing on the Today show next Friday, but we now know what he'll be doing Thursday evening.

On Thanksgiving night, Beyonce and Taylor Swift -- who shared a stage last year at the MTV Video Music Awards -- will entertain stuffed audiences in separate television specials.

At 8:00 PM, NBC will air Taylor Swift: Speak Now, an hour-long musical event that will include nine songs from the country artist.

ABC will then broadcast Beyoncé's I Am... World Tour  -- a special that will include a Kanye appearance -- beginning at 9:30 PM.

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Taylor Swift Video to Get Multiple Channel Debut

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Music Videos, Upcoming Releases, Videos, Country,

Taylor Swift‘s latest music video, “Mine,” will get the royal treatment when it officially premieres next week.

The first clip from her upcoming CD will debut on CMT during a live half-hour live special on Friday, August 27 at 8:00-8:30 p.m. ET/PT. The video will then be available online at 8:30 p.m. via CMT.com, MTV.com and VH1.com before airing during MTV’s 9 p.m. block. VH1 will then showcase the video the following morning during the Top 20 Video Countdown.

Those unable to catch CMT’s special on Friday night can watch the same program on MTV Saturday morning or on VH1 Saturday afternoon.

Speak Now, Swift’s third CD, will hit stores on October 25.

Read More | TV by the Numbers

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Taylor Swift Album Date Released

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Artist News, Upcoming Releases, Country, Pop,

Taylor Swift’s Speak Now, the third album for the young chanteuse, has been officially given a release date, so adjust your Amazon wish list accordingly.

The entire album will be available for purchase on October 25. The first single, “Mine,” is scheduled for released promptly at 12:01 am on August 16.

The album is Swift’s first since Fearless, which landed Taylor four Grammy wins.

Read More | Entertainment Tonight

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