Taylor Wins Top Honors at CMT Awards!

Taylor Swift was the big winner at last night’s CMT Music Awards, walking away (for the second consecutive year) with both the evening’s top honor, the Video of the Year Award, as well as the trophy for Female Video of the Year. Taylor joins Keith Urban and Toby Keith as the only three artists to win twice for Video of the Year."I wore a corset for two days straight in the middle of summer, and I learned to waltz,” Taylor said after her big wins. “I want to thank the fans from the bottom of my heart for giving me awards for that!"Taylor performed twice on last night’s show. On “You Belong With Me,” the Golden Girls dance team from Hendersonville (TN) High (where Taylor attended high school) joined Taylor and her band and dancers for a high-energy production number. Taylor closed the show by joining the UK’s premier arena rock band, Def Leppard, for an electrifying rendition of “Pour Some Sugar On Me.”Additionally, Taylor opened the show with a hilarious clip of “Thug Story,” a rap performed with T-Pain. Watch it here: http://www.cmt.com/videos/misc/401599/thug-story.jhtml?id=1614098.Following last night’s show, the Los Angeles Times raved, “The Taylor Swift award show reign begins. The night was largely a showcase for the young star, who still seems to be on the rise despite already being the top-selling artist of 2008. Her 2008 album "Fearless" has already sold more than 3.3 million copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, and with a sold-out tour, as well as the ability to not take herself too seriously, Swift further set herself up for a massive number of nominations come Grammy time at the end of this year.”Taylor’s CMT Awards performance with Def Leppard reprised their 2008 CMT Crossroads concert, one of the most successful in the series’ franchise. The show proved so popular that CMT has partnered with Taylor’s record label, Big Machine, for the first-ever Crossroads DVD release. CMT CROSSROADS: TAYLOR SWIFT AND DEF LEPPARD, sold exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Clubs, arrived in stores yesterday (June 16), and includes interviews and eleven electrifying performances, three of which have never been seen before.Also this week, it was announced that Taylor received four Teen Choice Awards nominations:Choice Music – Female ArtistChoice Music – Love Song (for “Love Story”)Choice Tour – The Fearless 2009 TourChoice Music – Album by a Female Artist (for “Fearless”)The 2009 Teen Choice Awards will be broadcast on the FOX network on August 10th. Vote for Taylor at www.teenchoiceawards.com

Taylor Tops 10 Millions in Record Sales

Taylor Swift, who The New York Times described as "one of pop's finest songwriters, country’s foremost pragmatist, and more in touch with her inner life than most adults," has surpassed the 10 MILLION milestone for record sales. This 10 million number represents actual full albums sold – in addition, Taylor has sold over 20 million paid song downloads, more than any artist in country music history.19-year old Taylor, who writes all of her own material, released her now quadruple-platinum self-titled debut CD in October of 2006 on Big Machine Records, and followed it up with the Fearless album two years later. Fearless was the country’s top selling album for the first 33 weeks of this year, and now has sales of more than 4 million copies in the US and Gold and Platinum certifications in fourteen countries spanning five continents. Taylor’s 10 million albums sold include the following:Taylor Swift 4,369,749 units USFearless 4,020,725 units USTaylor Swift & Fearless 1,297,059 units InternationalBeautiful Eyes 256,822 units (Wal-Mart only)The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection 151,844 unitsTaylor has had singles top both the Country and Pop radio charts, and sold more albums last year than any other recording artist, in any genre of music. Her #1 single “Love Story” has become a global sensation, topping airplay charts worldwide, in countries including the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Taylor just celebrated her 4th consecutive #1 single in the US, and her fifth #1 out of her last six singles released.Her sophomore release, Fearless, was voted 2009’s Album of the Year by the Academy of Country Music, and reached double-platinum in just four weeks. Fearless was the year's biggest debut for any female artist, and the fourth highest debut of 2008, over all. Now quadruple-platinum, Fearless has spent more weeks in the #1 position atop Billboard’s Top 200 all-genre CD sales chart than any other album this decade. Taylor currently holds the Billboard all-genre record for most Top 20 debuts in a calendar year. Taylor’s first-ever headlining tour, the TAYLOR SWIFT FEARLESS 2009 TOUR, is the hottest ticket on the market, with capacity crowds packing arenas around the globe. This summer Taylor sold out a show at Madison Square Garden in one minute, and one at Los Angeles’ STAPLES center in just two minutes.At 17, Taylor became the youngest person to single-handedly write and sing a number-one country single entirely on her own, and she is the first female solo artist in country music history to write or co-write every song on a platinum-selling debut CD. At 14, she signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music, and in 2006 released her self-titled debut CD on Big Machine Records. Taylor Swift has surpassed quadruple-platinum (4 million sales) status and spent more than 20 weeks in the #1 position atop Billboard's Country CD Sales Chart. Taylor is consistently ranked Country's #1 artist on MySpace, and was named Country Music's Hottest Female Artist by AOL Music and Best New Artist by the editors of iTunes. Taylor now has more than a million followers on her Twitter account, and recently surpassed the 250 million mark for music streams on her MySpace page.In 2009 Taylor was awarded the Academy of Country Music’s Crystal Milestone Award, given for Outstanding Achievement in Country Music. Taylor was the 2nd artist in history to receive this prestigious award -- Garth Brooks received the award in 2007. Also this year, Taylor won CMT Music Awards for Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year, awards she was also honored with in 2008. In addition, she won 2009 Teen Choice Awards for Choice Female Artist and Choice Music Album – Female Artist. Taylor was named 2008’s Favorite Female Country Artist at the American Music Awards, and Top New Female Vocalist by the Academy of Country Music. She was named Choice Breakout Artist at the 2008 Teen Choice Awards, and was as the 2008 Superstar of Tomorrow at the 10th Annual Young Hollywood Awards, making her the first musician to ever receive this prestigious award. In 2007 she won the CMA Horizon Award, as well as the Nashville Songwriters Association International's Songwriter / Artist of the Year, and she received a GRAMMY nomination for Best New Artist.Earlier this year, NBC dedicated an entire hour to the primetime special “Dateline: On Tour With Taylor Swift.” Taylor’s numerous other television appearances include a guest-starring role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and a performance on Saturday Night Live.Taylor has been featured on the covers of Rolling Stone (twice), Billboard (twice), Glamour, Allure, People StyleWatch, Blender, USA Weekend, Seventeen (twice), Redbook, Self, Us Weekly, CosmoGirl, Girl’s Life, Teen Vogue, Women’s Health, First, Your Prom, and Southwest Airlines Spirit magazine. She was featured in a Vanity Fair spotlight, was named one of People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People of 2008 and 2009, was Cosmopolitan magazine’s Fun Fearless Female of December, 2008, was Allure’s Face of December, was named a Style Star of 2008 by the editors of Seventeen, and was featured on Maxim’s 2008 & 2009 Hot 100 list.

Taylor Swift To Re-release FEARLESS with 6 New Songs

Taylor Swift is giving fans some new music, even though she's not yet releasing a new album.The 19-year-old country and pop sensation is re-releasing her top-selling CD "Fearless" Oct. 27 with six new songs. She will also include a DVD of photos, tour footage and her videos, including her comedic clip with T-Pain from the Country Music Association Awards earlier this year."Fearless" has sold almost four million copies since it was released last November. It was named album of the year by the Academy of Country Music.On Wednesday, Swift was nominated for four CMA Awards, including entertainer of the year. She's also up for an MTV Video Music Award on Sunday.The CD/DVD of "Fearless Platinum Edition" will be released Oct. 27.

TAYLOR SWIFT TO PERFORM LIVE ON MTV’S VMA AWARDS ON SEPTEMBER 13TH & ON THE VIEW ON SEPTEMBER 15TH

Taylor Swift will make her first appearance on The View on Tuesday, September 15th. Taylor will sit down for an interview with Barbara Walters and her co-hosts, and then perform two songs from her Fearless album. The View airs live on ABC at 11:00 a.m. (ET) in New York, and at 10:00 a.m. (CT) in Nashville. For other cities, check http://theview.abc.go.com for listings by area.

Also next week, Taylor will perform live from Radio City Music Hall on MTV’s Video Music Awards on Sunday, September 13th. The show airs live on MTV at 9:00 p.m. ET. Taylor is nominated for Best Female Video for her #1 hit “You Belong With Me.”

This week Taylor received four CMA Award nominations, including one for the industry’s highest honor, Entertainer of the Year. At 19, Taylor is the youngest artist in history to be nominated for this prestigious award, and she is the first solo female artist to be nominated since Faith Hill in 2000.

Big Machine Records will release an enhanced version of Taylor’s award-winning Fearless album, entitled Fearless Platinum Edition, on October 27th, 2009. Fearless was RIAA certified Quadruple Platinum (4 million sales) this week. Taylor’s career record sales now top 10 million albums and 20 million paid song downloads.