Taylor Swift: Official Topic

[Black Kitten]

^ she's a country pop artist. her first album is more country sounding than Fearless. Fearless is kind of a crossover for her. more pop than her first album, but still uses the traditional country music instruments.

 

the 5 new songs on Fearless: Platinum Edition are actually more country than most of the songs on the original album.

 

Come in with the Rain should really be a single. i'm positive it will do great on the country charts.

[Black Kitten]

Grammy Awards 2010 Nominations Preview

 

http://www.billboard.com

 

Who will nab the bids when the nominees for the 52nd Grammy Awards are announced on Dec. 2? Its been a banner year for music, so there's no clear frontrunner, but there will be plenty of familiar faces in the running for multiple awards. So far, the drama swirling around this year's nominations encompasses not only who will be recognized, but who isn't eligible and whether or not the Grammy committee will change the rules to accommodate one particularly "famous' singer and songwriter for the coveted Best New Artist category.

 

Billboard runs down some of the leading contenders - and a few long shots - for the 52nd Grammy Awards nominations. Check back on Dec. 3 and see who made the list - and who didn't.

 

Lady Gaga has had year for the history books, becoming the first artist in the 17-year history of Billboard's Pop Songs chart to notch four No. 1s from a debut album, being honored as Billboard's Rising Star and selling more than 1.5 million copies of her album "The Fame." Gaga seems like a shoe-in for multiple Grammy nominations, including Record, Album and Song of the year. She's also part the the biggest controversy leading up to the nominations announcement: due to the fact that her single "Just Dance" was nominated in the Best Dance Recording category last year, she is currently ineligible for best New Artist consideration. But that may change when the Grammy's awards and nominations committee meets. "We change the rules frequently," Grammy president Neil Portow said this week. "We recognize that situation is not perfect, and we are looking at ways to figure it out.

 

U2 seemed to have a 360 degree view of the world this year, setting attendance records at every stop on Bono and company's high tech world tour. But it was "No Line on the Horizon," the band's twelfth album and its strongest recording in nearly a decade, that lifted the band into the outer stratosphere. THe band sang with a new urgency on singles like "Get On Your Boots," "Magnificent" and "If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight," a song that herlads back to the finest moments on its breakthrough "The Joshua Tree." U2 debuted "Boots" on the 2009 Grammy Awards broadcast despite the song not being eligible for an award; they hope to collect on that down payment this year.

 

Allen Toussaint, the legendary New Orleans artist/songwriter/producer, teamed with producer Joe Henry for his most recent album, a collection of covers entitled "The Bright Mississippi." With a host of jazz notables like Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman, Marc Ribot, Don Byron and Nicholas Payton back him up, Toussaint tackles standards like Duke Ellington's "Solitude," Thelonious Monk's "Bright Mississippi" and Django Reinhardt's "Blue Drag." with Herbie Hancock's surprise win with "The River" in mind, this classic New Orleans musician is definitely in the running for a Grammy nomination.

 

Green Day reemerged from its five-year break with a brand new rock opera-style song cycle called "21st Century Breakdown," which sent the pioneering pop punk band back to the top of the Billboard 200 the week it was released. "Breakdown" gave the band its second chart-topper, following 2004's "American Idiot," its celebrated breakthrough that saw the Bay Area-based ban take home two Grammys - Best Rock Album in 2005 and Record of the Year in 2006. Now, with a stage musical version of "American Idiot" headed to Broadway, Green Day may add to its Grammy collection.

 

Whitney Houston, like a true diva, returned to the Billboard 200 in grand style. "I Look To You" was Houston's fourth No. 1 album on the chart and first since the Houston-fueled "The Bodyguard" soundtrack spent 20 weeks at No. 1 in 1993. On the album's title track, her first single in more than seven years, the lead single from her first album in seven years, Houston is both vulnerable and in control. The singer re-enters the spotlight with a stoic ballad about rising again after a fall from grace, with all the literal resonance that brings. Her comeback began at a pre-Grammy party before the 2009 awards, and she'll return for a victory turn in 2010.

 

Phoenix, the little synth-heavy French pop band that could, aren't eligible for Best new Artist this year because the band's breakthrough album, "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix," is actually its fourth. But after changing labels, marathon recording sessions at the Bowery Hotel in New York and a surprising appearance on Saturday Night Live (the group's US network television debut), the band made up for lost time. Its hard to see the Grammy's not recognizing the Phoenix phenomenon, and can't be counted out as a dark horse for the Record of the Year nomination.

 

Maxwell may have been on a hiatus from music since 2002, but with the release of "BLACKsummers'night" it's as if he never left. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with a career-high sales week of 316,000, his tours have been selling out all over the country and his first single from the album, "Pretty Wings" remains one of the most romantic tracks of the year. Maxwell is a strong contender for multiple Grammy nominations.

 

Taylor Swift is racking up the accolades these days, with multiple wins for her record-setting "Fearless" album including honors at the American Music Awards, the Country Music Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards and the CMT Awards, among others. She was nominated for Best New Artist in 2009 but did not take home the prize. Now the question isn't if, but how many Grammy Awards she'll walk with next year.

 

Black Eyed Peas spent 14 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with "I Gotta Feeling, matching Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" for longest No. 1 stay this decade. The Peas held the No. 1 position for 26 straight weeks, with "Boom Boom Pow" preceding "Feeling" with a 12-week run, making them the second act in the 51-year history of the Hot 100 to remain at No. 1 for a half a calendar year or more. Look for that unprecedented chart success to be mirrored by an impressive number of Grammy Award nominations.

 

Kanye West may need to be restrained at the Grammy Awards this year, and his behavior at the MTV Awards may even have hurt his chances for a nomination. The controversial "808s and Heartbreaks" saw the rapper working out his pain through Auto-tune.

 

Jay-Z's acclaimed "Blueprint 3" is not eligible for Album of the Year due to its post-Sept. 1 release, but the hip-hop veteran could earn a nod for "Run This Town," the album's lead single featuring Rihanna and Kanye West.

 

Beyonce, R&B's top diva and Billboard's Woman of the Year, could contend for Record or Song of the Year with "Single Ladies," her endlessly YouTube'd, late-'08 anthem that danced its way to the top of the Hot 100.

 

Drake has not even released his debut album -- "Thank Me Later," due next year -- yet, but the upstart Canadian rapper/singer still broke out in a big way in '09, igniting a major label bidding war and peaking at No. 2 on the Hot 100 with his "So Far Gone" mixtape's breakout song, "Best I Ever Had."

 

Owl City the electro-pop artist and Minnesota native also known as Adam Young, has released two albums independently, but it's his major-label debut "Ocean Eyes" that has everyone atwitter, especially after its blippy lead single "Fireflies" shot up to No. 1 on the Hot 100 this fall.

 

Keri Hilson worked for years as a songwriter behind the scenes, but in March she released her hit-filled debut album "In a Perfect World...," reaching No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and No. 3 on the Hot 100 with the single "Knock You Down" featuring Kanye West and Ne-Yo.

 

Kings of Leon finally had a certified hit with "Sex on Fire" the first single from Nashville rockers' fourth album "Only by the Night." But they outdid themselves with the follow-up single "Use Somebody," reaching No. 2 on Rock Songs and No. 4 on the Hot 100.

[Black Kitten]

New Photoshoots:

 

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[Koolan]

What's that song during the commercial for guitar rock band? "... Juliet"

[AllCeline]

What's that song during the commercial for guitar rock band? "... Juliet"

"Love Story"

[Black Kitten]

What's that song during the commercial for guitar rock band? "... Juliet"

 

what's wrong with you, Vic! howcome you didn't know the song!

 

:P

[AllCeline]

What's that song during the commercial for guitar rock band? "... Juliet"

 

what's wrong with you, Vic! howcome you didn't know the song!

 

:P

I could have sworn everyone knew that song.

[Lymon]

What's that song during the commercial for guitar rock band? "... Juliet"

 

what's wrong with you, Vic! howcome you didn't know the song!

 

:P

 

at Taylor's face in that picture. But I love her Ellen interviews! Ellen always gives the best interviews.

[Black Kitten]

Top 50 of the Billboard 200 Year End Charts

 

Preliminary Top 50 of the Billboard 200

 

1 FEARLESS TAYLOR SWIFT 3,709,310

2 I AM…SASHA FIERCE BEYONCE 2,491,277

3 DARK HORSE NICKELBACK 2,392,434

4 TWILIGHT SOUNDTRACK 2,028,652

5 HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK 1,647,177

6 CIRCUS BRITNEY SPEARS 1,604,648

7 808S & HEARTBREAK KANYE WEST 1,590,916

8 THE FAME LADY GAGA 1,584,064

9 RELAPSE EMINEM 1,514,427

10 THE E.N.D. (THE ENERGY NEVER DOES) BLACK EYED PEAS 1,356,211

11 ONLY BY THE NIGHT KINGS OF LEON 1,336,449

12 THE BLUEPRINT 3 JAY-Z 1,271,189

13 DAVID COOK DAVID COOK 1,233,398

14 THE FOUNDATION ZAC BROWN BAND 1,191,719

15 NOW 29 VARIOUS ARTISTS 1,098,427

16 FUNHOUSE PINK 1,075,905

17 INTUITION JAMIE FOXX 1,040,396

18 NO LINE ON THE HORIZON U2 1,032,944

19 UNSTOPPABLE RASCAL FLATTS 1,030,796

20 A DIFFERENT ME KEYSHIA COLE 941,203

21 BIG WHISKEY & THE GROOGRUX KING DAVE MATTHEWS BAND 926,912

22 BLACKSUMMER'S NIGHT MAXWELL 864,870

23 LOVE ON THE INSIDE SUGARLAND 851,048

24 TAYLOR SWIFT TAYLOR SWIFT 849,481

25 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN GREEN DAY 848,445

26 PAPER TRAIL T.I. 840,061

27 LEARN TO LIVE DARIUS RUCKER 829,539

28 WE SING. WE DANCE. WE STEAL THINGS. JASON MRAZ 810,830

29 I LOOK TO YOU WHITNEY HOUSTON 788,743

30 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR SOUNDTRACK 778,270

31 BLACK ICE AC/DC 769,216

32 NOW 31 VARIOUS ARTISTS 763,031

33 ALL I EVER WANTED KELLY CLARKSON 750,137

34 TIME OF OUR LIVES (EP) MILEY CYRUS 749,027

35 WIDE OPEN JASON ALDEAN 741,341

36 LEAVE THIS TOWN DAUGHTRY 737,889

37 THE FRAY THE FRAY 732,970

38 NOW 30 VARIOUS ARTISTS 714,335

39 VIVA LA VIDA OR DEATH AND ALL HIS FRIENDS COLDPLAY 692,462

40 LADY ANTEBELLUM LADY ANTEBELLUM 691,111

41 FREEDOM AKON 690,390

42 THE PROMISE IL DIVO 687,876

43 MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT MICHAEL JACKSON 686,520

44 DAY & AGE KILLERS 674,477

45 ROCK N ROLL JESUS KID ROCK 645,065

46 MAMMA MIA! SOUNDTRACK 636,934

47 DEFYING GRAVITY KEITH URBAN 630,398

48 CRAZY LOVE MICHAEL BUBLE 625,837

49 THA CARTER III LIL' WAYNE 621,153

50 THEATER OF THE MIND LUDACRIS 619,418

 

:clap:

[whineupemily]

HM: The Movie Soundtrack, is SERIOUSLY, #5? That chart is a joke.

[whineupemily]

What's that song during the commercial for guitar rock band? "... Juliet"

"Love Story"

:wub: :wub:

[Black Kitten]

HM: The Movie Soundtrack, is SERIOUSLY, #5? That chart is a joke.

 

but the album carries a Taylor Swift song (Crazier). i believe that song saved that album.

[whineupemily]

HM: The Movie Soundtrack, is SERIOUSLY, #5? That chart is a joke.

 

but the album carries a Taylor Swift song (Crazier). i believe that song saved that album.

Forgot about that one! You're probably right

[Black Kitten]

HM: The Movie Soundtrack, is SERIOUSLY, #5? That chart is a joke.

 

but the album carries a Taylor Swift song (Crazier). i believe that song saved that album.

Forgot about that one! You're probably right

 

told ya!

 

Week Ending Nov. 29, 2009: Women Take Charge

 

Posted Wed Dec 2, 2009 11:00am pst by Paul Grein in Chart Watch

 

Way back when, in the dim and distant past, women were referred to as "the weaker sex." It's a new day, baby. Female solo artists account for eight of the top 10 albums on The Billboard 200. Susan Boyle leads the pack as I Dreamed A Dream debuts at #1 with sales of 701,000. That's the biggest one-week sales total of 2009. It beats Eminem's Relapse, which sold 608,000 copies in its first week in May. It's also the biggest first-week sales tally in Nielsen/SoundScan history for a debut album by a female artist. It tops Ashanti, which opened with sales of 503,000 in April 2002.

 

Two male solo artists (Andrea Bocelli and Adam Lambert) round out the top 10. This means that groups and duos are completely shut out of this week's top 10. (The highest-ranking group or duo is the contemporary Christian group Casting Crowns, which dips to #17 with its Christmas album, Peace On Earth.)

 

Only one debut album in Nielsen/SoundScan history has sold more copies in its first week. That's Snoop Doggy Dogg's Doggystyle, which opened with sales of 803,000 in December 1993. I Dreamed A Dream posted the biggest one-week sales tally for an album by a female artist since Alicia Keys' As I Am debuted with sales of 742,000 in November 2007. It's the biggest tally for an album by a British artist since Coldplay's Viva La Viva Or Death And All His Friends started with sales of 721,000 in June 2008.

 

I Dreamed A Dream sold more copies in its first week than several hit albums have sold in their entire runs so far, including Andrea Bocelli's My Christmas, Carrie Underwood's Play On, Keith Urban's Defying Gravity and The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack.

 

Boyle's album also debuts at #1 in the U.K.

 

This week's top two albums, I Dreamed A Dream and Andrea Bocelli's My Christmas, are squarely in the adult contemporary mold. Both artists are right around 50. Boyle is 48. Bocelli is 51.

 

Boyle, who was runner-up to Diversity on Britain's Got Talent, proves that it's not the end of the world to come in second. So does Adam Lambert, who finished behind Kris Allen on American Idol. The two singers were icons before those talent competitions concluded. Boyle was the plain Jane with the heaven-sent voice; Lambert, the singer who brought glam rock and a hint of danger to prime-time.

 

Lambert's For Your Entertainment debuts at #3 with first-week sales of 198,000. This surpasses Kris Allen's Kris Allen, which opened at #11 last week with first-week sales of 80,000. This marks the first time that the debut album by the Idol first runner-up has gotten off to a faster start than the debut album by the winner since 2003, when Clay Aiken's Measure Of A Man started with sales of 613,000, compared to a 417,000 start for Ruben Studdard's Soulful.

 

Rihanna's Rated R debuts at #4 with first-week sales of 181,000. It's her third album in a row to debut in the top five. Rihanna has had, or been featured on, 11 Hot 100 hits since the release of Good Girl Gone Bad in July 2007. But Rated R sold only 19,000 more copies in its first week than Good Girl Gone Bad did (162,000). Of course, any increase over a previous album's opening tally is good news these days.

 

Lady Gaga has two entries in this week's top 10. The Fame Monster eight-song album debuts at #5. And the full-length The Fame Monster album (which combines sales of the standard and two-disk deluxe versions of the album) vaults from #34 to #6. This is the album's first appearance in the top 10 since Aug. 2. If Nielsen/SoundScan had combined sales of the full-length album and the eight-song album, Lady Gaga would be #2 this week, with sales of 325,000. Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" is #1 on Hot Digital Songs for the second straight week. It sold 218,000 copies this week, bringing its five-week total to 807,000.

 

Taylor Swift's Fearless has set a lot of records, but this may be the most impressive one of all. As of this week, it has sold more copies than Swift's smash 2006 debut album. Fearless has sold 4,510,000 copies. Taylor Swift has sold 4,454,000. Also this week, Fearless logs its 27th week at #1 on the country chart, which ties Carrie Underwood's 2005 blockbuster Some Hearts for the longest run at #1 in this decade by a female artist.

Each of the top 12 albums on this week's chart sold more than 100,000 copies. It's the first time that's been true since last December 21.

 

Shameless Plug: Andrea Bocelli's My Christmas, which holds at #2 for the third straight week, is virtually certain to become this year's #1 holiday album.

 

Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 albums.

 

1. Susan Boyle, I Dreamed A Dream, 701,000. This new entry posts the biggest one-week sales tally since AC/DC's Black Ice sold 784,000 in its first week in October 2008. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "I Dreamed A Dream," which bows at #33.

 

2. Andrea Bocelli, My Christmas, 218,000. The album holds at #2 for the third straight week. This is its fourth week in the top five.

 

3. Adam Lambert, For Your Entertainment, 198,000. This new entry's sales tally is in between the first-week tally of David Cook (280,000) and David Archuleta (183,000). Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "For Your Entertainment," which leaps from #75 to #35.

 

4. Rihanna, Rated R, 181,000. This new entry is Rihanna's fourth consecutive top 10 album; her third in a row to make the top five. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Hard," which debuts at #12.

 

5. Lady Gaga, The Fame Monster, 174,000. This new entry gives Lady Gaga two listings in the top 10. The eight-song album is also #1 on Top Digital Albums, with sales of 65,000 digital copies. Seven of the eight songs are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Bad Romance," which holds at #1.

 

6. Lady Gaga, The Fame Monster, 151,000. The full-length album rebounds from #34 to #6 in its 57th week. This is the album's 23rd week in the top 10. Eleven songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Bad Romance," which holds at #1.

 

7. Miley Cyrus, The Time Of Our Lives, 150,000. The EP, a Wal-Mart exclusive, rebounds from #29 to #7 in its 14th week, thanks to a $5 sale tag last week. This is its ninth week in the top 10. "Party In The U.S.A." holds at #10 on Hot Digital Songs.

 

8. Taylor Swift, Fearless, 125,000. The former #1 album rebounds from #10 to #8 in its 55th week. This is its 46th week in the top 10. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "You Belong With Me," which dips to #29.

 

9. Carrie Underwood, Play On, 124,000. The former #1 album holds at #9 in its fourth week. "Cowboy Casanova" dips from #21 to #24 on Hot Digital Songs.

 

10. Norah Jones, The Fall, 110,000. The album slips from #3 to #10 in its second week. No songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. Jones is very much an album artist.

[trls]

Taylor got nominated for album of the year, song of the year and record of the year for the 2010 grammy awards!!! so happy for her

[reamary]

Fearless is so amazingly good album!! I borrowed the cd from my sister and now I have been listening to it almost nonstop the past days! You Belong With Me is my favourite.

[Black Kitten]

Taylor got nominated for album of the year, song of the year and record of the year for the 2010 grammy awards!!! so happy for her

 

she actually got 8 nominations!!! :clap:

 

Record Of The Year:

You Belong With Me

Taylor Swift

Nathan Chapman & Taylor Swift, producers; Chad Carlson & Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers

[big Machine Records]

 

Album Of The Year :

Fearless

Taylor Swift

Colbie Caillat, featured artist; Nathan Chapman & Taylor Swift, producers; Chad Carlson, Nathan Chapman & Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers; Hank Williams, mastering engineer

[big Machine Records]

 

Song Of The Year :

You Belong With Me

Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)

Track from: Fearless

[big Machine Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Taylor Swift Music/Potting Shed Music, Barbara Orbison World Publishing.]

 

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

You Belong With Me

Taylor Swift

Track from: Fearless

[big Machine Records]

 

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals:

Breathe

Taylor Swift & Colbie Caillat

Track from: Fearless

[big Machine Records]

 

Best Female Country Vocal Performance:

White Horse

Taylor Swift

Track from: Fearless

[big Machine Records]

 

Best Country Song:

White Horse

Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)

Track from: Fearless

[big Machine Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Taylor Swift Music/Sony/ATV Timber Publishing, Hillsboro Valley Songs.]

 

Best Country Album:

Fearless

Taylor Swift

[big Machine Records]

 

Fearless is so amazingly good album!! I borrowed the cd from my sister and now I have been listening to it almost nonstop the past days! You Belong With Me is my favourite.

 

glad you liked it!

[whineupemily]

#7 | Miley Cyrus

#8 | Taylor Swift

 

Yea, NO. That just doesn't happen.

Edited December 3, 2009 at 08:44 AM by whineupemily

[Black Kitten]

NY Times: T Magazine Photo Shoot

 

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[RLAAMJR.]

at first, i really didn't like Taylor but her songs were hits worldwide and here in our place and her songs keep getting better. she's also a very nice person and a good model. i hope she continues to be successful and down to earth.

[Black Kitten]

Taylor Swift's latest blog:

 

Sunday, December 06, 2009

 

I love winter.

I'm laying on the couch, wearing fuzzy red and white socks. In my peripheral vision is a giant, lit up Christmas tree. This is my favorite time of year. Hands down.

 

I just got back to Nashville this morning after being in LA all week. Today I was out and about and in the studio all day, and when I drove home, I saw this strip of restaurants on Main Street in my hometown.. I've driven that road and seen those restaurants four billion times since we moved here almost six years ago. Somehow they've never looked as perfect and welcoming as they did tonight. It was Sunday night and there were cars jammed into every last parking spot available. I could see the smoke billowing out of fireplace chimneys into cold winter air. It's the holidays. People are coming together and going out for dinner and something about seeing that just stuck with me. I love everything about this time of year, but mostly the way that people find ways to be with the ones they love. And I love sweaters. Everyone is wearing sweaters right now.

 

I was talking to my producer, Nathan, today about everything that's happened this year. We were being nostalgic and going back to this time four years ago, three years ago, two years ago.. Now this year. We just.. can't believe it. Earlier this week, he had a last-minute-get-over-here-right-now-and-celebrate party at his house, because the news had just broken: We were nominated for 8 Grammy's. I remember calling him and hearing the screaming voices of the drummer and the bass player and the mixers and publishers who helped put this album together. He put me on speakerphone, and we all screamed together. I couldn't stop saying "I love you" to them, just like I can't stop saying "I love you" to you. Part of me can't fully wrap my mind around the idea that this sort of thing could happen to me. At the end of the phone call, I said to them "Please, never forget tonight. This night is a gift we never thought we'd get." and then, of course, "I love you so much!!!"

 

I'm about to be in New York City at Christmas time. I'm playing the Z100 Jingle Ball (never played it before. SO excited!!) and probably spending some time just wandering around looking up at the sparkly store displays and stuff. And counting down to my birthday. I'm only a teenager for another week! I'm starting to practice saying "Twenty" when people ask me how old I am. Weird. Cool? I guess it's inevitable, so.. Awesome!

 

Thank you again for everything you guys have done to make all of these magical things happen to me. Please drive safely when you're out shopping. I hope you have an awesome holiday season. Again, I love you!

 

lovelovelove

-T-

 

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this is what a lot of people don't understand about Taylor Swift. all her detractors are busy passing judgments about how juvenile her songs are, how limited her range is (which i find weird btw. she has one of the sweetest voices i've ever heard), how "pop" her music is, and all that jazz. but behind these so-called "flaws", she's just a very simple, down-to-earth person who just wants to live her dream and do what she loves.

 

she's just a wonderful person. that's why i her.

[trls]

Thanks Dhena for all the taylor updates Keep posting!

[RLAAMJR.]

wow.! Dhena sound like a crazier fan of Taylor than Celine. on a second thought, i'm wrong because Dhena shouldn't actually be posting here if she like Taylor more than Celine.

[Black Kitten]

Thanks Dhena for all the taylor updates Keep posting!

 

:thumbsup2:

 

wow.! Dhena sound like a crazier fan of Taylor than Celine. on a second thought, i'm wrong because Dhena shouldn't actually be posting here if she like Taylor more than Celine.

 

what?

 

i love Taylor, but i'm a Celine fan first! she's like my life already!

[AllCeline]

wow.! Dhena sound like a crazier fan of Taylor than Celine. on a second thought, i'm wrong because Dhena shouldn't actually be posting here if she like Taylor more than Celine.

Taylor just has a bit more going on right now than Celine.

 

On an off note: Yay!! Time for the Christmas smilies again!

[AllCeline]

Just in case anyone wants it, here's the pop mix of "Fifteen."

 

Download Link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?zmo4z2majoy

Edited December 8, 2009 at 09:54 PM by AllCeline

[Black Kitten]

Just in case anyone wants it, here's the pop mix of "Fifteen."

 

Download Link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?zmo4z2majoy

 

cool! thanks for this.

 

HITS Update

 

CHART DATE: 12/07/2009

LAST UPDATE: 12/08/2009 14:14:08

NOW IN: FINAL

 

LW TW artist / album label power index % change

1 1 SUSAN BOYLE COLUMBIA 509,610 -24%

I DREAMED A DREAM

2 2 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 437,435 +103%

MY CHRISTMAS

8 3 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 129,825 +6%

FEARLESS

-- 4 R. KELLY JIVE/JLG 115,923 --

UNTITLED

13 5 CASTING CROWNS PROVIDENT/REUNION 79,711 -10%

PEACE ON EARTH

11 6 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE 79,117 -25%

THE FALL

7 7 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 78,891 -45%

FAME

20 8 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 77,634 +30%

CRAZY LOVE

9 9 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 75,679 -34%

PLAY ON

17 10 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC SONY MUSIC 69,929 -5%

NOW 32

10 11 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 66,306 -37%

THIS IS IT

16 12 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 64,898 -21%

MY WORLD

26 13 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 63,678 +52%

NOEL

12 14 TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC 63,208 -38%

SOUNDTRACK

4 15 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 60,333 -67%

FAME MONSTER (EP)

28 16 STING DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 57,282 +48%

IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT

14 17 JOHN MAYER COLUMBIA 54,321 -36%

BATTLE STUDIES

5 18 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJ 53,544 -70%

RATED R

19 19 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 52,687 -15%

HOLIDAY COLLECTION

6 20 MILEY CYRUS HOLLYWOOD 51,642 -66%

TIME OF OUR LIVES

3 21 ADAM LAMBERT 19/RCA/RMG 50,648 -74%

FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT

23 22 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 50,520 -6%

E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)

18 23 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 43,442 -34%

GLEE, VOL. 1

34 24 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 43,310 +35%

GOLD & GREEN

38 25 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA LAVA/ATLANTIC 41,124 +40%

NIGHT CASTLE

27 26 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 40,502 0%

LADY ANTEBELLUM

25 27 OWL CITY UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 39,957 -13%

OCEAN EYES

24 28 CASTING CROWNS PROVIDENT/REUNION 38,203 -23%

UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD HEARS

46 29 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 37,915 +77%

LET IT SNOW

15 30 SHAKIRA EPIC 36,872 -56%

SHE WOLF

-- 31 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS RHINO 36,231 --

THE SQUEAKQUEL

29 32 TIM MCGRAW CURB 36,044 -6%

SOUTHERN VOICE

-- 33 DAVID ARCHULETA 19/JIVE/ZLG 35,590 --

CHRISTMAS FROM THE HEART

-- 34 ALLISON IRAHETA 19/JIVE/ZLG 31,808 --

JUST LIKE YOU

48 35 ROD STEWART J RECORDS/RMG 31,063 +45%

SOULBOOK

45 36 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 30,719 +36%

CHRISTMAS: 25TH ANNIVERSARY

30 37 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 30,395 -20%

NUMBER ONES

36 38 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 29,129 -8%

FOUNDATION

32 39 JAY-Z ROC NATION/ATLANTIC 28,792 -16%

BLUEPRINT 3

37 40 PAUL MCCARTNEY HEAR MUSIC 27,313 -12%

GOOD EVENING NEW YORK

22 41 BON JOVI ISLAND/IDJMG 27,198 -53%

THE CIRCLE

21 42 50 CENT SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 26,705 -55%

BEFORE I SELF DESTRUCT

39 43 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 26,178 -8%

TAYLOR SWIFT

-- 44 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA LAVA/ATLANTIC 25,655 --

LOST CHRISTMAS EVE

40 45 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 25,210 -4%

WIDE OPEN

-- 46 JUVENILE ATLANTIC 22,898 --

COCKY & CONFIDENT

31 47 KRIS ALLEN 19/JIVE/ZLG 22,699 -35%

KRIS ALLEN

44 48 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 22,541 -4%

LEARN TO LIVE

-- 49 ENYA REPRISE 22,539 --

VERY BEST OF ENYA

-- 50 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 21,114 --

ONLY BY THE NIGHT

 

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iTUNES REWINDS THE HITS OF 2009

Top-Selling Albums and Tracks, Plus Editors Picks, Genre by Genre

 

December 8, 2009

 

The iTunes Store, which for some time has been the #1 music retailer, has posted its roundup of the year's top sellers under the heading "Rewind 2009," and it’s fitting that a throwback rock & roll band sold the most longplayers. Here are the Top 10 albums and tracks. The full roundup is at www.itunes.com/rewind2009.

 

ALBUMS

1. Kings of Leon, Only by the Night

2. Twilight

3. Lady Gaga, The Fame

4. Taylor Swift, Fearless

5. Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King

6. The Essential Michael Jackson

7. The Fray, The Fray

8. Jay-Z, The Blueprint 3

9. Eminem, Relapse

10. Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies)

 

TRACKS

1. "Boom Boom Pow," Black Eyed Peas

2. "Right Round," Flo Rida

3. "Poker Face," Lady Gaga

4. "I Gotta Feeling," Black Eyed Peas

5. "Gives You Hell," The All-American Rejects

6. "Just Dance," Lady Gaga & Colby O'Donis

7. "Party in the U.S.A.," Miley Cyrus

8. "The Climb," Miley Cyrus

9. "Dead and Gone,” T.I. f/ Justin Timberlake

10. "Use Somebody," KIngs of Leon

 

EDITOR'S PICKS

ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Michael Jackson

ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Kings of Leon, Only by the Night

BEST NEW ARTIST: Lady Gaga

BEST ROCK ALBUM: The Dead Weather, Horehound

BEST HIP-HOP ALBUM: Raekwon, Only Built for Cuban Linx, Pt. 2

BEST ELECTRONIC ALBUM: Fever Ray, Fever Ray

BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM: The Boxer Rebellion, Union

BEST POP ALBUM: Angel Taylor, Love Travels

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM: Taylor Swift, Fearless (Platinum Edition)

BEST R&B/SOUL ALBUM: Joe, Signature

BEST SINGER/SONGWRITER ALBUM: Grant Lee Phillips, Little Moon

BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM: Stile Antico, Song of Songs

BEST LATIN ALBUM: Zoe, Reptilectric

BEST JAZZ ALBUM (VOCAL): Melody Gardot, My One and Only Thrill

BEST JAZZ ALBUM (INSTRUMENTAL): Christian McBride, Kind of Brown

BEST SOUNDTRACK: (500) Days of Summer

BEST CHRISTIAN & GOSPEL ALBUM: Hillsong United, A_CROSS // The EARTH: Tear Down the Walls

[Lymon]

Just in case anyone wants it, here's the pop mix of "Fifteen."

 

Download Link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?zmo4z2majoy

 

I still find the pop mixes ridiculous, because her songs are already crossover friendly enough to go onto radio in their respectable original versions. Some Top 40 listeners are just REALLY picky about one banjo or steel guitar.

[Black Kitten]

Just in case anyone wants it, here's the pop mix of "Fifteen."

 

Download Link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?zmo4z2majoy

 

I still find the pop mixes ridiculous, because her songs are already crossover friendly enough to go onto radio in their respectable original versions. Some Top 40 listeners are just REALLY picky about one banjo or steel guitar.

 

pop mixes are fine with me. i actually love most of them, especially the US Pop Mix of Love Story which i think is a lot better than the original version.

 

and at least, Fifteen has a more country sound than the VERY POPPISH You Belong With Me, and it also has its "super mega pop" version.

[trls]

Man, Fearless is unstopable! Still in the top 10 after a year and I think it's gonna reach the 6x platinum by the end. It seems as if the album never left the top 20 since its debut a year ago.