Jul 02 2008 - Taylor Swift and Def Leppard to team up on 'Crossroads'

Fun fact: Country startlet Taylor Swift was a ripe negative 2 years old when pop-metal mavens Def Leppard released their massively successful, career-defining Hysteria album. Reason for that fun fact: The tender young singer will be joining the weathered radio-rock icons in October for a taping of CMT's Crossroads, which'll premiere Nov. 8 on the network.

According to both parties, the pairing is nonstop good times -- for starters, Def Lep, says a release, is Swift's "all-time favorite rock band."

"Every time I’ve seen Crossroads on CMT I’ve always thought, 'If I ever get to do one of those, it has to be with Def Leppard,' so this is really a dream come true for me,” Swift said in a statement. “I have been screaming the words to Def Leppard songs for years... so it's amazing that I'm going to get to share a stage with them this year."

Def Leppard voice Joe Elliott, who's been screaming the words to those songs for a few years himself, was similarly pumped.

"How cool is this?! Country's hottest young star wanting to work with us!!" he said.

The British loud-rock mainstays have had other recent brushes with hot country stars -- "Nine Lives," the first single from Def Leppard's new Songs From The Sparkle Lounge, is a pair-up with slightly more seasoned country voice Tim McGraw.

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Jun 25 2008 - Faith Hill Looks Over Her Shoulder

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Faith Hill has been one of country music’s top female vocalists for years, but she still feels like she needs to prove herself.
That’s been heightened in the last year or two by the influx of new female stars, particularly Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift, who’ve both had multi-platinum successes and found themselves on some of the same lists — such as People magazine’s Most Beautiful People — that have frequently highlighted Faith.
She feels the competition, and she says she welcomes it.
"I'm still working towards finding what it is that really makes me feel like I've arrived," Faith told Dial-Global. "I've not found that yet. It's always inspiring — just like a piece of art that you see on a wall — I get inspired by that. I get inspired by everything I see. I loved Carrie Underwood's performance on the ACMs. I thought she was spunky and on fire, and then when Taylor Swift came out and ripped that suit off and the rain came down, I'm like, 'Whoooooo, that was awesome,' because it's true, you know. You want to see something fresh and different and exciting. You've got to keep people's interest up. And I applaud them for that. I really do."
Faith’s interests of late include a Christmas album. Joy To The World will be released Sept. 16.
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Jun 23 2008 - Taylor Swift reaches milestones

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aylor Swift surpassed 50 million music streams on MySpace, where she is consistently ranked country's number one artist, according to her publicist. Swift averages more than 5 million MySpace streams each month.
Swift was awarded the highest gold and platinum certification of any artist in any genre in the month of May. Swift received three times Multi-Platinum honor to commemorate sales exceeding 3 million since its 2006 release. Additionally, Swift gained Gold Mastertone certification for filling more than 500,000 phones with her hit single "Our Song." Swift was awarded two Digital Platinum certifications (1 million downloads) and two Digital Gold certifications (500,000 downloads). P>Swift's self-titled debut CD, released on Big Machine Records 86 weeks ago, is spending its 20th week at number 1 atop Billboard's Country CD Sales chart. The only other country artists this decade to hold the number 1 sales position for 20 weeks or more are the Dixie Chicks and Carrie Underwood.
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Jun 19 2008 - Stars Rack Up Nominations For Teen Choice Awards

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Country Music stars such as Miley Cyrus are racking up nominations for the 10th annual Teen Choice awards show.
Cyrus, who is hosting the show at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif., is a nominee for top television actress for her role in Disney’s Hannah Montana, as well as top female music artist along with Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Rihanna and Fergie. Her single “See You Again” is a nominee for top single.
Country Music star Taylor Swift is also a nominee for Teen Choice 2008. Swift is a nominee for breakout artist along with Colbie Caillat, Flo Rida, Jordin Sparks and Leona Lewis, according to cmt.com.
Carrie Underwood is also among the stars nominated — her category, Red Carpet Fashion Icon.
The fan-voted award show airs Aug. 4 on Fox.
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Jun 17 2008 - Taylor Release at Wal-Mart

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Taylor Swift will release a CD/DVD collection, Beautiful Eyes, exclusively at Wal-Mart, beginning July 15.
The collection will be featured on a custom Taylor/LEI Jeans display featured at the apparel section in Wal-Mart. The apparel display will also include copies of Taylor’s self-titled debut CD, which has sold more than three million copies, while the Beautiful Eyes collection will also be spotlighted in the music section. The CD portion of Beautiful Eyes features the exclusive title track, an acoustic version of Taylor’s hit, “Teardrops on My Guitar,” and other selections. The DVD includes the videos for “Tim McGraw” and “Picture to Burn.”
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