Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift’s Fans Keep Her at Top of Billboard Country Digital Chart

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With the download sales still high, Taylor Swift‘s ‘We Are Never…’ is firmly planted at #1 on the Billboard Country Digital Songs Chart. Florida Georgia Line breaks up the Swift hegemony by taking ‘Cruise’ to #2, pushing ‘Red’ to #3. Jason Aldean debuts ‘Night Train’ at #6, and joining the chart from ABC TV-show, Nashville, Read More

Single Review: ‘Begin Again’ – Taylor Swift

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Songwriter: Taylor Swift The second single, ‘Begin Again,’ taken from her new album, Red, has Taylor Swift playing to her strengths. The mellow song is an observational, acoustic gem. With a great many songs written about moving on after a bad break-up, the way to make the story still interesting is to make it personal. Swift Read More

The Song Remains the Same at the Top of Billboard Country Chart

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Consistency is the word this week as the entire Top 5 of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart remains in place, with Taylor Swift‘s ‘We Are Never…’ in the lead. There is some new blood at the other end of the chart with Miranda Lambert‘s ‘Fastest Girl in Town’ advancing to #9, and Easton Corbin‘s Read More

Billboard Country Digital Chart Dominated by Taylor Swift

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With three songs in the Top 5, Taylor Swift dominates the Billboard Country Digital chart for another week. ‘We Are Never…’ returns to #1, ‘Red’ goes to #2, and new single ‘Begin Again’ drops to #5. Florida Georgia Line‘s ‘Cruise’ climbs to #3, Lee Brice‘s ‘Hard to Love’ is the biggest climber from #12 to Read More

Rolling Stone Adds ‘Artist Timelines’ Feature to Website, Opens Archive

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If, like me, you are interested in music history, there is great news. Rolling Stone, the industry’s foremost publication, is opening up its archives by adding the ‘Artist Timelines’ feature to the magazine’s website. Already completed for Bruce Springsteen, each page will house every article published for an artist in Rolling Stone. Much of this Read More

Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood and Florida Georgia Line Top New Billboard Country Songs Chart

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If you are still not used ot the new Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart, what follows may seem a little strange. For the second week, Taylor Swift‘s ‘We Are Never…’ is to be considered the #1 country song – even though country radio doesn’t spin it. Duo Florida Georgia Line grabs their first official Top Read More

Billboard’s New Country Chart Methodology Creates Chaos

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Country music song charts have since their beginning, and as a matter of course, tracked the most played songs at country radio. No longer. Billboard has changed up the way the Hot Country Songs Chart is compiled. From now on, digital sales will be included, which could simply be seen as the chart joining the Read More

Taylor Swift Holds 1-2-3 on Billboard Digital Country Songs Chart

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Taylor Swift‘s previous and current country radio singles are this week’s #2 and #3 respectively on the Billboard Digital Country Songs Chart. #1 is the unreleased (to radio) title track of the new album, ‘Red.’ (and if you think that’s a little ridiculous, wait til I tell you about Billboard’s new way of tracking the Read More

Zac Brown Band, Taylor Swift and Little Big Town Are Country’s Big Sellers in Third Quarter of 2012

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Though it also experienced a downturn in sales, just like every other genre, country music fans still loyally buy records. Billboard compiled the third quarter country sales figures for this year, and Zac Brown Band is the big winner when it comes to album sales. Their recent release, Uncaged, shifted 536,000 copies, more than double Read More

Taylor Swift Tops Billboard Country Digital Chart with Two Singles

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After country radio gave a big thumbs-down to ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,’ Taylor Swift and Big Machine Records released new single, ‘Begin Again.’ With the additional sales coming from her pop audience, no one surpasses either of Swift’s current offering and they occupy the #1 and #2 spot on the Billboard Country Read More