Taylor Swift photo courtesy of Facebook.com/TaylorSwift. Taylor Swift, along with fun. and Maroon 5, leads the finalists for the 2013 Billboard Music Awards with a total of 11 nominations, including several in all-genre categories. In addition to nominations for Top Country Artist, Top Country Song and Top Country Album, Taylor is also up for the coveted Top Artist award as well as Top Female Artist. Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean are tied as the second most-nominated country artists with three nominations each. Luke is up for Top Country Artist, Top Country Song for Drunk On You and his tailgates & tanline s album is up for Top Country Album. Jason Aldean is up for Top Country Artist and Top Country Album for his Night Train album, but hes also up for the all-genre Top Male Artist award. See photos from the 2012 Billboard Music ! Awards >> See photos from the 2011 Billboard Music Awards >> Im really proud to be the guy that gets to represent our genre in that Top

Taylor Swift performed at the Academy of Country Music Awards back on April 7, as did ex-boyfriend John Mayer, and sources are now revealing that Swift was not pleased with the situation. Swift, 23, and Mayer, 35, dated for a short time in 2010, with Swift writing her infamous song "Dear John" about him after the breakup. Of the song, Mayer stated , It made me feel terrible. Because I didnt deserve it. Im pretty good at taking accountability now, and I never did anything to deserve that. It was a really lousy thing for her to do. Apparently there are still hard feelings present on Swift's end. According to Us Weekly , Mayer was scheduled to perform first at the ACM's, prompting Swift to put on "a stink," insisting that "she had to go on earlier than him," a source revealed. Swift ultimately got her way, but "was just really bitter that night," another source adding, "John just being there irked her." image: MTV/image.net

WENN Taylor Swift might seem a perma-smiley star but according to insiders she wasn't exactly Little Miss Sunshine at the Academy of Country Music Awards last month after missing out on five awards on the night and was reportedly "irked" that Mayer was there. Despite the couple, who dated in 2010, were performing at different venues the We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together singer reportedly insisted that Mayer was moved down the bill so she could perform first. "She said she had to go on earlier than him," a source told Us Weekly. But it seems despite getting her own way she was still annoyed at the lothario ex, who has previously attacked her in interviews after she penned break up track Dear John about their romance, the 23 year-old was still annoyed about her ex being around. "[She] was just really bitter that night especially after she didn't win anything.," the insider explained, "John just being there irked her." 'Bitter'

Topics: billboard music awards , fun. , kimbra , music awards , one direction , rihanna , taylor swift Taylor Swift Bang Showbiz TAYLOR Swift, fun. and Maroon 5 lead the way at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards with 11 nominations each. Out of their 11 categories, the three leaders will all compete for Top Hot 100 Artist and Top Digital Songs Artist. Maroon 5 and fun. will also vie for Top Duo/Group, Top Radio Songs Artist, Top Hot 100 Song, and Top Digital Song while Maroon 5 and Taylor will compete for Top Artist and fun. and Taylor are both finalists for Top Streaming Song (Video). Rihanna and Carly Rae Jepsen have received nods in 10 and nine categories respectively while One ! Direction will compete for eight awards at the ceremony which will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 19. For the first time this year, the Billboard Music Awards will also feature new EDM categories, which will spotlight top electronic dance music artists, albums and songs. Prince i

Taylor Swift , Maroon 5 and fun. lead the nominees at this year's Billboard Music Awards. The trio have all received 11 nominations for this year's awards ceremony, which will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 19. PA Images / Jordan Strauss / AP Swift and Maroon 5 are both nominated in the 'Top Artist' category and will compete against Rihanna, One Direction and Justin Bieber for the prize. Meanwhile, fun. are nominated for 'Top Hot 100 Song' for their 2011 hit 'We Are Young'. They have also received nods in the 'Top Duo/Group' and 'Top Digital Songs Artist' categories. Rihanna and Carly Rae Jepsen follow with ten and nine nominations respectively. One Direction have secured eight nominations, including two 'Top Pop Album' nominations for their LPs Up All Night and Take Me Home . Jepsen's hit single 'Call Me Maybe' earned her nine nominations alone with recognition in the 'Top Pop Song&

WENN Taylor Swift, Maroon 5 and fun. have landed the most Billboard Music Awards nominations, with One Direction flying the flag for the United Kingdom. The top three acts are all nominated 11 times, with Maroon 5 scoring two nods in the prestigious Top Hot 100 Song category - once for 'One More Night', then again for 'Payphone'. One Direction are nominated eight times, including twice in the Billboard 200 Album category. Carly Rae Jepsen has nine and Rihanna has 10. Nominations are decided on based on Billboard's music charts from February 27, 2012 to February 24, 2013. It encompasses download sales, radio airplay, and social media hype on Facebook, Twitter, Vevo, YouTube and Spotify. Tracy Morgan will host the prizegiving ceremony on May 19. Top Artist Justin Bieber Maroon 5 One Direction Rihanna Taylor Swift Top Hot 100 Song Fun. - 'Some Nights' Gotye ft Kimbra - 'Somebody That I Used To Know' Carly Rae Jepsen - 'Call Me Maybe' Maroon 5 -

Mon, Apr 22, 2013 herworld PLUS Taylor Swift for Keds sneakers in Singapore by Chrystal Chan We might not be hardcore Taylor Swift fans, but here's a collaboration we can definitely get behind. AThe collection - which will hit stores end of this month - consists of 11 styles of cheerily printed Keds Champion sneakers though only four of these will be available in Singapore. You can see all of Taylor Swift's most cherished things in the prints - there are mini guitars and heart-shaped sunglasses galore. Each pair also comes with a cutesy charm, one with Swift's favourite number 13, and the other in the shape of a guitar pick. "The sneakers are really fun and easy to wear, and the designs reflect some of my favourite things," said Swift. merican sneaker brand Keds has unveiled their first capsule collection with the 23-year-old singer, showing that the blonde starlet is certainly talented in more ways than one. We've got to admit, her favourite things make prett