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There is no chance Taylor Swift will go to Alaska for the recently launched Papa John's internet contest. On August 21st, Papa John's announced an internet contest targeting k-12 schools across the country . The school with the most votes on Facebook will win a free Taylor Swift concert, to be aired on VH1 Storytellers: Taylor Swift, Sunday, November 11th. Learning from Pitbull, who was literally exiled to Kodiak, Alaska , this summer as part of a Walmart Facebook contest, Taylor Swift has explicitly stated in the contest rules that she will not go to Alaska or Hawaii . So far, more than 10,000 schools have entered to win a chance to see the country pop star sing at their school this Fall. The current leader is the Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Allston, Massachusetts, with 50,163 votes as of today. But, wait a second most of those votes aren't even from students. The votes are the result of yet another internet contest hijacking, only this time t

If there's one thing we've learned about Taylor Swift over the last few years, the young lady knows how to write catchy tunes. She also knows how to showcase said catchy tunes in perfectly packaged music videos. Case in point: her latest clip for new record-breaking single , "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together." MTV was lucky enough to premiere the video via " MTV First: Taylor Swift " on Thursday (August 30) after which the VMA performer stuck around to chat about it with MTV News' Sway Calloway. One of the most unique aspects about the video is that it was shot in one, long continuous take, which required lots of clever maneuvering on behalf of the cast and crew, and some furiously fast outfit changes by Swift. "All modesty had to go out the window," Swift said about throwing off shirts and dresses mid-song for her five, very quick costume changes. "All my clothes were put together with Velcro and snaps so that I could have three

Taylor Swift's 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' Music Video.Photo: Big Machine Records/ MTV Taylor Swift's new track definitely isn't your average bestselling TSwift single- it's even more than that. She's outdone herself yet again, this time delivering the most addictive breakup anthem of the summer, smashing sales records and pretty much EXPLODING the internet with 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.' With a song so epic, you know we can count on our girl to deliver an equally irresistible video. And after waiting for what feels like FOREVER, the pop star finally stopped by MTV tonight to premiere the clip. She told Sway during her MTV First interview that she wanted to keep the video's vibe as "quirky" as the song- this means kitschy apartment decor, dancing animals (otherwise known as her band members), and tons of crazy costume changes. Are you ready for this?! Taylor Swift's 'We Are Never Ever Getting Ba

Taylor Swift 's music videos often work overtime to infuse the everyday with the effervescent, mixing staid reality with fantastic, fairytale-like escapes. The same can be said for her music, too, which is why her latest single, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," is such a welcome departure: It's a bread-and-butter breakup song, only without the hope of a story-book ending. Which is probably why, when it came time to film a video for the song, Swift realized she couldn't stray very far from the fantastic. "Never Ever," which debuted on MTV Thursday (August 30), makes no attempts at portraying reality. Instead, it plays out like one gigantic pop-up book, all handmade scenery, bright colors and sweeping camera turns. It may or may not have been recorded in one single take (as is often the case with these things, directors have ways of hiding a seamless break in the action, like in OK Go's "This Too Shall Pass" ), and plays out across

There are ways to harness the powers of the Interweb for good. And lulz (e.g. shipping Pitbull to Alaska). And lulz that just arent that funny. Take this tidbit about Taylor Swift: the hit-making Holly Hobbie figurine made flesh is holding a contest where shell play your school and donate $50,000 to its music program if it gets the most votes on Facebook. (You may have heard about it last week .) Some Reddit and 4Chan users found out about it, anyway Swifty does have the No. 1 hit in the U.S., after all and theyve launched a campaign to gather votes for their preferred institution: a school for the deaf. Bostons Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, specifically, which had 17,000 votes (and counting) as of Thursday morning. And while Mashable reports theres no way to determine where Horace Mann stands in the overall poll, the outlet offers the following perspective: Arizona State, which boasts one of the largest student bodies in the U.S., had just 2,768 votes as of

Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" logs a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, while Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen's collaboration "Good Time" reaches the top 10. Swift stays at the summit, with digital sales for "Never" dropping significantly, a contrast to the song's strong airplay gains. "Never" spends a second week at No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart with 307,000 downloads sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan, a 51% slide from its debut on the list last week with sales of 623,000, an opening-week sum that marked the best for a song by a woman in SoundScan history. In its first two weeks of digital availability, "Never" has sold 930,000 downloads. Taylor Swift Scores First Hot 100 No. 1 Such a drop-off in second-week digital sales is typical for titles that make monstrous first-week splashes. Even with its decline, "Never" becomes one of just five songs this year to sell more t

People News Aug 30, 2012, 3:02 GMT Taylor Swift Taylor Swift will bring Conor Kennedy to the MTV Video Music Awards. The 'Love Story' singer will debut a new song from her upcoming fourth studio album 'Red' at the ceremony, which takes place at Los Angeles' Staples Center on September 6 ,and sources close to the star say she is planning to bring her new boyfriend along for moral support. A source told HollywoodLife.com: 'Conor probably won't walk the red carpet, but he'll be there to support her performance at the show!' The couple are also planning to spend time with Conor's cousin Patrick Schwarzenegger, who is attending the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. The source added: 'They will probably hang out with Patrick while they are out in LA. Since Patrick will be in town as he just started classes at USC, they all want to party together.' Taylor, 22 and 18-year-old Conor have only been dating since June but friend

Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" logs a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, while Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen's collaboration "Good Time" reaches the top 10. Swift stays at the summit, with digital sales for "Never" dropping significantly, a contrast to the song's strong airplay gains. "Never" spends a second week at No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart with 307,000 downloads sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan, a 51% slide from its debut on the list last week with sales of 623,000, an opening-week sum that marked the best for a song by a woman in SoundScan history. In its first two weeks of digital availability, "Never" has sold 930,000 downloads. Taylor Swift Scores First Hot 100 No. 1 Such a drop-off in second-week digital sales is typical for titles that make monstrous first-week splashes. Even with its decline, "Never" becomes one of just five songs this year to sell more t

LOS ANGELES, Aug 29 Fans of country singer Taylor Swift looking for new clues on the subject of her hit song We Are Never Getting Back Together, may want to watch the video premiering this week on MTV and sister TV network CMT, the television channel said yesterday. Taylor Swift in a scene from We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, in this publicity photo released to Reuters August 28, 2012. Reuters supplied pic The video, in which the 22-year-old gets personal about her dating life, will debut on MTV First: Taylor Swift on MTV tomorrow at 7:49 p.m. EDT and on country music sister channel, CMT. MTV News, was to air a 30-second sneak peek yesterday. Swift will also perform the song live on the MTV Video Music Awards on September 6, the network said. The song, the first single from the country stars upcoming album Red, has already become a hit. Last week, it broke the Billboard chart record as the most downloaded song by a female artist in its first week, selling 623,000 copies. It

Taylor Swift and Conor Kennedy enjoy a romantic weekend together at the Kennedy family compound in Hyannisport, Massachusetts on July 27, 2012. Credit: WENN.com Sure, there are downsides to being Taylor Swift's main squeeze (revenge-fueled breakup tunes, anyone?). But when things are good, they're really good -- just ask her latest beau, Conor Kennedy . Page Six reports that the "Mean" songstress, 22, flew the soon-to-be high school senior, 18, on her private jet from the Hyannis Port, Mass. Kennedy family compound to her hometown of Nashville because she "missed Conor so much" -- even though the pair had only been separated for a little over a week. PHOTOS: Taylor Swift's love life "He's been with her ever since, and his family doesn't know when he'll be back," the source explained to Page Six of the brand new couple, who have only been dating since July. "Things have become so serious between them so fast that no one in H

(Getty) Taylor Swift is hardcore. The country cutie reportedly sent a private jet to pick up her younger beau Conor Kennedy from Massachusetts because she missed him so much. Remember this the next time you're wedged between a lumberjack and a screaming baby in coach. Also in music news, Jennifer Lopez paid tribute to the late Selena Quintanilla-Prez during a recent performance in Texas, Pink opened up about her drug overdose in the mid '90s, Britney Spears was reportedly ordered to take out her hair extensions for The X Factor , and more. Taylor Swift does what she wants. The 22-year-old superstar is sparing no expense in her relationship with 18-year-old Conor Kennedy, snapping up mansions and shelling out for private jets in the name of love. She has the resources to do it, too remember that she reportedly raked in about $57 million in the past year. A source told Page Six that a smitten Taylor returned to Nashville from Hyannis Port, Massachusetts over a week ago t

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fans of country singer Taylor Swift looking for new clues on the subject of her hit song, "We Are Never Getting Back Together," may want to watch the video premiering this week on MTV and sister TV network CMT, the television channel said on Tuesday. The video, in which the 22-year-old gets personal about her dating life, will debut on "MTV First: Taylor Swift" on MTV Thursday at 7:49 p.m. EDT and on country music sister channel, CMT. MTV News will air a 30-second "sneak peek" on Tuesday. Swift will also perform the song live on the MTV Video Music Awards on September 6, the network said. The song, the first single from the country star's upcoming album "Red," has already become a hit. Last week, it broke the Billboard chart record as the most downloaded song by a female artist in its first week, selling 623,000 copies. It also has spurred a guessing game among fans about which ex-boyfriend Swift is singing about

Taylor Swift is so smitten with Conor Kennedy that, after leaving him in Massachusetts to head back to Nashville, she missed him so desperately she sent a jet to pick him up from the Kennedy home. Sources exclusively tell Page Six that country superstar Swift left the Kennedy family compound in Hyannis Port alone just over a week ago to go to Nashville to work and promote her new single, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. But one source said, Taylor missed Conor so much, she sent a plane for him a few days later. Hes been with her ever since, and his family doesnt know when he will be back. Things have become so serious between them so fast that no one in Hyannis Port would be surprised if they eloped. AP Taylor Swift A Kennedy source told us that despite their still-brief romance, which they say started in July, Swift seems totally in love with Conor. They are inseparable and are all over each other all the time. While his relatives really like Taylor, some feel their lovey-do

Taylor Swift MARIO ANZUONI/REUTERS Taylor Swift will attend the Canadian Country Music Association Awards. Taylor Swift will attend this years Canadian Country Music Association Awards in Saskatoon to accept the inaugural CCMA Generation prize. Swift will be honoured at the award show on Sept. 9 for going beyond the borders of the country music genre onto an international stage. Related: Is Taylor Swift stalking the Kennedys CCMA board chairman Ted Ellis says Swift has been the top selling country artist in Canada since 2010, and has previously won three CCMA awards for top selling album. The show will air on CBC-TV at 8 p.m., with encore airings on CMT. Performers set to take the stage include Gord Bamford, Jason Blaine, Doc Walker, Emerson Drive, Eric Church and Miranda Lambert. Scottish-born crooner Johnny Reid leads with eight nominations heading into the bash, while Dean Brody of Jaffray, B.C., has seven and Bamford is next with six. Reid and Brody are also in the running for alb

Posted on: 11:15 am, August 27, 2012, by Staff Writer , updated on: 11:28am, August 27, 2012 (CNN) Some didnt want to believe that Taylor Swift was capable of crashing a Kennedy family wedding, but Kathie Lee Gifford may have just set the record straight. On the Today show Thursday, Kathie Lee explained that she was there for the whole thing. (The bride, Kyle Kennedy, is Kathie Lees granddaughter by marriage.) The event in question actually took place last weekend, when Kyle tied the knot in Boston. Swift, whos been spotted with boyfriend Conor Kennedy, was supposedly asked not to attend that weekends event. The Boston Herald quoted the brides mother, Victoria Gifford Kennedy, as saying that she asked Conor and Taylor not to come via text, but they showed up anyway. When she saw them, I personally went up to Ms. Swift, whose entrance distracted the entire event, politely introduced myself to her, and asked her as nicely as I could to leave, Victoria told the Boston Herald Wednesday. I

Taylor Swift to attend the 2012 CCMA Awards on September 9 th in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to accept award in celebration of her incredible global success September 9 at 8 pm on CBC-TV TORONTO, Aug. 27, 2012 /CNW/ - To commemorate thirty years of the Canadian Country Music Association Awards in 2012, the CCMA Board of Directors has established a new award to celebrate those who have been propelled beyond the borders of the country music genre onto an international stage. The CCMA Generation Award will highlight those few select internationally celebrated artists who have pushed country music forward to new audiences and have created and brought awareness of this genre of music across the globe. Recognized as one of the most influential artists of her generation the CCMA Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Taylor Swift will be this year's recipient of the CCMA Generation Award . The 2012 CCMA Awards will air on Sunday, September 9 th at 8 p.m. ( 8:30 p.m. NT) on CBC

Taylor Swift photo courtesy of Big Machine Label Group. Taylor Swift will perform an intimate acoustic concert for a winning college or high school this fall as part of VH1s VH1 Storytellers series. Presented by Chegg and Papa Johns, in partnership with COVERGIRL and American Greetings, VH1 Storytellers: Taylor Swift will air on VH1 on Sunday, November 11 at 6 p.m. ET/PT. The contest is open to accredited colleges and high schools in the 48 continental U.S. states and runs through September 23. Students can vote for their school and find more information at www.taylorswiftoncampus.com . Taylor Swift is not only a talented musician, but is also an amazing role model for our nations students, Dan Rosensweig, President and CEO of Chegg, said.Cheggs mission is to deliver value to students so were thrilled to partner with Taylor to bring a unique and intimate concert to her fans at one lucky school as well as provide music grants to five deserving schools through our Chegg for Good progr

As always, submit your questions about Billboard charts, sales and airplay, as well as general music musings, to askbb@billboard.com . Please include your first and last name, as well as your city, state and country, if outside the U.S. TAYLOR FITTINGS Gary, Like many people, I was pleased to see Taylor Swift finally reach the Billboard Hot 100 's highest plateau this week with "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together." The first time I saw the title, I knew it would be a hit. The first time I actually heard it, I was sure it was going to No. 1. When, in your newest "Weekly Chart Notes" column , you mentioned artists with the name Taylor (first or last) that have gone to No. 1 I instantly thought of a few more. Duran Duran had two Hot 100 No. 1s: 1984's "The Reflex" and 1985's "A View to a Kill." At the time, they had three unrelated band members with the last name Taylor: John, Andy and Roger. Speaking of another Roger Taylor, we ca

MB: Country star Taylor Swifts latest single made a record-breaking entry in Wednesdays Billboard Digital Songs chart, scoring the biggest digital sales week ever for a song by a female artist. Swifts song We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, an infectious, punky country-pop anthem, quickly rose through the charts and gained strong radio play after its release last week, selling 623,000 downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The song also hit the Billboard Country singles chart, as Swifts music has attracted fans of both country and pop. Taylor appeals to a younger female demographic that tends to buy a lot of music and after the years, shes become a staple of two pretty popular formats, country and pop, and shes able to manipulate both formats and be played across both, Silvio Pietroluongo, director of charts at Billboard, told Reuters. Pop singer Ke$has TiK ToK previously held the title for the biggest first-week digital sales by a female artist, with 610,000 downloads. Only

Taylor Swift Taylor Swift taps country music on the shoulder this week -- just to remind it who the lady of the house is. Her insanely catchy "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" soars into Billboard 's country songs chart at a sizzling No 13. Obviously, no bad luck there. Arriving at the top of that chart after a 16-week trek is Blake Shelton 's "Over." As expected, the Zac Brown Band 's Uncaged comes back to crown the albums chart after a week out of pocket. There is but one new album: Corb Lund's Cabin Fever climbs aboard at No. 51. Blackberry Smoke 's The Whippoorwill returns to the rankings at an impressive No. 8. New songs abound -- five of them in addition to Swift's. They are the Eli Young Band 's "Say Goodnight" (No. 49), Dierks Bentley 's "Tip It on Back" (No. 50), D. Vincent Williams' "Down by the River" (No. 56), Gwen Sebastian's "Met Him in a Motel Room" (No. 59)

As always, submit your questions about Billboard charts, sales and airplay, as well as general music musings, to askbb@billboard.com . Please include your first and last name, as well as your city, state and country, if outside the U.S. TAYLOR FITTINGS Gary, Like many people, I was pleased to see Taylor Swift finally reach the Billboard Hot 100 's highest plateau this week with "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together." The first time I saw the title, I knew it would be a hit. The first time I actually heard it, I was sure it was going to No. 1. When, in your newest "Weekly Chart Notes" column , you mentioned artists with the name Taylor (first or last) that have gone to No. 1 I instantly thought of a few more. Duran Duran had two Hot 100 No. 1s: 1984's "The Reflex" and 1985's "A View to a Kill." At the time, they had three unrelated band members with the last name Taylor: John, Andy and Roger. Speaking of another Roger Taylor, we ca

Saturday, 25 August 2012 14:29 Posted by Maria Saeed KARACHI: Taylor Swift has broken a US download record for a female artist with her latest track We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. Media reported that for the week ending August 19, Swift had the biggest digital sales week ever for a song by a woman thanks to 623,000 paid downloads, according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan. The tune, which will appear on Swift's upcoming album Red becomes just the seventh single to sell more than 500,000 digital copies in one week. Pop singer Kesha's TiK ToK previously held the title for the biggest first-week digital sales by a female artist, with 610,000 downloads. When I was coming up with the name for this album, it seemed crazy because it was really simple, Swift said talking about her album. I wrote a song called 'Red,' and thinking about what that song means to me and all the different emotions on this album they're all pretty much about the tumultuous, craz

There has been much talk about Taylor Swift s controversial appearance at the Boston wedding of Kyle Kennedy last weekend. Mother-of-the-bride Victoria Gifford Kennedy has claimed that Swift and her boyfriend, Conor Kennedy (Kyles cousin), showed up without RSVPing to the event and were asked to leave twice before they disappeared. Meanwhile, Victorias stepmom, Today cohost Kathie Lee Gifford , who was also at the wedding, criticized Swift on national television for showing up without permission. The incident got us wondering about wedding etiquette and who was in the wrong Taylor and Conor for crashing the party without a proper RSVP, or Victoria Gifford Kennedy, who asked a relative to leave the wedding and then whined about the family drama to the Boston Herald? According to Massachusetts manners expert Jodi R. R. Smith , author of The Etiquette Book: A Complete Guide to Modern Manners, Swift is the biggest offender in this mess. Smith says that under normal circumstances, whe

Taylor Swift ( CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) "What just happened?" That's what Taylor Swift wants to know at the end of this run-in with comedian Kevin Hart. It's not an actual run-in, mind you. More like a hysterical one-minute run-in being used to promote the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 6. Hart -- the show's host -- barges into a green room where Swift is minding her own business, quietly strumming her guitar and singing, and he accuses her of writing her infectious new song "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" about him. "Really? Taylor? For the last time, stop writing songs about me," he says. Her response is, "This isn't about you at all" and "I met you, like, one time, like two years ago, for five minutes." Hart claims he does not want to be known as Mr. Ex-Taylor Swift. So it's prett

Taylor Swift 's representative has dismissed rumours the singer crashed a wedding over the weekend ( 18 -19Aug12) by showing up uninvited. The singer attended the marriage of Kyle Kennedy and Liam Kerr in Boston, Massachusetts on Saturday ( 18 Aug12) with her rumoured new boyfriend Conor Kennedy. However, the bride's mother Victoria Gifford Kennedy claims Swift was not invited to the event at the city's Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel and was asked to leave. She told U.S. newspaper the Boston Herald, "They (Swift and Kennedy) texted me an hour before the wedding and asked if they could come. I responded with a very clear, 'Please do not come.' They came anyway... I personally went up to Ms. Swift, whose entrance distracted the entire event, politely introduced myself to her, and asked her as nicely as I could to leave. It was like talking to a ghost. She seemed to look right past me." However, Swift's spokeswoman Paula Erikson is adamant the bride was happ

Kathie Lee Gifford was a guest at the wedding Taylor Swift and her new boyfriend Conor Kennedy are said to have crashed, and she's telling folks what she saw with her own eyes. Gifford, who is the stepmother of Victoria Gifford Kennedy, who happens to be the mother of the bride, Kyle Kennedy, said on the Today show Thursday that Swift did show up at the nuptials in Hyannis Port, Mass., and that she was asked to leave twice. The talk-show host said that while 18-year-old Conor had been invited to the wedding, he didn't RSVP. "(Victoria) didn't know if he was coming or not," Gifford told co-host Hoda Kotb. "She heard that he might be, but he got in touch with her an hour earlier, and said, basically, 'Can I bring my girlfriend?'...She said very nicely, 'Please do not come.' Guess what? Then they came." Even so, added Gifford, "I'm not sure she didn't know she wasn't invited."

Taylor Swift tops Billboard's Social 50 for the first time this week, as Gotye and Psy make smashing top 10 re-entries. After setting the record for the biggest digital sales week ever for a song by a woman and finally getting her first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Taylor Swift quickly bounds to the No. 1 spot on the Social 50 for the first time. The 6-1 rise is owed to the success of her newest single, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," which also coincides with a 73% increase in overall weekly video plays. The Social 50 chart ranks the most popular artists on YouTube, Vevo, Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, using a formula that blends weekly additions of friends/fans/followers along with weekly artist page views and weekly song plays. "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" was released as a lyric video on Aug. 14 to Swift's official Vevo channel and has racked up over 6 million views. In the storm of media attention following the single and t

Hey Swifties! I'm Sam Lansky , and this is my column Pop Think , the space where I get to gush endlessly about the music things that I love the most. And my current obsession is, of course, the new Taylor Swift single, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," which premiered the week before last and instantly skyrocketed to No. 1 on the Hot 100, smashing all kinds of records along the way . (No big deal or anything.) My love for Taylor has been well-documented in this space, so it should come as no surprise that I've basically had the track on repeat for the last 10 days, even though it's a departure from many of the things I love most about Taylor's sound. Unlike a lot of her pop-tart contemporaries, Taylor has always been behind the steering wheel when it comes to her music, her vision, and her career. Her collaborations have been with an intimate team of co-writers and producers who have helped her execute her signature sound -- pop-country laced with d

Taylor Swift refuses to leave wedding Between writing hit songs and spending time with her boyfriend, it seems that Taylor Swift has found a new hobby: wedding crashing. Swift and her boyfriend crashed the Kennedy wedding despite failing to RSVP. Victoria Gifford Kennedy, mother of the bride, asked the 22-year-old Swift to leave the event and did not want Swifts appearance to distract from the true meaning of her daughter Kyle Kennedys wedding at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston. Despite her attempt to keep the focus on the bride, the singer refused to leave. They texted me an hour before the wedding and asked if they could come, Vicki Kennedy said. I responded with a very clear, Please do not come. They came anyway....I personally went up to Ms. Swift, whose entrance distracted the entire event, politely introduced myself to her, and asked her as nicely as I could to leave. It was like talking to a ghost. She seemed to look right past me, she told the Boston Herald . Of course havi

One of the only elusive honors in Taylor Swift 's enviable career is a reality at last, as the country/pop superstar scores her first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 , as "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" blasts from No. 72 to the summit in its second week. Swift had claimed accolades including Billboard's Woman of the Year (2011) and No. 1s on the Billboard 200, Digital Songs, Radio Songs, Pop Songs, Country Songs and Country Albums charts, among others. She's sold 17.8 million albums in the U.S. and 50 million downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan, since arriving with her self-titled debut album and introductory single, "Tim McGraw," six years ago. Now, Swift has her first No. 1 on the Hot 100 (the 1,018th leader in the chart's 54-year history), where she had previously reached No. 2 twice, with "You Belong With Me" (2009) and "Today Was a Fairytale" (2010). Her multi-format smashes "Mine" (2010) and "