Taylor Swift has revealed which single she will be performing at the CMA Awards on Thursday. Photos: Celebrity divorces, breakups of 2012 Taylor Swift sparkles in black on ABC's 'GMA' Stories: CMA Awards 2012: List of nominations Taylor Swift 'can't deal' with cheating or 'needing space' Taylor Swift reportedly splits from Conor Kennedy "We've had an amazing week and I have a new album out called 'Red' and the song I'm performing on the CMAs is a song called 'Begin Again,'" Swift said in a promotional video for the Awards show. "This has been the most unbelievable feeling, putting out my fourth album and having fans buy 1.2 million of it in the first week - that's something I never expected as a possibility. I'm just blown away and I'm walking around with a perpetual smile on my face. So I think for me, the feeling of going into the CMAs is such an amazing feeling of perpetual feeling of celebration, joy...

Taylor Swift's new studio album is a smash hit. The 22-year-old singer sold 1.2 million copies of "Red" in its first week -- the largest sales week for any album in a decade. According to Billboard , Swift has the most albums sold in a single week since 2002, when Eminem's "The Eminem Show" sold 1.322 million Nielsen SoundScan confirmed the blockbuster sales on Tuesday night. "Red" marks Swift's second straight album to sell more than 1 million copies in its first week; "Speak Now," her third album, sold a little over 1 million copies when it was released in 2010. She is the only woman to have two albums sell more than 1 million copies in its first week. Swift's "Red" is only the 18th album to sell a million units in a one week since SoundScan began counting sales in 1991. "They just told me Red sold 1.2 million albums first week. How is this real life?! You are UNREAL. I love you so much. Thanks a million ;),"...

Associated Press "Red" by Taylor Swift. NEW YORK (AP) Taylor Swift's new album is called "Red," but its true color is a brilliant platinum. The 22-year-old sold 1.2 million copies of her latest album in its first week the largest sales week for any album in a decade. Nielsen SoundScan confirmed the blockbuster sales on Tuesday night. "Red" marks Swift's second straight album to sell more than 1 million copies in its first week; "Speak Now," her third album, sold a little over 1 million copies when it was released in 2010. She is the only woman to have two albums sell more than 1 million copies in its first week. "They just told me Red sold 1.2 million albums first week. How is this real life?! You are UNREAL. I love you so much. Thanks a million ;)," Swift tweeted Tuesday night. The only other act to sell more than 1 million copies of an album in its debut week twice was 'N Sync. Swift isn't a boy band, but she's ...

wenn Did The Kennedy family orchestrate Taylor Swift's split from Conor Kennedy? A new report has claimed the powerful family were not happy about the romance and pressurised the couple to split. While sources claim the couple split due to long distance, Kennedy insiders reportedly told The Sun the family were against the relationship were concerned about the six year age gap and feared the 18 year-old becoming a pop star's arm candy. The Kennedys have been against the relationship from the very start, the insider revealed. They werent happy about the age gap or the attention it put on Conor at such a young age. Taylor has spoken recently about her inability to understand love and has admitted she falls in love too fast, something the Kennedy's reportedly weren't comfortable with. Taylor has a habit of being a bit full-on too, the source explained, she falls very hard, very fast and it freaked them out a bit. It seems though Conor's education, who is still in high ...

wenn Taylor Swift might have only just broke up with 18 year-old Conor Kennedy but according to sources she is already getting close to a new man, fellow musician and collaborator Ed Sheeran. The pair have already written music together penning duet 'Everything Has Changed' for Taylor's new album and after announcing that the 'Lego House' singer will be joining Taylor on her 45-date tour of North America next year, insiders have reportedly told The Mirror the pair might be more than just friends and are getting increasingly close. The track they wrote together, according to Taylor is about falling in love and describes the feeling of when you first meet someone. They have both spent the last few months gushing about each other, with Taylor saying: For me Ed is my absolute favourite (British artist). While the 'Drunk' singer told the Australian Hearld Sun : As a person, Taylor's such a sweetheart," he said. "[She's] the perfect example of w...

Tags: grammys , ll cool j , music awards , taylor swift Taylor Swift Bang Showbiz TAYLOR Swift will co-host the Grammy Awards special. The 23-year-old singer has been chosen to present one-hour show 'The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! - Countdown to Music's Biggest Night' alongside rapper LL Cool J on December 5. >>More Entertainment News The unlikely duo previously co-hosted the first Grammy nominations special in 2008 and this is the second time the country cutie has been asked to appear alongside regular host LL. The line-up includes by Luke Bryan and Maroon 5, with more performers being confirmed over the coming weeks. The programme is being filmed at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee and will be broadcast on CBS. The 22-year-old sing! er - who has dated a host of Hollywood hunks in the past including John Mayer, Taylor Lautner and Jake Gyllenhaal - is said to have split from her 18-year-old boyfriend Conor Kennedy because she got too serious, too f...

Taylor Swift is joining LL Cool J as co-host of this year's Grammy nominations concert. Taylor Swift + Billboard Read the Cover Story | Buy a Copy 'Red': Track-By-Track Album Review Taylor's 10 Biggest Career Moments 'Red' to Join Platinum Club Photos: Taylor's Fashion Evolution Country singer-songwriter Luke Bryan has also been added to the lineup for the one-hour telecast. He joins previously announced performer Maroon 5 . The Grammy nominations concert telecast will air live from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 10 p.m. on CBS. Nominees in numerous categories will be unveiled during the broadcast for the 55th annual Grammy Awards, taking place Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. This would be the fifth Grammy nominations concert. LL Cool J has hosted the telecast since it began in 2008, with Swift co-hosting its first year. Additional performers and presenters will be announced shortly.

Taylor Swift's new album, "Red," posted strong sales on its first day of release. ( Frank Micelotta for VH1 Storytellers ) By Gerrick D. Kennedy October 29, 2012 , 9:33 a.m. Taylor Swift is having quite the month. Just as Red, her latest opus of lovelorn anthems, opened to massive first-week sales numbers, the country-pop phenom has been tapped to co-host the Grammy nomination special, the Recording Academy announced on Monday. Swift will co-host the CBS special with LL Cool J. The exhaustively titled CBS special,"Grammy Nominations Concert Live: Countdown to Music's Biggest Night, will be held in Nashville. This is the first time the telecast will be held outside of Los Angeles in its five-year history. Country singer/songwriter Luke Bryan and pop-rockers Maroon 5 are slated to perform, with additional acts and presenters expected to be announced. Swift, a six-time Grammy winner herself, is the last artist associated with country music to win the album of the...

Hot Dish ( CMT Hot Dish is a weekly feature written by veteran columnist Hazel Smith. Author of the cookbook, Hazel's Hot Dish: Cookin' With Country Stars , she also hosts CMT's Southern Fried Flicks With Hazel Smith and shares her recipes at CMT .com.) Taylor Paints It Red Taylor Swift was in New York City on Oct. 22, 23, 24 -- awakening at the crack of dawn, singing on Good Morning America before the rooster crowed. She never frowned, never complained and she looked like a billion bucks. Her bright red lips, red fingernails, red dress, and white teeth were smiling on display around the world. "I'm blown away by the crowd," she said. ABC-TV announced that Taylor had Times Square's largest crowd ever. I don't know about largest ever, but the place was mobbed as far as the eye could see. What has Red done so far? Topped the all-genre Top Albums chart at iTunes within 36 minutes of release with sales of 262,000 at iTunes alone. Thus far, Red has so...

Taylor Swift performs on the Good Morning America Show in Times Square in New York City on October 23, 2012. UPI/John Angelillo License photo Published: Oct. 29, 2012 at 12:14 AM NASHVILLE, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Country music star Taylor Swift will headline 58 North American stadium and arena shows next year to support her new album "Red," Big Machine Records said. Singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran, whose duet "Everything Has Changed" is featured on the CD, will be a special guest at all of the shows. The tour will kick off March 13 in Omaha, Neb., and will continue through Sept. 21 in Nashville, Tenn. "I didn't think I could be any more excited about my 'Red' album, but then I start thinking about how I'm going to put the new show together for 'The Red Tour,'" Swift said in a statement Saturday. "I have so many ideas about how to really bring this music to life, and I can't wait to share the new show with all my fans."

Stylewatch Style News Now 10 / 27 / 2012 at 12:00 PM ET Gregg DeGuire/WireImage Taylor Swift earned the number-one spot on the iTunes charts this week, but shes going to have to settle for number two on our best dressed list because Amy Adams out-styled her. Almost 16,800 of you voted Adamss look a stunning navy Oscar de la Renta column gown the number-one dress of the week . Adams, who was attending Mondays Hollywood Film Awards gala at the time, completed her minimalist ensemble with Tiffany & Co. jewels and romantic waves. PHOTOS: SEE THE OTHER CELEBS WHO MADE THE TOP 10 MOST-LOVED LOOKS LIST! Swift, who released her new album Red on Monday, was just a few hundred votes shy of the t! op spot thanks to her sweet tea-length, cap-sleeve dress , Christian Louboutin heels and appropriate red pout. Rounding out the top five were Nicole Richie , Lauren Conrad and Julianne Hough . Check out their winning looks over on our Red Carpet page . Tell us: Does Adams deserve the top...

Taylor Swift announced the dates for her upcoming 2013 North American tour for her album Red on Friday. Swift announced the tour via her official website . The tour will start in Omaha, Nebraska on March 13, 2013, and end in Nashville, Tennessee on September 21, 2013. The tour will have 58 shows in 45 cities. Swift will play in 29 states and three Canadian provinces. A full list is available on the site. Swift said of the tour: I didnt think I could be any more excited about my RED album, but then I start thinking about how Im going to put the new show together for The RED Tour. I have so many ideas about how to really bring this music to life, and I cant wait to share the new show with all my fans! Singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran will be opening for Swift on the tour. Sheeran and Swift collaborated on the song, Everything Has Changed, for Red . Swift told the N.Y. Daily News that Red is the most adventurous album I've ever made. She went on to say: Red is really kind of diary ent...

Taylor Swift and Jason Mraz will be this week's special guests on Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars , ABC has confirmed. The musicians will appear on Tuesday evening's results show (October 30). PA Images / Joel Ryan/AP > 'Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars' poll: Who danced best in week five? Swift - who recently confirmed a 58-date North American tour - will perform her single 'We Are Never Ever Ever Getting Back Together' from new album Red , while Mraz will perform 'I Won't Give Up' from his latest record Love is a Four-Letter Word . Monday's (October 29) show will see a performance from Little Big Town, while Big & Rich and Cowboy Troy will soundtrack a freestyle group dance - the first time that such a routine has been accompanied by special musical guests. This week's shows have a country music the! me ahead of ABC's coverage of the annual Country Music Association (CMA) Awards this Thursday evening (November 1). Each ce...

By John Gonzalez | gonzo@mlive.com MLive.com on October 27, 2012 at 7:35 AM, updated October 27, 2012 at 7:36 AM Taylor Swift will headline 58 shows in 45 cities in 29 states and 3 provinces in 2013 on her "Red" tour. She performs May 4 at Ford Field. taylorswift.com Taylor Swift announced dates for her 2013 "Red" tour, including several stadium dates. One of those stadium dates is May 4 at Ford Field in Detroit. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Nov. 16. The others: Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Gillette Stadium near Boston and Soldier Field in Chicago. Overall, Swifty is scheduled to headline 58 shows in 45 cities in 29 states and 3 provinces in 2013. It will kick off March 13 in Omaha, Nebraska and continue through September. Every show will include tickets priced at under $50. The first tickets will go on sale on Nov. 16, and on-sale information is available now at TaylorSwift .com. On her we...

by C.J. Daniels WHAS11.com Posted on October 27, 2012 at 2:19 AM Updated today at 2:19 AM Louisville, Ky. (WHAS) Hot off the heels of her brand new release RED, country starlet Taylor Swift announced Friday shes doing a massive 58-city tour which will make two stops in Kentuckiana in 2013. I didnt think I could be any more excited about my RED album, but then I start thinking about how Im going to put the new show together for The RED Tour, says Taylor. I have so many ideas about how to really bring this music to life, and I cant wait to share the new show with all my fans, Swift said via her website. Joining Swift on tour is singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran, whos featured on Everything Has Changed which is already steaming up the Itunes charts. Swifts highly anticipated tour will begin on March 13 in Omaha, Nebraska and will make scheduled stops in Lexington on April 27 and Louisville on May 7. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale November 16. For more information on how to purchase, chec...

Taylor Swift says she doesn't know how to have a 'normal relationship', revealing the pressure of living under the showbiz spotlight is one reason she hasn't been able to hold down a long-term boyfriend. The 22-year-old singer - who has previously dated John Mayer, Joe Jonas, Jake Gyllenhaal and Taylor Lautner - insists she tries to be 'normal' when she is going out with men but finds it hard. In an interview filmed on Monday, just days before news broke about her latest split from Conor Kennedy, she told talk show host Katie Couric: 'I don't know how to have a normal relationship because I try to act normal, love from a normal place and live a normal life. But there is sort of an abnormal magnifying glass, like telescope lenses, on everything that happens between me and anybody else.' Despite having been in a number of relationships in recent years and basing the lyrics of the majority of her hit songs on love, the 'I Knew You Were Trouble' ...

Home Taylor Swift One Direction Harry Styles Taylor Swifts Hidden Message For Harry Taylor Swift had a brief fling with One Directions Harry Styles, a report claimed on Oct. 19, and now one of her new songs may give us a clue into their short romance! Taylor Swift was reportedly heartbroken after being dumped by One Direction s Harry Styles , according to a RadarOnline report . As we all know, Taylor loves to kiss and tell and now some are speculating that her song I Knew You Were Trouble is about Harry! Taylor really liked Harry and even though they werent exclusive, he hinted at making it official with her just before he took off to Australia, the RadarOnline source said in the original report. He even told Taylor he didnt want her to see anybody else while he was gone! Harry is known as a bit of a serial-dater, known for being linked to Caroline Flack , who is 14 years older, and most recently Burberry model Cara Delevingne . Did his reputation have Taylor thinking he was trou...

Summer is over, and apparently so is the summer romance between Taylor Swift and Conor Kennedy. The pair, who were first spotted in July canoodling at the Kennedy family compound in Hyannisport, Mass., have broken up, reports Us Weekly. The mag quotes a close friend of the couple as saying it was distance that ultimately put an end to things. Swift, 22, has been busy promoting her new album, "Red." Conor, 18, is the son of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and the late Mary Richardson Kennedy. He is a high school senior. Over the summer, Swift was spotted accompanying Conor to the grave of his mother, who suffered from alcoholism and depression and hanged herself in a barn at her New York estate in May. In August, "People" reported that Swift spent $5 million on a beachside mansion near the home of Ethel Kennedy, widow of RFK and Conor's grandmother. Will she still vacation there now that they have reportedly split?? One thing's almost certain: a thinly veiled song ab...

Reports of a split between Taylor Swift and Conor Kennedy may have embarrassed the Kennedy family just hours before they announced plans to honor the superstar singer at their high-profile December family gala. Kerry Kennedy sent out an e-mail yesterday announcing that Swift will be honored along with Wall Street bigwig and human-rights activist Vincent A. Mai at the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights Ripple of Hope Awards Dinner, Page Six has exclusively learned. The events scheduled for Dec. 3 at New Yorks Marriott Marquis. ABC via Getty Images Taylor Swift The gala, to be hosted by Ethel Kennedy with Kerry and Roger Altman , will be emceed by Alec Baldwin and attended by many in the Kennedy clan, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , and such celebs as Dianna Agron , Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas , Matthew Broderick , Harry Belafonte , Mia Farrow and Jerry Springer . But while Us Weekly yesterday breathlessly blasted out the news that Swift and Conor...

Red singer Taylor Swift and boyfriend Conor Kennedy are over, a source close to the couple tells Extra. Getty Images Swifts press tour and album release proved too much for the relationship, leaving Conor, 18, overwhelmed trying to keep up with Swift and her travel schedule. The We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together singer recently told Extras Renee Bargh that falling in and out of love easily is a trademark characteristic for young people her age. The 22-year-old also revealed that to her love is the great unknown and thats why she writes songs about it. Swift hinted at trouble in paradise by admitting she wasnt sure when she was going to be ready to settle down, but added the idea of romance is kind of what makes me get out of bed in the morning. Just a few weeks ago, Swift purchased a $4.5-million mansion in Hyannis Port near the Kennedy family compound.

wenn Despite seemingly dating half of Hollywood, Taylor Swift has admitted that she doesn't know much about loveand has never had a normal relationship. The 22 year-old, who has previously been linked to Taylor Lautner, John Mayer, Jake Gyllenhaal, Joe Jonas and Eddie Redmayne, admitted during an interview with Katie Couric that despite her experiences she still feel pretty in the dark when it comes to love. "I don't really know much about love, it turns out," she told Katie Couric in an interview on US TV, according to AceShowbiz to promote new album Red. She added: "I don't know how to have a normal relationship because I try to act normal and love from a normal place and live a normal life, but there is sort of an abnormal magnifying glass, like telescope lens, on everything that happens between me and anybody else." Taylor has channelled much of her feelings into her music, with at times, some not so subtle song's hitting the airwaves. John Maye...

If you are unaware that Taylor Swift has a new album in stores , well, then one can logically assume you probably live in one of the five places on this planet where Papa John's doesn't deliver (a tree, a cave, the Fortress of Solitude, Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland) ... so perhaps this promotion isn't for you. Still, as a service to the rest of us, we'd be remiss if we didn't point out Swift's latest promo master-stroke, a partnership with Papa John's pizza that will hand-deliver a copy of her brand-new Red album right to your doorstep along with any large, one-topping pizza for just $22. Yes, it's all part of the "Taylor Swift Pizza Party," which gives fans the opportunity to add Red to any order for only $13 (or, save 40 percent off "any regular menu-price pizza" ordered online by using the promo code "40RED"), then sit back and listen to Swift's scathing tales of heartbreak and revenge while the Papa's sign...