Taylor Swift abandons any pretense that she's a teen on her second album, Fearless -- which isn't to say that she suddenly tarts herself up, running away from her youth in a manner that's all too familiar to many teen stars. Swift's maturation is deliberate and careful, styled after the crossover country-pop of Shania Twain and Faith Hill before they turned into divas. Despite the success of her self-titled 2006 debut, there's nothing at all diva-like about Swift on 2008's Fearless: she's soft-spoken and considerate, a big sister instead of a big star. Nowhere is this truer than on "Fifteen," a kind warning for a teen to watch her heart sung from the perspective of a woman who's perhaps twice that age -- a sly trick for the 18-year-old Swift. There may be a hint of youthfulness to her singing but that's the only hint of girlishness here; her writing -- and she had a hand in penning all 13 tracks here, with six of them bearing her solitary credit -- is sharply, subtly crafted and the music is softly assured, never pushing its hooks too hard and settling into a warm bed of guitars and keyboards. Like many country-pop albums of the 2000s, the pop heavily outweighs the country -- there aren't fiddles here, there are violins -- yet Fearless never feels garish, a crass attempt at a crossover success. It's small-scale and sweetly tuneful, always seeming humble even when the power ballads build to a big close. Swift's gentle touch is as enduring as her songcraft, and this musical maturity may not quite jibe with her age but it does help make Fearless one of the best mainstream pop albums of 2008.
Best friends Taylor Swift and Kellie Picker take you behind the scenes and chat it up backstage on their nearly sold out Fearless Tour, coming soon to a city near you.Click on the picture to watch their personal message to fans!!
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Watch Taylor Swift perform a bunch of her songs live and acoustically RIGHT HERE!
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Awards season looks like it’ll be sweet for Taylor Swift.The 19-year-old country-crossover star, who walked away with the award for entertainer of the year at the 2009 Country Music Association Awards weeks ago, was the big winner at last night’s American Music Awards, held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.She beat out Lady GaGa [...]
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I’m sensing something, something new. Yeah theres these six new songs by Taylor Swift… I feel like she’s moving out of her teen years and starting to get in touch with her music more and more, and that we’ve yet to see Taylors full potential. On Monday, Taylor Swift dropped Fearless Platinum Edition [...]Related posts:Taylor Swift: The Saga of a ‘Fearless’ Prankster Little miss cutie
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Clearly, a lot of Gloriana fans have pretty large text message phone plans.The harmony-heavy quartet won the T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist Award at last night’s American Music Awards and beat pop juggernauts Kid CuDi and Lady Gaga for the award.The award, whose winner was determined by the number of text message votes the artist received, came [...]
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Best friends Taylor Swift and Kellie Picker take you behind the scenes and chat it up backstage on their nearly sold out Fearless Tour, coming soon to a city near you.Click on the picture to watch their personal message to fans!!
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Watch Taylor Swift perform a bunch of her songs live and acoustically RIGHT HERE!
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Swift's second album continues the appealing pop of her debut. Her teenage voice is still a bit reedy, but the brassy edge provides balance to the perfectly arranged and polished productions. It's hard to understand why Swift is lauded with country music airplay and awards, since her music and subject matter only occasionally feint to country music's roots (is that a mandolin playing on "Breathe"
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The CMA Entertainer of the Year is also the AMA Artist of the Year. The King of Pop was honored with four American Music Awards on Sunday night, but it was 19-year-old country star Taylor Swift who was honored as “Artist of the Year”.“Music has never been ultimately about competition, ...
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Songwriter: Taylor Swift An obvious criticism of Taylor Swift's "Love Story," the debut single from her upcoming sophomore effort Fearless, is that the song, muddled by its prominent and clunky Romeo and Juliet references, completely misses the point of one of the English language's seminal literary works-thereby undermining its own effectiveness. After all, the syrupy, [...]
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--- - |- Well, we now have the first single from Taylor Swift's new album "Fearless." It is titled "Love Story."I have a feeling this is a great preview of what is to come from the new album. The song seems to be inline with Swift's debut sound. No real shocking style change or anything, which is good to hear.The song has not been made available for download quiet yet, I will let you know when...
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Taylor Swift received the “Song of the Year” honor at last night’s 57th Annual BMI Awards in Nashville for her hit, “Love Story.”“I just want to say to every songwriter and every loved one of a songwriter, thank you, because you are the reason I wanted to try Nashville,” Swift said at the ceremony. “You are [...]
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Last night I had told about the two early awards Taylor Swift had won at the AMAs last night, but she actually ended up winning five. Country was a big winner last night. Check out all the winners from the show. WINNERS FOR THE 2009 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDSPOP or ROCK MUSICFavorite Male Artist - Michael JacksonFavorite Female Artist - Taylor SwiftFavorite Band, Duo or Group - Black Eyed Peas F...
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Good thing Kanye West wasn’t invited to the Country Music Awards, because he would have had to get up and interrupt Taylor Swift quite a few times.Swift picked up awards for Album of the Year (for Fearless), Female Vocalist of the Year and Music Video of the Year (for “Love Story”).Other top honors went to [...]
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Here are the country music related winners of the 2009 American Music Awards:ARTIST OF THE YEARTaylor SwiftPOP/ROCKFemale Artist: Taylor SwiftCOUNTRYMale Artist: Keith UrbanFemale Artist: Taylor SwiftBand, Duo or Group: Rascal FlattsAlbum: Fearless, Taylor SwiftADULT CONTEMPORARYArtist: Taylor SwiftT-Mobile BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST (ALL GENRES)Gloriana
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Did you tune in to the 2009 American Music Awards last night? If not, here’s what you missed…Country stars were out in full force on the red carpet before the show.And the winners are…Country- Favorite Female Artist- Taylor Swift Country- Favorite Male Artist- Keith UrbanCountry- Favorite Band, Duo or Group- Rascal FlattsCounty- Favorite Album- Fearless- Taylor SwiftTMobile [...]
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| 1 Fearless |
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| 2 Fifteen |
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| 3 Love Story |
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| 4 Hey Stephen |
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| 5 White Horse |
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| 6 You Belong with Me |
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| 7 Breathe |
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| 8 Tell Me Why |
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| 9 You're Not Sorry |
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| 10 The Way I Loved You |
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| 11 Forever & Always |
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| 12 The Best Day |
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| 13 Change |
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| 14 Love Story [Music Video][*] |
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| 15 Change [Music Video][*] |
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