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Taylor Swift announces second surprise quarantine album

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 11 01:51 AM

The album release comes a few days before Swift turns 31 on December 13. Read more »

Taylor Swift voted artist of year for 6th time at American Music Awards

Jill Serjeant, Reuters
Posted at Nov 23 02:53 PM

Taylor Swift was named artist of the year at the American Music Awards on Sunday and won two other trophies in a ceremony held live in Los Angeles amid tight coronavirus curbs.   Read more »

Why K-pop’s Blackpink is the biggest band in the world and how BTS could be next, according to Bloomberg

South China Morning Post
Updated as of Nov 18 06:45 AM

What does it mean to be the biggest pop band in the world? Bloomberg made waves last week when it named K-pop quartet Blackpink as the biggest band in the world in October. The girl group topped the chart, released on November 10, after a successful October that witnessed the launch of their long-awaited first LP, The Album, as well as the release of their Netflix documentary, Blackpink: Light Up the Sky. Read more »

Taylor Swift denounces Scooter Braun as her catalog is sold again

Ben Sisario, Joe Coscarelli and Kate Kelly, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 17 04:01 PM

Once again, Taylor Swift’s music catalog has been sold. And once again, she is deeply unhappy about it. Read more »

Taylor Swift endorses Joe Biden for president

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 08 09:36 AM

WASHINGTON - Pop superstar Taylor Swift on Wednesday threw her support behind Joe Biden for president, telling her 200 million-plus social media orbit that the veteran Democrat will start a "healing process" in America. Read more »

LOOK: Katy Perry's baby receives gift from Taylor Swift

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 01:21 PM

Katy Perry took to Instagram to share that her baby girl Daisy Dove Bloom received a gift from Taylor Swift. Read more »

Taylor Swift spends a fourth week at No. 1 thanks to full album sales

Ben Sisario, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 25 12:26 PM

Swift’s latest album, “Folklore,” is No. 1 for a fourth time with the equivalent of 101,000 sales in the United States, according to Nielsen Music. It is the first album by a woman to spend its debut month in the top spot since Adele’s “25” at the end of 2015.   Read more »

Taylor Swift donates to London schoolgirl's university fund

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 21 05:54 PM

Swift has previously made impromptu donations to fans and since the coronavirus outbreak began, has sent a box of merchandise to a nurse in Utah and helped support workers at a shuttered Nashville record store. Read more »

Taylor Swift, no. 1 again, is last to benefit from an obscure chart rule

Ben Sisario, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 11 10:37 AM

Taylor Swift, who holds the No. 1 album for a second time with “Folklore,” may be one of the last stars to benefit from Billboard’s so-called bundling rule, which lets artists sell albums with merchandise or concert tickets. Long criticized for distorting the charts, that guideline is set to be curtailed in October. Read more »

Taylor Swift thanks Pinoy fan for 'folklore' cake

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 11:27 AM

International pop superstar Taylor Swift praised a Filipino fan who baked a cake with frosting inspired by her latest album "folklore." Read more »

Taylor Swift's 'folklore' becomes best-selling album of 2020 on debut week

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 02 08:27 AM

It's an unusual time, with the pandemic and all. But it appears it's business as usual for pop star Taylor Swift. Read more »

Taylor Swift, a pop star done with pop

Jon Caramanica, The New York Times
Updated as of Jul 27 11:50 AM

“Folklore” (Republic), her alternately soothing and soppy, pensive and suffocating eighth album, is a definitive jolt away from the last near-decade of Swift’s high-gloss, style-fluid, emotionally astute big-tent pop. Read more »

Taylor Swift and Kanye West will tangle again, with dueling albums

Ben Sisario, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 24 09:02 AM

Taylor Swift and Kanye West, the most reliably combustible pair of stars in pop music, may well face off yet again on Friday. Read more »

Taylor Swift unveils 8th studio album ‘Folklore’ just hours before release

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 24 08:36 AM

“Before this year I probably would’ve overthought when to release this music at the ‘perfect’ time, but the times we’re living in keep reminding me that nothing is guaranteed.” Read more »

Duterte to run 'final review' on anti-terror bill as opposition grows

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 04:05 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte will run a "final review" on a bill that seeks to sharpen the Philippines' anti-terrorism law, Malacañang said Thursday, as opposition to the measure grew to include pop star Taylor Swift. Read more »

Taylor Swift lends voice to #JunkTerrorBill cause in PH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 04 10:18 AM

Pop icon Taylor Swift has joined calls to junk a new anti-terrorism bill that President Rodrigo Duterte is pushing, which some lawyers and human rights activists warned could be abused to target his detractors.  Read more »

Taylor Swift calls release of old songs 'shameless greed'

Reuters
Posted at Apr 24 09:59 AM

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Taylor Swift on Thursday revived her feud with her former record company, complaining that the release of a 2008 collection of recordings for a radio show was “tasteless.” Read more »

'One World' celebrity special for coronavirus draws 21 million Americans

Reuters
Posted at Apr 21 11:08 AM

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Almost 21 million Americans watched the “One World: Together At Home” global special on Saturday in support of frontline workers battling the coronavirus pandemic, according to Nielsen data released on Monday.   Read more »

Taylor Swift, Oprah join huge global event to celebrate coronavirus workers

Reuters
Posted at Apr 15 06:29 AM

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez and Oprah Winfrey have joined a global broadcast special telecast this weekend that will recognize the efforts of workers on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak, organizers said on Tuesday. Read more »

Tone-deaf or tuned-in? Coronavirus epidemic proves a minefield for celebs

Jill Serjeant, Reuters
Posted at Apr 03 06:38 AM

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Taylor Swift is sending cash to some of her fans and Rihanna has donated $6 million to support people whose livelihoods have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »