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Taylor Swift Donating $4 Million to Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

The gift, said to be the largest ever to the museum from a musician, will be used to build an exhibition with classroom space, called the Taylor Swift Education Center, which is expected to open in 2014.

 

ARTSBEAT; Swift Retains Crown As Entertainer of the Year

Monday, April 02, 2012

Taylor Swift is named entertainer of the year at the 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. (M)3

 

Grand Old Stage at Ryman Auditorium Is Being Replaced

Sunday, January 29, 2012

The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, former home of the Grand Ole Opry, is getting a new stage for the first time since 1951.

 

CMA Winners Look Familiar, With Minor Disruptions

Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Unlike recent years in which the CMAs have served as a bellwether of emergent trends, or acknowledgments of trending phenomena, this year’s showed a genre in midswing.

 

How Hated? Kanye West Likens Himself to Hitler

Sunday, August 07, 2011

Kanye West, the multi-platinum rapper, took his notorious self-pity and feelings of persecution to a new level during an onstage rant in England when he said he sometimes feels as hated as Adolf Hitler.

 

Fox Draws Teenagers and 'Falling Skies' Ends on a High

Sunday, August 07, 2011

The Teen Choice Awards was the highest rated show of the summer for Fox among teenagers. On cable, the season finale of "Falling Skies" on TNT finished with its best numbers since the series premiere in June.

 

Taylor Swift at the Prudential Center - Review

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Offstage, she may still wear T-shirts and sneakers, but Taylor Swift has moved her songs out of the high school realm and into the adult.

 

Ailing Taylor Swift Cancels Shows

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

The country star has had to cancel four performances.

 

Adele Is at No. 1 for 8th Week, but Lady Gaga Is On Deck

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

With Lady Gaga on deck, Adele's reign at the top of the Billboard charts may soon end.

 

Love? Some for Jennifer Lopez, but More for Beastie Boys and Fleet Foxes

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Ms. Lopez's role as a judge on "American Idol" did not seem to significantly help sales of her new album, which made its debut at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart.