MTV Buzzworthy: 5 Sure Signs Taylor Swift is in Love with You

12.31.08- Despite the fact that she got cell dumped by Joe Jonas earlier this year, gorgeous teen queen Taylor Swift still knows a thing or two about falling in love.

With her #1 hit album, Fearless, Taylor is enjoying her time in the spotlight and isn’t sweatin’ the fact that she doesn’t have a boy toy. But Tay Tay does have some rules in place just in case Mr. Right happens to strut on by (like don’t send two text messages in a row, or be the first one to call a guy), and after watching her “Love Story” video 30 or 40 times, we’re pretty sure we’ve identified five more sure signs that Senorita Swift has the hots for you:

5. Updos: Boyz, take note: Girls don’t spend this much time on their hair unless there’s some POTENTIAL here. Cascading tendrils in particular are a sure sign that a make-out sesh is most probably in your future.

4. Puffy Shirt: If you can get away with wearing one of those Shakespearean poetry shirt things (like the one Justin Gaston wears in “Love Story”), and Taylor’s STILL crushin’ on you, you are so golden (sidenote: make sure no one has a camera if you attempt this at home … you don’t want these sorta pics showing up on Facebook.)

3. Dance Lessons: Taylor was dancing with her man like a total Cinderella. And just because she didn’t have Laurie Ann Gibson choreographing her moves doesn’t mean she wasn’t working hard. Someone was obvs teaching Taylor to two-step, and if you’re willing to hit up Arthur Murray School of Dance for a dude, again, we predict TLF.

2. Sneaking Out At Night: Taylor is a good girl, and despite those crazy pregnancy rumors, we don’t peg her for someone who’s out breaking curfew for no good reason. We can only think of *one* reason to do such a thing, and that would be true lurv.

1. Romeo And Juliet: When girlfriend starts making reference to the two most famous star-crossed lovers in the history of ever, chances are she likes-you likes you. Other things to watch out for: prince/princess refs. Though for the record, she is not wearing a wedding dress.

We’ll all have to stay tuned to see if for-real, for-realz true love finds its way into Taylor Swift’s life in 2009. We’re guessing this adorable country-pop hottie won’t be flying solo for much longer. Happy New Year, Taylor! (and all y’all!)

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Taylor Swift Makes It Three In A Row Atop Billboard Albums Chart

12.31.08- Taylor Swift is going to have a pretty excellent New Year’s Eve (even though she’ll be sharing a stage with ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas). She’ll close out 2008 with the #1 album in the country, as her Fearless will top theBillboard albums chart yet again.

Fearless sold more than 262,000 copies in the last full retail week of 2008, giving Swift her third-consecutive week at #1 and pushing sales of the album past the 2 million mark in just seven weeks.

Taylor on Billboard End of Year Charts

Taylor made several of Billboard’s Year End charts. I’ve posted her rankings below. If I missed one, please just let me know in the comments and I’ll add it.

Billboard 200 #5

Self-Titled- “I was 16 years old and wrote all these songs about being in high school and sophomore relationships, not thinking that people would relate to it, [but] hoping they would,” Taylor Swift told Billboard earlier this year. They did. Her self-titled debut sold over 3.6 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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“Love Story” (Taylor Swift Cover)- The Right Coast

Video if “Love Story” being performed live by punk band, The Right Coast

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SPIN: Taylor Swift: Teen Fad or True Musician?

By David Marchese 12.28.08

SPIN’s David Marchese listens closely to understand the appeal of the chart-topping teen star.

Taylor Swift was the elephant in my cultural room this year. Perhaps that’s not the most apt metaphor for a tiny, flaxen-haired teenager, but there’s no doubting that Swift’s success was big and that I basically ignored her. So with the year coming to a close, I thought I’d try and rectify the situation.

It’s been hard not to pay attention. Swift’s second album, Fearless, released on November 11, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts, selling almost 600,000 its first week in stores. Not bad — and not the end. Over a million sold in three weeks; back to the top spot after five weeks. She even outsold that long-awaited release by Guns ‘N Roses, not to mention Kanye West, Britney Spears, and the Killers.

Backstage w/Taylor Swift

Taylor comes in right after the 4 minute mark in Part 1, but the whole video is interesting.

Part 1

Part 2

Taylor Swift on the Bus-Teardrops on My Guitar

The Boot: Taylor Swift’s Big Risk Paid Off

By Beville Darden 12.20.08

When it comes to songwriting, Taylor Swift sticks to her guns. 

Swift was just 15 years old when RCA offered her a recording contract — and she turned it down. So why did she pass up an opportunity most budding singers would kill for? Because record execs didn’t want the precocious teen to write her own material.

“You don’t just walk away from a big record label like that when you’re an unsigned artist,” Swift tells the Associated Press. “But I had a gut feeling about it, and some of the best decisions I’ve made in my career have been based on solely gut feelings and my instinct.”

Those instincts paid off. A year later, Swift signed with the independent Big Machine Records, releasing a debut album of songs all written or co-written by her. To date, that CD has sold more than 4 million copies.

Look for Swift to help ring in the new year tomorrow on the ABC television special, ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.’

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ABC’s Rockin’ New Years Eve Promo

Taylor Swift dethrones Britney Spears

By Michael McGuire 12.30.08

What’s the biggest music story of 2008? My vote goes to Britney Spears, one of the queens of pop, being dethroned from the Number One Billboard spot by country singer Taylor Swift.

What happened?

I’m not going to produce a video called “Leave Britney Alone,” but I believe she is a human being who has taken more than her share of ridicule, so I’m not going to go there.

There are facts of life in pop music, though. When Britney made her big splash a decade ago, she was a pretty, teen-aged girl who preached abstinence, claimed allegiance to her Southern Baptist roots and, occasionally, allowed her charming Louisiana accent to take charge.

Girls wanted to be like her.

Today, Britney is 29 years old, twice married, twice divorced with two kids and a history of bizarre behavior.

Girls don’t want to be like her.

In the world of pop music, being around for 10 years and pushing 30 is ordinarily a sign an artist’s career has peaked and there is nowhere to go but down.

So, along comes Taylor Swift, 19, equally ambitious and blessed with the usual combination of talent, luck and good looks.

Taylor doesn’t wear t-shirts with obscene messages on them. She is involved in campaigns to protect young people from Internet sex predators.

Taylor has been recording music since she was 11 years old. She’s determined to retain her success.

One factor she has going for her is you don’t reach an age when you’re too old to hit the country charts in a big way. If all works well, she’ll still be around when she’s a grandma.

Given a choice, more girls would like to be Taylor Swift.

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