Taylor Swift is forced to release her new single early!

Country-pop starlet Taylor Swift’s record label was forced to release the first single from her upcoming album 12 days ahead of schedule on Wednesday, hours after a bootleg version appeared online.

Big Machine Records said in a statement that the MP3 file of “Mine” was “low-quality,” and it wanted fans to hear the single in its proper form via iTunes and country radio. It was not immediately known who was responsible for the leak.

The song, which Swift recently described as a song of hope inspired by her recent tendency to run from love, quickly went to No. 1 on iTunes’ real-time chart.

“I landed in Japan and got 20 texts and looked at iTunes and got tears in my eyes,” she said on Twitter. “And so, we begin again.”

Swift’s third album, “Speak Now,” remains on course for a worldwide release on October 25. It marks the follow-up to her album of the year Grammy winner “Fearless,” which has sold 5.95 million copies in the United States and currently sits at No. 45 on the pop album chart in its 90th week.

Taylor Swift Donates $500K To Nashville Flood Relief

Grammy winner Taylor Swift is donating $500,000 to various organizations involved in Nashville’s flood relief efforts. Taylor moved to Nashville when she was 14 years old and she understands the severity of the flooding and she wants to help in any way she can. Taylor announced her donation Thursday night following Vince Gill’s telethon to raise money for all the victims of the disaster.

“Being at home during the storm, I honestly could not believe what was happening to the city and the people I love so dearly,” Swift told The Associated Press in an e-mail. “Nashville is my home, and the reason why I get to do what I love. I have always been proud to be a Nashvillian, but especially now, seeing the love that runs through this city when there are people in crisis.”

Taylor Swift Graces The Cover Of ELLE Magazine

Taylor Swift will be gracing the cover of ELLE Magazine in April.

She suggested in her interview that she may be writing some more songs about her ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas. Joe dumped Swift in 2008 over a 27 second phone call.

Here’s what she had to say:

She tells Elle magazine, “I like to categorize the various levels of heartbreak. I’ve only had that (had her heart broken) happen once. A letdown is worth a few songs. A heartbreak is worth a few albums.”

Taylor Swift Auctions Off Her Lucky Guitar

Taylor Swift is auctioning off her lucky guitar online, and the auction has turned into a big bidding war.

She signed the guitar, which featured a large number 13 (Taylor’s lucky number) affixed to the body.

The highest bidder will be the owner of the guitar on February 26. Within just 7 days, bids have already passed $8,000.00.

Swift is famous for helping people and supporting great causes, so all proceeds from the online auction will benefit the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.

If you would like to see what the guitar looks like, or to make a bid, click here.

Kelly Clarkson Chimes In On The Taylor Swift Grammy Controversy

Kelly Clarkson has written an open letter to a record executive who defended Taylor Swift’s off-key performance at the 2010 Grammy Awards by declaring. Scott Borchetta came to Swift’s aid on Thursday after critics picked apart her duet with Stevie Nicks at the Los Angeles ceremony last Sunday. Scott Borchetta felt that Swift should be excused for the slip.

He said, “This is not American Idol. This is not a competition of getting up and seeing who can sing the highest note. This is about a true artist and writer and communicator. It’s not about that technically perfect performance.”

Kelly Clarkson took this quite personal, here’s what she had to say.

In a post on her official blog, she writes, “Wow… Dear Scott Borchetta, I understand defending your artist obviously because I have done the same in the past for artists I like, including Taylor, so you might see why it’s upsetting to read you attacking American Idol for producing simply vocalists that hit ‘the high notes’… You know what, we not only hit the high notes, you forgot to mention we generally hit the ‘right’ notes as well. Every artist has a bad performance or two and that is understandable, but throwing blame will not make the situation at hand any better.”

“I have been criticized left and right for having shaky performances before (and they were shaky) and what my manager or label executives say to me and the public is ‘I’ll kick butt next time’ or ‘every performance isn’t going to be perfect’. I bring this up because you should take a lesson from these people and instead of lashing out at other artists (that in your ‘humble’ opinion lack true artistry), you should simply take a breath and realize that sometimes things won’t go according to plan or work out and that’s okay.”

The pop star then signed her message, “Sincerely, One of those contestants from American Idol who only made it because of her high notes.”

So there you have it! What side are you on? Hahaha

Taylor Swift Gets Even With Childhood Bully

Taylor Swift scared off a high school bully by handing the phone to her bodyguard when he called her unexpectedly recently.

The Love Story singer still has no idea why the unnamed guy called her or how he got hold of her cellphone number, but she had great pleasure in listening to her burly New York minder terrify him.

Swift says, “He calls up my phone… and he’s like, ‘Is Taylor there?’ and I just handed it to my bodyguard and I was like, ‘John, give him a talking to’. So he’s like, ‘Yo, you don’t ever call this number ever again. I put my fist through your face.’ It was really great, it was effective.”

Swift insists the school bully, who was always mean to her, has never called back.

Taylor Swift Nurses Justin Bieber’s Foot

Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber make light of Bieber’s fractured foot in this cute YouTube video of the two at Wembley Area in London. Bieber fractured his foot while performing his hit single “One Time” in front of 12,000 fans during a live show Monday night.

“Just got home from a wild night. I see alot of you are wondering what happened. Well I had a great show in front of a great crowd and in the last song ONE TIME, I tripped over something on stage coming down the ramp and felt my ankle roll in a very bad way. Turns out I fractured my foot and had to finish the song on a broken foot,” the 15-year-old Canadian sensation — who’s on tour with Taylor — explained in a Tweet early Tuesday.

Justin continued, “After I was done, I was in such pain that I skipped the encore and got off stage and back to see the medics. @taylorswift13 came backstage to see me b4 [sic] I went to the hospital because she is awesome! spent the rest of the nt in the hospital getting xrays and now a cast. Sucks. But don’t worry Manchester, me and @taylorswift13 = the show must go on!!”

Taylor Swift “Artist Of The Year” American Music Awards 2009

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, and to be mentioned in a category with Michael Jackson is an incredible honor.” She also thanked the Jackson family after receiving the night’s biggest honor.

Taylor Swift, up for six awards at tonight’s ceremony at the Nokia Theater in Los Angees, is currently across the pond in London, where she’ll be performing a concert on Monday, November 23. After she was announced the winner of the Favorite Pop/Rock Female award, the “Fearless” singer was beamed in via satellite to thank her fans for the award — despite the fact that it was already 2AM in Britain: “I will never be able to say how much I love you,” Taylor — who also earned statuettes for Favorite Adult-Contemporary Artist and Favorite Country Female — told her fans.

Also missing from tonight’s show? Beyonce, who won a prize for Favorite Female Soul/R&B artist. The “Sasha Fierce” singer is currently on tour in Dublin.

Taylor Swift Is Suing Sports Bar

Country sensation Taylor Swift is suing the owners of a bar in Idaho for allegedly playing her songs without permission.

The Love Story hit-maker has teamed up with Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), the organization which collects license fees on behalf of songwriters and distributes them as royalties, to file a copyright infringement lawsuit against The Sports Cellar venue.

The legal action comes after BMI representatives allegedly discovered that Swift’s hits were being used to entertain revelers even though the bar’s owners had failed to obtain a proper music license.

According to TMZ.com, Swift and BMI bosses are seeking unspecified damages.

Taylor Swift To Create A Greeting Card Line

Fresh off her triumph at the Country Music Association Awards, Taylor Swift has won a deal to create a line of greeting cards for American Greetings Corp.

American Greetings CEO Zev Weiss says Swift’s abilities as a storyteller and songwriter make her a natural for writing cards that will appeal to all ages.

The Cleveland-based company said Tuesday that cards, gift wrap, stationery, online greetings and other related products overseen by Swift will begin appearing in the spring.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

In a statement, Swift calls the opportunity to write and design greeting cards “a wonderful experience.” The CMA entertainer of the year crowned last week says she has always been fascinated by feelings and how people express them.

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