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With Samsung, Jay-Z's business continues to boom

He really is more than a businessman. Jay-Z's partnership with Samsung for his new album, "Magna Carta Holy Grail," is another sign of how musicians are finding new ways to push, sell and promote their music, and how the multiplatinum performer — who famously rapped "I'm not a businessman, I'm ...

This June 12, 2013 photo released by Starpix shows singer Taylor Swift  at The Fragrance Foundation Awards at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York. Swift was honored as Fragrance Celebrity of the Year at the Fragrance Awards. She has three signature fragrances, including the recently released Taylor by Taylor Swift. In 2011, her Wonderstruck was the top-selling celebrity fragrance.  (AP Photo/Starpix, Amanda Schwab)

Swift not worried about connecting with fans

Taylor Swift shares her feelings and personal experiences on her hit records, but the 23-year-old Grammy winner isn't worried about losing intimacy with her fans on a stadium tour. "I find that you have to emote a little bigger, but you can reach all the way up to the top," ...

FILE - This June 5, 2013 file photo shows British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran at the 2013 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. Sheeran moved to Nashville in February, settling just outside of town in a rural area. "I wanted to live somewhere that like incorporated a lot of music, was relaxed, had a lot of countryside, but also wasn't filled with dicks," Sheeran said. "And Nashville is full of very, very nice people." (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Invision/AP, file)

British singer Ed Sheeran now calls Nashville home

Music City has snared another star: Ed Sheeran. The British singer-songwriter turned pop star says he moved to Nashville in February, settling just outside of town in a rural area. Sheeran said he wanted to live somewhere that incorporates a lot of music, has a lot of countryside and a ...

Carrie Underwood pauses on stage at the 2013 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Invision/AP)

Carrie Underwood takes video of year at CMT Awards

Carrie Underwood's awesome week got off to a roaring start at the CMT Music Awards. Underwood won top honor video of the year Wednesday night for "Blown Away," capping the evening with an emotional tribute to Oklahoma tornado victims before taking the fan-voted award for the second year in a ...

FILE - This April 8, 2013 file photo shows rapper Nelly, center, and Brian Kelley, left, and Tyler Hubbard, of musical group Florida Georgia Line, performing at ACM Presents: Tim McGraw's Superstar Summer Night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Nelly will perform the crossover hit "Cruise" with country duo Florida Georgia Line on Wednesday, June 5, during the CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Al Powers/Invision/AP, file)

Expect the unexpected at CMT Music Awards

Country music has been good to the rapper Nelly, and he's back in Music City because of it. Nelly will perform the crossover hit "Cruise" with country duo Florida Georgia Line during the CMT Music Awards. The imaginary, but once impenetrable, lines between American music genres are blurring more each ...

FILE - This Nov. 14, 2012 file photo shows Grammy-award winning artist  Kid Rock posing for a portrait in New York. Kid Rock's “$20 Best Night Never Tour” kicks off June 28 in Bristow, Va., and opening acts include ZZ Top, Uncle Kracker and Kool and the Gang. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Invision/AP, file)

Kid Rock, Rolling Stones on scalping, summer tours

Kid Rock is a scalper. The 42-year-old Grammy winner, who is launching a summer tour where most tickets are priced at $20, said he's holding about 1,000 tickets from each show and reselling them on ticketsnow.com — owned by Ticketmaster — to make up for the cheaper regular price he's ...

FILE - This May 5, 2013 file photo shows Justin Timberlake performing at the MasterCard Priceless Premieres concert in New York. It's a crowded tour market and everyone is competing for your entertainment dollar. Timberlake and Jay-Z are playing at some of America's most beloved ballparks and offer some of the hottest material going in music.  (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Top stars square off for summer tour dollars

All anyone's been talking about are those aged wonders The Rolling Stones and their 50th-anniversary tour, but there's so much more happening on the road this summer. It's a crowded tour market and everyone is competing for your entertainment dollar. The average concert-goer very rarely leaves that comfy chair to ...

This image from video provided by E. Wayne Ross shows an Anatolian Balloons Company hot air balloon crashing near Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia in central Turkey, Monday May 20 2013. Two hot air balloons collided in mid-air during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey on Monday, causing one of them to crash to the ground, officials said. One Brazilian tourist was killed while 24 other people on board were injured. (AP Photo/E. Wayne Ross)

10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. GOP LOOKS TO CAPITALIZE ON OBAMA WOES Many Republicans would like to deny the president a victory in immigration reform, which is being considered by the Senate today. 2. FIERCE FIGHTING ON ...

Taylor Swift explains ACM Awards to her cat

Country star Taylor Swift is up for Entertainer of the Year at the upcoming American Country Music Awards. It's an honor that fans vote on. In this cute video, Swift explains the ACM Awards to her kitty Meredith and suggests that people vote for her online.  http://bcove.me/9kcz2rjj

The New York Daily News and other media are reporting that former Florida Gator Tim Tebow is romantically linked to country singer Taylor Swift.

Taylor Swift and Tim Tebow spotted out together

The New York Daily News and other media are reporting that former Florida Gator Tim Tebow is romantically linked to country singer Taylor Swift. The Daily News says the couple was seen arriving at a restaurant together, and "after dinner, he walked her out, and then he walked back in to join two other people." The ...

Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian go make-up free

Taylor Swift looked like a natural beauty as she headed through LAX without a spot of make-up on, while Kim Kardashian also showed off her make-up free look on Twitter.

Did Taylor Swift dis fellow pop stars?

Media speculates whether Taylor Swift belittled fellow singers Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus during an NBC interview?   Read more Taylor Swift news in our Celebrity News blog. http://bcove.me/j1cqqppm

Taylor Swift gets the baby treatment

Taylor Swift could be gaining some very young new fans with the release of her music as part of a new lullaby album series. Swift’s music will be rerecorded for the Brash Music and Tree Top Records Cradle Rock series, which features the music of popular artists re-arranged with soothing ...

Taylor Swift has 25 songs written for new album

Taylor Swift has written 25 new songs for her new album which should come out in a year.

Taylor Lautner and Lily Collins break up

  Another young couple bites the dust as Taylor Lautnerand Lily Collins have reportedly ended their relationship, according to Us Weekly. A source told the magazine that the split between theAbduction co-stars occured a week before the movie'sred carpet premiere in Los Angeles. "It was a clean break that Taylor initiated," the source ...

Justin Bieber & Taylor Swift surprise concertgoers with duet

  Looks like Justin Bieber finally made good on his promise to "stop in" on Taylor Swift in concert! Back in July Bieber heard that Taylor covered one of his hits during ashow in Toronto prompting the Canada native to take to Twitter and write "heard you sang BABY at your concert in TO. thank ...

Watch: Taylor Swift makes 'Sparks Fly'

Country/pop star Taylor Swift just released a video for her new single, Sparks Fly, her fifth single from her latest album, Speak Now. The video, directed by Christian Lamb, is a superb sequence of footage taken from four dates during Taylor's Speak Now tour, complete with elaborate costumes, acrobats, floating balconies, screaming fans and fireworks. The feel ...

Taylor Swift raps Eminem's 'Lose Yourself' at concert

The sweet, good-girl image of singer Taylor Swift doesn’t exactly scream "Eminem fan," but that shock factor may very well be whatSwift was going for when she covered the iconic rap anthem "Lose Yourself" at a concert last week in Grand Rapids, Michigan. With her fans singing along to every word, Taylor delivered ...

Taylor Swift postpones concert dates because of bronchitis

Taylor Swift is looking to tame her touring regime as the singerpostpones a couple of concert dates due to bronchitis. Taylor's upcoming concert dates in Charlotte (July 8) and Atlanta (July 9-10) are being rescheduled for November 16 and October 1-2 respectively per doctor's orders. The Grammy-winning singer even expressed her sorrow for the ...

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