Merry Christmas and Congrats Taylor!

It's been quiet on this site for quite some time, but I figured Christmas Day would be as good a time as any to start posting again. And in my posting absence has Taylor's star ever risen. According to all the industry reports, Billboard.com in particular, Taylor's new album "Fearless" is spending it's third consecutive week at number 1 on their charts.

To give you a better idea of what that means, Nielsen Soundscan is reporting that 330,000 copies of Fearless were sold in the week ending December 21. Merry Christmas indeed! If you were lucky enough to have gotten her new CD for Christmas, let us know in the poll to the right.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Taylor Show in Joliet, Illinois

I was just reading a piece in the Chicago Tribune about Taylor Swift, and was it ever eye opening. A lot of people wonder what Taylor's like in person, and I've even read numerous posts online about she might be less than nice with her fan base. But after reading this article, it's hard to believe she's anything but nice.

The part of the article that made my jaw drop was:

The last song of the night was the clean-but-still-rowdy version of Swift's newest single, 'Picture To Burn.' After which she promised to 'sign every single autograph for everyone in here. And she did, staying in the lobby from 9:30 p.m. until 1 a.m. to do so.

How many other Grammy nominated artists would you think would stick around for 3.5 hours after their show to sign autographs for their fans. Taylor truly is one of a kind.

And for those of you wondering, it seems like Taylor is including an acoustic version of Rihanna's hit "Umbrella" in all her live concerts.