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LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Country singer Taylor Swift won the Video of the Year award at last night's Country Music Television Awards in Nashville for Our Song, a piece she wrote when she was in high school. The always-endearing Taylor was barefoot through most of the show.

Miley Cyrus and her dad Billy Ray hosted the show, an awards events dedicated to recognizing country music videos.

Other winners included former American Idol star Kellie Pickler who picked up three awards for her I Wonder video; Trace Adkins won for best male video for I Got My Game On; and LeAnn Rimes and Bon Jovi won best collaborative video for 'Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore.

CMT is donating $2500 to each winner's favorite charity as part of CMT One Country, an organization that gives back to the community through philanthropy, civic participation and volunteerism.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Taylor Swift's newest single will debut on the two-hour season premiere of ABC's Grey's Anatomy on Thursday.

The song will also be included on the teen singers new album, Fearless, set to drop Nov. 11.

"It's one of the songs that I am really proud of on the record because it's so sparse -- it's guitar, piano and cello," Swift told Billboard magazine.

"It talks about falling in love and the fairy tales that you are going to have with this person, and then there is that moment where you realize that it is not going to happen. That moment is the most earth-shattering moment."

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) -Taylor Swift is talking for the first time about her break-up with Joe Jonas.

On Wednesday morning's "On-Air with Ryan Seacrest" Taylor confirmed that two had been dating and the split had been painful.

Seacrest asked Swift or if she'd ever "really been deeply hurt by someone?"

"Once," the singer said referring to her break-up with the Jonas brother.

"It's tough, and it's been tough. And you just have to realize that someday you'll find someone that's right for you," Swift said.

Swift said she wrote the song "Forever and Always" on her new album "Fearless" about the break-up.

"I write about my life," she said, "it helps me that I can talk about what happened and just get it out of my system."

While Swift didn't say exactly what led to the break-up, she said that Joe Jonas wasn't allowed to be seen in public with her because The Jonas Brother's management thought it would hurt Joe's heartthrob image to have a girlfriend.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Justin Gaston, Miley Cyrus' 20-year-old model boyfriend, played the role of Prince Charming for Taylor Swift's elaborate performance of "Love Song" at the Country Music Awards.

It's the same role he portrays in the music video for the song.

On the red carpet before the show, Miley Cyrus said she had seen the rehearsal and was "very excited" to see her beau onstage.

After the show, Miley's father, Billy Ray Cyrus applauded Gaston's blossoming career.

Can you believe how far this kid has come?" the elder Cyrus told People Magazine. "Just a few months ago when I first saw him perform on Nashville Star, I said he was going to be a big star. He's got it all – talent, looks, personality. And look at him! Look where he is now!"

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's second album "Fearless" debuted at number one on Billboard's Album and Country Charts.

Swift's album sold 592,000 copies in its first week of release, making it one of the biggest openings this year.

Coming in at No. 2 on The Billboard 200 is David Archuleta's self-titled CD, followed by the 29th edition of "Now That's What I Call Music!" at No. 3, T-Pain's "Thr33 Ringz" at No. 4 and the soundtrack from the upcoming movie "Twilight" at No. 5.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Taylor Swift's "Fearless" tops the U.S. album chart this week, Billboard.com reported Wednesday.

Last week's number one, Britney Spears' "Circus" drops to second place.

Swift's Fearless was able to leapfrog Spears with sales of 248,800, while Circus took a tumble from its half-million debut to 200,100.

Spears is followed by Beyonce's "I Am ... Sasha Fierce" at No. 3, Nickelback's "Dark Horse" at No. 4 and the soundtrack to the movie "Twilight" at No. 5.

Rounding out the top ten are Kanye West's "808s & Heartbreak" at No. 6, the compilation CD "Now 29" at No. 7, AC/DC's "Black Ice" at No. 8, the soundtrack to "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" at No. 9 and David Cook's self-titled debut at No. 10.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Taylor Swift is teaming up with the fashion house l.e.i to create a line of inexpensive sundresses.

The dresses will be priced at just $14 and will be available at Wal-Mart starting next month.

“Sundresses are my favorite things to wear," Swift tells New York Magazine. "In the summer, I automatically want to look bohemian."

While Taylor loved being involved with the design of the line, she's got no plans to make a career change.

"I like people who have worked their entire lives to become designers," Taylor said. "I think that they have their place as designers and I have my place as a musician, and I'm going to pretty much stick to that."

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Taylor Swift was one of the big winners at last night's Country Music Television Awards in Nashville.

The 19-year-old took home the video of the year and female video of the year awards for "Love Story."

"I thank the fans for giving me video of the year when my whole family is here watching," Swift said.

But the night wasn't all country, Swift closed the show by performing "Pour some Sugar on Me" with British rockers Def Leppard.

And be sure to check out this rap video spoof that was played featuring Swift and T-Pain.

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LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Country singer Taylor Swift and Twilight star Taylor Lautner were spotted arriving at the Beverly Wilshire hotel at 10:30pm last night, and photographers on the scene tell X17online that the duo spent the night together!

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After attending the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Los Angeles Kings hockey game at the Staples Center, the hot couple headed to Beverly Hills for a sleepover. The two appeared very shy when we snapped them walking through the hotel lobby, but our photographers on the scene tell X17online exclusively, "These two weren't going to any great length to hide the fact that they were spending the night together! They could have been a lot sneakier if they wanted to, and we spotted them leaving early this morning."

Earlier this month we spotted Ms. Swift giving the 17-year-old actor a long, lingering hug after singing "15" at a show in Chicago, and that wasn't the first time eyebrows have been raised about their romance!

Rumors of the budding relationship have been circulating for quite some time now, as the lovebirds were first snapped together on the set of Valentine's Day, where they shared a super sexy onscreen smooch. Shortly after playing lovers on set, there were all sorts of reports that the two were sweethearts, though we still haven't received confirmation from either of the stars' reps.

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NASHVILLE, Tennessee (X17online) - Taylor Swift has donated half a million dollars to aid the victims of Nashville flooding. Last night the announcement was made on a Nashville TV telethon, Flood Relief with Vince Gill and Friends, according to the Associated Press.

"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 tells the AP. She adds, "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."

Country star Reba McEntire has also donated $100,000 to the Nashville Area Red Cross Chapter. The cleanup efforts are expected to cost more than $1 billion.

LOS ANGELES, California (x17online) - 20-year-old Taylor Swift is expected to gain the biggest first-week album sales of 2010 with the potential to go platinum, when her newest album Speak Now debuts Wednesday Nov. 3.

Speak Now could sell as many as 800,000-900,000 copies in the week following its release, soaring far above the year's biggest seller to date, Eminem's Recovery, according to Billboard.

Scott Borchetta, president and CEO of Swift's label revealed: "I've been very specific on my point of view from the beginning. We shipped 2 million copies this week and we always felt we could do 700,000 to a million."

Swift's last release, Fearless, debuted at #1 in 2008 selling over 6 million copies, making it the top selling album of 2009.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Taylor Swift is ready to hit the road on a world tour to promote her new album, Speak Now.

The tour will travel to 19 countries for a total of 87 shows ... kicking off February 9 in Singapore.

The 20-year-old country singer said the following about her big plans:

“I’m so excited to go back out on tour again in 2011! The Fearless tour was so much fun and even more unforgettable than I ever imagined, and I can’t wait to get back out and play my new music from Speak Now! The fans have been so amazing, and I’m thrilled to play in new cities around the world and meet even more of my fans in 2011!”

Ticket prices will start at $25.

LOS ANGELES, CA (X17online) - Fox's Teen Choice Awards came away as a winner and a loser Sunday night.

The awards show drew 3.2 million viewers but was down 27 percent from last year in the 18-49 demo. It did show gain young viewers, however - the show was up 8% from last year and was Fox's highest-rated telecast this summer among teens.

The show was hosted by The Big Bang Theory's Kaley Cuoco and featured performances by Selena Gomez and the Scene and OneRepublic.

The biggest winner of the night was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, which beat out The Twilight Saga in almost every category and took home seven awards. See a full list of winners here.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Taylor Swift, 22, is #1 on Billboard's "Money Makers" list for 2011, having earned $35 million last year.

U2 came in second with $32 million and Kenny Chesney, Lady Gaga and Lil Wayne round out the top 5.

The ranking is based on income from US tours, album sales and publishing royalties. Billboard says they don't factor in "sponsorships, merchandise sales or synchronization deals."

Adele was tenth on the list even after cancelling her US tour after vocal cord surgery.

Since Swift's album 21 hit stores last year, it has sold nearly 8 million copies.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Some of today's biggest acts in country music scored big at last night's 47th Annual Academy of Country Music awards in Las Vegas.

Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert and Lady Antebellum all took home trophies in the Entertainer, Female Vocalist and Vocal Group of the Year categories, respectively. Lambert's latest effort, Four The Record, also took home Album of the Year honors while her husband Blake Shelton earned the nod for Male Vocalist.

Other winners from the night included Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson (Single Record and Vocal of the Year for their song, Don't You Wanna Stay), Toby Keith (Video of the Year for Red Solo Cup) and American Idol winner Scotty McCreery (New Artist of the Year).

Some surprise acts became winners as well, with Thompson Square winning Vocal Duo of the Year and Eli Young Band earning Song of the Year honors for Crazy Girl.