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2008 grammys, self-titled era

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TSwift Red Carpet Madness: Round 1, Matchup 23

Our twenty-third matchup is a battle between three early Country Music Awards looks! Be sure to follow tsredcarpetmadness for all upcoming polls!

I really appreciate all reblogs! It helps get a bigger sample size for each poll & always keeps things more exciting 🫶🏼

It's the weekend! So two polls today!

[mermaidinthecity]

This album is called FEARLESS, and I guess I’d like to clarify why we chose that as the title. To me, FEARLESS is not the absence of fear. It’s not being completely unafraid. To me, FEARLESS is having fears. FEARLESS is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, FEARLESS is living in spite of those things that scare you to death. FEARLESS is falling madly in love again, even though you’ve been hurt before. FEARLESS is walking into your freshmen year of high school at fifteen. FEARLESS is getting back up and fighting for what you want over and over again…even though every time you’ve tried before, you’ve lost. It’s FEARLESS to have faith that someday things will change. FEARLESS is having the courage to say goodbye to someone who only hurts you, even if you can’t breathe without them. I think it’s FEARLESS to fall for your best friend, even though he’s in love with someone else. And when someone apologizes to you enough times for things they’ll never stop doing, I think it’s FEARLESS to stop believing them. It’s FEARLESS to say “you’re NOT sorry”, and walk away. I think loving someone despite what people think is FEARLESS. I think allowing yourself to cry on the bathroom floor is FEARLESS. Letting go is. Then, moving on and being alright…That’s FEARLESS too. But no matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it. You have to believe in love stories and prince charmings and happily ever after. That’s why I write these songs. Because I think love is FEARLESS.

THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU

I want to thank my family. Austin, thank you for understanding all of this and never getting frustrated. I love you with all my heart and I’m so proud of you. Mom, you’re my best friend and your laugh keeps me sane. Dad, thank you for your help selling t-shirts and playing the role of “proud dad” 24/7.

Nathan, my brilliant producer, thank you for your intuition. Thank you for your talent, I’m lucky to have you.

Liz Rose, you’ve never stopped standing by me.

To my wonderful little record label that has grown quite a bit since the days of no furniture, fresh paint, and 12 employees…Thank you. I’ll never forget the days of sitting on the floor, putting cds into envelopes to send “Tim McGraw” out to radio.

Scott Borchetta, thank you for believing in me since I was 14 and still trying to straighten my hair. You’re family.

Robert Allen, thank you for all of your hard work on the road and your lovely British accent.

To my promotions team, thank you for all the number one singles! Jayme Austin, Mandy McCormack, Jeff Davis, Erik Powell, Larry Hughes, and Jack Purcell. Also, Andrew Kautz, John Zarling, Allison Jones, Whitney Sutton, and everyone at the Big Machine.

Thank you to Monte Lipman, Joel Klaiman, and everyone at Universal!

I love you Emily Evans. Jason Hutcheson, thank you for looking out for me.

Sandi Spika, thank you for your pretty dresses and glam assistance.

Lorrie Turk, thank you for your awesome make up skills and wonderful laugh.

Paula Erickson, you’re an amazing publicist and anyone would be lucky to be your client. 😉 You’re the best publicist EVER.

Claudine Ottinger, thanks for all the tour press! Kelly Rich, you’re wonderful.

Duane Clark, thanks for helping me learn the business end of things.

Mike Milom, thank you for endlessly combing through my contracts. Crazy lawyers…Troy Tomlinson at Sony/ATV Publishing, you make me happy, Greg Oswald (You’re incredible), Dave Wirchtshafter (You get it done basically you’re awesome), Jason Trawick (You’re hilarious and awesome), and all my friends at William Morris.

Thank you to country radio. I remember riding in the back of a Taurus on radio tour, and meeting you all for the first time. Look at what you’ve done for me!

Thank you to CMT, GAC, and MTV.

Colbie, thank you for lending your angelic voice to this album. It’s an honor to have you as a co-writer and friend.

Abigail, distance has never held us back and it won’t now that you’re at college. Best friends. That will never change.

Kellie Pickler, you’re the sister I never had.

To my band, “The Agency”, you are family. Caitlin Evanson, Paul Sidoti, Grant Mickelson, Al Wilson, Amos Heller, Ben Clark…Thank you for dressing up in crazy costumes because you know it makes me laugh.

Thank you to the people with the hard jobs — My crew and bus drivers.

But most of all, thank you to the fans. I’m nothing without you. Nothing. I’ll never forget that.

I want to thank you for giving me this life, from the bottom of my heart. With everything I have and everything I am, I thank you. I’m nothing without the people who believed in me and my music enough to go out and buy a copy of the first CD…or the people who bought tickets to see me in concert. So the final thank you goes out to you.

Fans are the reason I even have a second album coming out. I love you. Thank you for all you do. Endlessly. l’ll always thank you, and I thank God every day for putting you in my life.

And to the boys who inspired this album, you had fair warning.

FEARLESSLY, LOVELOVELOVE-T-

— Taylor Swift, Fearless (2008)

[locklylemybeloved]

[taylortrivia]

Taylor with Scott Borchetta, Sandi Spika and the Big Machine Records family at the Taylor Swift Triple Platinum Prom Party at the BMI Offices in Nashville TN, May 2008.

[taylor-swiftfacts]

[alltoowell-taylorsversion]

I love you, family. Dad, because you are my biggest fan, and I'll never get tired of the way you smile when I pick up a guitar and play. Mom, for being my best friend and most trusted companion, even in times when you were my only friend. That was just fine. Austin, my little brother, for being so much more brave than I could ever hope to be. My aunt, Alison, for being such a beautiful person. My aunts, uncles, cousins and relatives (even the ones I didn't know I had) for making Thanksgiving something someone should write a book about. I love my mom and dad's friends who have been so unbelievably supportive (and so unbelievably loud at my shows). I love my friends. Abigail, I love you because you are my best friend in the entire world. Can't wait to room together when we're 65 and wrinkly and living in Minnesota. I love Ally, Kelsey, Kathryn, Jeff, Clay and all my awesome friends in Hendersonville. Britany Maack for being my first friend, I miss you! I love everyone who helped put this album together. Scott Borchetta for believing in me and actually DOING something about it. Shake and bake, Radioman. This is how we roll. Nathan Chapman because he is the most amazing red-headed freckle-faced little producer in the world and I love your beautiful wife Stephanie. Thanks Nathan for gracing me with your first album. Liz Rose, you are my songwriting soulmate, and one of my dearest friends.

Robert Ellis Orrall, you Rock! Nick for breaking your drumsticks on my songs, Tim for playing on my session ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, and everyone else who played on the album because you are THAT GOOD. Chad, for your amazing mullet (and engineering skills). I love my record label. Jack Purcell, for your Minnesota accent. Mandy McCarmack, for humoring me in my mailbox obsession. Rick Barker, because I learned everything about radio in...nevermind. HAHA. Bobby Young, thanks for taking us shopping. Whitney Sutton, you are so organized and I love you for it. JZ, because of that adorable laugh/nose thing you do. Nancy Johnson, for being my GIRL and pretty much a genius. Jayme Austin for adding so much spirit to the label. Sandi Spika Borchetta, for being so creative/brilliant/beautiful and buying me pretty things to wear. Penny Laza, because you are a crazy rock star. Andrew Kautz, if I ever walk into the label, and you're NOT there, I will not know what to do with myself. Cynthia Grimson, for your amazingly dry sense of humor. Ray Pronto, for putting this Big Machine in motionnnn. I love the people who helped me get here. Arthur Buenahara, thank your for signing a FOURTEEN year old to a full writers publishing deal. I will never forget that. In fact, I love everyone at Sony Publishing. Pat Garrett and Suzy Dalton for letting my little ten-year old self open up for you. Harry Warner, for being such a gentleman and having my back at BMI.

Frank Bell for being so brutally honest about my music from the time I was like 12, and so supportive of my career NOW. Andrew Orth for 14 years of great photos! Cindy Guagenti for being the most stylish publicist in the world. Jody Williams, for listening to my rants about high school, and being such a dear friend and musicologist. HHS for supporting me 100%. Bob Taylor and Bob Borbonus at Taylor Guitars for believing in me and making perfection in the form of guitars. Mike Milom for being a genius and the best lawyer ever. Sarah, Ed, and Jim at GAC for taking such a vested interest in me, and PUTTING ME ON TV! CMT you're awesome! Trey Fanjoy, because you are such a visionary and for directing an amazing video. Pete Fisher you are amazing. Rod Essig, for believing in me from the beginning and being so passionate about what you do. I love Tim McGraw for making such inspiring music. I love Faith Hill for being the most graceful woman in the world. I love you, Jack Ingram. If at any point in my life, I ever amount to being HALF as cool as you, I will throw myself a party. I LOVE RADIO because I haven't met one person I don't consider a friend. I love all of my myspace friends for taking such an active roll in what I do, I

I will never forget how you all rallied for me from the beginning. I love everyone who's inspired me to write a song, whether you know it or not. I love anyone who has ever turned the volume up when my song comes on the radio, anyone who has bought this album. Anyone who can sing along to my songs when I play them live. Anyone who's ever requested my song on the radio, or even remembered my name. If you ever see me in public, I want to meet you. I will thank you myself. You have let me into your life, and I will never be able to thank you enough for that. I love YOU, and I love God for putting you in my life

Love love love

-T-

PS: To all the boys who thought they would be cool and break my heart, guess what? Here are 11 songs written about you. HA.

[planettayl0r]

Taylor Swift - Grammy Awards Dress Ranking

Ranking #8: The 50th Annual Grammy Awards held on February 10, 2008

Her first Grammy appearance nominated as Best New Artist. Not that it’s a terrible dress but it was just too prom like. She clearly wore better at the Grammys years later. Though it is a memorable look and she still looked pretty. Little known fact, the dress was designed by Sandi Spika, Scott Borchetta’s wife who was also Taylor personal stylist at the time

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9 lat od wydania “Love Story”!

12 września, tego dnia została wydana piosenka "Love Story" jako pierwszy singiel z płyty "Fearless"! Dzisiaj mija 9 lat od wydania tego przełomowego singla Taylor. 

Płyta: Fearless

Singiel: 1

Nagrywany (studio): March 2008; Blackbird Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)

Gatunek: Country pop

Długość: 3:57

Wytwórnia: Big Records Machine

Napisany przez: Taylor Swift

Producent: Nathan Chapman, Taylor Swift

Ukryta wiadomość: Someday I’ll find this (Kiedyś to znajdę)

≈ Taylor o piosence: „To piosenka, którą napisałam, gdy chodziłam z chłopakiem, który nie był, prawdę mówiąc, popularnym wyborem. Jego sytuacja była trochę skomplikowana, ale nie obchodziło mnie to. Zaczęłam tę piosenkę od zdania: „Ta miłość jest trudna, ale prawdziwa” („This love is difficult, but it’s real”). Gdy napisałam zakończenie tej piosenki, pomyślałam sobie, że to zakończenie historii miłosnej, jakie marzy się każdej dziewczynie. To zakończenie, które mi się marzy. Pragniesz faceta, którego nie obchodzi, co mówią lub myślą inni. Po prostu mówi: „Wyjdź za mnie, Julio, kocham cię i tylko tego jestem pewien” (“Marry me, Juliet, I love you, and that’s all I really know”). Jest to jakby opowiedziane z perspektywy bohaterów, jest Romeo i Julia, i to nie ja mówię, że wychodzę za mąż czy coś… ale myślę, że fajnie było o tym pisać”.

Singiel sprzedał się w ponad 10 milionach kopii na całym świecie. Pokrył się 8-krotnie platyną RIAA. Znalazł się na liście "Najlepiej sprzedających się singli w USA", "Najlepiej sprzedających się cyfrowych singli country".

Tego samego dnia premierę miał także teledysk do piosenki. Reżyserem teledysku jest Trey Fanjoy. Gościnnie zagrał w nim Justin Gaston.

Kilka ciekawostek:

Taylor napisała "Love Story" w sypialni w 20 minut. 

'Love Story’ zostało wysoko ocenione przez krytyków. Kate Kiefer z magazynu Paste napisała, że jest to najlepsza piosenka Swift.

Fraser McAlpine z BBC stwierdził, że ‘Love Story’ to wspaniały utwór pop, bo naprawdę opowiada historię miłosną. Powiedział też, że wciąga słuchacza w ekscytujący i romantyczny bajkowy świat.

Taylor wierzyła, że fabuła ‘Love Story’ musi mieć ponadczasowy scenariusz. ‘Myślę że to może zdarzyć się w 1700, 1800 lub 2008 roku’.

Przez 6 miesięcy, Swift poszukiwała aktorów, którzy mogą odegrać tę rolę. Jej znajomy, który oglądał szósty sezon Nashville Star powiedział jej o Justinie Gastonie. Taylor wtedy wiedziała, że Gaston jest odpowiedni do roli w tym teledysku. Opisywała go jako ‘Książę w bajki’. Jednak ze względu na udział w programie Nashville Star, Justin nie mógł wziąć udziału w teledysku. Gaston został wkrótce wyeliminowany i Swift natychmiast się z nim skontaktowała. Była pod wrażeniem umiejętności aktorskich Gastona.

Personel teledysku szukał odpowiedniego zamku. Przeszukali liczne zamki w Stanach Zjednoczonych i nie znaleźli odpowiedniego. Mieli udać się do Europy, ale zostali poinformowani o zamku na południe od Nashville. Był to Castle Gywnn wybudowany w 1973 r.

Suknia Taylor została zaprojektowana przez Sandi Spika.

Teledysk został nakręcony w ciągu 2 tygodni w sierpniu 2008 roku. W pierwszym dniu kręcone były sceny balkonowe i w terenie. Później kręcone były sceny na Uniwersytecie Cumberland w Lebanon, Tennessee.

Reżyser teledysku, Fanjoy zaproponował pocałunek między Swift i Gastonem, ale Swift odmówiła.

Swift nauczyła się choreografii w ciągu 15 minut.

Teledysk do "Love Story" czerpie inspiracje ze średniowiecza, renesansu oraz z książki „Duma i uprzedzenie” (1813 rok).  

‘Love Story’ została wykorzystana w filmie ‘Listy do Julii’, pojawiła się w zwiastunie oraz w pierwszym odcinku serial ‘Hart Of Dixie’.

'Love Story’ jest jedną z trzech najczęściej granych piosenek przez Taylor w jej karierze (również Our Song i You Belong With Me).  

‘Love Story’ była pierwszą piosenką Taylor, któraz znalazła się na 1 miejscu na liście Billboard.

Pierwszą linijką, którą napisała Taylor była “You were Romeo, you were throwing peebles, end my daddy said ‘stay away from Juliet’”.

Linijkaa “This love is difficult, but it’s real” w oryginale Taylor miała umieścić zamiast słowa ‘difficult’ – ‘different’.

Taylor uważa, że ‘Love Story’ jest najromantyczniejszą piosenką jaką kiedykolwiek napisała.

Ulubioną piosenką Karlie Kloss jest właśnie piosenka "Love Story".  

Taylor powiedziała, że koń w teledysku do ‘Love Story’ był przez cały czas bardzo zły.

Kiedy mała dziewczynka spotkała Taylor powiedziała do swojej mamy: "Mamo, patrz! To Julia z teledysku do ‘Love Story’!”

Taylor dowiedziała się, że wygrała swoją pierwszą Teen Choice Award gdy kręciła teledysk do "Love Story".

Teledysk do "Love Story" kręcony był w jeden z najgorętszych dni w roku.

Raz Taylor utknęła na balkonie podczas wykonywania ‘Love Story’.

Kiedyś w trakcie śpiewania piosenki "Love Story" do ust Taylor wleciał robak i nie mogła śpiewać przez parę sekund.

Pod koniec 1989 World Tour, Taylor wykonała ‘Love Story’ około 475 razy. 

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Big Machine Gets Bigger

By Deborah Evans Price, 25 October 2006, Billboard

Taylor Swift Is Ambitious Nashville Upstart Label’s Latest Success Story

In less than a year, Big Machine Records has made the leap from scrappy startup venture to successful record label with a No. 1 Jack Ingram single under its belt and teen newcomer Taylor Swift currently climbing the chart. 

The Big Machine roster also includes Danielle Peck, Dusty Drake and former DreamWorks artist Jimmy Wayne, whose new single, "That's All I'll Ever Need," is gaining momentum.

Country label vet Scott Borchetta opened the doors at Big Machine in September 2005 with a high-profile joint launch with Toby Keith's Show Dog Records. Both are distributed by Universal. Initially structured as sister labels, the companies shared marketing and radio promotion, but as each expanded, they decided to separate (Billboard, March 11).

"The only way we could address our priorities was for us to have our own promotions department," Borchetta says. "Toby is really a brilliant business guy, and he understands that. We're great friends, and we've got two separate labels, but it was fun to start everything with him."

Borchetta is proud that exactly eight months and eight days after Big Machine launched, the label was enjoying its first No. 1 with the Ingram hit "Wherever You Are." "It was a big day," he says proudly. "It was one of those things where we were literally working seven days a week -- and we still pretty much are -- but that was a pretty darn cool moment when we rang the bell."

Borchetta is president of Big Machine. He started his career in 1985 with a three-year stint at Mary Tyler Moore's MTM Records, moved to MCA Records in 1991 and in 1997 left to launch DreamWorks Nashville with James Stroud. DreamWorks merged into Universal Music Group in 2004, and Borchetta stayed with Universal until leaving to launch Big Machine last year.

Andrew Kautz is Big Machine's GM, Jack Purcell heads the promotion department, and Penny Lazo is head of sales and marketing. Cynthia Grimson handles public relations. Other key staffers include Borchetta's wife, creative director Sandi Spika Borchetta, and director of national promotion John Zarling. The label opened its doors Sept. 1, 2005, and by Sept. 26 was going for airplay on Peck's single "I Don't." "We didn't waste any time. We literally started with that song on day one. We went for airplay on the 26th and then we went for airplay on Ingram on the 31st of October. Jack's first album came out Jan. 9," Borchetta says, recapping the label's first efforts.

"I did not want to sit on our butts and wait for six months for the first record to come out," he says. "I've seen so many startups, and after six or eight months, you're staffed up and you're just burning away money and literally nobody is working anything. They are just waiting on A&R to get up to speed. I just refused to launch the label like that, because I think it instills a certain amount of laziness upfront, and I wanted everybody here to bring brand-new running shoes ready to run on the first day."

Borchetta's criteria for signing an act is simple. "I either fall in love with an artist's music or I don't."

These days Big Machine's priority is the debut album by 16-year-old Swift, which streets Oct. 24. Swift is climbing the chart with "Tim McGraw," which is No. 17 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart and has sold nearly 90,000 digital downloads. When he heard her perform, Borchetta says he just had to have her on the label, but admits he knew it wouldn't be easy because country programmers are hesitant to play teenagers.

"That's probably one of the things I love about it," he says. "She's one of the best songwriters in Nashville period, and we were able to get people to see that and the fact that she plays guitar and the fact that she does sing that good, and she does write that good. She's witty and charming and all the things that a superstar artist should be."

Swift grew up near Reading, Pa., but now lives near Nashville. "I've been trying to do this since I was 10," she says. "So many people tell me that radio won't play me because I'm too young. Because of that, radio is the biggest priority for me and building those relationships."

Swift chose Big Machine because of the creative freedom Borchetta offered. "I needed a company that would let me be myself and would let me write my own music," says Swift, who signed a publishing deal with Sony at 14.

"Scott Borchetta has not only encouraged me, but has insisted that I write my own music, and it's been really, really great, and I'm just so glad that I'm here," she says.

Swift is slated to appear on "Good Morning America" on street date. Her debut has also gained exposure on GAC's "Short Cuts."

"I've had the good fortune of breaking everybody from Trisha Yearwood all the way up to Sugarland with big stops in between," Borchetta says. "This feels as big as any of them."

In general, Borchetta credits the experience and enthusiasm of his team for fueling Big Machine's success.

"I never told my staff that they were [an] independent," Borchetta says. "I think that's part of it, that we didn't come out saying, 'We're a little indie'; that was never our point of view," Borchetta says about his staff of 13. "It was just kind of blind belief that we were going to do this, and the advantage that we had is we've done this before. Jack Purcell has done this before. Cynthia Grimson has done this before. So it wasn't a person coming in from outside of our business just trying to figure the business out.

"We didn't expect to come out here and be kicked around like some little imprint," he continues. "We came to play. Failure is really not an option, and I've got people around me that really understand the vision."

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“ I love you's

I love you, family. Dad, because you are my biggest fan, and I'll never get tired of the way you smile when I pick up a guitar and play. Mom, for being my best friend and most trusted companion, even in times when you were my only friend. That was just fine. Austin, my little brother, for being so much more brave than I could ever hope to be. My aunt, Alison, for being such a beautiful person. My aunts, uncles, cousins and relatives (even the ones I didn't know I had) for making Thanksgiving something someone should write a book about. I love my mom and dad's friends who have been so unbelievably supportive (and so unbelievably loud at my shows). I love my friends.Abigail, I love you because you are my best friend in the entire world. Can't wait to room together when we're 65 and wrinkly and living in Minnesota. I love Ally, Kelsey, Kathryn, Jeff, Clay and all my awesome friends in Hendersonville. Britany Maack for being my first friend, I miss you! I love everyone who helped put this album together. Scott Borchetta for believing in me and actually DOING something about it. Shake and bake, Radioman. This is how we roll. Nathan Chapman because he is the most amazing red-headed freckle-faced little producer in the world and I love your beautiful wife Stephanie. Thanks Nathan for gracing me with your first album. Liz Rose, you are my songwriting soulmate, and one of my dearest friends. Robert Ellis Orrall, you Rock! Nick for breaking your drumsticks on my songs, Tim for playing on my session ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, and everyone else who played on the album because you are THAT GOOD. Chad, for your amazing mullet (and engineering skills). I love my record label. Jack Purcell, for your Minnesota accent. Mandy McCarmack, for humoring me in my mailbox obsession. Rick Barker, because I learned everything about radio in...nevermind. HAHA. Bobby Young, thanks for taking us shopping. Whitney Sutton, you are so organized and I love you for it. JZ, because of that adorable laugh/nose thing you do. Nancy Johnson, for being my GIRL and pretty much a genius. Jayme Austin for adding so much spirit to the label. Sandi Spika Borchetta, for being so creative/brilliant/beautiful and buying me pretty things to wear. Penny Laza, because you are a crazy rock star. Andrew Kautz, if I ever walk into the label, and you're NOT there, I will not know what to do with myself. Cynthia Grimson, for your amazingly dry sense of humor. Ray Pronto, for putting this Big Machine in motionnnn. I love the people who helped me get here. Arthur Buenahara, thank your for signing a FOURTEEN year old to a full writers publishing deal. I will never forget that. In fact, I love everyone at Sony Publishing. Pat Garrett and Suzy Dalton for letting my little ten-year old self open up for you. Harry Warner, for being such a gentleman and having my back at BMI. Frank Bell for being so brutally honest about my music from the time I was like 12, and so supportive of my career NOW. Andrew Orth for 14 years of great photos! Cindy Guagenti for being the most stylish publicist in the world. Jody Williams, for listening to my rants about high school, and being such a dear friend and musicologist. HHS for supporting me 100%. Bob Taylor and Bob Borbonus at Taylor Guitars for believing in me and making perfection in the form of guitars. Mike Milom for being a genius and the best lawyer ever. Sarah, Ed, and Jim at GAC for taking such a vested interest in me, and PUTTING ME ON TV! CMT you're awesome! Trey Fanjoy, because you are such a visionary and for directing an amazing video. Pete Fisher you are amazing. Rod Essig, for believing in me from the beginning and being so passionate about what you do. I love Tim McGraw for making such inspiring music. I love Faith Hill for being the most graceful woman in the world. I love you, Jack Ingram. If at any point in my life, I ever amount to being HALF as cool as you, I will throw myself a party. I LOVE RADIO because I haven't met one person I don't consider a friend. I love all of my myspace friends for taking such an active roll in what I do, I will never forget how you all rallied for me from the beginning. I love everyone who's inspired me to write a song, whether you know it or not. I love anyone who has ever turned the volume up when my song comes on the radio, anyone who has bought this album. Anyone who can sing along to my songs when I play them live. Anyone who's ever requested my song on the radio, or even remembered my name. If you ever see me in public, I want to meet you. I will thank you myself. You have let me into your life, and I will never be able to thank you enough for that. I love YOU, and I love God for putting you in my life Love love love -T- PS: To all the boys who thought they would be cool and break my heart, guess what? Here are 11 songs written about you. HA. ”

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taylor at the 2008 grammys, self-titled era

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TS Red Carpet Madness: Round 1, Matchup 21

Our twenty-first matchup is a mix between newer and older looks! Be sure to follow tsredcarpetmadness for all upcoming polls!

I really appreciate all reblogs! It helps get a bigger sample size for each poll & always keeps things more exciting 🫶🏼

It's the weekend! So two polls today! Click here for second poll.

[mermaidinthecity]

I Love You’s

I love you, family. Dad, because you are my biggest fan, and I’ll never get tired of the way you smile when I pick up a guitar and play. Mom, for being my best friend and most trusted companion, even in times when you were my only friend. That was just fine. Austin, my little brother, for being so much more brave than I ever hope to be. My aunt, Alison, for being such a beautiful person. My aunts, uncles, cousins, and relatives (even the ones I didn’t know I had) for making Thanksgiving something someone should write a book about. I love my mom and dads’ friends who have been so unbelievably supportive (and so unbelievably loud at my shows).

I love my friends. Abigail, I love you because you are my best friend in the entire world. Can’t wait to room together when we’re 65 and wrinkly and living in Minnesota. I love Ally, Kelsey, Kathryn, Jeff, Clay and all my awesome friends in Hendersonville. Britany Maack for being my first friend, I miss you!

I love everyone who helped put this album together. Scott Borchetta for believing in me and actually DOING something about it. Shake and bake, Radioman. This is how we roll. Nathan Chapman because he is the most amazing red-headed freckle-faced little producer in the world and I love your beautiful wife Stephanie. Thanks Nathan for gracing me with your first album. Liz Rose, you are my songwriting soulmate, and one of my dearest friends. Robert Ellis Orrall, you Rock! Nick for breaking your drumsticks on my songs, Tim for playing on my session ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, and everyone else who played on the album because you are THAT GOOD. Chad, for your amazing mullet (and engineering skills).

I love my record label. Jack Purcell, for your Minnesota accent. Mandy McCormack, for humoring me in my mailbox obsession. Rick Barker, because I learned everything I Know about radio in… nevermind. HAHA. Bobby Young, thanks for taking us shopping. Whitney Sutton, you are so organized and I love you for it. JZ, because of that adorable laugh/nose thing you do. Erik Powell, for being cool and pretty much a genius. Larry Hughes, you rock! Jamice Jennings, for being the sweetest ever. Kelly Rich, you are the wizard of Marketing! Jayme Austin for adding so much spirit to the label. Sandi Spika Borchetta, for being creative/brilliant/beautiful and buying me pretty things to wear. Penny Lazo, you are a crazy rock star. Andrew Kautz, if I ever walk into the label and you’re not there, I will not know what to do with myself. Natalie Kilgore, for your amazing sense of humor. Ray Pronto, for putting this Big Machine in motionnn.

I love the people who helped me get here. Arthur Buenahora, thank you for signing a FOURTEEN year old to a full writers publishing deal. I will never forget that. In fact, I love everyone at Sony Publishing. Pat Garet and Suzy Dalton for letting my little ten-year-old self open up for you. Harry Warner, for being such a gentleman and having my back at BMI. Frank Bell for being so brutally honest about my music from the time I was like 12, and so supportive of my career NOW. Andrew Orth for 14 years of great photos!! Paula Erickson for being the most stylish publicist in the world. Jody Williams, for listening to my rants about high school, and being such a dear friend and musicologist. HHS for supporting me 100%. Bob Taylor and Bob Borbonus at Taylor Guitars for believing in me and making perfection in the form of guitars. Mike Milom for being a genius and the best lawyer ever. Sarah, Ed, and Jim at GAC for taking such a vested interest in me, and PUTTING ME ON TV! CMT you’re awesome! Trey Fanjoy, because you are such a visionary and for directing an amazing video. Pete Fisher you are amazing. Rod Essig, for believing in me from the beginning and being so passionate about what you do. I Love Tim McGraw for making such inspiring music. I love Faith Hill for being the most graceful woman in the world. I love you, Jack Ingram. If at any point in my life, ever ever amount to being HALF as cool as you, I will throw myself a party. I LOVE RADIO because I haven’t met one person I don’t consider a friend. I love all of my myspace friends for taking such an active roll in what I do, I will never forget how you all rallied for me from the beginning.

I love everyone who’s inspired me to write a song, whether you know if or not. I love anyone who has ever turned the volume up when my song comes on the radio, anyone who has bought this album. Anyone who can sing along to my songs when I play them live. Anyone who’s ever requested my song on the radio, or even remembered my name. If you ever see me in public, I want to meet you. I will thank you myself. You have let me into your life, and I will never be able to thank you enough for that. I love YOU, and I love God for putting you in my life.

Love love love

-T-

PS: To all the boys who thought they would be cool and break my heart, guess what? Here are 14 songs written about you. HA.

— Taylor Swift (2006)

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BMLG Ups Justin Ford To Dir./Art

BMLG Ups Justin Ford To Dir./Art

BIG MACHINE LABEL GROUP (BMLG) has elevated JUSTIN FORD to Dir./Art. FORD will report to BMLG SVP/Creative SANDI SPIKA BORCHETTA.

“JUSTIN is a brilliant and amazingly talented designer,” said BORCHETTA. “We love working with him, and he is a powerful asset to the Creative MACHINE!”

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