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Kenny Chesney leads the pack for the 47th Annual ACM Awards, with nine nominations.

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Actor Zach Gilford’s recollection of first saying hello to Taylor Swift on the set of her new ‘Ours’ video sounds like a lot of folks’ experiences with meeting the singer: “I just met Taylor this morning for the first time, and she was just super nice. Came in, gave me a hug.”

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Taylor Swift is the top country artist of the year, according Billboard magazine. The annual lists of year-end charts were just revealed, and Swift leads in many country categories, including album sales, downloads and tour revenue. She also ranks amongst the most played country artists of 2011.

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Taylor Swift premiered her ‘Ours’ video on Friday, Dec. 2, and now she’s sharing a 13-clip series of short videos that will bring fans behind the camera. A new vignette will be available to watch each day, beginning with webisode one below. This first behind-the-scenes glimpse at her ‘Ours’ video shoot pans across the set, showing goofy off-camera moments, interview clips with Swift and a brief introduction to video director Declan Whitebloom.

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Keith Urban has joined Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Taylor Swift and a list of other select superstars who market their own fragrances.  

Keith says he sought advice from his wife, Nicole Kid

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An artist truly has made it when he or she is profiled on ’60 Minutes.’ Taylor Swift is the latest music star to be featured on the news magazine program, which looked at her role as the poet laureate of puberty, the spokeswoman responsible for a generation of young girls — and her famous open mouth, hands on cheeks expression of shock and awe whenever fans scream for her or when she picks up another award. The profile also examined how she’s managed to cross genres and remain beloved in both the country and pop worlds.

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Taylor Swift understands the responsibilities of being a country music superstar, and she isn’t running from them. A preview of Swift’s interview with ’60 Minutes’ anchor Lesley Stahl — seen below — shows the 21-year-old singer talking about facing up to fan expectations.

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Nashville was rocking last night with country’s biggest stars like Keith Urban, Zac Brown, Taylor Swift and Lady Antebellum providing the soundtrack for the 2011 CMA Awards!

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The nominations for the second annual American Country Awards were announced on Wednesday, with Jason Aldean and the Zac Brown Band leading the way with eight nods each. The Dec. 5 FOX broadcast honors country artists in traditional categories like Artist of the Year, but also unconventional categories like Touring Headline Act of the Year.

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David Nail’s career took plenty of twists and turns before he finally found his audience — including a busted deal at Mercury Nashville and a stint as a baseball coach. But when he finally released his debut album in 2009, its title ‘I’m About to Come Alive,’ proved prophetic.

Now, Nail is one of country’s hottest freshman acts, and he’s looking to build on that success with the release of his second album ‘The Sound of a Million Dreams,’ in November.

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Didn’t see Taylor Swift‘s Speak Now world tour? No problem — she’s releasing a tour CD and DVD.

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We already knew Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, and Taylor Swift had big years and now we know they stand to celebrate by cleaning up at the 2011 CMA Awards, where each of them have just been honored with multiple nominations in this year’s pool of potential winners.

The nominees were announced Tuesday at a pair of live events. Jake Owen and the Band Perry revealed the nominations for five categories during their joint appearance on ‘Good Morning America,’ then Jerrod Niemann and Thompson Square handled the rest from the Ryman in Nashville later in the morning.

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