Taylor arrived in London yesterday. I’ve added candids of her arriving at her hotel and attending a meeting during the day.

X13HQ//January 23rd – Arriving at her hotel in London
X09HQ//January 23rd – Going to a meeting

I have added one HQ behind the scenes image from Taylor’s Grammy Photoshoot. I have also added one HQ shoot from Taylor’s appearance on XM Radio. Additionally, I have now added HQ images from Taylor’s February Vogue shoot.

X01HQ//Behind the Scenes of the Grammy Photoshoot
X01HQ//XM Sirium Radio Station Shoot
X05HQ//Vogue February

Taylor was spotted out on the 20th of January before heading to the premiere of “Ethel“. I have added both sets of HQ images to the gallery. Enjoy!

X08HQ//January 20th – Spotted in Park City
X21HQ//Janaury 20th – “Ethel” premiere at the Sundance film festival

Taylor was in Park City at the end of last week for the Sundance Film Festival. On the 19th of January, she attended the “artist at the table” dinner; I have added 2 HQ photos from this event.

X02HQ//January 19th – Artist at the table dinner

Taylor’s featured in the February issue of Vogue. I’ve uploaded HQ scans of the cover and her photoshoot, but haven’t managed to get my hands on the article yet. I’ll upload that when I find it. Enjoy!

X06HQ//Vogue – February 2012

I’ve uploaded a HQ photo of Taylor on the set of the “Safe and Sound” music video.

X01HQ//Safe and Sound: On the Set

Producers for the Grammy Awards have begun unveiling performers for its Feb. 12 telecast, starting with a pair of album of the year nominees — rock act the Foo Fighters and R&B chameleon Bruno Mars. Also named among the initial crop of performers were country star Jason Aldean, former “American Idol” winner Kelly Clarkson, rapper Nicki Minaj and country-influenced pop star Taylor Swift, who no doubt acted with wide-eyed surprise at merely being asked to appear at the ceremony.

To maximize media attention, the Recording Academy will roll out the Grammy performing litter throughout the weeks leading up to the ceremony. It is typical for all album of the year nominees to perform, so it’s all but guaranteed that future news releases will announce performances from Rihanna and Lady Gaga. The only question mark among this year’s top nominees is whether or not soul singer Adele will be cleared by doctors to perform.

When it comes to who will or won’t perform, perhaps the most tantalizing questions remain not in whether reunited acts such as the Beach Boys or Van Halen will appear — likely with younger acts with whom they have little in common (ahem, Swift and Stevie Nicks) — but is once again WWKWD (What Will Kanye West Do?).

The famed rapper has already criticized the Grammy Awards as “illogical,” and while he has the most nominations with seven, his honors are predominantly in rap categories. West, however, is as unpredictable of a performer as he is a social network user, and his Grammy performances, including a glow-in-the-dark appearance with Daft Punk and a marching band blow-out for “Gold Digger,” have been some of the most riveting the award show has seen in recent years.

Booking Adele, if she’s given the green-light to sing, is a no-brainer, but the outspoken West may be seen as something of a risk, especially when one takes into account his multiple rants at not receiving an album of the year prize.

In 2005, for instance, West told MTV he would have a “problem” if he didn’t win album of the year, and he has long been preoccupied with award show acceptance, including a backstage rant at the American Music Awards for not winning best new artist. So in a Grammy year when the only real drama is related to a pop star’s vocal cord health, it’s once again West who stands the most chance of giving viewers something to discuss on the morning of Feb. 13 — if he’s invited to perform.

The Grammys are determined by about 13,000 voting members. The eligibility period for nominated recordings was Oct. 1, 2010 to Sept. 30, 2011. The 2011 awards will be televised on CBS from Staples Center in Los Angeles.

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Taylor wasn’t at the People’s Choice Awards, but she did win the Favourite Country Artist award! Congratualations to Taylor.

The People’s Choice Awards last night (Jan. 11) in Los Angeles crowned Taylor Swift country music’s leading lady for the second consecutive year! The ‘Ours’ singer, who did not attend the ceremony, nevertheless won the trophy for Favorite Country Artist, beating out Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum and Rascal Flatts to take the honor.

Taylor, whose first People’s Choice honor was the 2010 award for Favorite Female Artist, scored three nominations in 2011. The 22-year-old was also nominated for Favorite Female Artist and Favorite Tour Headliner, with Katy Perry winning the award in both categories.

Blake was also nominated for Favorite Male Artist, with the trophy ultimately going to Bruno Mars. Lady A’s album, ‘Own the Night’ was in the running for Favorite Album, which went to Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way.’

Faith Hill joined the festivities for the two-hour broadcast. The wife of Tim McGraw performed her current single, ‘Come Home’ during the telecast, earning a standing ovation from the crowd.

Katy Perry was night’s big winner, taking home five of the fan-voted awards. Other big winners included the cast of the Harry Potter movie, ‘The Deathly Hallows: Part 2,’ which won four awards, including one for Favorite Movie Ensemble Cast, Johnny Depp, who won two awards, for Favorite Movie Actor and Favorite Animated Voice, and Morgan Freeman, who beat out George Clooney, Harrison Ford, Tom Hanks and Robert DeNiro to win the first-ever People’s Choice Award for Movie Icon.

The eyes of country artists are now on the Grammy Awards, which will occur next month. Taylor and Jason are both nominated for three Grammys. Taylor’s nods are for Best Country Album (‘Speak Now’), and Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song, for ‘Mean.’

Jason, who is enjoying his first-ever Grammy nods, is a contender for a Grammy for Best Country Album (‘My Kinda Party’), Best Country Solo Performance (‘Dirt Road Anthem’), and Best Country/Duo/Group Performance, for his chart-topping hit, ‘Don’t You Wanna Stay’ with Kelly Clarkson.

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards will air live from Los Angeles’ Staples Center, Feb. 12 at 8:00 PM ET on CBS.

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Taylor Swift never fails to offer up anthems of love, loss and the day-to-day experiences of being a young girl in love in a big world. Her themes fit perfectly into the CW’s new series ‘Hart of Dixie,’ which premiered on the channel in September and will pick back up on Jan. 23. In a recent promo clip for the upcoming season, Swift’s ‘Sparks Fly’ plays behind the sneak peak of the season, rife with the romantic, comedic drama that’s come to be expected from the CW.

‘Hart of Dixie’ is the story of a young, highly driven city girl named Zoe Hart (played by Rachel Bilson) who winds up in Bluebell, Ala. at a small medical practice rather than following her father into a career as a cardiothoracic surgeon. The show plays up the big city girl in a tightknit small town theme, with Hart messing up the social norms and the way things are (i.e. who’s engaged to whom).

In this clip, we see Hart breaking the news to her mother that she moved to Alabama — and her own mother hangs up on her. Then, she’s in the heart of Alabama dealing with all the changes from her big city life. She can’t get Greek olives and feta cheese on her omelette, people can’t believe she’s a female doctor, debutante-looking southern belles tell her to her face that she’s not welcome and two fine looking young gentlemen fight for her affection, often with their shirts off.

Still, when Swift’s song comes on behind the clip, the video seems to pick up and feel more alive — and even believable.

In addition to having her song featured in this promo, Swift just released a new song called ‘Safe and Sound‘ featuring the Civil Wars for ‘The Hunger Games’ soundtrack.

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It may be a big year on the big screen for country superstar Taylor Swift. According to Broadwayworld.com, she’s been offered the role of Eponine in the upcoming film adaptation of Les Miserables.

No word yet on whether she’s accepted the role, but if she does, according to the site she’ll join a star-studded cast that includes Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean and Russell Crowe as Javert, and possibly Amanda Seyfried in the role of Cosette.

The year started off stellar for another leading lady of country music, Miranda Lambert. Her fourth album, “Four The Record” has gone Gold and faster than any of her three previous albums, all of which are Platinum. Lambert also recently released a second single from the album “Over You,” a personal song written by her and husband Blake Shelton, and she’s gearing up to start her “On Fire” tour January 12th taking Chris Young and Jerrod Niemann on the road with her.

Also with touring news, Brad Paisley has changed the name of his upcoming run after holding rehearsals and getting inspired by his new set-up. The tour will now be called “Virtual Reality World Tour 2012.” Plus Lady Antebellum received big news before hitting the road for their “Own the Night 2012 World Tour,” as they earned the title of biggest selling group of 2011 with more than 2.1 million album sales according to Nielsen Soundscan. It’s the second year in a row they’ve achieved that status.

With in-studio news, Tim Mcgraw’s latest studio album “Emotional Traffic” which had been at the center of a legal battle with Curb Records has been given a release date of January 24th. The album features the No. 1 hit single “Felt Good on My Lips” and also a Ne-Yo collaboration.

And for this week’s featured song of the week Trace Adkins is in the spotlight, as he goes from ringing in the new year on Fox News Channel to being named “Artist of the Month” by “This Is NRA Country”… and we mark the news with his outdoorsy and family inspired video “Just Fishin’.”

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