Thursday News Briefs: Taylor, Dierks, Miley Cyrus, and New UMG CDs at less than $10

Today's news finds Taylor Swift celebrating unprecedented success with her Fearless album while Miley Cyrus criticizes country music's themes.  Dierks Bentley recorded a special song for Esquire while UMG Music unveiled a plan to price CDs at iTunes-like levels. 

Lady Antebellum Remains On Top of SoundScan Charts

With another strong week of 100,000-plus albums sold, Lady Antebellum continues to have 2010's best-selling album with Need You Now. Where did Gary Allan's new release, Get Off On The Pain wind-up on the charts this week? How about the other hold-overs?

 

Blake Shelton Leads Slate of New Releases to Album Sales Chart

After a few weeks away from the top spot, Lady Antebellum returns this week to #1 on the Nielsen SoundScan Hot 200 and Hot Country Albums charts.  Where did the new releases from Blake Shelton, Danny Gokey and Easton Corbin place?

Taylor Swift - Fearless (Video)

Watch the latest video from Taylor Swift here.

Lady Antebellum Continues Chart Reign

For the third week in a row, Lady Antebellum experienced remarkable sales numbers for their sophomore album Need You Now.  While most expected good numbers, most didn't think Josh Turner would land where he did either.  How did the others fare this week?

Lady Antebellum Storms The Charts with 'Need You Now'

Lady Antebellum defied all sales projections this week to topple all the competition -including a strong-selling digital album from Hope For Haiti to score the second-best selling country music debut since Taylor Swift's Fearless in 2008.

2010 Grammy Wrap-up: Country Music Wins Big

 The Grammy Awards have come and gone again yet unlike most years, country music was well-represented during both the pre telecast (where all the country categories were presented).  Swift lead the way with a nice four Grammy haul. 

Taylor Swift & Stevie Nicks - Grammy Medley 2010

Here's Taylor Swift and Stevie Nicks' off-key performance of the songs "You Belong With Me" and "Today Was A Fairytale."

2010 Grammy Preview

The Grammy Awards are this coming Sunday and here is a rundown of our predicitons for all of the country music categories along with any category that features a country artist (aside from Brad Paisley's "Rock Instrumental" nomination).

 

Country Sales Are Up For The Week

While most albums remained steady or dropped for the week, country music's top artist saw their albums move more units than the last week.  This week is also likely to be the last week for a while that Taylor Swift retains the best-selling country album.