Taking home $57 million in the period June 2011-May 2012, Taylor Swift lands on #11 on Forbes 2012 Celebrity 100 index. The list compiled annually uses more than just money. The Forbes Influential Celebrity 100 uses a formula which comprehends earnings, web, social media power, tv/radio exposure and press.

Among female singers, Taylor Swift appears after Britney Spears ($58 million) if only earnings were accounted.

See Forbes’ description for Taylor’s appearance at the list:

Swift benefitted from a huge tour this year, grossing over $1 million per night on more than 65 dates. She continues to cash in on her 2010 album Speak Now, which has now sold over 5 million copies worldwide; she picked up two Grammys for her song “Mean.” The young singer-songwriter also earns big as one of the faces of CoverGirl. Her fourth album is due this fall.

Taylor Swift was spotted arriving at an office building in Santa Monica, California on May 1st. Check out some photos at our gallery.

Taylor Swift and “Glee,” together at last: Ryan Murphy spilled the beans during the “Glee” cast’s screening and panel at the TV Academy on Tuesday, May 1 that Swifty’s music will finally appear on the FOX hit. Two characters will duet on the song “Mean” during an upcoming episode.

Who are these two characters? Coach Bieste and Puck.
Jones played coy during her interview with Zap2it before the panel, but Ryan Murphy spilled the beans about Bieste’s next musical number during episode 20. “In two weeks she sings ‘Mean’ by Taylor Swift with Mark [Salling].”

Source: Zap2it

On May 1st, 2012 TaylorFan.org completes 4 years running non-stop! In celebration, I’ve put up a new layout. It’s simple and basic, but I really hope you’ll like it!

Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me” has crossed this week the mark of 4 million paid downloads in the United States, making it eligible for a 4x Platinum RIAA certificate. Congrats Taylor!

“You Belong With Me” is Taylor’s second best-selling digital song in America. The first one is “Love Story” with 5.2 million copies as of today.

Country superstar Taylor Swift is the Top Money Maker at the recently release Billboard Magazine list after making $35,719,902 (music related earnings only) during 2011. She was featured in an article on Billboard Magazine (March 17 issue).

See below what they wrote about Taylor on Billboard.com:

After wrapping the final leg of her Fearless tour, Taylor Swift’s blockbuster success two years ago left music industry observers wondering what she could possibly do for an encore. The pop-country superstar answered them with her smash Speak Now album and accompanying tour, which jetted through Asia and Europe in addition to making its way across North America. Grossing $88.5 million in the U.S. alone, the tour netted Swift a remarkable $29.8 million. Honored as Billboard’s Woman of the Year in December, she racked up U.S. album sales of 1.8 million units last year-led by booming business for late 2010’s Speak Now, which sold 967,000 units and digital single track sales of 7.8 million. Songwriting royalties were another highly beneficial source of income, given that Swift wrote all 14 Speak Now tunes herself.

You can check the full list of money makers here.

Check the scans at our gallery:

Taylor Swift can now add “box-office champion” to her list of accolades. “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax” scored huge numbers at theaters this weekend, ending up with an outstanding $70.7 million take and the biggest weekend of 2012 so far.

Dr. Seuss’ little environmentalist surpassed all expectations on the way to its record-breaking bow; the film also contributed to a solid weekend on the whole, with ticket revenues up 27 percent from the same period last year.

With stars like Swift, Zac Efron, Ed Helms and Danny DeVito populating the cast, “The Lorax” not only had the benefit of being the first big-budget family release of the year, but also one with major stars.

Jeff Bock, senior box-office analyst for Exhibitor Relations, told MTV News that March has recently been a month made for strong animated openings, so the success of “The Lorax” isn’t exactly shocking.

“Over the last decade or so, March has been a veritable hotbed for animated releases. In fact, six of the top 10 March debuts have been ‘toons,” Bock said. “Universal certainly had already been witness to the success of ‘Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!’ which went on to gross over $150-plus million after a March 2008 rollout. So is this a surprise? Not really.”

The success of “The Lorax” could potentially bode well for the rest of 2012’s box-office prospects, especially with such big releases slated for the rest of the year. “The box-office surge of March should continue, as 2012 is packed with promise,” Bock said. “The real question is whether or not summer will live up to expectations; those four months can make or break the entire year. With the triple threat of ‘The Avengers,’ ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ and ‘The Dark Knight Rises,’ I certainly like our chances.”

Source: MTV

Taylor Swift is gracing the April issue of the Australian Harper’s Bazaar. Added scans of the magazine and the photoshoot (by Benny Horne) to our gallery.