Taylor Swift is nominated for 5 awards at The 45th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM’s) to be held on April 18 at The MGM Grand Hotel Arena in Las Vegas being broadcasted live at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on CBS.

Taylor Swift has received from 2007 through 2008 a total of 8 nominations winning 3 awards from the Academy: Best New Female Artist (2008), Album of The Year for “Fearless” (2009) and Crystal Milestone Award (2009) for her outstanding contributions to Country music as making the genre a mainstream music form for younger people.

This year, Taylor adds 5 nominations to her Academy of Country Music resumé bringing them to a total of 13. Check below the categories she’s nominated for and who she’s up against:

Entertainer Of The Year:
Kenny Chesney
Toby Keith
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban
Zac Brown Band

Top Female Vocalist:
Miranda Lambert
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Lee Ann Womack

Song Of The Year (Perfomer):
Awarded to performer(s) and producers
“Cowboy Casanova” – Carrie Underwood
“Need You Now” – Lady Antebellum
“People Are Crazy” – Billy Currington
“White Liar” – Miranda Lambert
“You Belong With Me” – Taylor Swift

Song Of The Year (Composer):
Awarded to songwriters
“Cowboy Casanova” – Carrie Underwood, Composers: Mike Elizondo, Brett James, Carrie Underwood
“Need You Now” – Lady Antebellum, Composers: Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott
“People Are Crazy” – Billy Currington, Composers: Bobby Braddock, Troy Jones
“White Liar” – Miranda Lambert, Composers: Natalie Hemby, Miranda Lambert
“You Belong With Me” – Taylor Swift, Composers: Liz Rose, Taylor Swift

Video Of The Year:
Awarded to performer(s), producers and directors
“Boots On” – Randy Houser
“Need You Now” – Lady Antebellum
“Welcome To The Future” – Brad Paisley
“White Liar” – Miranda Lambert
“You Belong With Me” – Taylor Swift

Entertainer of The Year is opened for fan voting, so give Taylor your vote at VoteACM.com.

Taylor Swift’s lead-single for her last album “Fearless” has been certified 4x Platinum for being legally downloaded over 4 million times off digital retailers in the U.S. “Love Story” becomes the biggest selling country single from the Billboard digital singles era (since 2005, when digital sales started being officially tracked by Billboard).

“Love Story” became Taylor’s first Top 5 Hot 100 hit and also her first Top 5 Pop radio hit (both peaking at #4). It also enjoyed success internationally and peaked in the Top 3 in some countries including: Australia (#1), Ireland, UK, Japan, New Zealand and Canada.

CONGRATULATIONS TAYLOR!

Taylor Swift received a special plaque at The 2010 Country Radio Seminar in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday (February 24). The plaque specifies 5x Platinum for her debut album, “Taylor Swift” (2006) and 5x Platinum for “Fearless” (2008) totalizing more than 10 million copies sold in the United States alone. Taylor also performed at the seminar.

USAToday.com : The first single from Taylor Swift’s third album will go to radio in late summer or early fall, and the album will follow late in the year. “She was on an amazing writing spree through December and January, and we were able to go in and cut all those things,” Scott Borchetta (Big Machine Records chief, Taylor’s label) says. “If she writes something great between now and July, it will go on the record. She’s been extraordinarily prolific the last six months.”

Taylor Swift had a great night at The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards that took place yesterday (January 31) at The Staples Center in Los Angeles. Taylor walked out with 4 awards (out of the 8 she was nominated to) including one the biggest awards of the show, the “Album Of The Year” award.

Taylor won Album of The Year and Best Country Album for “Fearless” and Best Female Country Vocals and Best Country Song for “White Horse”. She was also nominated for Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best Female Pop Vocals for “You Belong With Me” and Best Pop Collaboration for “Breathe” with Colbie Caillat, The winner of Record Of The Year was Kings Of Leon “Use Somebody”, Song of The Year and Female Pop Vocals by Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” and “Halo”, respectively and Pop Collaboration was won by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat “Lucky”.

Taylor performed with Stevie Nicks a medley of 3 songs: Taylor’s “You Belong With Me” and “Today Was A Fairytale” and “Rhiannon”, a 1976 song by rock band Fleetwood Mac whose Stevie is a member of.

The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Pre-Telecast – January 31, 2010 (HQ)

The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards – January 31, 2010 (HQ)

Performance

“Album Of The Year” Acceptance

Red Carpet Arrival

More videos:
Accepting “Best Country Album” award
Accepting “Best Female Country Vocals” award

Taylor Swift attended Sony Music’s chief Clive Davis Pre-2010 Grammys Party at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on Saturday (January 30). The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards is gonna be held today (Sunday January 31) and Taylor is nominated for 8 awards: Record Of The Year, Song of The Year and Pop Female Vocals for “You Belong With Me”, Album Of The Year and Best Country Album for “Fearless”, Best Country Song and Best Country Female Vocals for “White Horse” and Best Pop Collaboration for “Breathe” with Colbie Caillat. Keep your fingers crossed for tonight’s ceremony!

Check this interview Taylor Swift did about “Valentine’s Day” where she talks about her role in the movie and how she got involved with the project.

Taylor Swift breaks Britney Spears’ “Womanizer” record for highest digital first week sales by a female artist as “Today Was A Fairytale”, a song from the soundtrack of the movie she’s debuting in as actress “Valentine’s Day”, as the song was legally downloaded 325,000 times opening at #1 on The U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart.

In October 2008, Britney Spears’ “comeback” single, “Womanizer” shifted 286,000 downloads on the first week making it the highest digital first week sales for a female artist and now the record belongs to Taylor Swift.

“Today was a fairytale” debuts at the runner-up spot of The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Songs chart being held off by Ke$ha’s “TiK ToK” that spends it’s 6th straight week at the top slot of the songs chart.

Taylor attended The 2010 People’s Choice Awards yesterday in Los Angeles and from the 3 categories she was nominated to, Favorite Female Artist, Favorite Country Artist and Favorite Pop Artist, she left winning Favorite Female Artist. The country award went to Carrie Underwood and the pop to Lady Gaga. Added some pictures from the show to the gallery.