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Taylor Swift, international pop star? That's the plan, according to Universal Music Group, which has struck a deal with the teen singer's record label, Big Machine Records, to help expand Swift's fan base to other countries."I don't really see her as a country artist," Universal's Executive Vice-President Max Hole tells Reuters. "If you listen to the records and see her play live, she has much more in common with acts like Avril Lavigne and Miley Cyrus."
Universal wants to poise Swift for international stardom, hoping music fans in other countries will catch on to what millions of American fans already love.
"She is by some distance the biggest breakthrough for an American artist in America over the last year," says Hole.
The first step in the global plan is a new album in early 2009 that will include songs from Swift's self-titled debut CD and from her sophomore album, 'Fearless.' Several songs on the new project will reportedly be re-mixed to be more pop-friendly.
Swift is also planning a European trek next year, playing shows with small audiences and making the media rounds. An international tour could come in the fall.
Reader Comments(1 of 5)
joeat 11-21-2008
Don't let it happen Taylor. Lee Ann Rimes did it and has never been fully accepted back at country music radio.
LostxDreamsat 11-22-2008
ew, They shouldn't compare Taylor to miley, Taylor is better than Miley is you ask me
fanofgmat 11-22-2008
She's not "going pop". She has always been pop. Now they are just admitting it. They were always chasing the Miley Cirus/Jonas Brothers fans. And those fans enjoy that stuff for awhile, then they grow up. What then.
Amandaat 11-23-2008
Haha. I am a Jonas Brother fan... I am 18. haha. I don't like Miley at all really, or Taylor.
supermonkee9000at 11-23-2008
Exactly. I know people (I do not really like them) that started listening to Taylor Swift and said, “I’m a country fan”. They are hypocrites. They could not name one song by Martina McBride.
carolinelisenbyat 11-22-2008
Taylor you rock I love your music:)
carolinelisenbyat 11-22-2008
Taylor you rock I love your music:)
carolinelisenbyat 11-22-2008
Taylor you rock I love your music:)
Colleenat 11-23-2008
Taylor Swift is not pop. I've heard versions of her songs that have been remixed to be pop or rock instead of country, and I don't think they sound nearly as good as the original. Just because she has creative live shows and is a teenager in the buisness writing about things all teenage girls go through does not mean she should be compared to Avril Lavigne, and definetely not Miley Cyrus. An utterly foolish idea to try making her pop.
tortfltat 11-23-2008
Good riddents
Rogerat 11-23-2008
TO TORTFLT:
Good "riddents"? God, I wish people would learn to spell before making comments. The correct spelling for "riddents" is riddance!
Hello Mikeat 11-23-2008
There is no diff between POP and New Country. They both SUCK and once Taylor makes the switch she will be forgotten just as all the others have been.Goodbye,so long and good riddance.She was not that good anyway and she will not be missed.It is all just hype anyway!
APat 11-23-2008
Not that good? Are you a music producer or something? Can you make her MORE successful than she already is? I don't think she needs YOUR "help". She's on a fast track to international stardom, she's got a good head on her shoulders and if she wants to expand her fan base, she's making a smart business move. These days, I'd put my money on her over a lot of others...I don't have a problem with her going for a pop sound. It's been a blurred line for some time now, and fans are fans. At least the TRUE fans are, and they'll support her even if you can't bring yourself to wish her well. That's not her problem, it's yours.
eeyorestail913at 11-23-2008
She is following in the footsteps of Shania Twain -- she crossed the music charts and it didn't hurt her country music career at all. Taylor is country at heart, pure and simple and she always will be. She is enjoying her young adulthood and exploring who and what she is and will become, just as she should be doing at her age. Much success, Taylor!
sandiembat 11-23-2008
And where is Shania now?