Taylor Swift is Top Artist

Honored with the grand prize in the Billboard Music Awards, Taylor Swift was crowned as Top Artist at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday evening (May 22).

With the ceremony being held at the MGM Grand, the country darling took home the trophy after beating out fellow nominees Justin Bieber, Eminem, Lady Gaga and Rihanna.

As for the show, the Ken Jeong hosted Billboard Music Awards featured performances by big names including Ke$ha, Nicki Minaj, the Black Eyed Peas, Lil Wayne and numerous other top acts.

With presenters including Selena Gomez, Joe Jonas and Matthew Morrison, the Billboard Music Awards also featured a special tribute to Beyonce Knowles - as she was presented with the Billboard Millenium Award for her undeniably successful career achievements.

Taylor Swift: 'I won't undress for career'

Taylor Swift has insisted that she will never undress to advance her career.

In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, the singer revealed that she feels uncomfortable with the industry expectation for female stars to wear revealing clothing during photoshoots and public appearances.

"It's just a life decision. I like wearing pretty dresses and I like trying out new styles, but I don't feel comfortable taking my clothes off," she explained. "I wouldn't wear tiny amounts of clothing in my real life, so I don't think it's necessary to wear that stuff in photoshoots."

She also revealed that she prefers to be personally involved with her internet presences via her website and social networking pages in order to maintain a genuine connection with her fans.

"I spend a bit of time online every day but it's worth it because that's how [the fans and I] keep in touch. And what else am I doing? I'm jet-lagged every single day and awake at 4am," she said.

Swift has credited her fans with allowing her to find success as an artist and said that she "owes everything" to those who support her.

She recently joked that she would consider hairdressing as a job should her music career not pan out.

Taylor Swift Remains Unbeatable At Top Of Billboard Hot 200

American country singer Taylor Swift maintains her top position even this week when the sale has been at its record breaking slow rate. Her album 'Speak Now' still maintains the leading status with a sale of 52,000 copies.

There has been a huge decrease of 32pc in sales figure this week. But Taylor Swift continues to rule the top position for the sixth non-consecutive week at the Billboard Hot 200 this week. Among the 2010 U.S. highest-selling albums, the country music became third by adding 52000 copies.

In the Nielsen SoundScan history, 'Speak Now' has become the lowest selling album ever at No. 1. Earlier, this record was in the name of 'Dreamgirls' track in January, 2007. It took the top spot with a sales figure slightly more than 60,000 units.

Nicki Minaj follows the second spot rising from No. 4 position with her 'Pink Friday', which sold 39,000 copies. Bruno Mars was also benefited with this slow week and rose to No. 3 from No. 7 position by selling 38,000 copies of 'Doo- Wops and Hooligans'.

Daft Punk' soundtrack in 'Tron Legacy' has jumped to No. 4 while Eminem's 'Recovery' has slipped to No. 5 from No. 2 position by selling 33,000 copies.

The other names in the list include Rihanna's 'Loud' (33,000), Kanye West's 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' (33000), Mumford and Sons' 'Sigh No More' (31,000), Jason Aldean's 'My Kinda Party' (29,000) and 'Country Song' by various artists (28000).

Taylor Swift: Entertainer of the Year

Taylor Swift has just been named ‘Entertainer of the Year’ by the Entertainment Weekly Magazine on Thursday. The 20-year old singer is the youngest ever celebrity to be given with this title. The famous magazine also paid tribute to the achievements of 14 other famous faces in 2010. This includes Kanye West, James Franco, John Hamm, Katy Perry and Ben Affleck.

In an exclusive interview with Taylor, who is alleged to be going out with Jake Gylenhaal, and has formerly romanced stars with Taylor Lautner, as well as Joe Jonas- confessed that she laughs at endless speculation as to which of her past lovers she refers about in her songs.

She added that she hasn’t confirmed that any song is related to any particular person. She said that there is something kind of liberation about that. She also insisted that as far as she is concerned, it is all still up in the air.

In the year 2006, Taylor Swift released her first album entitled “Tim McGraw” followed by a self-titled album which turned out to be multi-platinum certified by the Recording Industry Association of America. Then, she was also nominated for the Best New Artist award at 50th Grammy Awards.