The big winner at the March 28 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards was Taylor Swift. Taylor won Favorite Female Singer beating out Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus and Beyonce.

Taylor Swift’s song “You Belong With Me” won for Favorite Song, winning over “Paparazzi” from Lady Gaga, “Party in the USA” from Miley Cyrus, and “I Gotta Feeling” from the Black Eyed Peas.

However , Black Eyed Peas did receive an award. Nick viewers voted Fergie and company as their Favorite Music Group. They beat out Linkin Park, Jonas Brothers and Coldplay.

Jay-Z was voted as Favorite Male Singer, beating Ne-Yo, Sean Kingston and Mario.

Nick viewers also showed their liking of music with their Favorite Reality Show vote going to “American Idol,” beating out “Wipeout,” “So You Think You Can Dance” and “Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?”

Musical performances were also featured on the awards show, including Rihanna and Justin Bieber singing a medley that was accompanied by two gigantic robots.

Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards were held in Westwood, CA at the Pauley Pavilion at UCLA. The awards ceremony opened with Kevin James hosting a musical number. The star from “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” danced to “Get Down Tonight” from KC & the Sunshine Band along with Adam Sandler revised lyrics. He was dressed like an angel and swung from the ceiling. Lyrics came from pre-show advice received by James, which were “do a little dance, make a lot of noise, get slimed tonight.”

A memorable moment occurred during the presentation by Jonah Hill and Katy Perry for Miley Cyrus’ award for Favorite Movie Actress. As Perry was ripping a box open that supposedly contained the winner’s name, Nickelodeon traditional green slime shot her in the face. Although Perry probably knew she would be slimed- the dress she was wearing looked to be slime resistant- Perry did look genuinely surprised at how fast the goo hit her. While Cyrus was accepting the award, Perry was wiping slime off of her face. Perry in a kid pleasing move tried blowing slime out her nose without a tissue. Cyrus chimed in and said it’s a good thing that we both are wearing wigs.

The biggest Grammy award of the night went to Taylor Swift. Her album “Fearless” won album of the year.

Swift said, we will tell this story over and over. How in 2010 we won album of the year.

Taylor Swift also won a Grammy for best country album. In all, she won four Grammys.

Beyonce won two more Grammys than Swift for a total of six. She won for song of the year as well as best female pop vocal performance. For song of the year she won as a co-writer on “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).”

Her best female pop vocal performance award was for “Halo.” The singer appeared to be nervous as she accepted her award. She thanked her family and husband, telling him she loved him. The husband of Beyonce is Jay-Z, hip-hop star.

Kings of Leon, alternative rock band, upset the favorites Swift and Beyonce and won the Grammy award for record of the year for their “Use Somebody.”

This year Kings of Leon has now won three Grammys in four nominations. They all came from last year’s album “Only by the Night.” Last year they received three nominations and won one.

Earlier during the show “Use Somebody” lost to “Single Ladies” by Beyonce for the award song of the year.

Caleb Followill, lead singer of Kings of Leon said backstage, in terms of winning Grammys the best thing is this is the first time that our families get to see our success. We will get my mom wasted.

Other Grammy winner on Sunday night included Green Day, Zac Brown Band and Stephen Colbert.

The two oldest children of Michael Jackson went to the Grammy stage to accept the lifetime achievement award for their father.

Prince Michael, the 12 year old son of Michael Jackson said during the 52nd annual Grammy Award show, we are very proud to accept the award for our father.

He also gave thanks to God for watching over them for the last seven months. He also thanked their grandparents for their support and love.

In addition Prince Michael talked about the concern his father had for the earth’s environment.

Prince Michael said, in all of his songs the message was simple. It was love. We will continue spreading his message and also help the world.

He said, daddy we love you.

Eleven year old Paris spoke next. Daddy was going to be here. Last year Daddy was going to be performing here. Daddy, we love you.

Paris and Prince Michael, along with several of their cousins, were dressed in black suits and pants with red stripes along with red armbands.

Jackson’s children made their appearance after the rousing rendition of “Earth Song,” Michael Jackson’s song. There was a Jackson recording that was accompanied by a live performance from Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson, Carrie Underwood, Usher and Celine Dion.

The best new artist Grammy was won by the Zac Brown Band. Lady Gaga, who many considered to be the biggest breakout act this year, was ruled to be ineligible for the award because last year she released a song and was also nominated for a Grammy.

Best comedy album was won by Stephen Colbert for his “A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!” Kayne West, Rihanna and Jay-Z won the Grammy for Rap/sung collaboration.

The Grammy for best rock album went to Green Day.

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day said, now Kings of Leon and I will do shots together.

Lady Gaga, who had the opening performance for the Grammys, won two awards. “Poker Face,” her single, beat out songs from Britney Spears and Madonna and the Black Eyed Peas in the category best dance recording. Her album “The Fame” won for best electronic/dance.

On Tuesday it was announced that among the super stars set to perform in Los Angeles at the Grammy Awards on January 31 are Taylor Swift, Beyonce and the Black Eyed Peas.

An inside source revealed to People Magazine on Tuesday that Swift, the country cutie, will be a presenter for the show. Beyonce is the leading nominee with 10 nominations and Swift is second with eight.

Fellow nominees Maxwell (six nominations) and Lady Antebellum (two nominations) will also be performing on the CBS live telecast. Other entertainers will be named later.

Beyonce this year, who has already won 10 Grammy awards, has been nominated for Song of the Year with “Single Ladies,” Album of the Year for “I Am Sasha Fierce,” and Record of the Year for “Halo.”

The nominations for Swift include Song of the Year as well as Record of the Year for “You Belong With Me,” and her “Fearless” has been nominated for Album of the Year.

The Black Eyed Peas, triple Grammy Award winners, have been nominated for six awards. “The E.N.D.” has been nominated for Album of the Year and “I Gotta Feeling,” for Record of the Year.

Kayne West, the “rival” of Swift at the MTV Video Awards, has six nominations as well, setting up another showdown between West and Swift, if West actually shows up.

By now Taylor Swift should be used to all of this. The most recent accolade to be showered onto the nineteen year old 2009 breakout star is the Artist of the Year award from Billboard Magazine. Swift also had the biggest albums, tours and singles for 2009.

The editors for Billboard wrote while announcing her award that saying 2009 was a remarkable year for Taylor Swift would be a huge understatement. Her award was based on the editorial review of album sales for November 2008 through November 2009 as well as song ranking for the Hot 100. Swift sold more albums than any other artist except Michael Jackson. Fearless 2009, Swift’s very first headlining tour, sold every show out within a matter of minutes. She also is the youngest female ever to win Entertainer of the Year from the Country Music Association. She has also set almost every chart record in existence. Most importantly, Swift has proven herself to be a timeless and graceful celebrity. She has handled with equal aplomb the “Saturday Night Live” hosting duties and a ranting Kayne West during the MTV Video Music awards.

Others following Swift include Pink, Nickel back, T.I., Britney Spears, Kayne West, Miley Cyrus, Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga and Beyonce. Other top 20 artists include Lil Wayne, Kelly Clarkson, Flo Rida, Katy Perry and Kings of Leon.

The Black Eyed Peas, not surprisingly, with “Boom Boom Pow,” their hit song that was at number 1 for 12 amazing weeks, topped the list for Hot 100 Songs. Gaga had “Poker Face” (number 2) and “Just Dance” (number 3). The Black Eyed Peas latest hit “I Gotta Feeling” was at number 4. Rounding out the top ten were “Love Story” by Taylor Swift at number 5, “Right Round,” by Flo Rida at number 6, “I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz at number 7, “Single Ladies” by Beyonce at number 8, “Heartless” by Kayne West at number 9 and “Gives You Hell” by the All American Rejects at number 10.

Other top 20 songs include “You Belong With Me” by Taylor Swift at number 11, “Dead and Gone” by T.I. at number 12, “Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon at number 14, “Blame It” by Jamie Foxx at number 16 and “Live Your Life” by Rihanna at number 18.

The Top Albums list for the Billboard 200 was headed by Swift’s Fearless, not surprisingly. It was the best seller of the year, although the debut of Susan Boyle, I Dreamed A Dream, actually is coming on very strong and could wind up as the calendar year’s top seller.

Beyonce was right behind Swift with I Am Sasha Fierce as well as Dark Horse by Nickelback, the soundtrack for “Twilight” and soundtrack for the Hannah Montana movie. The top 10 also included Circus from Britney Spears, 808s & Heartbreak by Kayne West, The Fame by Lady Gaga, Relapse by Eminem and The E.N.D. From the Black Eyed Peas. No sales figures were announced by Billboard for any of these categories. They are due to be released by Nielsen SoundScan during the first week in January.

Other top 20 albums include Only by the Night by Kings of Leon at number 11, The Blueprint 3 by Jay-Z at number 12, David Cook’s debut album at number 13, Funhouse by Pink at number 16 and No Line on the Horizon by U2 at number 18.

The biggest tour of year was the gigantic stadium trek of U2. The tour grossed over $311 million with over 3 million fans at 44 shows that were sold out. At number 2 was Madonna’s tour with a gross of $222 million with an audience of 2.1 million and 46 sold out shows. At number three was Bruce Springsteen along with his E Street Band, who top the tours list on a regular basis. The 72 show tour gross $156 million playing in front of 1.7 million fans with 42 sold out shows.

Another veteran group AC/DC came in at number 4 with their 76 tour dates with 1.5 million concert goers and gross of $135 million. The only performer that is considered contemporary among the top 5 is pink whose Funhouse acrobatic tour gross over $103 million in front of 1.5 million fans and 131 shows. The circus themed world tour of Britney Spears came in at number 7 and gross $95 million with 61 sell outs out of 70 shows in front of almost 1.1 million fans.

Other tours in the top 20 include Coldplay at number 10 with an $84 million gross, 1.2 million attendance and 66 shows. Metallica was number 11 with a gross of $77 million, 1.1 million attendance and 66 shows. The Jonas Brothers were number 12 with a gross of $73 million, 1 million attendance and 62 shows. Beyonce was number 15 with a $57 million gross, attendance of 697,000 and 57 shows.

In other charts from the end of the year. The hottest radio song of the year was “Love Story,” by Taylor Swift. She also had the number 2 song “You Belong With Me.” The list for Hot Digital Songs was topped by The Black Eyed Peas “Boom Boom Pow.” The Hot Ringtones Artist was T.I. The crown for Hot Master Ringtones went to Soulja Boy’s Tell’em and Hot Master Ringtones went to “Kiss Me Thru the Phone.” The “Twilight” soundtrack was the Top Digital Album.

When the Grammy Award candidates were announced on December 2 for their 52nd Annual Awards show during a music special televised live from Los Angeles at Club Nokia, Taylor Swift received eight Grammy Award nominations. Only Beyonce had more with her ten nominations.

What was significant was that Swift was nominated in three three different top categories that represent different musical genres.

Swift’s latest album, Fearless, has been nominated as Overall Album of Year. The category also includes Big Whiskey & the Groogux King by the Dave Matthews Band, The Fame by Lady Gaga, The E.N.D. By Black Eyed Peas and I Am… Sasha Fierce by Beyonce.

“You Belong With Me,” a track from the Fearless album, has been nominated for Record of Year, and is going up against “Halo” by Beyonce, “I Gotta Feeling” by the Black Eyed Peas, “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga, and “Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon.

“You Belong With Me,” written by Swift along with Liz Rose, has been nominated for Song of Year, along with “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga, “Pretty Wings” by Maxwell, “Single Ladies” by Beyonce and “Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon.

In addition, Swift’s album Fearless has been nominated as Best Country Album, while “You Belong With Me” has been nominated for Best Pop Female Performance. Swift and Rose’s “White Horse,” has been nominated as Best Country Song. The album track also earned a nomination for Swift for Best Female Vocal Performance. “Breathe,” another track from Swift’s Fearless album also earned a nomination for Swift and Colbie Caillat in the category Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.

After realizing that she had earned eight nominations Swift said, I was freaking out. I started to jump up and down and freak out, Swift said when speaking to The Associated Press. Honestly I never could have predicted getting eight nominations. I am blown away, ecstatic and very thankful.

Swift added, it’s the ultimate honor for the Grammys to recognize me. All that I know is when I write in my journal about this tonight it’s going to be all in capital letters as well as underlined four times with lots of exclamation points. I never imagined I would get to write in my journal about this.

When asked about the possibility of winning her very first Grammy Award, Swift replied, the thought of winning is something you absolutely daydream about.

The only country singers that were featured in the telecast were Dwight Yoakam and Sugarland. The only country category announced on the air that night was Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Yoakam announced the nominees, which included “It Happens,” by Sugarland, “Cowgirls Don’t Cry,” by Brooks & Dunn, “I Run to You,” by Lady Antebellum, “Here Comes Goodbye,” from the group Rascal Flatts and “Chicken Fried,” by the Zac Brown Band.

Sugarland performed a holiday song “Coming Home” from their album Gold and Green in a segment of the show outside of Club Nokia.

When the telecast’s host LL Cool J asked Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland about their nomination, Jennifer Nettles replied that the biggest night of all in music was the Grammys. When we win country music awards it is a very big honor, but to be nominated for Grammys- that is nice.

Although Swift didn’t attend the Grammy nominations concert, she did still manage to garner a lot of attention. The opening performance by LL Cool J mentioned her. It’s also clear that there is at least one legend of music that has not forgotten Kayne West interrupting Swift’s acceptance speech during MTV’s Video Music Awards.

Ringo Star and Smokey Robinson announced Swift’s “You Belong With Me,” had been nominated as Record of the Year. Robinson joked and said, Taylor don’t worry, Kayne West isn’t here.

The Grammy Awards 52nd annual show will take place in Los Angeles at Staples Center on January 31.

Taylor Swift’s opener for the Country Music Association Awards show on Wednesday was a winning performance. However, the 19 year old country singer had to wait for the end of the telecast to receive her biggest award as Entertainer of the Year.

Swift, the youngest singer to ever win the top trophy for the CMA, sobbed on her way to the Sommet Center stage in Nashville and called on her band to join her up onstage.

She said, I won’t ever forget this moment. This moment everything that I have wanted just happened for me.

The night was monumental for Swift. She received a total of four awards. They included Album of the Year (Fearless) and Female Vocalist of the Year, upsetting the co-host for the night, Carrie Underwood.

Although Underwood got shut out Brad Paisley, her co-host, had a very good night, winning his third Male Vocalist of the Year in a row. Sugarland also won their third Vocal Duo award in three years as well.

Another early winner for the night was Lady Antebellum. The group’s single “I Run to You,” was awarded Single of the Year. The trio also won Vocal Group of the Year, ending Rascal Flatts winning streak of six years in the category.

Charles Kelley very graciously paid tribute to Rascal Flatts during his acceptance speech, saying the band had been an inspiration of theirs for a long time.

The country community gave Darius Rucker, the crossover artist, a very warm welcome with the New Artist of the Year award. Last year the award went to Lady Antebellum. Rucker, after his long acknowledgements list, recognized the audience. He thanked the fans for accepting him.

The telecast was performance heavy, with rock stars such as Kid Rock and Dave Matthews teaming with Janey Johnson and Kenny Chesney. The evening was launched by Swift with a very spirited rendition of her hit “Forever and Always,” a song about stormy relationships.

Her performance appeared to be a nod to all the feverish attention that has been paid recently to her dating. Swift has been linked with Joe Jonas and recently Taylor Lautner. A taped interview started her performance that was between Swift and Nancy O’Dell of Access Hollywood.

In the taped interview Swift quipped that guys who don’t want me writing bad songs concerning them should not do bad things. The action then cut back to the stage. Swift slid down a pole, threw furniture and wildly tossed her hair.

Paisely and Underwood anchored the three hour long telecast, bringing the proceedings a sense of humor. Several times they poked fun at Kayne West through songs and also ribbed each other constantly throughout the entire show.

It is never too late to earn some more recognition, at least if you are Michael Jackson. The late pop star could end up being honored as the posthumous Artist of the Year from the American Music Awards.

Fans get to vote online with the winner set to be announced on November 22 in Los Angeles at the awards show.

It might seem like the King of Pop would have it locked up, but he is going up against some pretty tough competition. Taylor Swift, Kings of Leon, Eminem and Lady Gaga have also been nominated for the award.

Jackson has five nominations in total, and Eminem has four. However Taylor Swift, country music’s sweetheart, leads everyone with six nominations including favorite female pop artist, favorite female country artist and artist of the year.

Hopefully Kanye West will sit it out this time.

True, there were other singers who went home with hardware from the Country Music TV Awards, but the show seemed to mostly be a factory dream that came true for Taylor Swift, country music’s teen queen. Swift, a superstar at only nineteen years old, made her debut with T-Pain as T-Swizzle in a rap clip for “Thug Story,” then sang one of her singles “You Belong With Me,” and closed the show, joining Def Leppard, a favorite band of hers, on the classic anthem “Pour Sugar on Me.”

The night started with Swift in a skit living out her dreams (keep on wishing about that Tennessee Titans and Star Trek thing). In between her performances she dominated two different categories for two years in a row: Best Female Video and Best Video of the Year for her “Love Story” clip.

Swift thanked CMT for allowing her to live out so many of her dreams this year. She thanked both Garth Brooks and Shania Twain. Twain for producing such theatrical videos and Brooks for keeping his priority on the fans. She said she took her cues from them. She also thanked her little brother Austin for being her date for the night.

Although it was evident that it was Swift’s night, Brad Paisely was the won who won the most awards, winning Best Male Vocalist for “Waiting on a Woman,” Best Collaboration with Keith Urban on “Start a Band” as well as Performance of the Year on “Country Boy” with George Strait, Alan Jackson and Dierks Bentley. Urban, in accepting the award for “Start a Band” urged kids to learn the guitar. It’s the real thing, he said. Paisley quipped that “Rock Band” never did get anyone a date, ever.

Group Video of the Year went to Rascal Flatts for “Every Day,” Duo Video of the Year to Sugarland for “All I Want To Do,” and Wide Open Country Video to Kid Rock for his song “All Summer Long.” Rock joked when accepting his award that he must have won based on creativity for mashing up Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd with “Werewolves of London,” by Warren Zevon.

Other appearances in addition to Def Leppard and T-Pain, included several other non-country stars which included the rocker Ted Nugent who appeared as a presenter and the B-52s joining Sugarland for the classic pop tune, “Love Shack.”