albums

Josh Turner is looking ahead to the holiday season with his first-ever Christmas album, 'King Size Manger.'

  I admit, music is my life, so much so that at the very young age of 5, I wanted to go into the music business in some form, fashion or way. I love music because the song is love and hate, war and peace, happy and sad, it will make you want to get up and dance or lay down and love some one. Certain songs make me drive fast while others put me at ease and yet some songs have me feeling invincible

Nielsen and Billboard have released their 2011 Music Industry Report, and the findings are quite encouraging, especially for country music fans. With album sales up across the board for the first time in seven years and digital album sales on a surprisingly steady incline as well, Jason Aldean and Lady Antebellum released two of the top-selling records of the year.

Even for one of the biggest stars in the music business, Taylor Swift is having a heck of a year, including a sold-out tour with a series of celebrity guests and a pair of new Guinness World Records. But as Taylor discovered last weekend, in a surprise ceremony hosted by her label, she isn’t finished collecting accolades in 2011.