Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift

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  US, Europe hope the new year brings better times

  From teeming Times Square to a once-isolated Asian country celebrating its first public New Year's Eve countdown in decades, the world looked to the ... 

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  Ryan Seacrest: 'Rockin' in another year on ABC

  Yes, Ryan Seacrest has a New Year's resolution for 2013: improve his skill at dancing. "There's a Significant Other in my life who's very good at it," ... 

• Charge won't be pursued against Swift trespasser

  Prosecutors on Thursday declined to pursue a criminal trespassing charge against a Wisconsin man arrested earlier this month for climbing a fence at ... 

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  AP music writers' top 10 albums of the year

  Mesfin Fekadu's picks: 1. Nas, "Life is Good": "I am a graphic classic song composer," Nas raps on the intro to his latest album. And he's right. 

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  Twitter post offers clue to The Civil Wars' future

  While there still remain questions about the future of The Civil Wars, there's new music on the way. Joy Williams, one half of the Grammy ...