Hunter Hayes

TAYLOR SWIFT ANNOUNCES OPENING ACTS FOR SPEAK NOW NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2011

TAYLOR CELEBRATES 7^TH #1 RECORD, 5X-PLATINUM CERTIFICATION OF SELF-TITLED CD

Nashville, TN – March 3, 2011 – Taylor Swift celebrated her 7^th #1 record this week when “Back To December” jumped from #5 to #1 on the Mediabase / Country Aircheck chart, marking her second consecutive #1 single from her Multi-Platinum Speak Now CD, released in October on Big Machine Records. Swift’s first #1 was 2007’s “Our Song,” which topped the charts for 6 consecutive weeks.

Also this week, Taylor’s self-titled debut CD, released in 2006, was certified 5X-Platinum by the RIAA for sales of more than 5 Million copies. Her Fearless album is currently 6X-Platinum, and Speak Now is Triple-Platinum.

Taylor just wrapped the sold-out Asian leg of her TAYLOR SWIFT SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR 2011, and the European tour kicks off this week with a March 6 show in Brussels, Belgium. This year, she will play 90 shows in 19 countries spanning four continents, and she announced today that Frankie Ballard, Danny Gokey, HUNTER HAYES, Josh Kelley, Randy Montana, James Wesley and Charlie Worsham will each open selected shows of the North American leg of the tour, which starts May 27^th in Omaha.