Taylor Swift is the only country artist to fall in the top 10 of Billboards Top Money Makers of 2011. Taylor came in at no. 6 with $20,730,431 earned last year. With the October release of third album “Speak Now,” which topped sales of 1 million units in its first week, the biggest debut ever for a studio album by a country artist. Taylow was named Nielsen SoundScan’s top-selling artist of 2010 based on her total album sales of 4.4 million. Those sales netted her about $7.4 million in royalties, not to mention significant publishing income. The 21-year-old singer/songwriter’s career sales now exceed 19 million albums and 33 million song downloads, making her the top-selling digital artist in history. Also a top concert draw, Swift racked up U.S. tour grosses of $30.8 million, netting her $10.4 million.

Taylor comes behind big-wigs such as Lady GaGa who topped the list with $30,556,342. Also in the top 10 are Bon Jovi, The Eagles, Dave Matthews, Justin Bieber, Paul McCartney, and The Black Eyed Peas.

Other country folks who made the top 40 list include Rascal Flatts, Reba McEntire, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw, Brooks & Dunn, Lady Antebellum, Toby Keith, Sugarland, and George Strait. You can see the full list here.

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Concert tickets could be a little more affordable next year. Some promoters are saying rather than charge high prices when tickets first go on sale, and then offer discounts later, they’ll offer cheaper tickets from the start.

Some promoters also say they’ll try to sell more T-shirts and other merchandise to make up for lost revenue. This year was a tough one for some tours. Dozens of shows were canceled — for example, Lilith Fair and the Eagles with the Dixie Chicks.

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Once again, five of the top-20 concert tours rated by Pollstar are country or country cross-over acts. Of them, The Eagles are ranked highest, at third. That’s the same place they were last week. The ranking is based on average box office gross per city and average ticket price. Next is Toby Keith. He’s in 10th which is where he was last week. Brad Paisley is in 12th. He was at 11th last week. Rascal Flatts are in 13th. And, Carrie Underwood finds herself in 19th place on Pollstar’s list of top concert tours.

Rascal Flatts are celebrating their 10th anniversary by staying in first place on Billboard’s country songs chart. “Why Wait” was in first last week, too. Reba McEntire can celebrate the success of “Turn on the Radio.” It’s moved from fourth place last week to second now. And, “My Kinda Party” from Jason Aldean has moved from fifth to third on Billboard’s country songs chart. Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now” stays in first place on Billboard’s country albums chart. Rascal Flatts’ album, “Nothing Like This,” inches up from third to second. And, Jason Aldean is doing some inching, too. The album, “My Kinda Party” goes from fourth to third.

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Three stadium concerts featuring the Eagles, Dixie Chicks and Keith Urban have been canceled, according to the Eagles’ website. No reason was given for the cancellations and refunds will be available at the place of purchase.

They were scheduled to perform at Citizens Bank Ball Park in Philadelphia on June 14 and at Hershey Stadium in Hershey, Pa., on June 15.
The National Park show in Washington, DC show was also cancelled. 

There are tons of speculations swirling around the Internet as to why the shows are being cancelled. One website claims the Philadelphia show was cancelled due to scheduling conflicts. Some fans are speculating in online message boards that Dixie Chicks are playing “Divas” on the road and say enough seats aren’t being filled for their opening act slot. While others are saying drug problems for Eagles bassist Timothy Schmit is the reason for the cancellations.

In all of the digging I have done to try to find out the reason behind the cancellations it looks as if no one is pointing the finger at Keith Urban.   Who knows why these things happen and some sources say more cancellations may occur.    

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Tickets go on sale Monday,April 26 for the Eagles/Dixie Chicks‘ June 15 concert at Hersheypark Stadium in Pennsylvania. According to CMT.com, the June 15 concert at Nationals Park in Washington D.C., was canceled due to scheduling conflicts. Supposedly, Keith Urban will perform at the Hershey concert, but the date was not listed on his tour page. The Eagles and the Dixie Chicks are scheduled to perform eight stadium shows together in June, and Keith will join them on a few dates.

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