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Taylor Swift is getting ready to perform live at the 52nd Grammy Awards tonight in Los Angeles. The singer is nominated for eight awards, including Album Of The Year for her multi-platinum release Fearless. Friday morning she chatted with Julie Chen on CBS’s Early Show about how happy she was to be nominated. Check it out above and watch her tonight.

Looking back on 2009, Taylor Swift has some great memories. Rolling Stone magazine caught up with the Fearless singer/songwriter and asked her about her very successful year and what she’s looking forward to coming up. Here is an excerpt that isn’t in the magazine:

Can you tell me about any of the influences we might hear on your next record?
I’m always going to love Keith Urban, I’m always going to love John Mayer. I’m always going to love people like that, who I feel are truly authentic, and that’s not to say that my music will ever sound like theirs, but I’m inspired by people who I feel know exactly who they are, and that inspires me to continue to figure out and inform who I am as an artist.

What I was getting at was when are you going to start rapping? I thought T-Sweezy was one of the highlights of 2009.
Did you really? [Laughs] The CMT Awards asked me, “Do you want to be a part of our intro?” and one of the first things that came to my mind was that I really, really want some excuse to be able to rap and go to the mall and go to those kiosk things and go buy bling and experience rapping in front of a car with spinners for the first time. T-Pain agreed to it and flew to Nashville and we were in a sweltering hot, 95-degree parking garage for an entire day shooting — I will never, ever forget that memory.

Check out the rest of RS’s catch up questions with Taylor in the current issue of Rolling Stone (John Mayer is the cover boy) on newsstands now.

Musician John Mayer and country star Taylor Swift were spotted having dinner together at the Cabana restaurant in Nashville and the rumors the two might have been secretly hooking up quickly started. Well they share their passion for music… and a duet “Half Of My Half”…

But not everything is what it seems. The two weren’t alone together but included in a big group of people. “They were with a big group,” a rep for the restaurant tells E! News. “They just seemed to be friends.” Yeah, John is too old and too freaky sensual for our girl Taylor!!

Teen country star Taylor Swift sang a duet with one of her favorite musicians, John Mayer, for his upcoming album “Battle Studies”, which comes out November 17. The song is a beautiful romantic ballad titled “Half Of My Half”.

Taylor had the opportunity to sing with John when he joined her on stage during her Fearless tour earlier this year. The two sang Taylor’s “White Horse” (watch video here) and John’s “Your Body Is a Wonderland” (watch video here).

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It’s no secret Demi Lovato has a crush on fellow musician John Mayer and she finally got a chance to work with him on her forthcoming album. Demi was over the moon because John really wanted to work with her and she says it was a dream come true.

“John Mayer’s been a huge influence on me. His songwriting really inspires me,” she told MTV. “You hear music that has the same chord progression, but what he does, he changes it up. There’s little things that make him stand out.”

Demi’s album “Here We Go Again” (check out “Here We Go Again” cover) comes out on July 9.

Taylor Swift invited John Mayer to one of her “Fearless” tour concerts and they performed two songs together. First they sang “Your Body Is a Wonderland” (video here) by John Mayer then “White Horse” by Taylor.

John Mayer made a special appearance at Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” concert at The Staples Center in Los Angeles yesterday (May 22). The two sang John’s hit song “Your Body Is a Wonderland”. I hope this does not mean John Mayer is trying to seduce our baby girl Taylor!!

Disney star Demi Lovato confessed she admires musician John Mayer and he has been an inspiration for her. Demi would love to sing a duet with him!

“He inspired a lot of the album just because he’s an incredible musician,” Demi gushes. “Oh my gosh. I think he’s one of the greatest musicians ever! Definitely of our time, but ever!”

I give them a couple of months to work something out. John also recently confessed his admiration for the young actress/singer via Twitter so we definitely expect a duet soon.