Hit: Taylor Swift

Empress of All Pop (PG edition): Her multiplatinum sophomore album floats in the top 10 a year after release, she's made country cool for teenagers, and she scored a crossover bonus with an "SNL" hosting gig that was deemed one of the season's best thus far. Add her win as the CMA's Entertainer of the Year (the first female to grab that laurel since Shania Twain a decade ago), and Ms. Swift (who turns 20 in mid-December) appears "Fearless" indeed. But what she really wants to do is direct ... (Mark Humphrey/AP)