Other networks airing "Hope for Haiti" included ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1 and CMT.

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"When you're a child, you react to something that's familiar and looks like you, " she told CMT in 2007.

CNN: Country singer aims to break down barriers

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"I'm looking forward to the day when the only thing that's being discussed is the album -- the actual music -- as opposed to my race, " she told CMT.

CNN: Country singer aims to break down barriers

"By now, the couple's marriage was becoming a public soap opera, with their audience following each single as if they were news reports, " wrote CMT.com in its Jones biography.

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Among the programs added are Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs, TLC's Say Yes To The Dress and Animal Planet's Whale Wars, as well as thousands of TV episodes from MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Spike, VH1, BET, CMT and Logo.

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She participated on the CBS show "Star Search, " reaching the finals, and credits judge Naomi Judd's manager with introducing her to the creators of "Waiting in the Wings, " a CMT documentary about African-Americans in country music, according to her Web site.

CNN: Country singer aims to break down barriers

MTV, VH1 and CMT announced a relief campaign that will kick off Saturday, September 10, with a special featuring such acts as the Dave Matthews Band, Alicia Keys, John Mellencamp, Ludacris, Green Day, David Banner, Rob Thomas, Gretchen Wilson and Linkin Park's Chester Bennington.

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Swift moves effortlessly between the worlds of pop and country, but considering that the singer won in the Video of the Year category at the CMT Music Awards and that she recently brought country stalwarts like Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw and Ronnie Dunn onstage during her shows in Nashville, we feel comfortable having her on our country list.

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