TAYLOR SWIFT says she'd like to have a "minimum" of four kids.  By the way . . . you may have heard how some goofs tried to sabotage a contest where a school would win a Taylor Swift concert.  They got people to cast tons of Facebook votes for the Horace Mann School for the Deaf.  The bad joke being it's live music for the hearing impaired.  Yeah, not funny.  So Taylor responded by donating $10,000 to the school . . . and giving each student a ticket to her next concert.

It's official:  GARTH BROOKS is ending his three-year run at Wynn Las Vegas.  He announced that his final show will be November 17th. 

Big Machine Records and ABC have partnered to release original music from the new drama Nashville on iTunes and ABC’s Music Lounge. Songs performed by stars Connie Britton, Hayden Panettiere, are among the tracks to be released each week beginning October 9th. The show will also feature hits from Big Machine acts Eli Young Band, Justin Moore, Edens Edge and Greg Bates. The show premieres October 10th at 10 p.m. ET.

Before Keith Urban joined American Idol, Toby Keith made headlines for turning down an opportunity to judge the show. The Big Dog Daddy says it was a lucrative gig, but it took him five seconds decline the offer because of the time commitment. Toby is dedicating his time to launching his new album Hope on the Rocks, which lands October 30th and includes his single “I Like Girls That Drink Beer.”