Taylor Swift jumps to top of country chart, replacing Carrie Underwood
Monday, December 10, 2007 – Taylor Swift made history today when her third single, "Our Song," claimed the top spot on Billboard's Country Singles Chart. Swift, 17, is now the youngest person to single-handedly write and sing a number-one country single entirely on her own. Swift is also the first female artist in country music history to write or co-write every song on a double platinum-selling debut CD.
Swift climbed to the top, replacing Carrie Underwood's "So Small."
"Our Song" skyrocketed from sixth to first this week, which marks the biggest jump to number one on the Billboard Country Chart since Tim McGraw's "Just To See You Smile" went from sixth to first 10 years ago. Her jump also was the biggest jump into number one by a female artist since Faith Hill's debut single "Wild One" did the same in January 1994.
Over the weekend, Swift crossed the 31 million mark for music streams on her MySpace page. Also this week, "Our Song" entered the Top 10 on the most added songs on Facebook. Taylor is the only country artist on this chart.
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CD reviews for Taylor Swift
Part Behind The Music style documentary and part concert film, Taylor Swift's new Blu-ray release offers an interesting hybrid approach to the typical live performance video - an approach that hits more than it misses. "Journey To Fearless" focuses on Swift's meteoric rise from aspiring grade-school singer/songwriter to award-winning country and pop megastar while sprinkling in live performances. Hardcore Swift fans will find a lot to love on this single-disc set (which is also ...
Taylor Swift has made the best CD of her young career with her fourth CD. The biggest difference is that Swift's singing, spotty on previous releases and live performances, is far far superior here.
Swift wrote all 14 songs here, which like her other albums tend to deal with relationships that have gone south. Swift's songwriting always has been one of her strengths, and that continues to be the case here - both lyrically and musically. Put simply, Swift knows a lot about penning ...
Taylor Swift took the county world by storm with her huge selling debut and its five hit singles. With a huge marketing push and myspace, Swift was on her way. Kind of like an Avril Lavigne for the teen female country set.
Sophomore slump? There's no indication of that. Swift once again writes her material - all 13 songs here with help sometimes from Liz Rose, Colbie Caillat and John Rich. Swift writes of what she knows about - relationships and teen love come and gone in songs speak to her fans. ...
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