Taylor Swift posts largest sales
The sales by Swift were the biggest for a country CD since The Eagles' "Long Road out of Eden" began with 711,000 in November 2007. Since Nielsen SoundScan started in 1991, only five country acts enjoyed larger sales than Swift: Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, Dixie Chicks, Tim McGraw and Rascal Flatts.
On the digital side, "Fearless" sold 129,000 downloads, the fourth-largest week for a digital album since SoundScan tracked them in 2004. The first week debuts by Coldplay's "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" (288,000), Jack Johnson's "Sleep Through the Static" (139,000) and Kanye West's "Graduation" (133,000) had larger sales.
Swift had the only country CD to go top 10, but three more made the top 20: rascal Flatts at 15 with "Greatest Hits Volume 1," Kenny Chesney at 18 with "Lucky Old Sun" and Sugarland at 20 with "Love On the Inside."
More news for Taylor Swift
- 09/10/24: Swift endorses Harris
- 07/07/23: Swift, Rogers/Bowen, Marlowe, Watson, Ray release new music
- 01/31/23: Townes , The Reklaws, Swift score two Canadian awards nominations
- 11/01/22: Swift announces The Eras Tour dates
- 10/13/22: Swift tops American Music Awards nominations
- 08/28/22: Swift announces new disc
- 05/18/22: Swift receives PhD, urges grads to take chances
- 05/18/22: Taylor Swift's NYU commencement address
CD reviews for Taylor Swift
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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