Swift's "Speak Now" only country CD in top 10
"Speak Now" was the fourth best selling CD in the U.S. with 241,000 units sold, up 64 percent. Swift realized a boost because of her Thanksgiving TV special.
Kanye West is first with "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy," and Nikki Minaj second with "Pink Friday." They sold 496,000 and 375,000 units respectively.
Last week's number 1 album, Susan Boyle's "The Gift," fell to third with 263,000, down 21 percent.
Overall album sales in this past chart week, ending Nov. 28, were 10.24 million units, up 26 percent compared to the sum last week (8.12 million), but down 5 percent compared to the comparable sales week of 2009 (10.73 million). Year to date album sales are 272.02 million, down 13 percent compared to the same total at this point last year (311.71 million).
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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