Swift is second
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 – Taylor Swift has the second best selling CD in the U.S. with "Speak Now." Her fourth studio disc sold 201,000 units, up 11 percent and second behind Susan Boyle's "The Gift." Boyle sold 243,000 units, down 10 percent, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Swift had the only country disc in the top 10.
Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending Dec. 12) were 10.21 million units, up 11 percent compared to last week's 9.22 million and down 15 percent compared to the similar sales week of 2009 (12 million). Year to date album sales are 291.45 million, down 13 are compared to the same total at this point last year (333.85 million).
Digital track sales this past week were 20.47 million downloads, down 3 percent from last week (21.10 million) and up 7 percent from the similar week of 2009 (19.14 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 1.064 billion, up 1 percent at the same point as last year (1.057 billion).
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
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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