Swift sees lots of green, not "Red"
Billboard reported that first-day sales for "Red" (Monday, Oct. 22) exceeded 500,000 units. That included a record opening at Target, which had an exclusive deluxe version with three songs not on the regular CD plus three remixes. Target sold more than 160,000 units.
iTunes Music Store accounted for nearly half of all units sold on "Red's" first day, according to Billboard.
Swift's last studio release, "Speak Now," debuted on the Billboard 200 chart on Nov. 13, 2010, with 1.047 million units. Only Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" (1.108 million) has surpassed 1 million units in a single week.
Only three acts have ever surpassed 1 million units in a sales frame with 2 albums: Backstreet Boys ("Millenium" in 1999 and "Black & Blue" in 2000), 'N Sync ("No Strings Attached" in 2000 and "Celebrity" in 2001) and Eminem ("The Marshall Mathers LP" in 2000 and "The Eminem Show" in 2002).
Final numbers will be announced next Tuesday evening, Oct. 30.
More news for Taylor Swift
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- 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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