Taylor Swift reaches 5 million in sales, tops Billboard
With 248,841 copies sold this week, "Fearless" reclaims the number 1 position atop Billboard's all-genre Top 200 Albums sales chart, which will be officially released Thursday. The album has been atop the country album chart since its Nov. 11 release and sold more than 1.5 million copies in 5 weeks. The debut, out in October 2006, sold in excess of 3.7 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, for a combined total of 5,229,487 copies sold. Both titles remain in the Top 5 of the Billboard Country Albums Sales Chart.
The singer will be Billboard's Top Country Artist and also claim leader on the Hot Country Songwriters tally. Swift is ranked fourth on Billboard's 2008 Top 200 Artists review (behind Josh Groban, Alicia Keys and Miley Cyrus). "Fearless" had the biggest selling debut week for a female artist in any genre in 2008 and was the fourth biggest debut over all.
This week, Swift will be profiled by the E! television network during their upcoming special Young Hollywood from A to Zac THS, which premieres on Dec. 19 at 8 p.m. Swift, who plans to headline her own tour in 2009, will kick off the New Year with a big live performance in New York's Times Square for Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. The show airs on ABC and will be hosted by Ryan Seacrest.
More news for Taylor Swift
- 04/06/21: Swift reveals songs on "Fearless Taylor's Version"
- 02/11/21: Swift unveils new version of "Love Story" at midnight
- 12/10/20: Swift surprises again - new disc coming Friday
- 09/13/20: Swift returns to country with ACM appearance
- 08/21/19: Swift plans to re-record first six albums
- 11/19/18: Swift bags Big Machine for Universal
- 12/03/17: Brooks remains fourth
- 08/14/17: Swift wins groping court case
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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