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Post by David on Nov 17, 2010 14:32:12 GMT -5
I am listening to the album now. I love Mean. Better Than Revenge isn't as good as I was hoping it would be from everyone's response to it. I still like it, but I think I like Back to December & Mean better.
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Post by heartbreaklullaby on Nov 17, 2010 20:36:48 GMT -5
The album debuted at #6 in Japan with 22,463 copies sold.
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Post by Joe1240 on Nov 18, 2010 6:11:46 GMT -5
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Post by passionformusic on Nov 18, 2010 11:58:17 GMT -5
Taylor Swift's Speak Now dips to #2 on The Billboard 200 after two weeks on top. The album is already the #4 best-seller of 2010. This is almost certain to be the third year in a row that Swift ranks in the year-end top three. Fearless was #3 for 2008 and #1 for 2009. This would make Swift the first artist in Nielsen/SoundScan history to have an album rank among the top three of the year three years running. Only one other artist has made the top three on the year-end chart three times, even non-consecutively. Eminem finished in the top three in 2000, 2002 and 2004. --------------------------------------- Wow. That is great for such a young artist. :)
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Post by Eqbk on Nov 18, 2010 12:29:01 GMT -5
Speak Now chart update:
Major Markets US: 1-1-2 Japan: 6 UK: 6-22-34 France: 39-58-85 Germany: 15-42 Australia: 1-3 Canada: 1-1-2 Italy: 18-30 Spain: 10-37-61 Netherlands: 17-44
Other Markets: New Zealand: 1-1-4 Norway: 4-8-15 Ireland: 6-7-13 Mexico: 8 Austria: 16-41 Switzerland: 20-17-30 Belgium: 18-21 Sweden: 18-35 Denmark: 26-fell off chart
Speak Now seems is doing well in English-speaking countries, except maybe the UK. Though it seems it's not faring well, for the most part, in non-English speaking countries.
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Post by fullonrainstorm on Nov 18, 2010 12:38:18 GMT -5
IMO,this article has the most accurate take on the song Innocent. It recognizes that there was genuine empathy and no mean-spiritedness behind the writing of the song: Taylor Swift Does Homework on Kanye SongAs Taylor Swift rolled out the promotional campaign for her current album Speak Now, one of the key moments came when she performed “Innocent” at the MTV Music Video Awards. There was plenty of drama around it, since Kanye West had famously interrupted her acceptance speech at that show a year before, and he was in the house for the 2010 edition. As fans would discover during the performance, “Innocent” effectively offered forgiveness to Kanye, who had revealed just weeks before how badly his mistake had crushed him. He lost a concert tour because of it, had to fire employees and went through prolonged public ridicule. And, he recognized, he brought it all on himself. “Innocent” was written before Kanye revealed any of that, yet it accurately recognizes the depth that he went through as he replayed his mistake over and over again in his mind. The song’s second verse in particular lays out the emotional detail, picturing him “shattered on the floor.”How, you wonder, did Taylor get it so right? Apparently, she simply paid attention. Taylor saw some of the same stories the rest of us read. But she had an added benefit. The music business can be a pretty small community, and she got some feedback along the way.
“I felt like I knew what was going on on the other side of it,” she says. “It was publicized beyond publicized and just from reading the same headlines and from a few little conversations here and there, I knew what was going on. I just felt like that song was the best that I could do to sum up how I felt about it. I think that a lot of people expected me to write a song about him, and I felt it was more appropriate to write a song to him and for him. That just seemed more of the right thing to do.”Taylor’s new single, “Back To December,” is allegedly about another guy who’s had an impact in her life, actor Tyler Lautner. It was released to radio last week, a day after she performed it on the 44th annual Country Music Association Awards. It’s likely that she’ll be singing it on her first network television special, “Taylor Swift—Speak Now.” It airs on Thanksgiving on NBC. blog.gactv.com/blog/2010/11/18/taylor-swift-does-homework-on-kanye-song/Also this VERY interesting article from Forbes Magazine which echoes my opinion that Taylor is a marketing genius: blogs.forbes.com/johndragoon/2010/11/18/what-taylor-swift-can-teach-cmos/
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Post by Modern Myth on Nov 18, 2010 13:58:10 GMT -5
I hope the show is actually live and there's no dubbing. From the commercial, it's just the studio version over her voice.
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Post by twilight on Nov 18, 2010 16:38:52 GMT -5
How much has this album sold so far ? How much is it expected to sell next week ?
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Post by passionformusic on Nov 18, 2010 17:34:02 GMT -5
How much has this album sold so far ? How much is it expected to sell next week ? I think it is 1 578 000 in 3 weeks. This weeks prediction was very vague...top 10 with over 100k. I think they update that today.
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Post by metsfan on Nov 18, 2010 18:41:41 GMT -5
150-160K next week according to HDD. She's a freakin beast! :)
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Post by passionformusic on Nov 18, 2010 19:02:22 GMT -5
150-160K next week according to HDD. She's a freakin beast! :) They overpredicted her last two weeks...i hope they are being cautious this time and she does more.
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Post by fridayteenage on Nov 18, 2010 19:04:43 GMT -5
It's too hard to fully rank the album now, but my T4 and B4 right now: Dear John, Back to December, Sparks Fly, Mean Superman, Never Grow Up (I maintain it would be much better without the last minute.), If This Was a Movie, Innocent
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Post by Gravity. on Nov 18, 2010 19:07:34 GMT -5
Top Four as of right now:
Dear John, Last Kiss, Enchanted, Better than Revenge
#nothere4bottomFOUR
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Post by Taylor. on Nov 18, 2010 19:16:17 GMT -5
According to iTunes:
1. Enchanted 2. Long Live 3. Sparks Fly 4. Better Than Revenge 5. Last Kiss 6. Story of Us 7. Dear John 8. Haunted 9. Haunted (acoustic) 10. If This Was a Movie 11. Never Grow Up 12. Ours 13. Innocent 14. Superman
All are VERY close though. A few are tied actually. I didn't include any pre-release singles since they have an advantage. I rarely listen to them anymore though. This also doesn't include spins from my car (where I listen to the actual album) and recent iPod scrobbles.
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Post by 👑 Eloquent ™ on Nov 18, 2010 20:59:21 GMT -5
Disregarding pre-release singles and "Innocent" (I combined plays for the live version and studio version):
01. "Enchanted" 02. "The Story Of Us" 03. "Last Kiss" 04. "Dear John" 05. "Long Live" 06. "Better Than Revenge" 07. "Never Grow Up" 08. "Haunted (Acoustic)" 09. "Sparks Fly" 10. "Haunted" 11. "Superman" 12. "If This Was A Movie" 13. "Ours"
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Post by tsr on Nov 18, 2010 21:09:57 GMT -5
Not counting pre-release singles:
01. Enchanted 02. Sparks Fly 03. If this Was a Movie 04. Better than Revenge 05. Dear John 06. Long Live 07. Innocent 08. Last Kiss 09. Haunted 10. Superman 11. Ours 12. The Story of Us 13. Never Grow Up
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Post by heartbreaklullaby on Nov 18, 2010 21:53:39 GMT -5
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Post by passionformusic on Nov 19, 2010 10:08:48 GMT -5
My top list: 1. Enchanted 2. Last Kiss 3. Better Than Revenge 4. Story Of Us 5. Long Live 6. Dear john 7. Sparks Fly 8. Ours 9. Haunted 10. If This Was A Movie
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Post by fullonrainstorm on Nov 19, 2010 12:07:36 GMT -5
Let's hope Taylor's promotional efforts keeps the album selling well. Her latest promotional schedule: Taylor Swift's latest round of promotional appearances will now include stops at NBC's The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Monday (Nov. 22) and E!'s Chelsea Lately on Wednesday (Nov. 24). Swift is also on the December/January cover of Seventeen magazine as their Style Star of the Year, as well as the cover of the December issue of Allure. In addition, she is featured in the December issue of InStyle magazine, which details her charitable efforts for MusiCares and Nashville flood relief. As previously announced, she will star in a one-hour NBC special, Taylor Swift: Speak Now, on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 25). The special documents Swift's recording sessions for her new album, Speak Now, as well as the highlights of her promotional tour. She is also shown performing in unique locations, such as Central Park in New York City and on top of a tour bus on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. Her song selections include "Mine," "Sparks Fly," "Story of Us," "Long Live," "Haunted," "Mean," "Back to December," "Enchanted" and "Speak Now." www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1652624/taylor-swift-on-the-tonight-show-seventeen-cover.jhtml
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Post by fullonrainstorm on Nov 19, 2010 12:21:29 GMT -5
She looks absolutely gorgeous in the Seventeen shoot. She really needs to rock straight hair more often. Taylor looks even better in the behind the scenes video for the Seventeen cover shoot.I guess that's because her personality and energy shines through more on video than on a still photo...
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Post by Modern Myth on Nov 19, 2010 12:44:08 GMT -5
I seriously LOVE this girl.
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Post by 👑 Eloquent ™ on Nov 19, 2010 14:16:41 GMT -5
She looks gorgeous in that behind the scenes video. :O
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Post by maria4hitz on Nov 19, 2010 14:17:27 GMT -5
BGMA 2 SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 211,778 -34 319,701 1,578,219 BGMA 51 SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 11,388 2 11,186 6,072,417
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Post by passionformusic on Nov 19, 2010 15:07:43 GMT -5
Beautiful. She could model for sure. Those long legs drive me crazy... lol.
Taylor in Japan. Now these people really seemed enchanted to meet her. :)
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Post by Modern Myth on Nov 20, 2010 0:05:40 GMT -5
New performance of "Mine" in Japan. She sounded good, but it was the shortest version of "Mine" ever.. it kinda just skipped a lot near the end and then just stopped.
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Post by justlurkingaround on Nov 20, 2010 3:53:44 GMT -5
My list: 1 - Enchanted 2 - Sparks Fly 3 - If This Was A Movie 4 - Innocent (would be above Sparks Fly if combined with plays of live version) 5 - Dear John 6 - Haunted 7 - Better Than Revenge 8 - Last Kiss 9 - Long Live 10 - Never Grow Up 11 - The Story of Us 12 - Haunted (Acoustic) 13 - Ours 14 - Superman (hate it)
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Post by Mack on Nov 20, 2010 13:01:24 GMT -5
According to my iTunes:
1. 'Enchanted' 2. 'Superman' 3. 'Haunted' 4. 'Mean' 5. 'Ours' 6. 'The Story Of Us' 7. 'Mine' 8. 'Back To December' 9. 'Speak Now' 10. 'Sparks Fly' 11. 'Never Grow Up' 12. 'Better Than Revenge' 13. 'Haunted (Acoustic)' 14. 'Innocent' 15. 'Dear John' 16. 'Long Live' 17. 'If This Was A Movie' 18. 'Back To December (Acoustic)' 19. 'Mine (Pop Mix)' 20. 'Last Kiss'
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Post by wwr on Nov 20, 2010 13:28:16 GMT -5
so... most of us would agree to see Enchanted as a single <3
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Post by slayZ on Nov 20, 2010 17:52:22 GMT -5
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Post by Mack on Nov 20, 2010 20:36:29 GMT -5
Anything else think the way she says, "Now think about what you did" at 1:44 in 'Better Than Revenge' is a bit creepy? It reminds me of some horror movie, but I can't remember the title now.
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