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Post by maria4hitz on Dec 9, 2010 11:04:01 GMT -5
Taylor on the Year End charts
Top Pop Catalog Albums
2 THE TAYLOR SWIFT HOLIDAY COLLECTION (EP) Taylor Swift Big Machine 22 TAYLOR SWIFT Taylor Swift Big Machine
Hot 100 Songs
46 MINE Taylor Swift Big Machine/Universal Republic 57 YOU BELONG WITH ME Taylor Swift Big Machine/Universal Republic 72 TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE Boys Like Girls Featuring Taylor Swift Columbia 84 TODAY WAS A FAIRYTALE Taylor Swift Big Machine/Universal Republic
The Billboard 200
7 FEARLESS Taylor Swift Big Machine 9 SPEAK NOW Taylor Swift Big Machine 62 TAYLOR SWIFT Taylor Swift Big Machine 70 THE TAYLOR SWIFT HOLIDAY COLLECTION (EP) Taylor Swift Big Machine
Top Artists
2 TAYLOR SWIFT 24 Big Machine
Top Current Albums
7 FEARLESS Taylor Swift Big Machine 9 SPEAK NOW Taylor Swift Big Machine 110 TAYLOR SWIFT Taylor Swift Big Machine
Hot Digital Songs
49 MINE Taylor Swift Big Machine 69 TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE Boys Like Girls Featuring Taylor Swift Columbia 70 TODAY WAS A FAIRYTALE Taylor Swift Big Machine
Hot Mainstream Top 40 Songs
40 TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE Boys Like Girls Featuring Taylor Swift Columbia
Hot Country Songs
38 MINE Taylor Swift Big Machine 55 FEARLESS Taylor Swift Big Machine
Canadian Hot 100
51 MINE Taylor Swift Big Machine/Open Road/Universal 67 TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE Boys Like Girls Featuring Taylor Swift Columbia/Sony Music 83 YOU BELONG WITH ME Taylor Swift Big Machine/Open Road/Universal
Top Digital Albums
3 SPEAK NOW Taylor Swift Big Machine
Hot 100 Airplay
37 YOU BELONG WITH ME Taylor Swift Big Machine/Universal Republic 38 MINE Taylor Swift Big Machine/Universal Republic
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Mark
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Post by Mark on Dec 9, 2010 18:02:04 GMT -5
Projected to sell between 190-210k next week. Unstoppable!
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maria4hitz
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Post by maria4hitz on Dec 9, 2010 18:25:39 GMT -5
^WOW!!!!!
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Post by CammyCan on Dec 9, 2010 19:34:00 GMT -5
Third year in a row she's in the top 5 artists of the year (5 - 1 - 2). Amazing.
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Post by CammyCan on Dec 9, 2010 19:56:43 GMT -5
Also, from the top 25 tours of 2010:
15. TAYLOR SWIFT Total Gross: $40,312,810 Number of Shows: 47 Total Attendance: 643,168 Number of Sell-Outs: 45
I wish we had all the numbers from 2009. Just using the average gross from the shows in 2010, the tour grossed about 90 million total (not the best method, I know, but it's something). Either way, her numbers are just incredible. Her first headlining tour, at 19/20 years old, 90 million...just wow.
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Dec 9, 2010 20:49:53 GMT -5
Third year in a row she's in the top 5 artists of the year (5 - 1 - 2). Amazing. She'll still be huge in 2011, and she was #31 in 2007. :)
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Post by slayZ on Dec 10, 2010 21:35:39 GMT -5
I'm seriously SO blown away by her vocals. She sounds fantastic.
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Post by passionformusic on Dec 11, 2010 6:36:43 GMT -5
TAYLOR GETS MAXED OUT: Pop art legend Peter Max has painted a new portrait of Taylor Swift to commemorate her newest album, Speak Now (Big Machine). The new portrait is Max’s second with Taylor as the subject—earlier this year, he unveiled four portraits of her Fearless album in a series of gallery showings. “I've been doing portraits of iconic musicians for so many years, and it is a pleasure to add Taylor Swift to the collection,” said Max. “She is one of the most beautiful and talented stars we have today.” Max presented his first Fearless original work to Taylor, but now the Max portraits, from both Fearless and Speak Now, are available as poster artwork and as commissioned originals. The pieces will be sold exclusively on www.TaylorSwift.com. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxsvgS2JZaY&feature=player_embeddedfrom 1.55 onwards. wow.
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Post by Nadia on Dec 11, 2010 9:02:11 GMT -5
I'm seriously SO blown away by her vocals. She sounds fantastic. i love this woman so f**king much. true talent Last kiss needs to released. that song is giving me life right now
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Post by passionformusic on Dec 12, 2010 8:28:17 GMT -5
Lack of the video for "BTD" i really upsetting. Dropping down in Itunes fast. What are they waiting for?
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Post by slayZ on Dec 12, 2010 16:21:15 GMT -5
I don't even think they've shot it, which is so disappointing. I mean, you'd think that they'd try to capitalize on the holidays for sales. Bleh.
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Post by Kyla on Dec 12, 2010 18:42:38 GMT -5
Supposedly they're not shooting a music video. It'll be the CMA performance.
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Post by CammyCan on Dec 12, 2010 19:42:40 GMT -5
...what?!
It can't be a money issue, she probably wipes her ass with Benjamin's. It's not like she's that strapped for time either. If this turns out to be true, that's just absolute laziness.
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Post by slayZ on Dec 12, 2010 19:43:11 GMT -5
That pisses me off. First Should've Said No and now this? How lame.
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Post by nightshade on Dec 12, 2010 20:12:01 GMT -5
More money to waste on a video for Speak Now, Haunted, or Enchanted.
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Post by fridayteenage on Dec 12, 2010 20:15:21 GMT -5
My favorite parts: #2 artist of the year when for most of it she wasn't really doing anything. 2 of the T10 albums again. 2 of the T40 most-played songs. The #2 catalog album.
Also, as my signature now newly says: Best-selling albums artist 2 consecutive years (only one T4 08-10), T2 overall artist 2 consecutive years (only one T5 08-10)
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Post by ClevelandRox on Dec 12, 2010 23:02:25 GMT -5
Supposedly they're not shooting a music video. It'll be the CMA performance. :o This is ridiculous.
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Post by slayZ on Dec 13, 2010 2:53:17 GMT -5
HD version of the Letterman performance
I'm seriously so impressed by her vocals. She sounds SO good.
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Post by #brayden on Dec 13, 2010 3:37:26 GMT -5
This deserves a music video. And like, honestly, who doesn't put out a proper music video for a second single?
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Post by neally on Dec 13, 2010 3:41:34 GMT -5
HD version of the Letterman performance I'm seriously so impressed by her vocals. She sounds SO good. One of Taylor's best vocal performances and deliveries that I have seen. First class, indeed !
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Post by Joe1240 on Dec 13, 2010 5:38:25 GMT -5
Today is Taylor Swift's Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy 21st Birthday Taylor Swift!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Joe1240 on Dec 13, 2010 12:48:30 GMT -5
Celebrate Taylor Swift's Birthday With Her 21 Best Songs! Posted 2 hrs ago by Kyle Anderson in Music Considering how many hits she has tallied, how many awards she has won and how many massive venues she has filled, it feels like country crossover superstar Taylor Swift is a veteran at this point. However, the singer is only celebrating her 21st birthday today, which means she can finally legally toast to her many, many successes. In honor of Swift's birthday, here are the 21 best songs from her three multi-platinum albums. 21. "Picture to Burn" Her later work would become much more caustic, but this track from her debut laid the groundwork for her evolution. 20. "Back to December" Swift's ode to ex-boyfriend Taylor Lautner is one of the better ballads in her catalog. 19. "White Horse" A breezy epic from her breakthrough album Fearless. 18. "Teardrops On My Guitar" One of Swift's most country-fied tunes, "Teardrops On My Guitar" has its heart in Nashville but its head on pop radio. 17. "Hey Stephen" A bouncy track from Fearless, "Hey Stephen" is notable for its delightful use of a Hammond organ. 16. "Should've Said No" Another great twangy epic with a huge chorus from Swift's debut. 15. "Breathe" Swift's bluegrass-kissed duet with Colbie Caillat is a slow-burning number that builds to a gutsy climax. 14. "You're Not Sorry" Though "You're Not Sorry" is one of the strongest tracks from Fearless, it can't hold a candle to the depth on Speak Now. Still, it's extremely well-written and cutting. 13. "Innocent" Probably the darkest song in Swift's song library, her song about Kanye West brought the house down at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. 12. "Speak Now" The title track from Swift's latest album splits the difference between her country roots, her sneering rock touches and her commitment to polished pop. Plus, the narrative she constructs with the lyrics has the sort of detail that songwriters twice her age struggle with. 11. "The Story of Us" A dance track from Taylor Swift? On this Speak Now cut, she proves that she can do as much with drum machines and synths as she can with acoustic guitars and banjos. 10. "Our Song" Swift's loveliest lyric from her debut album. 9. "Fifteen" A heartfelt shuffle full of heartbreaking teenage angst that feels extra real — probably because Swift wasn't that far removed from the freshman year narrative when she wrote it. 8. "Sparks Fly" A rugged, confident rocker that finds Swift at her most intimate, honest and passionate. 7. "The Best Day" One of the later tracks from Fearless, "The Best Day" is a minimalist song that is tremendously specific and yet entirely universal — a remarkable accomplishment for such a young lyricist. 6. "Mean" On "Mean," Swift establishes an incredible dichotomy, as she matches a sweet back porch country tune with some of her most cutting lyrics (which target critics who take her down). 5. "Love Story" A massively successful single, "Love Story" also represents Swift's purest pop moment. 4. "Mine" The first single from Speak Now has everything Swift's fans love: the sharp lyrics, the sweet melody and a huge shout-along chorus. 3. "Fearless" The title track from Swift's second album (which also opens said album) is a huge statement of purpose that bridges the gap between her country roots and her next step up. 2. "Tim McGraw" Swift's first big single was a cute ode to her favorite country star was something of a novelty, but it has completely held up. 1. "You Belong With Me" Swift's best song was also her biggest for a reason. newsroom.mtv.com/2010/12/13/taylor-swift-birthday-21-best-songs/Billboard Feature on Taylor Swift Today- www.billboard.com/features/taylor-swift-21-things-we-love-1004134488.story#/features/taylor-swift-21-things-we-love-1004134488.story
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Post by passionformusic on Dec 13, 2010 12:58:55 GMT -5
All of the songs @ Ed Sullivan Theater sounded incredibly good. "Mine" was superb.
Happy birthday,Taylor! Much love and happiness! :)
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Post by circadian on Dec 13, 2010 16:09:04 GMT -5
Seriously? No Enchanted?... Dear John?... Cold as you?...
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Post by #brayden on Dec 13, 2010 16:17:33 GMT -5
Seriously? No Enchanted?... Dear John?... Cold as you?... Yeah, it's certainly not an accurate representation of what her best songs are. 'Hey Stephen', 'Breathe', 'Should've Said No', and 'Picture To Burn' shouldn't even be included on that list. 'Fearless' is way too high on that list, as well. I would have definitely included 'Enchanted', 'Dear John', 'Cold As You', 'Last Kiss', and possibly even 'Forever & Always' in there somewhere.
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Post by Mack on Dec 13, 2010 17:10:33 GMT -5
Seriously? No Enchanted?... Dear John?... Cold as you?... Yeah, it's certainly not an accurate representation of what her best songs are. 'Hey Stephen', 'Breathe', 'Should've Said No', and 'Picture To Burn' shouldn't even be included on that list. 'Fearless' is way too high on that list, as well. I would have definitely included 'Enchanted', 'Dear John', 'Cold As You', 'Last Kiss', and possibly even 'Forever & Always' in there somewhere. 'Hey Stephen', 'Should've Said No' and 'Picture To Burn' are definitely among her best songs and deserve to be on the list. I agree that 'Enchanted' and 'Cold As You' should be included, though.
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Post by Nadia on Dec 13, 2010 21:37:59 GMT -5
Happy Birthday Tay I can't believe there won't be a video for BTD :o could've been such a beautiful music video :'(
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2010 1:57:07 GMT -5
I love the Ed Sullivan performances but I can tell that they were autotuned, haha. Especially if you compare them to the ones shot by audience members.
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Post by slayZ on Dec 14, 2010 3:12:24 GMT -5
Taylor *MIGHT* return to #1.
NOW IN: 54.02%
LW TW artist / album label power index 2 1 TAYLOR SWIFT: SPEAK NOW - BIG MACHINE 162,437
This is incredible. At this point, she might do what she did with Fearless in January.
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Post by passionformusic on Dec 14, 2010 10:45:35 GMT -5
I love the Ed Sullivan performances but I can tell that they were autotuned, haha. Especially if you compare them to the ones shot by audience members. No. Audience members shot them with digicams, therefore the quality difference.
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