maria4hitz
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Post by maria4hitz on Dec 27, 2010 11:45:12 GMT -5
^Speak Now is #1?
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Post by passionformusic on Dec 27, 2010 12:06:19 GMT -5
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Post by strikeleo on Dec 27, 2010 12:52:28 GMT -5
amazing, didn't think she'd go back to the top! so, if all ends up well, she'll likely end the year around the 3kk mark. I mean, she was at 2.607 + 325k this week = 2.932 millions. With the last week, she should end up really close or even above the 3m mark.
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Post by Fat Ass Kelly Price on Dec 27, 2010 13:02:47 GMT -5
I'm getting her as #2 on iTunes.
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Post by passionformusic on Dec 27, 2010 13:27:27 GMT -5
I'm getting her as #2 on iTunes. I don`t see "Recovery" in the chart i am getting. Strange. You did go by the same link i provided?
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Post by slayZ on Dec 27, 2010 13:37:20 GMT -5
Yeah I see Recovery at #1 too. Anyways, Speak Now is 2010's 5th best selling album worldwide. 5. Taylor Swift – Speak Now – 3.5 million copies www.mediatraffic.de/albums-2010.htmThis is pretty awesome, to be honest, especially since it didn't count this week or last week's units sold AND the fact that "Mine" wasn't really a smash in the US or internationally. If they had counted this week, or last week's tally, she'd be close to 4 million copies. Speak Now has sold almost 1 million copies in less than 3 months. That's crazy! And to think someone was questioning her worldwide status a few days ago. SMH. :'(
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maria4hitz
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Post by maria4hitz on Dec 27, 2010 14:48:24 GMT -5
I think this chart doesn't show albums with explicit songs on it.
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Post by passionformusic on Dec 27, 2010 14:55:35 GMT -5
I think this chart doesn't show albums with explicit songs on it. But what does? ???
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Dec 27, 2010 15:04:40 GMT -5
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Post by Taylor. on Dec 27, 2010 15:24:39 GMT -5
Recovery is sale priced on iTunes right now so it makes sense for it to be #1.
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Post by Joe1240 on Dec 27, 2010 15:44:29 GMT -5
Yeah I see Recovery at #1 too. Anyways, Speak Now is 2010's 5th best selling album worldwide. 5. Taylor Swift – Speak Now – 3.5 million copies www.mediatraffic.de/albums-2010.htmThis is pretty awesome, to be honest, especially since it didn't count this week or last week's units sold AND the fact that "Mine" wasn't really a smash in the US or internationally. If they had counted this week, or last week's tally, she'd be close to 4 million copies. Speak Now has sold almost 1 million copies in less than 3 months. That's crazy! And to think someone was questioning her worldwide status a few days ago. SMH. :'( Great for Taylor! Fearless is also on the Chart- 27.Taylor Swift - Fearless Big Machine - 1,3 million copies Another Awesome year for Taylor!!
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Post by passionformusic on Dec 27, 2010 16:09:13 GMT -5
Thank you. Wow. I see "Speak Now" priced super high everywhere. Over 13 bucks on Amazon, too. What may be the reason for that? Just greedy? If it sells, why not i guess...
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Post by lunaboona on Dec 27, 2010 20:46:25 GMT -5
I am seriously in love with this song! Old/unreleased. Holy hell that song is amazing! She needs to release it someday. This girl is a really talented songwriter.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 27, 2010 22:50:30 GMT -5
That is a nice unreleased track. She is a decent storyteller; if anyone talks of her "lack of talent," they're pretty much only looking at vocal ability, which does not have to be the most important aspect of one's musical endeavors. For some, the power of the voice may be their best asset, but for others, it's just one piece of the puzzle, and rely more on the strength of the material and other aspects.
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Post by Kyla on Dec 27, 2010 22:52:19 GMT -5
I highly doubt that will ever get released. It's a pretty old song. Written when she was 14-ish.
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Post by fridayteenage on Dec 27, 2010 23:17:08 GMT -5
Does anyone know how much Me & My Gang has sold? Because I think that if Taylor's debut has sold more, it'll have finally become the bestselling album released in 2006. Which would probably mean that each of her albums was the bestselling album released in its year (I'm assuming Speak Now>Recovery in like January or so.).
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Post by Nadia on Dec 28, 2010 9:03:40 GMT -5
Yeah I see Recovery at #1 too. Anyways, Speak Now is 2010's 5th best selling album worldwide. 5. Taylor Swift – Speak Now – 3.5 million copies www.mediatraffic.de/albums-2010.htmThis is pretty awesome, to be honest, especially since it didn't count this week or last week's units sold AND the fact that "Mine" wasn't really a smash in the US or internationally. If they had counted this week, or last week's tally, she'd be close to 4 million copies. Speak Now has sold almost 1 million copies in less than 3 months. That's crazy! And to think someone was questioning her worldwide status a few days ago. SMH. :'( Gurl, 70% of that is from the US but who cares? her US sales outsell her peers WW
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Post by maria4hitz on Dec 28, 2010 9:22:15 GMT -5
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Dec 28, 2010 10:24:33 GMT -5
Does anyone know how much Me & My Gang has sold? Because I think that if Taylor's debut has sold more, it'll have finally become the bestselling album released in 2006. Which would probably mean that each of her albums was the bestselling album released in its year (I'm assuming Speak Now>Recovery in like January or so.). Now THAT would be impressive. Here's what I found from the October 18, 2009 Chart Watch: Taylor Swift is on the brink of accomplishing something that I was starting to think we might never see again: topping the 4 million mark in sales with back-to-back studio albums. As of this week, Fearless has sold 3,998,000 copies. Her 2006 debut album, Taylor Swift, has sold 4,364,000 copies. Swift will become the first artist to land back-to-back 4 million-selling studio albums since Rascal Flatts achieved the feat with 2004's Feels Like Today (sales as of this week: 5,149,000) and 2006's Me And My Gang (4,796,000). Album sales have dropped since the mid 2000s, which makes Swift's achievement all the more impressive. She gets bonus points for "degree of difficulty." My guess is that TS hasn't passed MAMG just yet, but it will soon. I'll keep my eyes peeled for more recent numbers. I'm also not sure about the sales of the High School Musical soundtrack, also released in 2006. Isn't that pretty close to 5 million too? I'll ask Paul Grein in his ChartWatch column for the sales figures of all three albums tomorrow. EDIT: Neither of the other albums appeared on the Catalog Chart in 2009 or 2010. I'd say things are looking pretty good for Taylor.
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Post by Living Legend on Dec 28, 2010 14:41:26 GMT -5
When Speak Now passes the 4 million mark in US sales next year she will join Britney as the only female artist to have their first 3 studio albums sell 4 million+. Does anyone know if there are any others?
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Post by Joe1240 on Dec 28, 2010 14:46:37 GMT -5
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Post by slayZ on Dec 28, 2010 14:49:22 GMT -5
Not really, no. Sales from this week and last week's charts weren't counted towards the tally, and Speak Now is at 2.6 in the US. That's a 900k copies sold internationally as of now. Not too shabby, if you ask me.
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Post by slayZ on Dec 28, 2010 14:50:02 GMT -5
She's also going to be on the Rachael Ray show on Jan 3rd.
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Post by passionformusic on Dec 28, 2010 14:51:18 GMT -5
Taylors set to reunite. "Story Of Us" sequel? lol
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Post by slayZ on Dec 28, 2010 14:56:21 GMT -5
I might be the only one but I want the "Taylors" to reunite. They made such a cute couple. <3
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Dec 28, 2010 15:23:01 GMT -5
When Speak Now passes the 4 million mark in US sales next year she will join Britney as the only female artist to have their first 3 studio albums sell 4 million+. Does anyone know if there are any others? Off the top of my head, the Dixie Chicks: 1998- Wide Open Spaces- 12x plat. 2001- Fly- 10x plat. 2003- Home- 6x plat. 2006- Taking the Long Way- (streak-breaker) 2x plat.
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Dec 28, 2010 15:26:16 GMT -5
Taylors set to reunite. "Story Of Us" sequel? lol Or "Back to December" Happy-Ending Epilogue? ;)
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Post by elementd5 on Dec 28, 2010 15:39:24 GMT -5
When Speak Now passes the 4 million mark in US sales next year she will join Britney as the only female artist to have their first 3 studio albums sell 4 million+. Does anyone know if there are any others? Quite a few. Whitney, Mariah, Madonna, etc. People always trying to make up some sort of record. #cmonson.
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Post by slw84 on Dec 28, 2010 16:13:11 GMT -5
When Speak Now passes the 4 million mark in US sales next year she will join Britney as the only female artist to have their first 3 studio albums sell 4 million+. Does anyone know if there are any others? Quite a few. Whitney, Mariah, Madonna, etc. People always trying to make up some sort of record. #cmonson. Maybe the youngest to ever do it...I mean I am a bit of a Britney stan and now I am pulling for the Youngest to...records (i.e. Britney will soon become the youngest female artist under 30 have 6 #1 records...youngest female...so and so forth). If all else, fails you do what you have to do ;) LOL. Out of all of them, she will have achieved this feat just under Britney would achieved it at either 21 or 22.
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Dec 28, 2010 16:31:15 GMT -5
Quite a few. Whitney, Mariah, Madonna, etc. People always trying to make up some sort of record. #cmonson. Maybe the youngest to ever do it...I mean I am a bit of a Britney stan and now I am pulling for the Youngest to...records (i.e. Britney will soon become the youngest female artist under 30 have 6 #1 records...youngest female...so and so forth). If all else, fails you do what you have to do ;) LOL. Out of all of them, she will have achieved this feat just under Britney would achieved it at either 21 or 22. It doesn't have to be a record or a first to be impressive. In this day and age, to sell three million copies of an album is a feat, especially if its your third time doing it. Many have done it before, but chances are that not many artists, if any, will ever do it again.
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