|
Post by fullonrainstorm on Nov 11, 2010 10:08:39 GMT -5
Just so you know.
Today is the 2nd year anniversary of the release of Fearless.11/11/2008 exactly 2 years ago and still in the Billboard 200!
|
|
Eqbk
3x Platinum Member
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 3,281
|
Post by Eqbk on Nov 11, 2010 10:41:16 GMT -5
Back to December at the CMA's
|
|
Joe1240
6x Platinum Member
Taylor Swift-The Best in Pop & Country Music!
Joined: September 2003
Posts: 6,959
|
Post by Joe1240 on Nov 11, 2010 11:07:53 GMT -5
Taylor Swift Gets Fearless: Wake-Up Video Posted 3 hrs ago by Kyle Anderson in Wake-Up Video Some might say it's premature to call an album that is only two years old a classic, but is it possible to treat Taylor Swift's Fearless any other way? Though there was a bit of excitement surrounding its release on this day two years ago, it grew continuously into one of the biggest albums of the decade and allowed Swift to make the transition from bright eyed country favorite to international pop superstar. Fearless won just about every award an album can win (including Grammy Awards for Best Country Album and Album of the Year) and broke five big singles (including her smash hit "You Belong With Me," which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100). Fearless sold nearly 600,000 copies in its opening week, and it only got larger from there. It became the first album to move one million copies in 2009 and ended up being the biggest selling album from that year. It has been certified platinum six times and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. Swift's sales impact is overwhelming — a trend she recently continued with the first week success of her third album Speak Now. In addition to putting up big sales numbers, Fearless provided a great deal of cultural impact for Swift. Her songs managed to cross over all sorts of genre boundaries (to give you an idea of her universal appeal, her songs tend to be the only English tunes on all-Spanish music radio stations) and she has played just about every awards show possible (including memorable turns at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2009 and 2010). For an album that is so gigantic, it's also pretty raw and honest (while there are a lot of pop generalities, it's a rare thing for a song as personal as "The Best Day" to make it onto an album this mainstream). Fearless is an album that just about everybody can agree on, and the title track is one of the album's best singles. newsroom.mtv.com/2010/11/11/taylor-swift-fearless-release
|
|
maria4hitz
2x Platinum Member
Joined: February 2008
Posts: 2,138
|
Post by maria4hitz on Nov 11, 2010 11:13:12 GMT -5
174 TAYLOR SWIFT Better Than Revenge 12 0 12 0.041
245 TAYLOR SWIFT Never Grow Up 5 0 5 0.04
|
|
|
Post by fullonrainstorm on Nov 11, 2010 11:15:01 GMT -5
Back to December at the CMA's Great as the actual day performance was,Taylor's rehearsal of Back To December the day before was even better: Back To December Rehearsal Nov 10 2010She really needs to get her pre-award show nerves under control.
|
|
|
Post by neverduplicated on Nov 11, 2010 12:14:39 GMT -5
Taylor Swift Gets Fearless: Wake-Up Video Posted 3 hrs ago by Kyle Anderson in Wake-Up Video Some might say it's premature to call an album that is only two years old a classic, but is it possible to treat Taylor Swift's Fearless any other way? Though there was a bit of excitement surrounding its release on this day two years ago, it grew continuously into one of the biggest albums of the decade and allowed Swift to make the transition from bright eyed country favorite to international pop superstar. Fearless won just about every award an album can win (including Grammy Awards for Best Country Album and Album of the Year) and broke five big singles (including her smash hit "You Belong With Me," which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100). Fearless sold nearly 600,000 copies in its opening week, and it only got larger from there. It became the first album to move one million copies in 2009 and ended up being the biggest selling album from that year. It has been certified platinum six times and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. Swift's sales impact is overwhelming — a trend she recently continued with the first week success of her third album Speak Now. In addition to putting up big sales numbers, Fearless provided a great deal of cultural impact for Swift. Her songs managed to cross over all sorts of genre boundaries (to give you an idea of her universal appeal, her songs tend to be the only English tunes on all-Spanish music radio stations) and she has played just about every awards show possible (including memorable turns at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2009 and 2010). For an album that is so gigantic, it's also pretty raw and honest (while there are a lot of pop generalities, it's a rare thing for a song as personal as "The Best Day" to make it onto an album this mainstream). Fearless is an album that just about everybody can agree on, and the title track is one of the album's best singles. newsroom.mtv.com/2010/11/11/taylor-swift-fearless-release :'( Classic indeed. Just gets better with every listen. I think Speak Now is destined to become a classic as well, but obviously way too soon to make any sort of declaration.
|
|
|
Post by passionformusic on Nov 11, 2010 14:51:11 GMT -5
listened to both versions...they sound both pretty good. rehearsed version kinda had more echo, what made it sound better. new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/69249/week-ending-nov-7-2010-rihanna-ties-rihanna/Speak Now sold 320,000 copies in its second week. It has sold 1,366,000 copies in two weeks. It's already #5 for the year-to-date. This will be the fourth year in a row that Swift has had one of the year's top 10 best-selling albums. She scored with Taylor Swift in 2007, with both Taylor Swift and Fearless in 2008 and with Fearless in 2009. Only one other artist in Nielsen/SoundScan history has had an album in the year-end top 10 for four straight years. Mariah Carey scored with Music Box in 1993 and 1994 and with Daydream in 1995 and 1996. ------------------------------------ I think she has a real chance of making history again next year.
|
|
|
Post by heartbreaklullaby on Nov 11, 2010 21:29:02 GMT -5
|
|
maria4hitz
2x Platinum Member
Joined: February 2008
Posts: 2,138
|
Post by maria4hitz on Nov 12, 2010 8:39:16 GMT -5
45 Sparks Fly - Taylor Swift - 32,000 / 145,000 :)
|
|
vstreamer
Charting
Joined: October 2005
Posts: 307
|
Post by vstreamer on Nov 12, 2010 11:27:21 GMT -5
Just so you know. Today is the 2nd year anniversary of the release of Fearless.11/11/2008 exactly 2 years ago and still in the Billboard 200! In honor Amazon.com has the mp3 version Platinum edition for $2.99 right now. Run if you need it.
|
|
Eqbk
3x Platinum Member
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 3,281
|
Post by Eqbk on Nov 12, 2010 11:49:20 GMT -5
Speak Now debuts at #15 in Germany, which is lower than the debut and peak of Fearless. Hopefully it will have longer longevity since Fearless was only on the chart for 4 weeks. The last major world market left to wait for is Japan.
|
|
|
Post by fullonrainstorm on Nov 12, 2010 12:46:48 GMT -5
Just so you know. Today is the 2nd year anniversary of the release of Fearless.11/11/2008 exactly 2 years ago and still in the Billboard 200! In honor Amazon.com has the mp3 version Platinum edition for $2.99 right now. Run if you need it. I'm sure Taylor needed that discount to sell all those 6 million+ copies of Fearless....
|
|
vstreamer
Charting
Joined: October 2005
Posts: 307
|
Post by vstreamer on Nov 12, 2010 13:02:04 GMT -5
In honor Amazon.com has the mp3 version Platinum edition for $2.99 right now. Run if you need it. I'm sure Taylor needed that discount to sell all those 6 million+ copies of Fearless.... Why the roll eyes?
|
|
|
Post by passionformusic on Nov 12, 2010 21:17:42 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by fullonrainstorm on Nov 12, 2010 23:41:45 GMT -5
Taylor Swift Among Forbes' Highest-Earning WomenForbes magazine has released its list of Hollywood's Highest Earning Women, and country's own Taylor Swift has landed in the Top 10. The singer places at No. 9 on the list with an estimated $45 million raked in between June 2009 through June 2010. According to Forbes, Taylor grossed $54 million on her Fearless tour and pulled in more with album sales, downloads, performance royalties and endorsements, such as those she currently has with CoverGirl and Sony. Miley Cyrus also makes the Forbes list, placing one slot above Taylor at No. 8. Others included in the list include Madonna, Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey, Beyoncé and Sandra Bullock. Forbes' list is compiled from client information provided by agents, managers, producers and lawyers, and based on income earned between June 1, 2009, and June 1, 2010. Taylor is well on her way to placing in the Top 10 on the list again next year, as her latest album 'Speak Now' sold over one million copies in its first week of release. source
|
|
David
Diamond Member
Joined: January 2009
Posts: 16,804
|
Post by David on Nov 14, 2010 1:54:54 GMT -5
Taylor is KILLIN it! I haven't heard the entire album yet, but I do notice some growth on her songwriting. Even if I find her songs "ok" I love how she uses words, metaphors and such. She's definitely a great songwriter. I just don't connect with the lyrics much.
|
|
maria4hitz
2x Platinum Member
Joined: February 2008
Posts: 2,138
|
Post by maria4hitz on Nov 14, 2010 8:55:06 GMT -5
The only song charting on CHR
261 149 TAYLOR SWIFT Better Than Revenge 23 4 19 0.055
|
|
|
Post by passionformusic on Nov 15, 2010 13:37:30 GMT -5
|
|
Eqbk
3x Platinum Member
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 3,281
|
Post by Eqbk on Nov 15, 2010 14:03:21 GMT -5
Thanks for posting. It was interesting that they chose to play the country instrumentation instead of the pop on a European show. I wonder why she chose to do that. Is this something she does often or is it just a rare occasion?
|
|
Joe1240
6x Platinum Member
Taylor Swift-The Best in Pop & Country Music!
Joined: September 2003
Posts: 6,959
|
Post by Joe1240 on Nov 16, 2010 0:36:27 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by fullonrainstorm on Nov 16, 2010 13:22:10 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by passionformusic on Nov 16, 2010 14:41:05 GMT -5
And i would like her to wear less of that awful red lipstick, that she seems to be digging lately. She looks like a goddess with simple-not-over-the-top makeup.
|
|
Mack
7x Platinum Member
Joined: June 2010
Posts: 7,381
|
Post by Mack on Nov 16, 2010 16:23:01 GMT -5
She looks absolutely gorgeous in the Seventeen shoot. She really needs to rock straight hair more often.
|
|
HolidayGuy
Diamond Member
Joined: December 2003
Posts: 33,908
|
Post by HolidayGuy on Nov 16, 2010 16:30:59 GMT -5
Final HITS numbers for week 3:
1 2 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 209,512 -36% SPEAK NOW
|
|
onebuffalo
Diamond Member
#LiteralLegender
I am One Buffalo.
Joined: June 2009
Posts: 27,019
|
Post by onebuffalo on Nov 16, 2010 18:12:04 GMT -5
Final HITS numbers for week 3: 1 2 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 209,512 -36% SPEAK NOW That means 1,577,000 were sold during its first three weeks in release. Congratulations.
|
|
outrageous
Gold Member
That dude from Party At A Rich Dude's House :]
Joined: December 2009
Posts: 762
|
Post by outrageous on Nov 16, 2010 21:17:26 GMT -5
Been listening to my iTunes recently added playlist on Shuffle. "Last Kiss" came on and I had to come in here to say that the song is beautiful.
|
|
onebuffalo
Diamond Member
#LiteralLegender
I am One Buffalo.
Joined: June 2009
Posts: 27,019
|
Post by onebuffalo on Nov 17, 2010 11:01:36 GMT -5
Final HITS numbers for week 3: 1 2 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 209,512 -36% SPEAK NOW That means 1,577,000 were sold during its first three weeks in release. Congratulations. Amended sales figures for week #3. 212,000 were sold, pushing total sales to 1,579,000. Congratulations.
|
|
|
Post by passionformusic on Nov 17, 2010 12:17:34 GMT -5
Does anybody understand the delay of the second single to pop? "Mine" is done and dusted...new single with a nice video would really help the sales imo.
|
|
maria4hitz
2x Platinum Member
Joined: February 2008
Posts: 2,138
|
Post by maria4hitz on Nov 17, 2010 13:14:23 GMT -5
Maybe she's going to premiere the new single at the AMA's??
|
|
maria4hitz
2x Platinum Member
Joined: February 2008
Posts: 2,138
|
Post by maria4hitz on Nov 17, 2010 14:04:12 GMT -5
|
|