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Post by SHOOTER on Jul 21, 2010 4:11:55 GMT -5
I like the title and I'm anxious to hear the single!
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Post by fullonrainstorm on Jul 21, 2010 6:16:21 GMT -5
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Post by Mack on Jul 21, 2010 6:21:35 GMT -5
So excited! Here's hoping that this album is more in line with her debut than Fearless.
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Post by leoapp on Jul 21, 2010 9:49:54 GMT -5
I can see she gets 1 million first week album sales, lead single debuts on #1 Hot 100, as well breaking the record for first week digital single sales
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Post by justlurkingaround on Jul 21, 2010 10:10:25 GMT -5
'Speak Now' is a song featured on the album. LMAO. Did you see me spam her live chat with "Would you ever work with Carrie Underwood?" And what did she say? I'm excited for this... hopefully it all goes well for her :)
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Post by heart on Jul 21, 2010 10:35:15 GMT -5
I'm intrigued to see if she can top the success of Fearless with Speak Now, to at least match the sales and awards.
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Post by Joe1240 on Jul 21, 2010 11:06:44 GMT -5
Taylor Swift To Headline “All For The Hall” Fundraiser, Will Feature Surprise GuestThe Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s All for the Hall fundraiser will return to Los Angeles for a second consecutive year. The event, which will take place on Thursday, September 23, at Club Nokia, will again follow a “guitar pull” format featuring performances by Country Music Hall of Fame members Emmylou Harris and Kris Kristofferson, superstar Taylor Swift, and a very special fourth chair that must remain anonymous. The evening offers a unique opportunity to see these acclaimed singer-songwriters interact with one another as they take turns swapping songs, stories and personal recollections. The “guitar pull” is a Nashville specialty; it originated in the homes of Nashville songwriters who gathered to try out new compositions for their peers. “This year especially, the event will provide much needed support as Nashville works to recover from the devastating impact of a once-every-500-years flood,” said Director Kyle Young. “While our exhibits and collections are all on upper floors and never in danger, flood waters did reach ‘five feet high and rising’ in our ground-floor Ford Theater.” “Our All for the Hall Los Angeles debut gave us an opportunity to focus on West Coast country music history and remind our guests that these artists and executives and their songs are a part of the story we both preserve and teach at the Museum,” said Young. “By design, guitar-pull content is unplanned and unrehearsed. It was very exciting to see West Coast country spontaneously become the theme of the 2009 performances, which included musical salutes to Gram Parsons, Buck Owens and Cindy Walker, among others,” he said. “We are grateful for our warm welcome last year and look forward to seeing old friends and making new ones in September.” All for the Hall Los Angeles patrons are offered their choice of seating for 10 for $10,000, or seating for five for $5,000. Individual tickets are available at $1000 per seat. A cocktail reception and dinner will precede the guitar pull. To purchase tickets or for more information, patrons may contact Holly Lane at hlane@countrymusichalloffame.org or telephone (615) 416-2035 or (800) 852-6437. www.countrymusicislove.com/2010/07/taylor-swift-to-headline-all-for-the-hall-fundraiser-will-feature-surprise-guest.html
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Post by heart on Jul 21, 2010 12:06:43 GMT -5
LMAO. Did you see me spam her live chat with "Would you ever work with Carrie Underwood?" And what did she say? I'm excited for this... hopefully it all goes well for her :) did i miss something? is there a carrie-taylor feud that i didn't know about?
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Post by T-Swizzle on Jul 22, 2010 2:23:26 GMT -5
August 16 is perfect... that's when everyone goes back to school! It will be the talk of the town.
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Post by Kyla on Jul 22, 2010 11:51:27 GMT -5
I think it will leak before then. At least, that's what the guy from CMT radio implied on his twitter.
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Post by Gravity. on Jul 22, 2010 13:50:25 GMT -5
I think it will leak before then. At least, that's what the guy from CMT radio implied on his twitter. It'll probably leak about a week ahead of time, most singles seem to do that now.
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Post by countryfan2002 on Jul 22, 2010 13:55:47 GMT -5
I actually think that "Mine" won't leak. I think the label is aiming for a Garth Brooks-esque first week with this, and they should be working hard enough to keep this from leaking.
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Post by Kyla on Jul 22, 2010 14:04:43 GMT -5
I actually think that "Mine" won't leak. I think the label is aiming for a Garth Brooks-esque first week with this, and they should be working hard enough to keep this from leaking. Yeah, judging by what TWAF did the single sales for this could be ridiculous. I hope it doesn't leak for that reason. BMR is usually pretty good at keeping things from leaking. But Cody Alan seems to think he'll get it early.
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Post by Kyla on Jul 22, 2010 22:05:13 GMT -5
Ah! I want to hear it! The audio's already gone.
I've heard the title before though. It's definitely a post-Fearless song.
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Post by otternobetter87 on Jul 22, 2010 22:11:35 GMT -5
nooo there's no audio!!!!
bummer. i'm always too late with this stuff..
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Post by nighttime on Jul 22, 2010 22:16:00 GMT -5
I want to hear it :(
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Post by Cerbius on Jul 22, 2010 22:16:17 GMT -5
Darn it! No audio!
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Post by ƒreakshow on Jul 22, 2010 22:19:31 GMT -5
Could that person possibly have a 'Mine' demo? :o
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Post by Taylor. on Jul 22, 2010 23:41:57 GMT -5
I HEARD IT. I was at my buddies so I couldn't post here when it was first uploaded (or download it) but it was pretty great. I don't remember any lyrics but I know it was catchy.
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Post by Joe1240 on Jul 23, 2010 0:46:43 GMT -5
I want to hear it. :)
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Post by Joe1240 on Jul 23, 2010 0:56:34 GMT -5
How Taylor Swift Found Her Video GroomBy Eileen Finan Thursday July 22, 2010 05:55 PM EDT Taylor Swift and Toby Hemingway It took a bit of luck, but Taylor Swift found the perfect groom – for her new music video. The singing sensation, 20, picked British-born actor Toby Hemingway, 27, to walk her down the aisle in the video for her soon-to-be-released song, "Mine," in which she plays a bride. "I saw Feast of Love and just loved that movie and thought Toby was so great that I thought it would be perfect to put him in the video," Swift tells PEOPLE about the Los Angeles-based actor. But it was the unexpected appearance of her lucky number that sealed the deal. "I was doing some more research and watched another movie he was in called The Covenant,” she says. "I've got this crazy 13 lucky thing, and he walks on screen for the first time wearing a sweatshirt with a 13 on it! That was the deciding factor. It wasn't really up to me, it was about the number." The costars seem to have clicked in person, too – they were recently seen hanging out together, when Swift was in L.A. to record with an orchestra for her next album, Speak Now, due Oct. 25. But getting married on film "was a little strange," Swift says. "I get to wear big dresses and wear white all the time on the carpet, but there's nothing quite like actually pretending you're getting married." If the message in her song "Mine" – out Aug. 16 – is any indication, it’ll probably be a long time before she's ready for the real thing. "It's a song that is about my tendency to run from love – it's been a recent tendency," she told viewers during a live Web chat Tuesday. "Every really direct example of love that I've had in front of me has ended in goodbye, has ended in breakups," she said. "So I've developed a pattern of sort of running away when it comes time to fall in love. This song is sort of about finding the exception to that." See what other readers have to say about this story – or leave a comment of your own www.people.com/people/article/0,,20403822,00.html
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Post by fullonrainstorm on Jul 24, 2010 0:30:10 GMT -5
Pretty balanced article on the probable first week sales for Speak Now : Music Biz Casts Hopeful Gaze on Swift's Next Album
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Fan anticipation is already building for Taylor Swift's "Speak Now," after the pop-country superstar revealed on Ustream that the follow-up to her multiplatinum album "Fearless" will be out October 25. But anticipation of a different sort is building among music retail and label executives: Can "Speak Now" top U.S. debut-week sales of 1 million units? And if Swift can't attain that now-elusive milestone, can anyone? The last album to do so was Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III," which sold slightly more than 1 million units in its first week, the period ended June 15, 2008, and has sold 3.5 million units to date, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Since then, the closest any album has come to matching that performance was AC/DC's "Black Ice," which bowed with 784,000 units in the week ended October 24, 2008, and has sold a total of 2.2 million, according to SoundScan. Eminem's "Recovery," the sales champ of 2010 so far, debuted with 741,000 units in the week ended June 27 and has racked up total U.S. sales of 1.5 million, according to SoundScan. Other highly anticipated albums to be released later this year include titles from Susan Boyle, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Linkin Park, Kid Rock, Norah Jones, Diddy and Lil Wayne. In an informal survey of a dozen recording industry executives conducted by Billboard, Boyle, West and Wayne each drew votes as contenders for million-unit debut weeks. But most said they believe Swift has the best shot. 'SHE COULD BE THE ONE' "It feels like if anybody can do it now, she could be the one," said Will Botwin, president/CEO of Red Light Management and ATO Records. "She has the sales base and heat from the last few albums. And with all the amazing things she has going on, she is as likely as anybody to reach a million units, especially with the efforts of Big Machine and Universal behind her." Executives at Swift's label, Big Machine Records, and her distributor, Universal Music Group Distribution, couldn't be reached for comment. But retail sources said UMGD expects to ship 1.5 million units for the album's release date and that it's projecting first-week sales of 750,000 units.Full Article : abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wirestory?id=11241424&page=1
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Post by Joe1240 on Jul 25, 2010 7:43:40 GMT -5
Yes Taylor will be selling big with her next album. I see it selling 700K-900K first week. Very good for Taylor!
According to wikipedia,Taylor's SNL Episode will reair August 28th.
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Post by Joe1240 on Jul 27, 2010 9:14:45 GMT -5
Why Taylor Swift’s new album might be bigger than Eminem’s ‘Recovery’By JEREMY HELLIGAR Look out Slim Shady, I'm coming to get you! We’re still three months away from the October 25 release of Taylor Swift’s third album, Speak Now, and already the pressure is on. Although her label, Big Machine Records, is forecasting first-week sales of 750,000, which would put it just ahead of 2010’s biggest debut so far, Eminem’s Recovery, which opened at 741,000, some industry executives are wondering if she could be the first artist to top the one-million-in-week-one mark since Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III’s 1,005,545 seven-day total in June of 2008. Personally, I’m not ready for another round of Swift, but if she can assist Eminem in lifting the music industry out of its current sales doldrums, I’ll grudgingly root for her. And I agree with Will Botwin, president/CEO of Red Light Management and ATO Records, who recently told Billboard magazine why the odds are stacked in her favor. It feels like if anybody can do it now, she could be the one. She has the sales base and the heat from the last two albums. And with all the amazing things she has going on, she is as likely as anybody to reach a million units, especially with the efforts of Big Machine and Universal behind her.” That’s not all she has on her side. The fourth-quarter release date immediately gives Speak Now a sales edge. Album sales typically peak from the end of September through the holidays, with people purchasing more music as Christmas gifts and a larger number of major stars releasing new music, which drives increased traffic into record stores and onto iTunes and Amazon. Swift’s previous album, 2008’s Fearless, also was released during the fourth quarter (November), and it sold 592,000 copies in its first week. Though the industry has slumped further since then, Swift has gotten much bigger, becoming the most successful country-pop crossover star since Shania Twain. Lady Gaga might get more attention, but Swift sells more albums in the U.S., if not worldwide. In 2009, Forbes listed her at No. 12 on its list of the 100 richest and most powerful celebrities, with $45 million in earnings, up from No. 69 and $18 million in 2009. (In comparison, Gaga, whose international profile is considerably higher than Swift’s, was No. 4 in 2009, with $62 million, while Eminem didn’t make the list.) In addition to her increased earning potential, Swift now has a busload of industry awards, including an Album of the Year Grammy (for Fearless); she’s been in a hit movie (Valentine’s Day); she’s gotten the Kanye West seal of disapproval; and she’s become a major media star without having to suffer a public meltdown, get arrested or take off her clothes. She’s also an independent women — a singer, songwriter and producer — putting her completely in charge of quality control. Swift has said that she wrote every song on Speak Now by herself, and she co-produced it with her Fearless/Taylor Swift collaborator Nathan Chapman, which means she probably won’t be giving herself a bad ill-advised makeover to prove to the world that she can’t be tamed — and hopefully, there won’t be any poorly spelled song titles (“California Gurls,” ugh!) or misplaced rap cameos to stink up the proceedings. Although I still don’t think she belongs in the company of the Paul Simons and Laura Nyros of the songwriting world, her description of the first single, “Mine,” due in mid August, sounds promising. She recently explained what it’s all about on Ustream. My tendency to run from love… Every really direct example of love that I’ve had in front of me has ended in goodbye and has ended in break ups and things like that. So I think I’ve developed this pattern of sort of running away when it comes time to fall in love. This song is sort of about finding the exception to that.” OK, so she’s about as eloquent as you can expect any 21 year old to be, but the subject matter would appear to be more universal and less high school than “Love Story” or “You Belong with Me.” And what I wouldn’t give to be a fly on the wall the first time her ex, Joe Jonas, hears this one. trueslant.com/jeremyhelligar/2010/07/27/why-taylor-swifts-new-album-might-be-bigger-than-eminems-recovery/
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Post by Cerbius on Jul 27, 2010 9:18:36 GMT -5
I'm expecting sales in the 600,000 to 750,000 range. Though I wouldn't be all that surprised if she does break 1 million. If she does, I have a feeling she'll be the last artist to scan 1 million+ copies in the opening week; considering the continual decline in record sales.
The year-end #1 album will be a battle between Lady A, Eminem & Taylor. I don't see SuBo doing nearly as well this time.
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Post by Mark on Jul 29, 2010 20:51:29 GMT -5
My friend found this and showed me. It's a JAM! :O
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Post by Kyla on Jul 29, 2010 20:53:55 GMT -5
Single cover for Mine: A few country stations got to listen to it. And one of them posted a little about it HERE.
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Post by maria4hitz on Aug 2, 2010 12:59:48 GMT -5
These are the latest numbers for her albums and singles (Fearless is so close to 6 million! ) 46 SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 9,014 8,366 8 5,942,256192 SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 2,962 0 2,971 4,781,389154 SWIFT*TAYLOR YOU BELONG WITH ME 10,100 -1 10,165 3,320,314179 SWIFT*TAYLOR TODAY WAS A FAIRYTALE 8,716 -7 9,351 1,201,598193 SWIFT*TAYLOR LOVE STORY 8,118 3 7,918 4,450,438
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Post by Janhova's Witness on Aug 2, 2010 13:01:58 GMT -5
Thanks boo
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Post by Gravity. on Aug 2, 2010 14:12:56 GMT -5
I had no idea that Today Was A Fairytale had sold that much. 14 days till Mine makes its debut.
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