Taylor Swift's New Album Sells Over 1 Million Albums On Debut

[Kingdom]

Picking Up Where 'Fearless' Left Off, Taylor Swift New Album Debuts on Top
Taylor Swift has become a legend in her own time, a market-savvy songwriting genius with tremendous appeal to both country music and soft-pop that has garnered her hundreds of awards
and millions of album and singles sales. And although it came as no surprise that her latest album, "Speak Now," debuted in the #1 position on both the Billboard Country Albums chart and the Billboard 200, it came as somewhat of a shock the massive number of sales accumulated by the album in such a sluggish sales market. Not only did Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" debut as the #1 album, it did so with over a million in sales for the first week of release.

Billboard pointed out that the album topped the million mark by over 47,000 copies (projections had placed it in the 700,000 to 900,000 range). Nearly 800,000 of those were CDs, causing Billboard to ask: "The CD is dead?" They also pointed out two other common current music industry laments that Taylor Swift contradicted -- country artists can't sell digital albums ("Speak Now" pulled in 278,000 digital sales) and the industry had seen its last first-week million-selling album (there hadn't been one since Lil Wayne's "The Carter III" hit stores in June 2008).

The follow-up to "Fearless," the winner of the Grammy, the American Music Awards, the Country Music Association Awards, and the Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the Year (the only album in history to have achieved such a feat), "Speak Now" is already on track to catch its predecessor in sales. "Fearless" has been certified six-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (as of September 2010). It was also the top-selling album of 2009. However, even with the enormous jump-off enjoyed by "Speak Now," it must be noted that "Fearless" is also still charting, selling thousands of albums.

Omg.

Wow, hate to say it's not surprising but this is good for physical cd sales in America. Hopefully things start picking up from here! Not a fan of Taylor myself but congrats to you, love sick blonde girl with a guitar.

[bondingo]

I was a big fan around the time of Fearless. I played that album a ton, but I got sick of her eventually. I don't really care to hear the new album, but this is great news for her and for the industry. Taylor Swift and AKB48 are really re-energizing the top two music markets in the world

[emi♡]

I don't really care for her since her songs have like the same comp...but I think it's really interesting that, you know, the CD IS dead...

but not when you have a hard core fan base, or a fan base that spans many age groups and reaches more people...

which is something I think AKB48 and her have in common.

[hud]

Maaaaaaan

[xLuna&1LOVE]

Mine is a beautiful track. If the rest is as great as that song, of course she does deserve it.

I wonder if I should download her album. Not that I am a big fan of Taylor Swift, but her songs are always so catchy and sweet. I love hits like that on my iPod.

[NintendoHTF1242]

Her and AKB48 should collab lolol. Ponytail and Scrunchy (Taylor Swift ver.) and Love Story (AKB48 ver.)?

[Yum!Fruit_Salad!]

I don't really care for her music and all but congrats to her. Hopefully sales in general for other artists start picking up if only a little

[emi♡]

Originally Posted by NintendoHTF1242

Her and AKB48 should collab lolol. Ponytail and Scrunchy (Taylor Swift ver.) and Love Story (AKB48 ver.)?

that would sell MILLIONS in Japan.

[Aditmi Krisnasaki ~II~]

yes yes! she's reviving the music industry, much like AKB48 in Japan...

[freedreamer]

I love the album. Im surprised that its a MILLION but not surprised since its Taylor

[TITANIC]

tbh, fearless is much more epic than Speak now but she deserves it

[tinka69]

But...how?

[NintendoHTF1242]

Originally Posted by tinka69

But...how?

People buying it?

But no seriously, Taylor seems to be a sweet girl and her lyrics are sincere and her music is easy on the ears. I guess that's why people like it.

[tinka69]

Originally Posted by NintendoHTF1242

People buying it?

Lol. Its all the young kids and american country folk who don't know how to illegally download and save their money on better music

Joking aside. Does this info support just physical sales alone or does it include online/iTunes downloads also?

edit: Never mind! Tee-hee. I read the article properly this time.