Taylor Swift :: Charts & Sales History

[marcsgirl85]

actually as of current charting week Fearless has sold 3.75 million copies and this coming chart week it'll come close to 3.8 million which is right in the eligibility area to be certified 4x platinum which is was 9/11 though It doesn't show in the RIAA searchable database as of yet

[thebigham]

Taylor's website said Fearless was certified 3xp and it's not in the RIAA databse so I'll believe it when I see it.

[danbarj]

actually as of current charting week Fearless has sold 3.75 million copies and this coming chart week it'll come close to 3.8 million which is right in the eligibility area to be certified 4x platinum which is was 9/11 though It doesn't show in the RIAA searchable database as of yet

No offence, but why does everyone talk about "eligibility" for certifications. Soundscan sales do not determine "eligibility" for RIAA certifications. They are TOTALLY separate entities. RIAA tracks TOTAL shipments of any kind while Soundscan only tracks point of sale transactions at 14,000 locations in the US. Soundscan doesn't track all music sales nor club sales.

This album has definitely shipped 4 million + so it's eligible for RIAA 4x platinum certification, whether the Soundscan numbers were 3.75 million or 2.2 million (hypothetical number)... Soundscan and RIAA are NOT related and neither's numbers have anything to do with the other.

[nelson]

actually as of current charting week Fearless has sold 3.75 million copies and this coming chart week it'll come close to 3.8 million which is right in the eligibility area to be certified 4x platinum which is was 9/11 though It doesn't show in the RIAA searchable database as of yet

No offence, but why does everyone talk about "eligibility" for certifications. Soundscan sales do not determine "eligibility" for RIAA certifications. They are TOTALLY separate entities. RIAA tracks TOTAL shipments of any kind while Soundscan only tracks point of sale transactions at 14,000 locations in the US. Soundscan doesn't track all music sales nor club sales.

This album has definitely shipped 4 million + so it's eligible for RIAA 4x platinum certification, whether the Soundscan numbers were 3.75 million or 2.2 million (hypothetical number)... Soundscan and RIAA are NOT related and neither's numbers have anything to do with the other.

Good point, I love your explanation, I am your fan now.

[PriorMusic]

why ?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld90Tmd2JHo&eurl

[FadingLight]

Kanye West really needs to get a life.

[thebigham]

actually as of current charting week Fearless has sold 3.75 million copies and this coming chart week it'll come close to 3.8 million which is right in the eligibility area to be certified 4x platinum which is was 9/11 though It doesn't show in the RIAA searchable database as of yet

No offence, but why does everyone talk about "eligibility" for certifications. Soundscan sales do not determine "eligibility" for RIAA certifications. They are TOTALLY separate entities. RIAA tracks TOTAL shipments of any kind while Soundscan only tracks point of sale transactions at 14,000 locations in the US. Soundscan doesn't track all music sales nor club sales.

This album has definitely shipped 4 million + so it's eligible for RIAA 4x platinum certification, whether the Soundscan numbers were 3.75 million or 2.2 million (hypothetical number)... Soundscan and RIAA are NOT related and neither's numbers have anything to do with the other.

We all know this!!

SoundScan is a good *guide* to an RIAA certification.

[thebigham]

This is the Taylor Swift sales thread. We do not need two.

[emi]

Of course it is. I didn't want to create a second thread. The Taylor Swift Completed Chart History is just a thread with TS's worldwide chart histories.

It's just a kind of summarize of all the weekly pieces of information we get. Nothing more

[danbarj]

actually as of current charting week Fearless has sold 3.75 million copies and this coming chart week it'll come close to 3.8 million which is right in the eligibility area to be certified 4x platinum which is was 9/11 though It doesn't show in the RIAA searchable database as of yet

No offence, but why does everyone talk about "eligibility" for certifications. Soundscan sales do not determine "eligibility" for RIAA certifications. They are TOTALLY separate entities. RIAA tracks TOTAL shipments of any kind while Soundscan only tracks point of sale transactions at 14,000 locations in the US. Soundscan doesn't track all music sales nor club sales.

This album has definitely shipped 4 million + so it's eligible for RIAA 4x platinum certification, whether the Soundscan numbers were 3.75 million or 2.2 million (hypothetical number)... Soundscan and RIAA are NOT related and neither's numbers have anything to do with the other.

We all know this!!

SoundScan is a good *guide* to an RIAA certification.

It's not even a "good guide" because shipments of an album have nothing to do with sales at places tracked by Soundscan and reported by Billboard. And differentiating between the two makes it better for people to stop linking them. Ex: Kingdom Come by Jay Z was certified 2x platinum for shipments of 2 million +, but Soundscan has "point of sale" numbers of around 1.4 million. According to the "good guide" most of you follow, this album is not "eligible" for 2x platinum because it didn't sell 1.8 or, even, 1.7 million copies. But its double platinum not because of what Soundscan reports, but because of what RIAA reports.

Furthermore, Soundscan, AGAIN, doesn't track all sales for all albums. It still misses a pretty good chunk of the total sales of an album. So, in theory, an album could be double platinum and soundscan reports sales of 1.7 million - yet the album, in theory, could have pushed another 3 or 400,000 copies through vendors not associated with Soundscan.

Now back to the point, I am glad that Taylor Swift has scored two 4x platinum albums and I believe in my heart both go 5x platinum. I really hope that she benefits more than anybody from the VMAs cause she 1) already has done better than all of them when talking US album and single sales and 2) she didn't deserve what Kanye did and I hope it results in a drop in his next album's sales and a rise in her current album sales.

[nelson]

Of course it is. I didn't want to create a second thread. The Taylor Swift Completed Chart History is just a thread with TS's worldwide chart histories.

It's just a kind of summarize of all the weekly pieces of information we get. Nothing more

No, you should post here. What's the difference? It's the same thing.

[CountryMan]

If I count correctly, Fearless will be #10 and Boys Like Girls #6 on BB200


HITS

CHART DATE: 09/14/2009
LAST UPDATE: 09/15/2009 13:10:06
NOW IN: FINAL

LW TW artist / album label power index % change
-- 1 JAY-Z ROC NATION 465,448 --
BLUEPRINT 3
2 2 MILEY CYRUS HOLLYWOOD 109,899 -32%
TIME OF OUR LIVES
-- 3 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 97,433 --
ABBEY ROAD
1 4 WHITNEY HOUSTON ARISTA/RMG 83,241 -72%
I LOOK TO YOU
-- 5 RAEKWON ICEH20 65,312 --
ONLY BUILT 4 CUBAN LINX 2
-- 6 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 63,220 --
SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB
-- 7 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 55,962 --
BEATLES (WHITE ALBUM)
-- 8 BROOKS & DUNN ARISTA NASHVILLE 52,571 --
#1S & THEN SOME
-- 9 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 49,805 --
RUBBER SOUL
4 10 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 45,338 -29%
NUMBER ONES
-- 11 BOYS LIKE GIRLS COLUMBIA 44,739 --
LOVE DRUNK
11 12 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 44,724 +34%
E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES)
3 13 TREY SONGZ ATLANTIC 43,216 -68%
READY
6 14 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 39,587 -10%
ONLY BY THE NIGHT
-- 15 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 37,074 --
REVOLVER
-- 16 BEATLES APPLE/CAPITOL 35,829 --
HELP!
10 17 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 33,529 -4%
FEARLESS

[Vanacoring]

Again a great result ! She's always in a big stability : it's an enormous achievement in the actual context ! And next week, a crazy increase in perspective !

[CountryMan]

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[CountryMan]

Fearless certifed Gold, Platinum, 2xPlatinum, 3xPlatinum, 4xPlatinum by RIAA


Artist
SWIFT, TAYLOR Title
FEARLESS Certification Date
09/10/2009 Label
BIG MACHINE RECORDS, INC.
Award Description
PLATINUM Format
ALBUM Category
SOLO Type
ST
Artist
SWIFT, TAYLOR Title
FEARLESS Certification Date
09/10/2009 Label
BIG MACHINE RECORDS, INC.
Award Description
4.00x MULTI PLATINUM Format
ALBUM Category
SOLO Type
ST
Artist
SWIFT, TAYLOR Title
FEARLESS Certification Date
09/10/2009 Label
BIG MACHINE RECORDS, INC.
Award Description
2.00x MULTI PLATINUM Format
ALBUM Category
SOLO Type
ST
Artist
SWIFT, TAYLOR Title
FEARLESS Certification Date
09/10/2009 Label
BIG MACHINE RECORDS, INC.
Award Description
3.00x MULTI PLATINUM Format
ALBUM Category
SOLO Type
ST
Artist
SWIFT, TAYLOR Title
FEARLESS Certification Date
09/10/2009 Label
BIG MACHINE RECORDS, INC.
Award Description
GOLD Format
ALBUM Category
SOLO Type
ST

[nelson]

10 17 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 33,529 -4%
FEARLESS

Congratulation, she deserved the #17 position. Hope she still keep 30k sales next week.

[carlo_thebest]

Finally Fearless has been certified!!!So now she has two 4x platinum album

[Vanacoring]

Finally Fearless has been certified!!!So now she has two 4x platinum album

A little advance on the sales but amazing thing for her ! And soon, she will be really at 4 million in sales !

[danbarj]

Finally Fearless has been certified!!!So now she has two 4x platinum album

A little advance on the sales but amazing thing for her ! And soon, she will be really at 4 million in sales !

Again, it's not in advance of anything. RIAA (certifications) and Soundscan (point of sale; not monitoring ALL sales). It's shipped more than 4 million and probably did so awhile ago. There are many places that Soundscan doesn't track in sales. Soundscan is NOT everything. I trust RIAA!!!

Go 4 million... next goal is 5 MILLION!!!

[thebigham]

Fearless has been certified 4xp by the RIAA!!!

[CountryMan]

I love this...Taylor is now moving into R&B

http://www.billboard.com/column/chartbe ... 3461.story


"A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY ...: Kanye West and Taylor Swift continue to bump into each other in the unlikeliest of places.

This week, West debuts at No. 30 on the Rhythmic airplay chart (viewable at billboard.biz) as a featured act on Drake's star-studded "Forever." Lil Wayne and Eminem also guest on the track, which previews the LeBron James basketball documentary film, "More Than a Game," due in theaters Oct. 2.

West's appearance on the chart isn't surprising - "Forever" is his 30th entry - but the bow at No. 40 is more out of the ordinary.

At the Rhythmic chart's anchor spot, Taylor Swift crosses over with "You Belong With Me." The song topped Country Songs for two weeks and has reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, Pop Songs, Adult Contemporary and Adult Top 40.

How rare is it for a core country act to cross a hit from its home genre to rhythmic radio? Since the Rhythmic chart's October 1992 inception, only two other country acts have scooted onto the survey, and both did so in 1998."

[CountryMan]

Taylor wins a CCMA Award Sept. 13th by Satellite

http://www.musicrow.com/2009/09/ccma-ratings-jump-60/


"Worldwide superstar Taylor Swift received a special CCMA award for Top Selling Album of the Year in Canada. She accepted the award via taped satellite address."

[gopolks]

Can you imagine what Swift's album sales would of been if she had been around in the early 90's!!!!

[CountryMan]

Can you imagine what Swift's album sales would of been if she had been around in the early 90's!!!!

She is certainly getting enough exposure to find out what the current sales limit is...3.4 million video streams at one site on one day...everyone in the world is going to know about her.



http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRel ... RN20090916


-- "Taylor Swift Wins Best Female Video" was the top video of
the day overall, generating 3.4 million streams

[aishawch]

Great for Taylor Swift!!!1