Taylor Swift :: Charts & Sales History

[CountryMan]

Top Taylor Swift songs in the CMA explosion

TOP COUNTRY DOWNLOADS

CMA explosion this week!

26 22 SWIFT*TAYLOR YOU BELONG WITH ME 54499 22 44753 2355507
98 41 SWIFT*TAYLOR FIFTEEN 31249 101 15560 418240
22 49 SWIFT*TAYLOR JUMP THEN FALL 28175 -50 56066 246054
92 77 SWIFT*TAYLOR LOVE STORY 21918 33 16532 4044156

[CountryMan]

"Taylor Swift will end 2009 as the best-selling artist in all genres, outside of the late Michael Jackson."



Taylor Swift’s Fearless record continued to dominate the charts as well with Fearless moving up a notch on the Nielsen SoundScan Hot 200 Albums chart to number 5 (good for second on the country charts) while her self-titled debut continues to be a remarkable success on the charts after over three years on the charts.

Now in its 160th week on the charts, Taylor Swift has spent the longest amount of time in the Nielsen SoundScan Hot 200’s top 100 this decade (once the album drops out of the Top 100 for a couple of weeks it moves to the Top Catalog albums chart).

In fact, Taylor Swift will end 2009 as the best-selling artist in all genres, outside of the late Michael Jackson.

The Taylor Swift album has now sold over 4.4 million copies and should retain the title as the best-selling Taylor Swift album for two more weeks or so, when the one year old Fearless will take that distinction.

http://www.roughstock.com/blog/lady-ant ... ales-boost

LW TW Artist Album Sales TW Sales Total

6 5 Taylor Swift Fearless 90,916 4,301,771

53 36 Taylor Swift Taylor Swift 16,183 4,409,221

[CountryMan]

Taylor Swift reports:

@johncmayer "Half of my heart" is #8 on itunes!!! PARTY!!!

http://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/5842776163

[CountryMan]

she releases the platinum edition international this week but tried many shops, none of them have it.. they said it will take a week for albums avail in store :-?

Do you know how many countries Fearless Platinum will be released in? Is Universal the distributor?

http://www.umusic.co.uk/News/NewsItem.aspx?id=293


Paul O’Grady Clips

Taylor was on The Paul O’Grady Show. Video clips at this site http://taylorswiftonline.net/

I'm really happy to see Taylor kept her fiddle for the UK trip instead of asking Caitlin to play guitar. There is nothing wrong with having a fiddle/violin in your band, Taylor.

[CountryMan]

Country albums over 52 weeks on the BB200

11/28/09 chart:

160 Taylor Swift
83 Lady Antebellum
69 Sugarland
67 Jamey Johnson
61 Darius Rucker

54 Rascal Flatts
53 Taylor Swift
52 Zac Brown Band

[CountryMan]

Justin "got your back, Taylor" Bieber is opening for Taylor Swift in London, England Nov 23rd - hits #1 on the Canadian HMV Charts while Taylor takes # 1 and # 8 on the HMV Canada Country Chart

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadi ... rYh6Wwh8ew

HMV Canada: "My World" by Justin Bieber tops CD sales list

(CP) – 1 hour ago

TORONTO — The following is HMV Canada's top 10 CDs based on national sales for the week ending Nov. 21.

CDs

1 My World - Justin Bieber

2 Them Crooked Vultures - The Crooked Vultures

3 Battle Studies - John Mayer

4 The Show Must Go - Hedley

5 Before I Self Destruct - 50 Cent

6 Crazy Love - Michael Buble

7 This Is It - Michael Jackson

8 The Circle - Bon Jovi

9 The Things We Left Behind - Blue Rodeo

10 My Christmas - Andrea Bocelli

Country

1 Fearless (Platinum Edition) - Taylor Swift

2 Christmas - Johnny Reid

3 Play On - Carrie Underwood

4 Lady Antebellum - Lady Antebellum

5 The List - Roseanne Cash

6 Dance With Me - Johnny Reid

7 The Foundation - Zac Brown Band

8 Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift

9 Learn to Live - Darius Rucker

10 Live From London - Dolly Parton

[CountryMan]

American Music Awards Predicitons
By: Matt Bjorke

http://www.roughstock.com/blog/american ... redicitons

Interesting predictions by country music's Roughstock

5 of 6 for Taylor Swift and 4 of 5 for Michael Jackson with a 1-1 split when they meet head-to-head...Taylor taking pop album of the year and MJ taking Artist of the Year.

...but it is a popular vote...so let's not confuse the issue by placing any significance behind the results

[Meanie]

American Music Awards Predicitons
By: Matt Bjorke

http://www.roughstock.com/blog/american ... redicitons

Interesting predictions by country music's Roughstock

5 of 6 for Taylor Swift and 4 of 5 for Michael Jackson with a 1-1 split when they meet head-to-head...Taylor taking pop album of the year and MJ taking Artist of the Year.

...but it is a popular vote...so let's not confuse the issue by placing any significance behind the results

Both have very loyal fans. The voting as I understand it is web based, if that is so it gives swift an edge on the simple fact that the younger you are the better you are with a computer. If she does indeed take both of those awards it will be huge for her album sales.

[CountryMan]

Ongoing criticism of Taylor's voice helps build credibility and sales with her target audience [and fan votes at the AMA's] - I agree with this article that Taylor's strength is her authenticity as a real person.

Taylor has sworn to never lip-sync or use auto-tune in live performance or live TV, so this is a conscious decision to place her flaws in front of the world - part of her "fearless" persona of having fears and not being "bullet proof" but proceeding anyways to put forward her best effort as a role model - which goes over so well with parents buying her albums as well as teens who want those albums.

Taylor's songwriting protects her from competition since no perfect voiced diva is going to attempt Taylor's poetic storytelling style and complex musical lyrics - which can be intentionally off-key.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/ne ... 7365.story

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
In search of the perfect diva

"It's nothing new for a young female singer to take slaps for her lack of chops. Remember Madonna's early days or, really, most of Janet Jackson's career?

What's different about Swift is that her vocal problems actually play into her strengths.

Ridiculously precocious as a writer, accessibly adorable when it comes to image, Swift benefits from having a flaw.

Pretty but gangly, she's like a Disney heroine before the kiss makes her a real princess; her pitch problems enhance the sense that she's a work in progress. Swift's little voice drives adults crazy -- especially country-music lovers, who decry her as inauthentic -- but for the daughters and mothers who are her target audience, it shows she's as real as they are, with room to grow."

[CountryMan]

RIAA certifications for You Belong with Me

Gold
Platinum
2x Platinum


Artist SWIFT, TAYLOR
Title YOU BELONG WITH ME
Certification Date 10/29/2009
Label BIG MACHINE RECORDS, INC.
Award Description 2.00x MULTI PLATINUM
Format SINGLE
Category SOLO
Type DI

[Meanie]

Looks Like fifteen is going to do well... Does anyone know the airplay. All I know is that it seems to be building, without regard for the fact that You Belong With Me still has huge airplay.

[CountryMan]

Wayne's site carries daily US airplay

http://www.vanityedge.com/showthread.php?t=575&page=9

Nov 19/09 posting

19. TAYLOR SWIFT - Fifteen = 54.957 (+ 0.653)

[CountryMan]

Along with Dane's list of 7 top 10 2008 albums still on the BB200, there are no 2007 albums, but there is still 1 album from the top 10 2006 albums on BB200 - about 0.4 million behind the 2006 leader.


36 SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 16,183 40 11,569 4,409,221


With weekly sales of 10-15k over the holidays and steady sales through 2010, TS-2006 appears to be moving towards the eventual leadership of the 2006 released albums in US sales.

7 albums from the top 10 2008 albums are still on BB200. Fearless is now leading the rest by over 1 million!

1 5 SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 90,916 30 69,929 4,301,771
2 136 LIL' WAYNE THA CARTER III 4,624 0 4,637 3,292,444
3 190 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA 2,887 -2 2,944 2,598,123
4 37 BEYONCE I AM...SASHA FIERCE 15,952 129 6,951 2,492,026
5 60 NICKELBACK DARK HORSE 11,141 7 10,452 2,392,785

6 82 TWILIGHT SOUNDTRACK 8,776 8 8,111 2,300,499

9 43 SUGARLAND LOVE ON THE INSIDE 13,539 136 5,743 1,882,765

[CountryMan]

Chart History - keep track of this link if you wish to check up on Taylor Swift Chart runs as they are updated on this site - p239

http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... start=5950

For WolfSpear / 85LA

Chart runs for: TAYLOR SWIFT
(through November 21, 2009)


* UK SINGLES *
=============

1. LOVE STORY
Written by: Taylor Swift
Produced by: Nathan Chapman/Taylor Swift
Date: 28/02/2009 - Run: 22- *2*-5-5-5-6-8-10-13-21-25-26-27-38-41-46-55-61-89-102-103-92-85-79-82-91-89-90-107-111-101-82-94-101-117-128-145-151-137 (39/7 wks)
Total # of weeks: 39 (Top 10: 7 Top 75: 18) US:#4/49/13

2. TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR
Written by: Danny Wells/Tony Mullins
Produced by: Nathan Chapman
Date: 07/03/2009 - Run: 164-162-173-0-0-0-0-100-88-72-57-*51*-58-59-52-66-78-133-181 (15-12c wks)
Total # of weeks: 15-12c Top 75: 7 US:#13/48

3. FEARLESS
Date: 21/03/2009 - Run: *111*-159 (2 wks)
Total # of weeks: 2 US:#9/5/1

4. YOU BELONG WITH ME
Written by: Taylor Swift/Liz Rose
Produced by: Nathan Chapman/Taylor Swift
Date: 21/03/2009 - Run: 185 (1 wk)
Re 01: 23/05/2009: 188-0-0-0-189-155-0-126-99-80-84-67-53-52-54-50-58-60-*30*-30-35-47-66-80-102-133-140 (23-20c wks)
Total # of re-entries: 3
Total # of weeks: 24-20c ( Top 75: 12) (US:#2/30/16)

5. WHITE HORSE
Written by: Taylor Swift/Liz Rose
Produced by: Nathan Chapman/Taylor Swift
Date: 21/03/2009 - Run: *60*-95-110-167 (4 wks)
Total # of weeks: 4 Top 75: 1 US:#13/22

6. CRAZIER
Date: 09/05/2009 - Run: 160-*100*-160 (3 wks)
Total # of weeks: 3 US:#17/8


* US SINGLES *
=============

1. TIM MCGRAW
Written by: Taylor Swift/Liz Rose
Produced by: Nathan Chapman
Date: 23/09/2006 - Run: (BU:120-121-118-103) 86-87-77-72-68-65-61-51-51-47-48-45-44-46-45- (15 wsf)
06/01/2007: 48-*40*-43-40-43 (20 wks)

2. TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR
Written by: Danny Wells/Tony Mullins
Produced by: Nathan Chapman
Date: 24/03/2007 - Run: (BU:112-104) 93-77-78-70-60-52-56-53-50-51-44-46-49-42-42-45-42-41-40-39-33-34-38-49-50 (25 wks)
Re 01: 15/12/2007: 44-30-24-23-19-18-17-14-15-15-15-*13*-16-22-20-22-22-26-26-29-38-48-49 (23 wks)
Total # of weeks: 48-25c () (UK:#51/15)

3. OUR SONG
Written by: Taylor Swift
Produced by: Nathan Chapman
Date: 13/10/2007 - Run: (BU:117-101) 86-67-56-46-39-36-24-28-23-24-22-21-26-17-*16*-20-16-24-31-29-30-35-39-39-39-39-33-28-28-28-31-29-34-39-48-48 (36 wks)

4. PICTURE TO BURN
Written by: Taylor Swift/Liz Rose
Produced by: Nathan Chapman
Date: 01/03/2008 - Run: (BU:119-104) 91-83-73-64-55-51-45-44-36-29-29-*28*-36-52-71-67-74-80-82-89 (20 wks)

5. SHOULD'VE SAID NO
Written by: Taylor Swift
Produced by: Nathan Chapman
Date: 07/06/2008 - Run: 84-84-75-65-64-55-46-38-34-*33*-38-37-35-40-51-61-66-83-82-90 (20 wks)

6. CHANGE
Written by: Taylor Swift
Produced by: Nathan Chapman
Date: 30/08/2008 - Run: (BU:120) *10*-39-100 (3/1 wks)

7. LOVE STORY
Written by: Taylor Swift
Produced by: Nathan Chapman/Taylor Swift
Date: 27/09/2008 - Run: 16- 5-9-13-14-14-15-16-14-18-14-12-12-11- (14 wsf)
03/01/2009: 7-5-*4*-5-5-5-5-7-7-8-9-12-13-13-15-14-14-16-18-18-21-24-34-28-26-26-29-33-38-41-40-42-46-46-49 (49/13-11c wks) UK:#2/39/7

8. FEARLESS
Written by: Taylor Swift/Liz Rose/H.Lindse
Produced by: Nathan Chapman/Taylor Swift
Date: 01/11/2008 - Run: *9*-38-79-98 (4/1 wks)
Re 01: 16/05/2009: 95 (1 wk)
Total # of weeks: 5-4c (Top 10: 1) UK:#111/2

9. YOU'RE NOT SORRY
Written by: Taylor Swift
Produced by: Nathan Chapman/Taylor Swift
Date: 15/11/2008 - Run: *11*-35 (2 wks)
Re 01: 21/03/2009: 67-40-95 (3 wks)
Total # of weeks: 5-3c ()

10. YOU BELONG WITH ME
Written by: Taylor Swift/Liz Rose
Produced by: Nathan Chapman/Taylor Swift
Date: 22/11/2008 - Run: 12 (1 wk)
Re 01: 16/05/2009: 87-50-46-47-41-32-18-16-11- 9-6-3-4-3-*2*-4-4-5-6-6-4-6-7-8-10-11-14-13-14 (29/16 wks)
Total # of weeks: 30-29c (Top 10: 16) UK:#30/24

11. WHITE HORSE
Written by: Taylor Swift/Liz Rose
Produced by: Nathan Chapman/Taylor Swift
Date: 29/11/2008 - Run: *13*-56-47-52-51-48-41-38-37-35-39-40-39-34-34-30-31-29-32-32-39-44 (22 wks) UK:#60/4

12. FOREVER & ALWAYS
Written by: Taylor Swift
Produced by: Nathan Chapman/Taylor Swift
Date: 29/11/2008 - Run: 49 (1 wk)
Re 01: 14/11/2009: *34*-100 (2 wks)
Total # of weeks: 3-2c ()

13. THE WAY I LOVED YOU
Written by: Taylor Swift/John Rich
Produced by: Nathan Chapman/Taylor Swift
Date: 29/11/2008 - Run: *72* (1 wk)

14. FIFTEEN
Written by: Taylor Swift
Produced by: Nathan Chapman/Taylor Swift
Date: 29/11/2008 - Run: 79 (1 wk)
Re 01: 28/02/2009: 65 (1 wk, 2 wsf)
Re 02: 03/10/2009: 94-89-81-77-67-62-*49*-51-63 (9 wks)
Total # of weeks: 11-9c

15. BREATHE
Written by: Taylor Swift/Colbie Caillat
Produced by: Nathan Chapman/Taylor Swift
Date: 29/11/2008 - Run: *87* (1 wk)

16. HEY STEPHEN
Written by: Taylor Swift
Produced by: Nathan Chapman/Taylor Swift
Date: 29/11/2008 - Run: *94* (1 wk)

17. CRAZIER
Written by: Taylor Swift/Robert Orrall
Produced by: Nathan Chapman/Taylor Swift
Date: 11/04/2009 - Run: 72-69-38-*17*-38-61-66-90 (8 wks) UK:#100/3

18. TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE (by Boys Like Girls Feat. Taylor Swift)
Date: 26/09/2009 - Run: 92 (1 wk)
Re 01: 14/11/2009: 80-61-*60* (3 wks)
Total # of weeks: 4-3c

19. JUMP THEN FALL
Date: 14/11/2009 - Run: *10*-41-91 (3/1 wks)

20. UNTOUCHABLE
Date: 14/11/2009 - Run: *19*-69 (2 wks)

21. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR
Date: 14/11/2009 - Run: 22-22- *5* (3/1 wks)

22. SUPERSTAR
Date: 14/11/2009 - Run: 27-*21*-21 (3 wks)

23. COME IN WITH THE RAIN
Date: 14/11/2009 - Run: *30* (1 wk)


* US SINGLES - BUBBLING UNDER *
=============================

1. INVISIBLE
Date: 24/11/2007 - Run: *103*-113 (2 wks)

2. I'M ONLY ME WHEN I'M WITH YOU
Date: 24/11/2007 - Run: 116 (1 wk)
Re 01: 12/04/2008: 115-*105*-110-106-109 (5 wks, 6 wsf)
Re 02: 10/05/2008: 124-112 (2 wks, 8 wsf)
Re 03: 17/05/2008: 119-118 (2 wks, 10 wsf)
Re 04: 24/05/2008: 121-124 (2 wks)
Total # of weeks: 12-5c

3. UMBRELLA
Date: 02/02/2008 - Run: *104* (1 wk)

4. TELL ME WHY
Date: 29/11/2008 - Run: *101* (1 wk)

5. THE BEST DAY
Date: 29/11/2008 - Run: *103* (1 wk)


* UK ALBUMS *
============

1. FEARLESS
Produced by: Nathan Chapman/Taylor Swift
Date: 21/03/2009 - Run: *5*-13-11-14-16-13-19-17-14-11-14-20-23-33-53-44-39-44-44-42-43-43-47-48-45-51-67-51-46-54-62-83-89-111-110-100 (36/1 wks)
Total # of weeks: 36 (Top 10: 1, Top 20: 12 Top 40: 15 Top 75: 31) US:#1/53/36/11

2. TAYLOR SWIFT
Date: 29/08/2009 - Run: 138-88-*81*-113-114-99-112-112-116-129-140-123-111 (13 wks)
Total # of weeks: 13 US:#5/160/16


* US ALBUMS *
============

1. TAYLOR SWIFT
Produced by: Nathan Chapman/Robert Ellis Orrall/Angelo Petraglia/Brett James/Troy Verges
Date: 11/11/2006 - Run: 19-37-65-87-80-90-80-73- (8 wsf)
06/01/2007: 69-55-64-46-42-42-55-46-46-36-24-28-30-34-40-34-33-22-21-21-15-13-16-15-21-24-18-19-18-21-15-13-13-16-17-16-15-13-23-34-37-34-33-31-26-26- 8-16-13-12- 9-8- (60 wsf)
05/01/2008: 8-8-*5*-5-6-6-9-10-8-11-13- 10-13- 8-14-17-13- 10-9-11-11-11-12-12-15-16-19-14-17-14-12-12-13-17-12-15-24-25-24-25-32-37-39-31-30-37-27-22-41-30-33-29- (112 wsf)
03/01/2009: 26-27-36-27-26-32-34-32-38-41-41-36-36-29-40-39-21-35-46-50-48-46-48-40-36-36-46-48-50-49-53-47-45-47-54-52-59-53-66-58-66-76-80-64-64-64-59-40 (160/16-11c wks)
Top 10 re-entries: 3
Total # of weeks: 160 (Top 10: 16-11c, Top 20: 58 Top 40: 116) UK:#81/13

2. SOUNDS OF THE SEASON: THE TAYLOR SWIFT HOLIDAY COLLECTION
Date: 08/12/2007 - Run: 116-56-119-161 (4 wks)
Re 01: 20/12/2008: 78-195 (2 wks, 6 wsf)
Re 02: 31/10/2009: 109-76-56-28-*12* (5 wks)
Total # of weeks: 11-5c (Top 20: 1 Top 40: 2)

3. LIVE FROM SOHO
Date: 02/02/2008 - Run: *145* (1 wk)

4. BEAUTIFUL EYES
Produced by: Nathan Chapman/Robert Ellis Orrall
Date: 02/08/2008 - Run: *9*-10-16-25-28-38-57-69-88-111-141-170-167-178-193-0-0-166 (16-15c/2 wks)

5. FEARLESS
Produced by: Nathan Chapman/Taylor Swift
Date: 29/11/2008 - Run: *1*-4-2-2-1- (5 wsf)
03/01/2009: 1-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-1-1-1-2-5-6-13- 10-6-10-11- 9-7-7-11- 9-10-11- 10-14-15-14-16-12-12-12-11- 10-11- 10-17- 10-14-20-18- 7-7-3-6-5 (53/36-19c/11 wks)
Top 10 re-entries: 8 UK:#5/36/1


* US CATALOG ALBUMS *
=====================

1. SOUNDS OF THE SEASON: THE TAYLOR SWIFT HOLIDAY COLLECTION
Date: 20/12/2008 - Run: 13-48 (2 wks)
Re 01: 31/10/2009: 13- 6-5-3-*2* (5/4 wks)
Total # of weeks: 7-5c (Top 10: 4, Top 20: 6)


* US MUSIC VIDEOS *
=================

1. CMT CROSSROADS (by Taylor Swift/Def Leppard)
Date: 04/07/2009 - Run: *1*-2-5-6-7-6-6-7-6-8-13-12-15-11-14-13-19-19-21-24-32-31 (22/10/1 wks)



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Annual Act Statistics

US CATALOG ALBUMS [AT: #395]
2008: *120*
US ALBUMS [AT: #275]
2006: 238-7-*2* [2008, 3 yrs]
US SINGLES [AT: #173]
2006: 164-40-*7* [2008, 3 yrs]

[Meanie]

As for the AMA's Swift Steamrolled Michael Jackson. She won the award.

[CountryMan]

As for the AMA's Swift Steamrolled Michael Jackson. She won the award.

Since MJ beat Taylor for best Pop Album, I would guess that the vote was fairly close in the Artist of the Year category.

[CountryMan]

Yes, Taylor wrote two nice songs on this EP - but the other four songs are being bought because people like the sound of Taylor's voice

CHART DATE: 11/23/2009
LAST UPDATE: 11/24/2009 12:14:20
NOW IN: 69.42%

13 12 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 41,432
HOLIDAY COLLECTION

[CountryMan]

Fearless holds to top 10 BB200 for another week

- Taylor Swift [2006] and Taylor Swift Holiday Album at # 20 gives her three albums on the BB200 for the first time

http://www.billboard.com/news/john-maye ... 8329.story

Rounding out the holdovers in the top 10, Carrie Underwood's "Play On" drops from No. 3 to No. 9 with 86,000 (down 33%) and Taylor Swift's "Fearless" maintains falls five spots to No. 10 with 84,000 (down 8%).

Old is new again on the Billboard 200 this week, as a bevy of fresh (old) faces dot our newly revamped chart. The tally has been modified to allow older album releases (called "catalog") back onto the list.

In the top 20, Taylor Swift's "Sounds of the Season" (No. 20 with 45,000; down less than 1%).

Since May 25, 1991, catalog albums have had their own Billboard home: the Top Pop Catalog chart. Catalog albums are defined as those that are at least 18 months old, have fallen below No. 100 on the Billboard 200 chart and do not have an active single on our radio charts. . This week, which also not coincidentally marks the first chart week of Billboard's 2010 chart year, we have made over the Billboard 200 so that older titles are brought back into the mix.

[CountryMan]

Billboard previews the likely Grammy nominees

http://www.billboard.com/features/gramm ... 4467.story

Taylor Swift
"Now the question isn't if, but how many Grammy Awards she'll walk with next year."

[CountryMan]

Taylor sells 145k this week

Last Updated: November 25, 2009

http://www.roughstock.com/blog/sales-nu ... ay-release

LW TW Artist Album Sales TW Sales Total
3 9 Carrie Underwood Play On 86,218 532,472
5 10 Taylor Swift Fearless 84,010 4,385,781
11 22 Lady Antebellum Lady Antebellum 37,224 1,020,867
14 24 Tim McGraw Southern Voice 31,397 301,565
15 27 Zac Brown Band Foundation 30,437 1,222,188

Taylor Swift’s venerable self-titled debut (from 2006) continues to sell well as the album moves closer to the 4.5 million copies sold mark. It rounds out this week’s Top 10 country albums, all of which are within the Nielsen SoundScan Hot 200 Albums chart’s Top 50. This continues to show retail and the industry that country music remains one of the stronger genres for albums sales, particularly as other genres become more and more single-song based.

LW TW Artist Album Sales TW Sales Total
34 33 Sugarland Gold and Green 27,394 77,963
27 34 Darius Rucker Learn To Live 22,209 1,055,922
31 37 Jason Aldean Wide Open 19,762 761,103
33 42 Hannah Montana Movie Soundtrack 16,498 1,647,177
36 43 Taylor Swift Taylor Swift 16,151 4,425,372

Taylor Swift's "Sounds of the Season" (No. 20 with 45,000; down less than 1%).

[carlo_thebest]

Seems like Fearless will outsell Taylor Swift next week

[CountryMan]

Seems like Fearless will outsell Taylor Swift next week

yes, but it took the best selling album released in 2008 55 weeks to catch TS-2006 - pretty impressive

[nelson]

HOng Kong HMV
Overall #30 (new)

[nelson]

Taiwan G-Music
#2

[nelson]

Taiwan 5-Music
#2 (up from #19)