Taylor Swift

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Caulfield, Keith (November 20, 2017). "Taylor Swift's Reputation Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 5, 2017 . Retrieved November 20, 2017. Biggest-selling album worldwide for a solo artist (current)". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021 . Retrieved June 21, 2020. Best of 2010 – The Billboard Country Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 5, 2015 . Retrieved March 12, 2010. Groller, Keith (January 27, 2007). "Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift (Big Machine) [Second Edition]". The Morning Call. p.D6. ProQuest 393303166. Archived from the original on September 25, 2022 . Retrieved August 19, 2022– via ProQuest.

Wang, Amy X. (November 19, 2018). "Taylor Swift's New Record Deal Affects Thousands of Other Musicians". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 26, 2018 . Retrieved November 26, 2018. matched Red with seven singles. She led with the impossible-not-to-dance-to “Shake It Off,” giving the sense that she was shaking off all of the criticism she was beginning to experience at the hands of the media. a b c Carson, Sarah (October 24, 2016). "The Story of Taylor Swift: 10 years at the top in her own lyrics". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on November 24, 2016 . Retrieved October 24, 2016. Grammy Award Winners and Nominees". The New York Times. February 9, 2008. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015 . Retrieved November 13, 2012. The album’s liner notes include clear references to Taylor Swift’s ex Conor Kennedy in “Everything Has Changed” and “Starlight.” Hyannis Port is a port where Swift and Kennedy were photographed kissing and Ethel is the grandmother of Conor.Swift signed a recording contract with Big Machine Records in 2005 and released six albums with the label. Her self-titled debut album (2006) spent 157 weeks on the Billboard 200 by December 2009 and registered more weeks on the chart than any other album in the 2000s decade. [7] Her second, Fearless (2008), was the only album from the 2000s decade to spend one year in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 [8] and was certified Diamond by the RIAA. [9] Fearless was Swift's first album to top the charts in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. [10] Her next studio albums— Speak Now (2010), Red (2012), 1989 (2014), and Reputation (2017)—all debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, and each of them sold over one million copies within the first release week in the United States. [11] All four albums reached number one in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand; [12] [13] and the latter three all reached number one in the United Kingdom. [14] [15] The next single was equally aggressive, with the “…Ready For It?” video featuring Taylor Swift fighting the world’s perception of her and the girl she’d started to become through all of the scrutiny. ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2019 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved August 20, 2019. Taylor Swift] (in Japanese). Tower Records. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021 . Retrieved February 20, 2020.

Guerra, Joey (November 3, 2007). "Swift known for sweet sound, but there's more to her". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on September 25, 2019 . Retrieved February 21, 2020. Trust, Gary (October 29, 2009). "Chart Beat Thursday: Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw Linked Again". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 26, 2019 . Retrieved July 12, 2019. Spencer, Liv (2010). Taylor Swift: Every Day Is a Fairytale– The Unofficial Story. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-55022-931-8.folklore: the escapism chapter – EP by Taylor Swift". Apple Music. Archived from the original on August 21, 2020 . Retrieved January 25, 2021. The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection – Taylor Swift". AllMusic. Archived from the original on August 19, 2021 . Retrieved October 14, 2021.

a b "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2023 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved October 27, 2023.Playlist consisting of select songs from Folklore, plus a live performance of " Betty" at the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards [118]

American album certifications – Taylor Swift – The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved September 29, 2021. Napster Live (Napster Exclusive), January 1, 2006, archived from the original on May 9, 2022 , retrieved March 17, 2023 American album certifications – Taylor Swift – 1989". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved September 29, 2021.

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Copsey, Rob (May 9, 2021). "Taylor Swift to receive BRITs Global Icon award". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on October 11, 2021 . Retrieved September 17, 2021. Singapore album certifications". Recording Industry Association Singapore . Retrieved January 23, 2023. ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2020 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved April 28, 2021. a b "Year-End Report: Canada 2021" (PDF). Billboard. MRC Data. January 2022. p.40. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 6, 2022 . Retrieved January 6, 2022. Swift signed with Universal Music Group label Republic Records in 2018. [16] Her next three studio albums under Republic— Lover (2019), Folklore (2020), and Evermore (2020)—all debuted atop the Billboard 200. [17] Lover was the global best-selling album by a solo artist of 2019 [18] and was Swift's first to reach number one in Spain [19] and Sweden. [20] Folklore made Swift the first musician to have seven albums each selling at least 500,000 copies within the first week of release in the United States. [21] Her tenth original studio album, Midnights (2022), was her fifth to sell over a million US first-week copies. [22] It broke sales and streaming records including the biggest US single-week vinyl sales and the most single-day streams on Spotify. [23] Swift became the first artist to have the best-selling US album of a calendar year six times: 2009 ( Fearless), 2014 ( 1989), 2017 ( Reputation), 2019 ( Lover), 2020 ( Folklore), and 2022 ( Midnights). [24]