Why Taylor Swift is a legend....her Studio Albums break sales records when anyone can download her songs for free....
1. Taylor Swift (2006) - 176 consecutive weeks in top 100 positions - longest continuously charting album in US SoundScan history
- 230 consecutive weeks - longest continuously charting album on US Billboard 200 chart
- # 1 selling album released in 2006 in US
2. Fearless (2008) - only album in US history to win all the major country music awards
- # 1 selling album released in 2008 in US
3. Speak Now (2010) - 17 million song tracks sold by Taylor Swift as sole songwriter during US release week; likely the highest sales week by a solo songwriter in US history
- 1,047,000 release week sales - # 1 selling country "studio" album in release week in US history (until RED release) with an 18 % US Market Share, along with RED gave Taylor the top two albums market share in US history
- # 2 selling album released in 2010 in US
4. Red (2012) - 22 million song tracks sold by Taylor Swift as sole songwriter or co-writer during US release week; likely the highest sales week by a songwriter in US history
- 1,208,000 release week sales - RED's release week US Market Share of 19.3 % and 62.6% share of the US Country album market was the largest in US history
- only female artist to sell over one million albums in a week for two albums in US & tied Eminem, N'Sync, and Back Street Boys who also have two albums with over a million sales in US history http://www.complexmag.ca/music/2013/03/ ... ed#gallery
- # 1 selling album released in 2012 in US
4. Red (2012) - 22 million song tracks sold by Taylor Swift as sole songwriter or co-writer during US release week; likely the highest sales week by a songwriter in US history
Did they get 22 million from counting individual tracks from the album?
