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Music News: Taylor Swift Back To No. 1
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Taylor Swift Back To No. 1
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In a chart week encompassing Grammy boosts and Valentine's Day sales, Taylor Swift's Big Machine effort "Fearless" returns to the top of The Billboard 200. The set moved 92,000 copies on a 44% sales jump, resulting in its nine non-consecutive weeks at No. 1. The last album spend more time at the top was Santana's "Supernatural," which enjoyed 12 weeks at No. 1 in 1999 and 2000.
Selling 77,000 on a whopping 715% increase, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' "Raising Sand" (Rounder) zooms 69-2 following its album of the year win at the Grammys. The set debuted at No. 2 in late 2007 with 112,000 and has now sold 1.26 million to date.
Coldplay's "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" (Capitol rebounds 31-8 with 62,000 (+271%); the album generated three Grammys, including song of the year for "Viva La Vida." Best new artist winner Adele's Columbia debut "19" climbs from 27-10 with 57,000 on 218% bump, and the "Grammy Nominees 2009" compilation posts a 114% increase to 61,000, resulting in a 12-9 jump.
Elsewhere on The Bilboard 2000, India.Arie's "Testimony: Vol. 2 -- Love & Politics" (Universal Republic) arrives at No. 3 with 76,000. The singer/songwriter's last release, 2006's "Testimony: Vol. 1 -- Life & Relationship," started at No. 1 with 161,000.
After topping the chart last week, the Fray's self-titled Epic album slips to No. 4 with 75,000 (-58%). Directly behind is Lily Allen's sophomore album, "It's Not Me, It's You" (Capitol), which starts with 70,000 at No. 5. The British singer's debut release, 2007's "Alright, Still...," bowed at No. 20 with 34,000.
Bruce Springsteen's "Working on a Dream" (Columbia) falls 2-6 with 65,000 (-36%), and R&B crooner Bobby Valentino's "The Rebirth" (Blu Kolla Dreams/Capitol) enters at No. 7 with 64,000 copies. The artist's new single, "Beep," is No. 14 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart this week.
"Saturday Night Live" star Andy Samberg's comedy troupe the Lonely Island earns a No. 13 entry for its Universal Republic debut, "Incredibad," which sold 48,000 copies. Other debuts this week include Red's "Innocence & Instinct" (Essential) at No. 15 with 39,000 and Ryan Leslie's self-titled NextSelection/Casablanca debut at No. 35 with 24,000.
At 8.56 million units, sales are up 16.8% compared to last week, but are off by 12.6% compared to the same week in 2008.
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I cant believe the sucess that this girl is having.. but im lovin it
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Get it Taylor...she writes and sings amazing songs. Hope she never stops.
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Directly behind is Lily Allen's sophomore album, "It's Not Me, It's You" (Capitol), which starts with 70,000 at No. 5
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I expected it to sell more, but since her lead single never took off I guess its understandable.
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She is tied for the most weeks at number 1 this decade with Usher's Confessions. And next week she might even beat that...
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has fearless sold 2 million yet. i am surprised lily allen's album didnt go to #1 cause her album is #1 on itunes
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Good for Taylor, shame that she's gettin' so overrated at #1
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Originally posted by fpppy
has fearless sold 2 million yet. i am surprised lily allen's album didnt go to #1 cause her album is #1 on itunes
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Seriously? Her album is good but not that good..geez.
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Originally posted by fpppy
has fearless sold 2 million yet. i am surprised lily allen's album didnt go to #1 cause her album is #1 on itunes
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So what? Ashlee Simpson went #01 on iTunes too
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I am truly amazed at how well Taylor has done in this era!
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Originally posted by fpppy
has fearless sold 2 million yet. i am surprised lily allen's album didnt go to #1 cause her album is #1 on itunes
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I believe she is over 2,500,000+ already..
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Now release her album here in the Philippines!!
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Originally posted by fpppy
has fearless sold 2 million yet. i am surprised lily allen's album didnt go to #1 cause her album is #1 on itunes
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iTunes Album chart is basically irrelevant, but I'm happy for Lily.
And for Taylor! She's done so well with this album and it looks like White Horse will peak at a good spot on country and it looks to start moving up on pop speedily pretty soon now that Love Story is falling.
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Now release her album here in the Philippines!!
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I read she is going to release an international version of Fearless, aiming to be more friendly to the ears overseas...
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I love Taylor Swift
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Fearless is not as amazing as its selling IMO .. BUT look at Right Round .. it is anything BUT masterpeice .. yet look at the numbers. Anyways congrats Tayloor! Clearly your doing something right with this new album.
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I read she is going to release an international version of Fearless, aiming to be more friendly to the ears overseas...
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She is, and Fearless will include the pop edit of Love Story, as well as three tracks from her first album (Our Song, Teardrops..., and Should...)! I can't wait!
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Originally posted by -mUsIcLoVeR-
three tracks from her first album (Our Song, Teardrops..., and Should...)
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Whats the point in that?
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