Taylor Swift's "Red" didn't win a thing at the Grammys or the Country Music Assn. Awards. But the album accomplishes something this week that makes up for those slights: It tops the 4 million mark in U.S. sales. All four of Swift's studio albums have reached that threshold. Swift's eponymous debut album has sold 5,419,000 copies since its release in 2006. "Fearless" has sold 6,818,000 copies since its release in 2008. "Speak Now" has sold 4,405,000 since its release in 2010.
Swift is just the third artist to top the 4M mark with his or her first four studio albums since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking music sales in 1991. She follows Garth Brooks (who did it with his first five non-holiday studio albums) and Eminem.
Swift's achievement is all the more remarkable because the album sales market has been shaky throughout her career. By contrast, it was strong when Brooks released his first album in 1989, and it was at its peak when Eminem released his first album in 1999.
A word of explanation: Brooks' first two studio albums were released before the start of the Nielsen SoundScan era, but they have each sold more than 4M copies since the meters were turned on in January 1991.
It's not just a coincidence that two of the three artists to have achieved this feat since 1991 have a strong country base. Country sells.
Nina Nesbitt is getting a lot of comparisons in reviews to Taylor. She called her an inspiration before,
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“I think Taylor Swift, in the days when she was kind of doing more country style, definitely was a big inspiration for me.
“I love her stuff now but it’s really different to what I’m doing now so I think anyone that writes their own songs and plays an instrument is an inspiration to me definitely.”
I can't believe we all fell for disco's fabricated lies about the Lord losing Her fanbase
Not all - Tay will not stop experimenting with new sounds and different genres - I wish she was solid country to the core - that sadly isn't going to happen for me or her country fanbase
Why does she always promote junk food?
IWBLM is like some upbeat pop song.
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