Her youth-based lyrics made her a hit with her teen peers.įears that she would remain trapped thematically in Hendersonville (Tennessee) High were, according to one rival label president, obliterated with the first line of “Mine,” which references college in the opening phrase.
The genre’s radio stations primarily target adults between the ages of 25-54. To date, Swift’s music has been somewhat atypical for a country singer. Enjoy this and be proud of the music that you’ve made.’” TEEN APPEAL “I try to predict what it’s going to be, and then I realize that I can’t predict what it’s going to be, and then I sit there and say something to myself like, ‘Well, you’re happy today. It’s a five-minute conversation with myself about if a (sales) number really defines this piece of art that I’ve created and what that means, and what the number’s going to be. “I have a lot of anxiety about things on certain days, but I have anxiety because I care,” she said. The attention hasn’t gone unnoticed by Swift, who does her best to distance herself from any expectations. As album sales continue to slide, a big debut week for Swift would be an encouraging sign. No album has sold more than 1 million copies in its first week since Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter III” crossed that threshold in June 2008. The label has shipped more than 2 million copies of the CD. Such leaks are a symptom of the anticipation surrounding the album. It sold more than 85,600 downloads on its first day of release, October 5. The title track, a quirky lyrical exercise that blends the dashed-wedding scenarios of “Runaway Bride” and “Friends in Low Places,” debuted at No. It has since sold more than 1 million downloads. Now the questions concern being heard at the right time and the volume with which the public might react.Īn online leak forced Big Machine to rush-release the first single, “Mine,” in August. With every sector of the business jittery about the future of the album, the music industry’s eyes and ears will be focused quite closely on Swift when Big Machine releases her third project, “Speak Now,” on October 25.īeing heard is no longer an issue. In January, she won four more times at the Grammy Awards, with “Fearless” claiming the all-genre album-of-the-year trophy. Weeks after the VMA shocker, the Country Music Association presented Swift four awards, including entertainer of the year. When that VMA acceptance speech was infamously interrupted, the fiery Kanye West controversy supplanted the inspirational, dreams-really-do-come-true storyline in her career narrative. Three of the songs reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 - a rare feat for a country artist - as she commanded multiple magazine covers and even a 2009 MTV Video Music Award nomination and win. Her sophomore set, “Fearless,” did even better, selling 592,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan, on its way to more than 6 million sales. Not only did the single get heard, it opened the door to sales of more than 4 million copies of her self-titled debut album, awash in songs about broken hearts and high school social dramas. “I would say a little message to each envelope: ‘Please, whoever gets this, please listen to this.’ There’s no promise when you’re putting out your first single that people are even going to listen to it.” “With every envelope that I would seal I would look at the address and the station on there and think, ‘Please, please just listen to this one time,’” she recalled. Swift remembered sitting on the floor in the early summer of 2006, stuffing promotional CDs of her first single, “Tim McGraw,” into envelopes destined for radio stations around the country.
When she was still a 16-year-old high school student, there was nothing on the walls in this room. The Big Machine lobby was, in fact, a significant reminder of just how far she’s traveled in her quick rise from unknown teen to global star. A handful of framed wall hangings provided a mini-retrospective of her career, including a multiplatinum award for her last album, 2008’s “Fearless.” REUTERS/Mario Anzuoniĭespite the brisk temperature, the room held distinctly warm memories for the 20-year-old singer. Music recording artist Taylor Swift poses at the premiere of "Easy A" at the Grauman's Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California September 13, 2010.
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