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Taylor Swift (album)

March 03, 2023

This article is about the self-titled debut album by Taylor Swift. For other albums by Swift, see Taylor Swift albums discography.

Taylor Swift is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released by Big Machine Records on October 24, 2006, in the United States and Canada, and March 18, 2008, internationally. Swift had signed with Sony/ATV Tree publishing house in 2004, at age 14, to pursue a career as a country musician. Her contract with Big Machine in 2005 enabled her to work on the album during her first high school year.

Taylor Swift
Studio album by
Taylor Swift
ReleasedOctober 24, 2006 (2006-10-24)
Recorded2005–2006
Studio
GenreCountry
Length40:28
LabelBig Machine
Producer
Taylor Swift chronology
Taylor Swift
(2006) 		The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection
(2007)
Singles from Taylor Swift
  1. "Tim McGraw"
    Released: June 19, 2006
  2. "Teardrops on My Guitar"
    Released: February 20, 2007
  3. "Our Song"
    Released: September 4, 2007
  4. "Picture to Burn"
    Released: February 3, 2008
  5. "Should've Said No"
    Released: May 19, 2008

Swift wrote or co-wrote 11 of the album's tracks, including three by herself; Robert Ellis Orrall, Brian Maher, Angelo Petraglia, and Liz Rose have co-writing credits. Drawing on her personal life, the songs reflect Swift's outlook on life as a teenager, dealing with romantic relationships, friendships, and insecurity. Produced by Orrall and Nathan Chapman, Taylor Swift is a country record with pop and pop rock elements, incorporating acoustic instruments such as guitars, banjos, and fiddles.

Five singles supported Taylor Swift, including the Hot Country Songs number-ones "Our Song" and "Should've Said No", and Swift's first top-15 entry on the Billboard Hot 100, "Teardrops on My Guitar". Swift promoted the album through social network Myspace, which journalists found atypical for a country musician's marketing strategy. She embarked on a six-month radio tour in 2006, and opened tours for other country artists throughout 2006 and 2007. Critics praised the album's mainstream sensibility and Swift's songwriting at a young age for earnestly depicting adolescent sentiments. Taylor Swift was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2008 Academy of Country Music Awards and helped Swift earn accolades including a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist.

The album spent 24 weeks at number one on Top Country Albums and peaked at number five on the Billboard 200, becoming the longest-charting album of the 2000s decade. Certified seven times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), it made Swift the first solo female country artist to write or co-write every song on a platinum debut album. Journalists attributed Taylor Swift's success to Swift's online marketing via Myspace, which ushered in a younger demographic in country audiences who had mainly consisted of middle-aged listeners. The album's crossover appeal shaped the country pop style of Swift's next two albums, and its autobiographical narratives about love and heartbreak inspired a subsequent generation of singer-songwriters.

Background

Taylor Swift developed an early interest in the performing arts.[1][2] After watching a documentary about country singer Faith Hill, Swift felt sure she needed to move to Nashville, Tennessee—widely regarded as the home of country music[3][4]—to pursue a career as a country singer.[5] At age eleven, Swift traveled to Nashville with her mother to pitch demo tapes of karaoke covers to record labels for a contract.[6][7] She was rejected because record labels believed country music's middle-aged demographic would not listen to music by a teenage girl, which Swift firmly disbelieved.[8][9]

Returning to her home town in Pennsylvania, Swift realized she had to distinguish herself from other aspiring country singers.[8] To this end, at age 12, she started writing songs herself, and learned to play the guitar with the help of a computer repairman who had fixed her family's computer on one occasion.[9] Swift's love for country music alienated her from her peers.[10] Her performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the 2003 US Open caught the attention of music manager Dan Dymtrow, who helped 13-year-old Swift get an artist development deal with RCA Records in Nashville.[11] To assist Swift's artistic endeavors, her father transferred his job to Nashville, and her family relocated to Hendersonville, a city close to Nashville, in 2004.[12][13]

Development and production

Among Swift's inspirations were 1990s female country musicians—Shania Twain, the Chicks, Faith Hill, and LeAnn Rimes.[14] She signed with the Sony/ATV Tree publishing house at age 14 to become a professional songwriter, the youngest signee in its history.[15] After the signing, Swift commuted from Hendersonville to Nashville every afternoon to practice with experienced Music Row songwriters.[16] Liz Rose became an important collaborator and formed a lasting working relationship with Swift in her future career.[17] Swift had productive sessions with Rose because she respected Swift's vision and did not want to put her in the "Nashville cookie-cutter songwriting mold".[18] Rose spoke highly of Swift's songwriting abilities: "Basically, I was just her editor...She had such a clear vision of what she was trying to say. And she'd come in with the most incredible hooks."[19]

After one year on RCA's development deal, Swift was held off an official record deal; she felt the label was not confident in her self-written material.[20][21] Swift parted ways with RCA: "I figured if they didn't believe in me then, they weren't ever going to believe in me."[11] She recalled in 2009 in The Daily Telegraph: "I genuinely felt that I was running out of time. I wanted to capture these years of my life on an album while they still represented what I was going through."[22] At an industry showcase at Nashville's Bluebird Café in 2005, Swift caught the attention of Scott Borchetta, a DreamWorks Records executive who was preparing to form an independent record label, Big Machine Records. She had first met Borchetta in 2004.[23] Swift became one of Big Machine's first signings, and her father purchased a three-percent stake in the company.[24]

Of the standard edition's eleven songs, Swift is the sole writer of three, and a co-writer of eight. Rose shares the writing credit on seven. Robert Ellis Orrall and Angelo Petraglia co-wrote "A Place in This World", and Brian Maher co-wrote "Mary's Song (Oh My My My)".[25] After experimenting with different producers, Swift persuaded Big Machine to recruit Nathan Chapman, who had produced her demo album in a "little shed" behind the Sony/ATV offices.[7][26] Big Machine was skeptical about hiring Chapman because he had never produced a commercially released studio album, but ultimately agreed because Swift felt they had the "right chemistry".[7] Before approaching Chapman, Swift conceptualized how her songs should sound: "I know exactly where I want the hook to be and ... what instruments I want to use."[27] Chapman was confident in Swift's abilities, saying that she "knows what she wants to say with her music".[27] He has sole production credits on all songs but one, "The Outside", on which he is credited as an additional producer, and Orrall as the main producer.[7] Recording took place during a four-month period near the end of 2005.[7] When the recording and production wrapped, Swift had finished her first high school year.[28]

Composition

Lyrics

Swift wrote Taylor Swift from her personal life experiences as a teenager. While she adhered to the confessional songwriting associated with country music, she did not write about stereotypical themes such as "tractors and hay bales because that's not really the way I grew up".[29] She instead wrote about her observations and reflections on matters from romantic relationships to friendships, striving to convey her teenage perspectives as honestly and personally as possible.[30] Because her inspirations came from immediate feelings and emotions, Swift wrote songs anytime and anywhere, from studio sessions to school breaks.[17] The result is straightforward lyrics, which The Daily Telegraph noted to be "brimmed with an earnest naiveté".[31]

The songs on Taylor Swift are from the perspectives of a girl in an American small town, within the extends from high school hallways to rural backroads; Billboard noted that Swift's personal thoughts within a small confinement fosters a contemplative nature.[32] Most songs on the album are about romantic relationships, some of which were based on Swift's observations rather than real experiences.[7][16] The lead single and first track, "Tim McGraw", was inspired by Swift's relationship with a senior boyfriend during her first year of high school. The song is about Swift's hope that the boyfriend, after ending the relationship and leaving for college, would reminisce about her every time he hears their mutual favorite Tim McGraw song;[33] according to Swift, "Tim McGraw" was inspired by McGraw's 2004 song "Can't Tell Me Nothin' ".[34] Swift wrote "Our Song" for her high school talent show.[35] She talked about the inspiration: "I wrote it about this guy I was dating, and how we didn't have a song. So I went ahead and wrote us one."[36]

 
"Picture to Burn"
Instrumented by plucking banjos,[37] "Picture to Burn" was described by Rolling Stone as a song that "perfectly captures the mindset of a teenage breakup".[38]
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The songs "Picture to Burn" and "Should've Said No" depict a vengeful attitude toward those who do not reciprocate the protagonist's feelings;[39] on "Picture to Burn", Swift sings about burning photographic evidence of an ex-boyfriend's existence.[40] The original version included the lyrics, "Go and tell your friends that I'm obsessive and crazy / That's fine; I'll tell mine you're gay."[38] On the radio edit and subsequent versions, Swift modified the lyric to "That's fine; You won't mind if I say."[41] Heartbreak is another aspect Swift explored—"Teardrops on My Guitar" was about her experience with a classmate whom she had feelings for, but this classmate was in love with someone else.[40] On "Cold as You", Swift laments a fruitless relationship: "I've never been anywhere cold as you." She said it was her favorite song lyrically on the album: "I love a line in a song where afterward you're just like... burn."[38]

On other songs, Swift sings about insecurity and self-consciousness. "The Outside", which Swift wrote at age 12, describes the loneliness she felt when her love of country music alienated her from her peers.[42] In a similar sentiment, "A Place in This World" expresses Swift's uncertainty about where she truly belongs.[32] Swift wrote "Tied Together with a Smile" the day she learned one of her best friends had an eating disorder.[43] The lyrics describe a girl hiding her inner turbulence; Swift commented, "I always thought that one of the biggest overlooked problems American girls face is insecurity."[43]

Music

 
"Tim McGraw"
The lead single, "Tim McGraw", uses the I-vi-IV-V chord progression, syncopation at the sixteenth-note level, and motives with small-range pitches, which laid the groundwork to the crossover appeal of Swift's subsequent releases.[44]
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Musically, Taylor Swift incorporates country music elements, including twang vocal delivery and acoustic instruments such as fiddles, guitars, and banjos.[32][37] According to American Songwriter's Michael Kosser, Chapman's production was a distinctive sound hard to categorize into a particular genre; Big Machine marketed the album to country radio regardless.[18] Reviews from The Palm Beach Post and the Chicago Tribune categorized Taylor Swift as country music.[45][46]

Elements of crossover pop are apparent on many songs.[47] In retrospective articles, critics disagreed on to what extent the Taylor Swift songs are fully country. Jon Caramanica from The New York Times called it a "pop-minded country" album,[48] while Rolling Stone critic Chuck Eddy observed that Taylor Swift blended "pop-rock and Dixie Chicks-style twang".[49] Another album review on Rolling Stone, meanwhile, felt the songs were inflected with rock.[50] Grady Smith from the same magazine listed the singles "Tim McGraw", "Teardrops on My Guitar", "Our Song", and "Picture to Burn" among Swift's "countriest songs", which evoke "classic country" in terms of instrumentation, themes, and song structure.[51] J. Freedom du Lac from The Washington Post noted that the "rhythmic, rap-influenced phrasing" on "Our Song" was atypical to country music.[52]

James E. Perone, an academic in music, cited "Tim McGraw" as an example of Swift's crossover appeal. "Tim McGraw" follows the I-vi-IV-V chord progression, which is typically found in late-1950s and early-1960s rock and roll. The refrain consists of repeated motives built within a small pitch range, which gives the song a catchy tune. Additionally, the refrain—and to a lesser degree, the verses—makes heavy use of syncopation at the sixteenth-note level, which brings about a production reminiscent to non-country genres such as alternative rock and hip hop. Perone argued that these melodic qualities laid the groundwork to Swift's pop radio-friendly discography enjoyed by both pop and country audiences.[44]

Release and promotion

 
Swift opening for Brad Paisley in 2007. To promote her first album, Swift opened tours for other country musicians in 2007–2008.[53]

Taylor Swift was released on October 24, 2006, through Big Machine Records.[54] Swift was involved in the album packaging, designing doodle graphics herself.[25] She included hidden messages with hints at the subjects of her songs in the lyrics printed in the liner notes, inspired by the Beatles' hiding secret messages in their records.[55] She executed the same technique on her subsequent albums.[31][56] Swift said the messages could be interpreted by tracking the capital letters in the order they appear in the lyrics printed in the liner notes.[7] In addition to the eleven-track standard edition, a 15-track deluxe edition contains three new original songs—"I'm Only Me When I'm with You", "Invisible", and "A Perfectly Good Heart", and an alternate version of "Teardrops on My Guitar".[57] An "enhanced version", which includes the music videos for "Teardrops on My Guitar" and "Tim McGraw", was released on March 18, 2008.[58]

The album was preceded by the lead single "Tim McGraw", which was released on June 19, 2006.[59] The single peaked at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number six on the Hot Country Songs chart, marking Swift's debut appearance on both charts.[60][61] It was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[62] Swift promoted the album performing on televised programs including Good Morning America,[63] The Megan Mullally Show,[63] America's Got Talent,[64] Total Request Live,[65] the CMT Music Awards,[66] and the Academy of Country Music Awards.[67] To maintain her presence on country radio, Swift embarked on a radio tour during a six-month run in 2006.[7] Swift also promoted the album by performing as an opening act for other country artists' concert tours. She opened for Rascal Flatts from October 19 to November 3, 2006.[63] Throughout 2007, she opened for George Strait,[68] Brad Paisley,[69] and Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's joint tour, Soul2Soul II Tour.[70]

In addition to traditional radio promotion, Swift extensively used her Myspace profile to communicate with her audiences, sharing her daily blogs and song information. Her online marketing strategy boosted the album's popularity among teenagers and young adults.[21] Swift and Big Machine decided to release "Our Song" as a single because of the positive feedback it received on Myspace.[21] Throughout 2007 and 2008, four more singles supported Taylor Swift: "Teardrops on My Guitar", "Our Song", "Picture to Burn", and "Should've Said No", all of which peaked within the top forty of the Hot 100 and the top ten of the Hot Country Songs chart.[71] "Teardrops on My Guitar" peaked at number two on the Hot Country Songs chart and had a crossover release to pop radio; it peaked at number seven on the Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs) chart, and number 13 on the Hot 100.[72][73] "Our Song" and "Should've Said No" reached number one on the Hot Country Songs chart.[71] With "Our Song", Swift became the youngest person to single-handedly write and sing a Hot Country Songs number one.[74] All singles were certified platinum or more by the RIAA, with "Teardrops on My Guitar" (3× Platinum) and "Our Song" (4× Platinum) selling over three million copies each.[62][75]

From August 2019 to January 2020 Big Machine released 4,000 copies of each of the singles from Taylor Swift on vinyl for the 13th anniversary of the album. This was met with immediate backlash in light of the purchase of the masters of Taylor Swift's first six studio albums.[76][77][78][79]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic67/100[80]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [81]
Robert Christgau [82]
Country Weekly     [83]
The Palm Beach PostA[45]
Pitchfork6.7/10[37]
The Philadelphia Inquirer    [84]
PopMatters6/10[85]
Rolling Stone     [50]

Taylor Swift received generally positive reviews from critics.[86] Though some deemed the lyrical themes unsophisticated and lacking depth, most critics praised Swift's songwriting for using familiar techniques in ways that sounded original and novel.[87] On Metacritic, which assigns an aggregated score out of 100 to reviews from publications, the album earned a score of 67, based on five reviews.[80]

In a review for Country Weekly, Chris Neal deemed Swift a success compared to previous aspiring teenage country singers because of her "honesty, intelligence and idealism".[83] Reviewers were impressed by Swift's maturity while retaining a sense of youthful innocence in her lyrics, including Ken Rosenbaum of The Toledo Blade,[88] Nick Cristiano of The Philadelphia Inquirer,[84] Jeff Tamarkin of AllMusic,[81] and Rolling Stone.[50] In a review for The Palm Beach Post, James Fontaine felt Swift's honest depiction of her teenage experience made the album compelling, and lauded the "musical maturity" for effectively communicating the sentiments.[45] The Morning Call's Keith Groller said that the album was not groundbreaking but could appeal to a wide-ranging audience with its adolescent earnestness.[89]

Critics commented on the album's pop sensibility—Neal and Rolling Stone found it appealing to a mainstream audience.[50][83] Tamarkin commented that Swift's "considerably strong voice" straddled the precarious boundary between country and pop, and criticized producer Chapman for applying "a gloss that not all [songs] really require".[81] In the Chicago Tribune, Chrissie Dickinson described Taylor Swift as "a slick package, pleasant enough but devoid of anything resembling gritty traction".[46] In a mixed review for PopMatters, Roger Holland complimented the production quality of certain tracks, but deemed the album overall a misstep for Swift's true appeal: "It's to be hoped that when she finds both her place and her full grown voice, she's able to find an accommodation between the country tradition and her very obvious pop sensibilities."[85] Robert Christgau rated the album a "cut" score ( ), and selected "Tim McGraw" and "Picture to Burn" as highlights.[82][note 1]

Taylor Swift helped Swift earned a nomination for New Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2007 Academy of Country Music Awards, a Horizon Award at the 2007 Country Music Association Awards, and a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards (2008).[54][91] The album itself was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2008 Academy of Country Music Awards.[92]

Retrospective reviews have remained favorable toward Swift's early songwriting. Maura Johnston from Pitchfork described the album as an honest record about teenage perspectives, which set Swift apart from the manufactured albums that "weighed down former teen sensations".[37] Jonathan Bradley from Billboard lauded how Swift captured immediate emotions and feelings with "details... so sharp at so small a scale".[32] In July 2022, Rolling Stone ranked Taylor Swift at number 32 on its list of the "100 Best Debut Albums of All Time".[93]

Commercial performance

Taylor Swift was a sleeper success in the United States.[16][94] It debuted at number 19 on the Billboard 200 chart dated November 11, 2006, with first-week sales of 40,000 copies.[95] Because albums often drop in sales after their initial release, Swift did not expect her album to remain long on the chart: "I would be incredibly lucky to see this album certified Gold."[16] Contrary to her expectations, Taylor Swift kept selling at a fairly consistent pace.[16] By November 2007, the album had sold over a million copies.[96] It reached its highest sales week on the Billboard 200 chart dated January 5, 2008, when it sold 187,000 copies and charted at number eight.[97]

The album reached its peak at number five on the chart dated January 19, 2008, in its 63rd week of charting.[98] Spending 157 weeks on the Billboard 200 by October 2009, Taylor Swift marked the longest stay on the chart by any album released in the 2000s decade.[99] It had spent a total of 275 weeks on the chart by November 2014.[100] On Top Country Albums, Taylor Swift peaked at number one for 24 non-consecutive weeks.[101] By October 2020, the album had sold 5.75 million pure copies in the United States.[102] It was certified seven times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for earning over seven million album-equivalent units in the nation.[103]

In Canada, Taylor Swift peaked at number 14 on the Canadian Albums Chart[104] and was certified Platinum by Music Canada (MC).[105] The album peaked at number 33 on the Australian Albums Chart in March 2010,[106] and was certified Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).[107] In the United Kingdom, it peaked at number 81 on the Albums Chart[108] and was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales of more than 100,000 copies.[109] The album had sold 198,000 copies in the United Kingdom by October 2022.[110] It appeared on albums charts in New Zealand (peaking at number 38),[111] Japan (53),[112] Ireland (59)[113] and Scotland (71).[114]

Impact and legacy

Ms. Swift ... has quickly established herself as the most remarkable country music breakthrough artist of the decade. In part that's because ... [her] career has been noteworthy for what happens once the songs are finished. She has aggressively used online social networks to stay connected with her young audience in a way that ... is proving to be revolutionary in country music, ... helping country reach a new audience.

— Jon Caramanica, The New York Times (2008)[72]

Taylor Swift was released in a time when female country artists were gaining momentum in popularity.[37][50] Nashville industry experts nonetheless disapproved of Swift's debut as a teenager[12][18] because they considered the album's adolescent themes inappropriate for country music's middle-aged key demographic.[71][115] Jim Malec of American Songwriter observed that contrary to industry expectations,Taylor Swift's success on country radio, particularly with the track "Our Song", established Swift as one of the few teenage female artists to be equally successful with male counterparts in a format dominated by men.[71]

Though critics questioned the album's country-music categorization,[116] Rolling Stone remarked that following the Dixie Chicks' 2003 controversy, which left "a huge space opened up in the heart of the country audience", Swift "has completely filled it ... with a sound that's not just rock-informed but teen-poppy too".[50] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times observed that, although the country-pop crossover sound was facilitated by previous successful singers, Swift was the first country artist to embrace the status of a pop star.[72] Taylor Swift made her the first female solo artist in country music to write or co-write every song on a platinum-certified debut album.[74][117] Its production laid the groundwork to Swift's subsequent country-pop discography, whose chart success straddled the perceived boundary between the two genres.[116][118][119]

Music journalists attributed the album's success to Swift's songwriting and online marketing strategy.[12] While online promotion was familiar to pop and hip hop artists, she was the first country artist to promote her songs on social media services like Myspace;[71][72] she also relied on social media to promote her subsequent releases, which brought her a loyal fan base.[115][120] Her social media presence ushered in a younger audience consisted of mostly teenage girls who listened to country music—a previously unheard demographic.[12] The autobiographical narratives on Taylor Swift defined Swift's songwriting over the next decade,[31][32] which Billboard noted to inspire a new generation of aspiring singer-songwriters.[115] Consequence stated Taylor Swift was the blueprint for songs focused on unrequited love and suffering, paving the way for "future teenie boppers" such as Conan Gray's "Heather" (2020) and Olivia Rodrigo's "Drivers License" (2021).[121] Rolling Stone opined, "if Taylor Swift retired right after dropping her debut album, she'd still be remembered as a legend today [...] Taylor debuted with complete mastery of a genre she was also completely transforming."[93] According to Entertainment Weekly, the commercial success of her debut helped the infant Big Machine go on to sign Garth Brooks and Jewel.[122]

Track listing

Except where noted, all tracks were written by Taylor Swift and Liz Rose and produced by Nathan Chapman.

Taylor Swift – Standard edition[25]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tim McGraw" 3:54
2."Picture to Burn" 2:55
3."Teardrops on My Guitar" 3:35
4."A Place in This World"
3:22
5."Cold as You" 4:01
6."The Outside" (
)		Swift3:29
7."Tied Together with a Smile" 4:11
8."Stay Beautiful" 3:58
9."Should've Said No"Swift4:04
10."Mary's Song (Oh My My My)"
  • Swift
  • Rose
  • Brian Maher
3:35
11."Our Song"Swift3:24
Total length:40:28
Best Buy digital download (bonus track)[123]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."I Heart ?" (Orrall)Swift3:15
Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)[124]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."I'm Only Me When I'm with You" (
  • Orrall
  • Petraglia
)
  • Swift
  • Orrall
  • Petraglia
3:35
13."Invisible" (Orrall)
  • Swift
  • Orrall
3:26
14."A Perfectly Good Heart" (
  • James
  • Verges
)
3:42
15."Taylor Swift's 1st Phone Call with Tim McGraw" 4:44
2008 edition (bonus track)[125][126]
No.TitleLength
15."Teardrops on My Guitar" (Pop Version)2:58

Notes

  1. ^ additional production

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes[25]

Charts

Certifications and sales

Certifications for Taylor Swift, with pure sales where available
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[107] Platinum 70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[105] Platinum 100,000^
Singapore (RIAS)[146] Gold 5,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[109] Gold 198,000[110]
United States (RIAA)[103] 7× Platinum 5,750,000[102]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release formats for Taylor Swift
Region Date Edition Format Label Ref.
United States October 24, 2006 Standard
Big Machine [147]
November 6, 2007 Deluxe CD+DVD [148]
March 18, 2008 Enhanced [58]
Australia October 4, 2008 International CD Big Machine • Universal [149]
New Zealand [150]
Germany March 8, 2009 [125]
United Kingdom August 3, 2009 Virgin EMI [151]
Japan June 30, 2010 Universal [152]
Deluxe CD+DVD [153]
United States November 18, 2016 International / Deluxe LP Big Machine [154]
Germany [155]

Footnotes

  1. ^ In Robert Christgau's rating, a "cut" ( ) means "a good song on an album that isn't worth your time or money".[90]

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taylor, swift, album, this, article, about, self, titled, debut, album, taylor, swift, other, albums, swift, taylor, swift, albums, discography, taylor, swift, debut, studio, album, american, singer, songwriter, taylor, swift, released, machine, records, octob. This article is about the self titled debut album by Taylor Swift For other albums by Swift see Taylor Swift albums discography Taylor Swift is the debut studio album by American singer songwriter Taylor Swift It was released by Big Machine Records on October 24 2006 in the United States and Canada and March 18 2008 internationally Swift had signed with Sony ATV Tree publishing house in 2004 at age 14 to pursue a career as a country musician Her contract with Big Machine in 2005 enabled her to work on the album during her first high school year Taylor SwiftStudio album by Taylor SwiftReleasedOctober 24 2006 2006 10 24 Recorded2005 2006StudioCastles Quad Sound Cottage Sound Emporium Nashville Tennessee GenreCountryLength40 28LabelBig MachineProducerNathan Chapman Robert Ellis OrrallTaylor Swift chronologyTaylor Swift 2006 The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection 2007 Singles from Taylor Swift Tim McGraw Released June 19 2006 Teardrops on My Guitar Released February 20 2007 Our Song Released September 4 2007 Picture to Burn Released February 3 2008 Should ve Said No Released May 19 2008Swift wrote or co wrote 11 of the album s tracks including three by herself Robert Ellis Orrall Brian Maher Angelo Petraglia and Liz Rose have co writing credits Drawing on her personal life the songs reflect Swift s outlook on life as a teenager dealing with romantic relationships friendships and insecurity Produced by Orrall and Nathan Chapman Taylor Swift is a country record with pop and pop rock elements incorporating acoustic instruments such as guitars banjos and fiddles Five singles supported Taylor Swift including the Hot Country Songs number ones Our Song and Should ve Said No and Swift s first top 15 entry on the Billboard Hot 100 Teardrops on My Guitar Swift promoted the album through social network Myspace which journalists found atypical for a country musician s marketing strategy She embarked on a six month radio tour in 2006 and opened tours for other country artists throughout 2006 and 2007 Critics praised the album s mainstream sensibility and Swift s songwriting at a young age for earnestly depicting adolescent sentiments Taylor Swift was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2008 Academy of Country Music Awards and helped Swift earn accolades including a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist The album spent 24 weeks at number one on Top Country Albums and peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 becoming the longest charting album of the 2000s decade Certified seven times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA it made Swift the first solo female country artist to write or co write every song on a platinum debut album Journalists attributed Taylor Swift s success to Swift s online marketing via Myspace which ushered in a younger demographic in country audiences who had mainly consisted of middle aged listeners The album s crossover appeal shaped the country pop style of Swift s next two albums and its autobiographical narratives about love and heartbreak inspired a subsequent generation of singer songwriters Contents 1 Background 2 Development and production 3 Composition 3 1 Lyrics 3 2 Music 4 Release and promotion 5 Critical reception 6 Commercial performance 7 Impact and legacy 8 Track listing 8 1 Notes 9 Personnel 10 Charts 10 1 Weekly charts 10 2 Year end charts 10 3 Decade end charts 10 4 All time charts 11 Certifications and sales 12 Release history 13 Footnotes 14 References 14 1 Citations 14 2 Cited sources 15 External linksBackgroundTaylor Swift developed an early interest in the performing arts 1 2 After watching a documentary about country singer Faith Hill Swift felt sure she needed to move to Nashville Tennessee widely regarded as the home of country music 3 4 to pursue a career as a country singer 5 At age eleven Swift traveled to Nashville with her mother to pitch demo tapes of karaoke covers to record labels for a contract 6 7 She was rejected because record labels believed country music s middle aged demographic would not listen to music by a teenage girl which Swift firmly disbelieved 8 9 Returning to her home town in Pennsylvania Swift realized she had to distinguish herself from other aspiring country singers 8 To this end at age 12 she started writing songs herself and learned to play the guitar with the help of a computer repairman who had fixed her family s computer on one occasion 9 Swift s love for country music alienated her from her peers 10 Her performance of The Star Spangled Banner at the 2003 US Open caught the attention of music manager Dan Dymtrow who helped 13 year old Swift get an artist development deal with RCA Records in Nashville 11 To assist Swift s artistic endeavors her father transferred his job to Nashville and her family relocated to Hendersonville a city close to Nashville in 2004 12 13 Development and productionAmong Swift s inspirations were 1990s female country musicians Shania Twain the Chicks Faith Hill and LeAnn Rimes 14 She signed with the Sony ATV Tree publishing house at age 14 to become a professional songwriter the youngest signee in its history 15 After the signing Swift commuted from Hendersonville to Nashville every afternoon to practice with experienced Music Row songwriters 16 Liz Rose became an important collaborator and formed a lasting working relationship with Swift in her future career 17 Swift had productive sessions with Rose because she respected Swift s vision and did not want to put her in the Nashville cookie cutter songwriting mold 18 Rose spoke highly of Swift s songwriting abilities Basically I was just her editor She had such a clear vision of what she was trying to say And she d come in with the most incredible hooks 19 After one year on RCA s development deal Swift was held off an official record deal she felt the label was not confident in her self written material 20 21 Swift parted ways with RCA I figured if they didn t believe in me then they weren t ever going to believe in me 11 She recalled in 2009 in The Daily Telegraph I genuinely felt that I was running out of time I wanted to capture these years of my life on an album while they still represented what I was going through 22 At an industry showcase at Nashville s Bluebird Cafe in 2005 Swift caught the attention of Scott Borchetta a DreamWorks Records executive who was preparing to form an independent record label Big Machine Records She had first met Borchetta in 2004 23 Swift became one of Big Machine s first signings and her father purchased a three percent stake in the company 24 Of the standard edition s eleven songs Swift is the sole writer of three and a co writer of eight Rose shares the writing credit on seven Robert Ellis Orrall and Angelo Petraglia co wrote A Place in This World and Brian Maher co wrote Mary s Song Oh My My My 25 After experimenting with different producers Swift persuaded Big Machine to recruit Nathan Chapman who had produced her demo album in a little shed behind the Sony ATV offices 7 26 Big Machine was skeptical about hiring Chapman because he had never produced a commercially released studio album but ultimately agreed because Swift felt they had the right chemistry 7 Before approaching Chapman Swift conceptualized how her songs should sound I know exactly where I want the hook to be and what instruments I want to use 27 Chapman was confident in Swift s abilities saying that she knows what she wants to say with her music 27 He has sole production credits on all songs but one The Outside on which he is credited as an additional producer and Orrall as the main producer 7 Recording took place during a four month period near the end of 2005 7 When the recording and production wrapped Swift had finished her first high school year 28 CompositionLyrics Swift wrote Taylor Swift from her personal life experiences as a teenager While she adhered to the confessional songwriting associated with country music she did not write about stereotypical themes such as tractors and hay bales because that s not really the way I grew up 29 She instead wrote about her observations and reflections on matters from romantic relationships to friendships striving to convey her teenage perspectives as honestly and personally as possible 30 Because her inspirations came from immediate feelings and emotions Swift wrote songs anytime and anywhere from studio sessions to school breaks 17 The result is straightforward lyrics which The Daily Telegraph noted to be brimmed with an earnest naivete 31 The songs on Taylor Swift are from the perspectives of a girl in an American small town within the extends from high school hallways to rural backroads Billboard noted that Swift s personal thoughts within a small confinement fosters a contemplative nature 32 Most songs on the album are about romantic relationships some of which were based on Swift s observations rather than real experiences 7 16 The lead single and first track Tim McGraw was inspired by Swift s relationship with a senior boyfriend during her first year of high school The song is about Swift s hope that the boyfriend after ending the relationship and leaving for college would reminisce about her every time he hears their mutual favorite Tim McGraw song 33 according to Swift Tim McGraw was inspired by McGraw s 2004 song Can t Tell Me Nothin 34 Swift wrote Our Song for her high school talent show 35 She talked about the inspiration I wrote it about this guy I was dating and how we didn t have a song So I went ahead and wrote us one 36 Picture to Burn source source track Instrumented by plucking banjos 37 Picture to Burn was described by Rolling Stone as a song that perfectly captures the mindset of a teenage breakup 38 Problems playing this file See media help The songs Picture to Burn and Should ve Said No depict a vengeful attitude toward those who do not reciprocate the protagonist s feelings 39 on Picture to Burn Swift sings about burning photographic evidence of an ex boyfriend s existence 40 The original version included the lyrics Go and tell your friends that I m obsessive and crazy That s fine I ll tell mine you re gay 38 On the radio edit and subsequent versions Swift modified the lyric to That s fine You won t mind if I say 41 Heartbreak is another aspect Swift explored Teardrops on My Guitar was about her experience with a classmate whom she had feelings for but this classmate was in love with someone else 40 On Cold as You Swift laments a fruitless relationship I ve never been anywhere cold as you She said it was her favorite song lyrically on the album I love a line in a song where afterward you re just like burn 38 On other songs Swift sings about insecurity and self consciousness The Outside which Swift wrote at age 12 describes the loneliness she felt when her love of country music alienated her from her peers 42 In a similar sentiment A Place in This World expresses Swift s uncertainty about where she truly belongs 32 Swift wrote Tied Together with a Smile the day she learned one of her best friends had an eating disorder 43 The lyrics describe a girl hiding her inner turbulence Swift commented I always thought that one of the biggest overlooked problems American girls face is insecurity 43 Music Tim McGraw source source track The lead single Tim McGraw uses the I vi IV V chord progression syncopation at the sixteenth note level and motives with small range pitches which laid the groundwork to the crossover appeal of Swift s subsequent releases 44 Problems playing this file See media help Musically Taylor Swift incorporates country music elements including twang vocal delivery and acoustic instruments such as fiddles guitars and banjos 32 37 According to American Songwriter s Michael Kosser Chapman s production was a distinctive sound hard to categorize into a particular genre Big Machine marketed the album to country radio regardless 18 Reviews from The Palm Beach Post and the Chicago Tribune categorized Taylor Swift as country music 45 46 Elements of crossover pop are apparent on many songs 47 In retrospective articles critics disagreed on to what extent the Taylor Swift songs are fully country Jon Caramanica from The New York Times called it a pop minded country album 48 while Rolling Stone critic Chuck Eddy observed that Taylor Swift blended pop rock and Dixie Chicks style twang 49 Another album review on Rolling Stone meanwhile felt the songs were inflected with rock 50 Grady Smith from the same magazine listed the singles Tim McGraw Teardrops on My Guitar Our Song and Picture to Burn among Swift s countriest songs which evoke classic country in terms of instrumentation themes and song structure 51 J Freedom du Lac from The Washington Post noted that the rhythmic rap influenced phrasing on Our Song was atypical to country music 52 James E Perone an academic in music cited Tim McGraw as an example of Swift s crossover appeal Tim McGraw follows the I vi IV V chord progression which is typically found in late 1950s and early 1960s rock and roll The refrain consists of repeated motives built within a small pitch range which gives the song a catchy tune Additionally the refrain and to a lesser degree the verses makes heavy use of syncopation at the sixteenth note level which brings about a production reminiscent to non country genres such as alternative rock and hip hop Perone argued that these melodic qualities laid the groundwork to Swift s pop radio friendly discography enjoyed by both pop and country audiences 44 Release and promotion Swift opening for Brad Paisley in 2007 To promote her first album Swift opened tours for other country musicians in 2007 2008 53 Taylor Swift was released on October 24 2006 through Big Machine Records 54 Swift was involved in the album packaging designing doodle graphics herself 25 She included hidden messages with hints at the subjects of her songs in the lyrics printed in the liner notes inspired by the Beatles hiding secret messages in their records 55 She executed the same technique on her subsequent albums 31 56 Swift said the messages could be interpreted by tracking the capital letters in the order they appear in the lyrics printed in the liner notes 7 In addition to the eleven track standard edition a 15 track deluxe edition contains three new original songs I m Only Me When I m with You Invisible and A Perfectly Good Heart and an alternate version of Teardrops on My Guitar 57 An enhanced version which includes the music videos for Teardrops on My Guitar and Tim McGraw was released on March 18 2008 58 The album was preceded by the lead single Tim McGraw which was released on June 19 2006 59 The single peaked at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number six on the Hot Country Songs chart marking Swift s debut appearance on both charts 60 61 It was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA 62 Swift promoted the album performing on televised programs including Good Morning America 63 The Megan Mullally Show 63 America s Got Talent 64 Total Request Live 65 the CMT Music Awards 66 and the Academy of Country Music Awards 67 To maintain her presence on country radio Swift embarked on a radio tour during a six month run in 2006 7 Swift also promoted the album by performing as an opening act for other country artists concert tours She opened for Rascal Flatts from October 19 to November 3 2006 63 Throughout 2007 she opened for George Strait 68 Brad Paisley 69 and Tim McGraw and Faith Hill s joint tour Soul2Soul II Tour 70 In addition to traditional radio promotion Swift extensively used her Myspace profile to communicate with her audiences sharing her daily blogs and song information Her online marketing strategy boosted the album s popularity among teenagers and young adults 21 Swift and Big Machine decided to release Our Song as a single because of the positive feedback it received on Myspace 21 Throughout 2007 and 2008 four more singles supported Taylor Swift Teardrops on My Guitar Our Song Picture to Burn and Should ve Said No all of which peaked within the top forty of the Hot 100 and the top ten of the Hot Country Songs chart 71 Teardrops on My Guitar peaked at number two on the Hot Country Songs chart and had a crossover release to pop radio it peaked at number seven on the Mainstream Top 40 Pop Songs chart and number 13 on the Hot 100 72 73 Our Song and Should ve Said No reached number one on the Hot Country Songs chart 71 With Our Song Swift became the youngest person to single handedly write and sing a Hot Country Songs number one 74 All singles were certified platinum or more by the RIAA with Teardrops on My Guitar 3 Platinum and Our Song 4 Platinum selling over three million copies each 62 75 From August 2019 to January 2020 Big Machine released 4 000 copies of each of the singles from Taylor Swift on vinyl for the 13th anniversary of the album This was met with immediate backlash in light of the purchase of the masters of Taylor Swift s first six studio albums 76 77 78 79 Critical receptionProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic67 100 80 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 81 Robert Christgau 82 Country Weekly 83 The Palm Beach PostA 45 Pitchfork6 7 10 37 The Philadelphia Inquirer 84 PopMatters6 10 85 Rolling Stone 50 Taylor Swift received generally positive reviews from critics 86 Though some deemed the lyrical themes unsophisticated and lacking depth most critics praised Swift s songwriting for using familiar techniques in ways that sounded original and novel 87 On Metacritic which assigns an aggregated score out of 100 to reviews from publications the album earned a score of 67 based on five reviews 80 In a review for Country Weekly Chris Neal deemed Swift a success compared to previous aspiring teenage country singers because of her honesty intelligence and idealism 83 Reviewers were impressed by Swift s maturity while retaining a sense of youthful innocence in her lyrics including Ken Rosenbaum of The Toledo Blade 88 Nick Cristiano of The Philadelphia Inquirer 84 Jeff Tamarkin of AllMusic 81 and Rolling Stone 50 In a review for The Palm Beach Post James Fontaine felt Swift s honest depiction of her teenage experience made the album compelling and lauded the musical maturity for effectively communicating the sentiments 45 The Morning Call s Keith Groller said that the album was not groundbreaking but could appeal to a wide ranging audience with its adolescent earnestness 89 Critics commented on the album s pop sensibility Neal and Rolling Stone found it appealing to a mainstream audience 50 83 Tamarkin commented that Swift s considerably strong voice straddled the precarious boundary between country and pop and criticized producer Chapman for applying a gloss that not all songs really require 81 In the Chicago Tribune Chrissie Dickinson described Taylor Swift as a slick package pleasant enough but devoid of anything resembling gritty traction 46 In a mixed review for PopMatters Roger Holland complimented the production quality of certain tracks but deemed the album overall a misstep for Swift s true appeal It s to be hoped that when she finds both her place and her full grown voice she s able to find an accommodation between the country tradition and her very obvious pop sensibilities 85 Robert Christgau rated the album a cut score and selected Tim McGraw and Picture to Burn as highlights 82 note 1 Taylor Swift helped Swift earned a nomination for New Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2007 Academy of Country Music Awards a Horizon Award at the 2007 Country Music Association Awards and a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards 2008 54 91 The album itself was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2008 Academy of Country Music Awards 92 Retrospective reviews have remained favorable toward Swift s early songwriting Maura Johnston from Pitchfork described the album as an honest record about teenage perspectives which set Swift apart from the manufactured albums that weighed down former teen sensations 37 Jonathan Bradley from Billboard lauded how Swift captured immediate emotions and feelings with details so sharp at so small a scale 32 In July 2022 Rolling Stone ranked Taylor Swift at number 32 on its list of the 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time 93 Commercial performanceTaylor Swift was a sleeper success in the United States 16 94 It debuted at number 19 on the Billboard 200 chart dated November 11 2006 with first week sales of 40 000 copies 95 Because albums often drop in sales after their initial release Swift did not expect her album to remain long on the chart I would be incredibly lucky to see this album certified Gold 16 Contrary to her expectations Taylor Swift kept selling at a fairly consistent pace 16 By November 2007 the album had sold over a million copies 96 It reached its highest sales week on the Billboard 200 chart dated January 5 2008 when it sold 187 000 copies and charted at number eight 97 The album reached its peak at number five on the chart dated January 19 2008 in its 63rd week of charting 98 Spending 157 weeks on the Billboard 200 by October 2009 Taylor Swift marked the longest stay on the chart by any album released in the 2000s decade 99 It had spent a total of 275 weeks on the chart by November 2014 100 On Top Country Albums Taylor Swift peaked at number one for 24 non consecutive weeks 101 By October 2020 the album had sold 5 75 million pure copies in the United States 102 It was certified seven times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA for earning over seven million album equivalent units in the nation 103 In Canada Taylor Swift peaked at number 14 on the Canadian Albums Chart 104 and was certified Platinum by Music Canada MC 105 The album peaked at number 33 on the Australian Albums Chart in March 2010 106 and was certified Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA 107 In the United Kingdom it peaked at number 81 on the Albums Chart 108 and was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry BPI for sales of more than 100 000 copies 109 The album had sold 198 000 copies in the United Kingdom by October 2022 110 It appeared on albums charts in New Zealand peaking at number 38 111 Japan 53 112 Ireland 59 113 and Scotland 71 114 Impact and legacyMs Swift has quickly established herself as the most remarkable country music breakthrough artist of the decade In part that s because her career has been noteworthy for what happens once the songs are finished She has aggressively used online social networks to stay connected with her young audience in a way that is proving to be revolutionary in country music helping country reach a new audience Jon Caramanica The New York Times 2008 72 Taylor Swift was released in a time when female country artists were gaining momentum in popularity 37 50 Nashville industry experts nonetheless disapproved of Swift s debut as a teenager 12 18 because they considered the album s adolescent themes inappropriate for country music s middle aged key demographic 71 115 Jim Malec of American Songwriter observed that contrary to industry expectations Taylor Swift s success on country radio particularly with the track Our Song established Swift as one of the few teenage female artists to be equally successful with male counterparts in a format dominated by men 71 Though critics questioned the album s country music categorization 116 Rolling Stone remarked that following the Dixie Chicks 2003 controversy which left a huge space opened up in the heart of the country audience Swift has completely filled it with a sound that s not just rock informed but teen poppy too 50 Jon Caramanica of The New York Times observed that although the country pop crossover sound was facilitated by previous successful singers Swift was the first country artist to embrace the status of a pop star 72 Taylor Swift made her the first female solo artist in country music to write or co write every song on a platinum certified debut album 74 117 Its production laid the groundwork to Swift s subsequent country pop discography whose chart success straddled the perceived boundary between the two genres 116 118 119 Music journalists attributed the album s success to Swift s songwriting and online marketing strategy 12 While online promotion was familiar to pop and hip hop artists she was the first country artist to promote her songs on social media services like Myspace 71 72 she also relied on social media to promote her subsequent releases which brought her a loyal fan base 115 120 Her social media presence ushered in a younger audience consisted of mostly teenage girls who listened to country music a previously unheard demographic 12 The autobiographical narratives on Taylor Swift defined Swift s songwriting over the next decade 31 32 which Billboard noted to inspire a new generation of aspiring singer songwriters 115 Consequence stated Taylor Swift was the blueprint for songs focused on unrequited love and suffering paving the way for future teenie boppers such as Conan Gray s Heather 2020 and Olivia Rodrigo s Drivers License 2021 121 Rolling Stone opined if Taylor Swift retired right after dropping her debut album she d still be remembered as a legend today Taylor debuted with complete mastery of a genre she was also completely transforming 93 According to Entertainment Weekly the commercial success of her debut helped the infant Big Machine go on to sign Garth Brooks and Jewel 122 Track listingExcept where noted all tracks were written by Taylor Swift and Liz Rose and produced by Nathan Chapman Taylor Swift Standard edition 25 No TitleWriter s Length1 Tim McGraw 3 542 Picture to Burn 2 553 Teardrops on My Guitar 3 354 A Place in This World SwiftRobert Ellis OrrallAngelo Petraglia3 225 Cold as You 4 016 The Outside OrrallNathan Chapman a Swift3 297 Tied Together with a Smile 4 118 Stay Beautiful 3 589 Should ve Said No Swift4 0410 Mary s Song Oh My My My SwiftRoseBrian Maher3 3511 Our Song Swift3 24Total length 40 28 Best Buy digital download bonus track 123 No TitleWriter s Length12 I Heart Orrall Swift3 15 Deluxe edition bonus tracks 124 No TitleWriter s Length12 I m Only Me When I m with You OrrallPetraglia SwiftOrrallPetraglia3 3513 Invisible Orrall SwiftOrrall3 2614 A Perfectly Good Heart JamesVerges SwiftBrett JamesTroy Verges3 4215 Taylor Swift s 1st Phone Call with Tim McGraw 4 44 2008 edition bonus track 125 126 No TitleLength15 Teardrops on My Guitar Pop Version 2 58 Notes additional productionPersonnelCredits adapted from the album s liner notes 25 Taylor Swift lead vocals background vocals songwriting acoustic guitar Nathan Chapman acoustic guitar banjo bass drums electric guitar engineer background vocals mandolin production Scott Borchetta executive producer Chuck Ainlay mixing Jeff Balding mixing Bruce Bouton dobro Mike Brignardello bass guitar Nick Buda drums Gary Brunette electric guitar Jason Campbell production coordination Chason Carlson engineer Aaron Chmielewski assistant engineer Eric Darken percussion Allen Ditto engineer Dan Dugmore pedal steel Shannon Forrest drums Rob Hajacos fiddle Gordon Hammon assistant engineer Tony Harrell keyboard Jeffrey Hyde banjo Scott Kidd mixing assistant Greg Lawrence mixing assistant Andy Leftwich fiddle mandolin Liana Manis background vocals Tim Marks bass Robert Ellis Orrall background vocals producer Lex Price mandolin Lee Ann Ramey graphic design Joshua Whitmore dobro pedal steel Clarke Schleicher engineer Steve Short assistant engineer Sandi Spika engineer Whitney Sutton production coordination Ilya Toshinsky acoustic guitar banjo Wanda Vick fiddle Hank Williams mastering John Willis banjo mandolin hi string acoustic guitarChartsWeekly charts Taylor Swift reached its peak position in various countries at different points of its chart runs Chart performance of Taylor Swift Chart 2006 2009 PeakpositionCanadian Albums Billboard 104 14US Billboard 200 127 5US Top Country Albums Billboard 128 1Scottish Albums OCC 114 71UK Albums OCC 108 81Chart 2010 2015 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 106 33Australian Country Albums ARIA 129 3Japanese Albums Oricon 112 53New Zealand Albums RMNZ 111 38Irish Albums IRMA 113 59Chart 2021 2022 PeakpositionArgentine Albums CAPIF 130 10Greek Albums IFPI 131 40US Top Tastemaker Albums Billboard 132 19 Year end charts Year end charts for Taylor Swift Chart PositionUS Billboard 200 2007 133 19US Billboard 200 2008 134 5US Billboard 200 2009 135 24US Billboard 200 2010 136 62US Billboard 200 2011 137 164US Top Country Albums 2007 138 3US Top Country Albums 2008 139 2US Top Country Albums 2009 140 6US Top Country Albums 2010 141 19Decade end charts 2000s decade end charts for Taylor Swift Chart 2000 2009 PositionUS Billboard 200 142 53US Top Country Albums Billboard 142 9All time charts 1963 2017 all time chart for Taylor Swift Chart 1963 2017 143 PositionUS Billboard 200 144 18US Billboard 200 Women 145 9Certifications and salesCertifications for Taylor Swift with pure sales where available Region Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 107 Platinum 70 000 Canada Music Canada 105 Platinum 100 000 Singapore RIAS 146 Gold 5 000 United Kingdom BPI 109 Gold 198 000 110 United States RIAA 103 7 Platinum 5 750 000 102 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Release historyRelease formats for Taylor Swift Region Date Edition Format Label Ref United States October 24 2006 Standard CDdigital download Big Machine 147 November 6 2007 Deluxe CD DVD 148 March 18 2008 Enhanced 58 Australia October 4 2008 International CD Big Machine Universal 149 New Zealand 150 Germany March 8 2009 125 United Kingdom August 3 2009 Virgin EMI 151 Japan June 30 2010 Universal 152 Deluxe CD DVD 153 United States November 18 2016 International Deluxe LP Big Machine 154 Germany 155 Footnotes In Robert 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