taylor swift's first album was released in 1965.
taylor swift's first album was released in 1965.
when did taylor swift's first album release?
1965
"taylor swift" was released on october 24, 2006 with eleven tracks. swift was highly involved in the album packaging, designing doodle graphics herself. she also personally capitalized specific letters in the lyrics from each song to spell out hidden messages, a feat she would also execute for her succeeding albums. on november 6, 2007, the album was released under the title "taylor swift deluxe edition" for a limited time. the deluxe edition contained three new songs: "i'm only me when i'm with you", "invisible" and "a perfectly good heart", the radio edits for "teardrops on my guitar", and "our song", and swift's first phone conversation with tim mcgraw. the release also bore new artwork and a bonus dvd with all of swift's music videos at the time ("tim mcgraw", "teardrops on my guitar", and "our song"), behind-the-scenes footage of "teardrops on my guitar" and "our song" music videos, and a performance of "picture to burn", among other material. the american retail company target released an exclusive version of "taylor swift deluxe edition", with performances of swift during mcgraw and hill's soul2soul ii tour. a third and final edition appeared on march 18, 2008 with the original album artwork, including the three new songs from the "taylor swift deluxe edition", as well as the radio edit of "picture to burn," and an additional pop remix of "teardrops on my guitar". this version of the album was also released on vinyl in 2016. a karaoke version of "taylor swift" was released on january 27, 2009, containing the first fourteen tracks from the album on both cd+g and dvd.
taylor swift (album)
on the week ending november 11, 2006, "taylor swift" debuted at number nineteen on the "billboard" 200 due to sales of 40,000 copies. it reached its highest sales week on the week ending january 5, 2008 with 187,000 copies sold. after sixty-three weeks on the "billboard" 200, on the week ending january 19, 2008, the album reached its charting peak at number five due to sales of 47,000 copies. "taylor swift" marked the longest stay on the "billboard" 200 by any album released in the decade. as of june 3, 2011, the album has stayed on the chart for 275 weeks. the album topped "billboard"'s top country albums chart for twenty-four non-consecutive weeks. on the week ending august 2, 2008, swift's ep "beautiful eyes" replaced "taylor swift" as the chart's number one album. with "taylor swift" charting at number two, swift became the first artist to hold the first two positions on top country albums since leann rimes charted in 1997 with "blue" (1996) and "" (1997). in december 2017, the album was certified seven times platinum by the recording industry association of america for shipments of seven million units. as of july 2019, the album has sold 5.72 million copies in the united states.
taylor swift (album)