Taylor Swift Proves That People Can Still Sell Records

Taylor Swift

From FMQB.com (Shout To Bob Burke)

As expected, Taylor Swift‘s Speak Now had the biggest sales debut since 2005 as it moved a whopping 1,047,000 copies this week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It’s the largest sales week for any album since 50 Cent‘s The Massacre bowed at #1 in March of 2005 with 1,141,000 units sold. Speak Now marks Swift’s second #1 debut after her last set,Fearless, started at the top with 592,000 in November of 2008 and went on to spend 11 non-consecutive weeks at the top. Furthermore, the album owns the biggest week for any female artist since 2000, whenBritney Spears’ Oops! I Did It Again opened in the #1 spot with 1,319,000, according to Billboard.com.

More about Taylor’s amazing accomplishment can be found here on FMQB.COM

Taylor Swift

“Mine”

From Speak Now

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