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Speak Now is the third studio album by American country pop recording artist Taylor Swift.It was released on October 25,2010 by Big Machine Records.Production for the album took place during 2008 to 2010 at several recording studios and was handled by Swift and country music producer Nathan Chapman.Written entirely by Swift,Speak Now expands on the country pop style of her previous work and features lyrical themes concerning love,romance,and heartbreak.
Upon its release,Speak Now received positive reviews from music critics and debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart,selling approximately 1,047,000 units in its first week.All fourteen songs from the standard edition of the album have charted on the Billboard Hot 100,with the lead single "Mine" having the highest peak of number three.
Recording sessions for the album took place at several recording locations,including Aimeeland Studio,Blackbird Studios,and Capitol Studios in Hollywood,California,Pain in the Art Studio,and Starstruck Studios in Nashville,Tennessee,and Stonehurst Studio in Bowling Green,Kentucky.[3] Some of the songs feature live strings,and some,a full orchestra.[4]
Swift worked on the album for two years prior to its release.[5] Swift wrote all of the songs on the album without co-writers.Speaking on a live webcast on July 20,2010,she said,"I actually wrote all the songs myself for this record.It didn't really happen on purpose,it just sort of happened.Like,I'd get my best ideas at 3:00 AM in Arkansas,and I didn't have a co-writer around and I would just finish it."[6] She has described it as a "conceptual" project,with variations of the theme of "boy-crazy country starlet tries to stop dripping tears all over her guitar".[7] In an analysis of Swift's lyrics,The Oxonian Review noted themes of regret and solitude,highlighting that "December is a month to get through so we can return to the beginning,and is certainly not a month to relish.Yet,Swift goes there鈥?all the time'鈥攊n 'Back to December' by delivering an apology to an ex-boyfriend,which she never did on her prior two albums."[8] Music writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine viewed that the album musically is "no great progression from Fearless but rather a subtle shift toward pure pop with the country accents".[1]
Speak Now was released worldwide on October 25,2010 by Big Machine Records.[9][10] The album's official cover was premiered through Us Weekly on August 18,2010.[11] An upcoming world tour has been confirmed for the album.[4] An upcoming world tour,Speak Now World Tour was announced on November 23,2010 by Billboard.[5]
Swift performed the song "Innocent" at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12,2010.Some of the tracks were previewed in advance of the release date:"Speak Now" on October 4,"Back to December" on October 11,and "Mean" on October 18,2010.[12] These three were subsequently released to the iTunes Store the following day,respectively.[13] Additionally,"The Story of Us" will see its preview on October 22,2010 through Comcast on-demand and XfinityTv.com.[13] "Speak Now" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number eight and on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart at number sixty the week of October 11,2010,selling 217,000 digital downloads.[14][15][16] "Back to December" debuted at number six on the Billboard Hot 100,with 242,000 digital downloads.[17] "Mean" debuted at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 with 163,000 downloads.[18] All fourteen songs on the standard edition of the album have charted on the Billboard Hot 100,with ten tracks debuting the week of the album's release.The highest-charting of these was "Sparks Fly" at number seventeen.[19]
The album's first single,"Mine",was released on August 4,2010,instead of the planned August 16 release,after being leaked.[20] A music video for the song was shot in Kennebunkport,Maine during July.[21] Swift said the single was about her tendency to "run from love".[5] The song has peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100.[22]
The second single,"Back to December",was released on October 11,2010 as a promotional single,with 242,000 digital downloads.On it's first week of release,it debuted at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100.It was again released as a single on November 15,2010.As a single,it has so far entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 26.
The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart,with first-week sales of 1,047,000 copies in the United States.[23] It is Swift's second US number-one album.[23] In the United Kingdom,the album debuted at number six on the Top 40 Albums chart.[24] In Canada,the album entered at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart,selling 62,000 copies in its debut week in Canada.[25]
After it's massive debut,the LP remains at the top in the second week,selling 320,000 copies on it's second week,down 69% from the week before.[26] On it's third week,the LP dropped to number two,behind the newcomer Susan Boyle' The Gift and selling 212,000 copies,down 34% from the second week.[27] On it's fourth week,Speak Now descends seven places to number nine due to high debuts on the top 10,and selling 146,000 copies,down 30% from the week before.[28] On the fifth week,the LP rose five places to number four and selling 241,000 copies,up 64% from the fourth week.[29] On it's sixth week,the LP rose again two places to number two,again behind The Gift and selling 182,000 copies,down 24% from the week before.[30] On it's seventh straight week,Speak Now stayed in the second position,selling 201,000 copies and up 11% from the sixth week.[31] In its eighth week,it rose back to number 1 with 259,000 up 29% from the week before.[32] From its first week,Speak Now has always sold more than 140,000 copies each week which enabled it to become the fastest selling album of 2010.