Love Story (song)
| Love story | |
|---|---|
| Taylor Swift | |
| publication | September 12, 2008 |
| length | 3:57 |
| Genre (s) | Country , pop |
| Author (s) | Taylor Swift |
| Producer (s) | Nathan Chapman , Taylor Swift |
| Label | Big Machine Records |
| album | Fearless |
Love Story is a song by the American singer Taylor Swift , which was released in September 2008 as the first single from her second album Fearless , which was released two months later .
This song (along with You Belong with Me and other songs from the album) made her a new teen idol and became her signature song .
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This song is based on a real experience in the life of Taylor Swift: As a teenager, she had an argument with her parents over a boy. They thought he was angry. But she thought it was love.
Commercial win
The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Country and Adult Contemporary Charts and No. 4 on the Billboard Pop Charts (Hot 100), No. 2 in Great Britain and No. 22 in Germany.
Awards for music sales
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
||
 Australia (ARIA)
|
 7 × platinum
|
490,000 |
 Denmark (IFPI)
|
 gold
|
7,500 |
 Canada (MC)
|
2 × platinum
|
160,000 |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
|
platinum
|
15,000 |
 United States (RIAA)
|
8 × platinum
|
5,800,000 |
 United Kingdom (BPI)
|
platinum
|
600,000 |
| All in all |
1 × gold 19 × platinum |
7,072,500 |
Main article: Taylor Swift / Music Sales Awards
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Love Story by Taylor Swift . Song facts. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
- ^ Gary Trust: Ask Billboard: All-Taylor Swift Edition. In: Billboard. November 11, 2014, accessed October 3, 2017 .