Taylor Swift (album)

Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift studio album
Publication (s)	October 24, 2006
Label (s)	Big Machine Records
Format (s)	CD (+ DVD ), download
Genre (s)	Country
Title (number)	11/15/15 + 7
running time	40:27 / 53:45 / 92:17
production	Scott Borchetta ( Executive Producer ) Nathan Chapman Robert Ellis Orrall
chronology - Taylor Swift Fearless (2008)
Single releases June 19, 2006 Tim McGraw February 19, 2007 Teardrops on My Guitar September 9, 2007 Our song February 3, 2008 Picture to Burn May 18, 2008 Should've said no

Taylor Swift is the debut album by the American singer Taylor Swift . It was released in the United States on October 24, 2006 on the Big Machine Records label. In 2007 a deluxe edition of the album including DVD was released. The album was released in Germany in 2008.

production

Scott Borchetta was executive producer on the album . All songs were produced by music producers Nathan Chapman and Robert Ellis Orrall.

Cover design

The standard edition album cover shows Taylor Swift looking at the viewer. In the background, which is kept in bright colors, butterflies can be seen. At the bottom left of the picture is the white lettering Taylor Swift . On the deluxe edition you can see Taylor Swift kneeling in the water in a white dress and looking at the viewer, holding a pink flower in her hands. The background is in blue tones and also shows butterflies. The writing Taylor Swift is in the lower part of the picture in white.

Playlists

Standard Edition : # title length 1 Tim McGraw 3:52 2 Picture to Burn 2:53 3 Teardrops on My Guitar 3:33 4th A Place in This World 3:19 5 Cold as you 3:59 6th The Outside 3:27 7th Tied Together with a Smile 4:08 8th Stay beautiful 3:56 9 Should've said no 4:02 10 Mary's Song (Oh My My My) 3:33 11 Our song 3:22 Bonus title of the international version: # title length 12 I'm only me when I'm with you 3:35 13 Invisible 3:25 14th A Perfectly Good Heart 3:42 15th Teardrops on My Guitar (Pop Version) 2:59

Deluxe Edition : # title length 1 Tim McGraw 3:52 2 Picture to Burn 2:53 3 Teardrops on My Guitar 3:33 4th A Place in This World 3:19 5 Cold as you 3:59 6th The Outside 3:27 7th Tied Together with a Smile 4:08 8th Stay beautiful 3:56 9 Should've said no 4:02 10 Mary's Song (Oh My My My) 3:33 11 Our song 3:22 12 I'm only me when I'm with you 3:35 13 Invisible 3:25 14th A Perfectly Good Heart 3:42 15th Taylor's 1st Phone Call with Tim McGraw 4:44 DVD: # title length 1 Tim McGraw (Music Video) 4:00 2 Yahoo! Music Performance & Interview Feature of Tim McGraw 4:06 3 Teardrops on My Guitar (Music Video) 3:45 4th Teardrops on My Guitar (Behind the Scenes Video) 4:16 5 Our Song (Music Video) 3:30 6th Our Song (Behind the Scenes Video) 11:30 7th Taylor's Home Movie 5:40

Chart successes and singles

Taylor Swift reached number 5 in the US album charts and stayed in the top 200 for a total of 275 weeks. In the United Kingdom, after the release of its successor Fearless in 2009, it entered the charts at number 81 and stayed in the top 100 for three weeks. In contrast, it could not place itself in the German charts.

The five singles Tim McGraw , Teardrops on My Guitar , Our Song , Picture to Burn and Should've Said No that were released from the album all reached quite high positions in the US charts and were there with at least one platinum record for each more more than a million copies sold.

album

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2006	Taylor Swift	-	-	-	UK81 gold (3 weeks)UK	US5 × 7 Seven times platinum (275 weeks)US	First published: October 24, 2006 Sales: 7,750,000

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2006	Tim McGraw	-	-	-	-	US40 platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: June 16, 2006 Sales: + 1,500,000
2007	Teardrops on My Guitar	-	-	-	UK51 (10 weeks) UK	US13 × 3 Triple platinum (48 weeks)US	First published: February 19, 2007 Sales: + 2,980,000
	Our song	-	-	-	-	US16 × 4 Quadruple platinum (36 weeks)US	First published: September 9, 2007 Sales: + 3,280,000
2008	Picture to Burn	-	-	-	-	US28 × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: Jan 29, 2008 Sales: + 1,640,000
	Should've said no	-	-	-	-	US33 platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: May 18, 2008 Sales: + 1,400,000

Sales figures and awards

Professional reviews
source	rating
allmusic

The album went seven times platinum for over seven million copies sold in the United States . It also received a gold record in the UK for more than 100,000 sales. Worldwide sales were around 7.75 million by October 2015.

Awards overview:

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
United States (RIAA)	7 × platinum	7,000,000
All in all	1 × gold 9 × platinum	7,270,000

Main article: Taylor Swift / Music Sales Awards

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cover of the standard edition
2. ↑ Cover of the deluxe edition
3. ↑ Taylor Swift singles on chartsurfer.de
4. ↑ Chart positions: DE AT CH UK US
5. ↑ Worldwide album sales on statisticbrain.com, October 8, 2015, English. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
6. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
7. ↑ Awards: DE AT CH UK US
8. ↑ Taylor Swift worldwide sales