Nashville, TN – July 29, 2009 – The momentum of Taylor Swift continues to grow exponentially, with her triple-platinum-plus FEARLESS CD notching its 20 th week as the #1 selling album in country music. FEARLESS is the top-selling album in all genres of music so far this year. Taylor joins Garth Brooks and Shania Twain as the only country artists in the Billboard SoundScan era to have TWO albums spend 20 weeks at #1 on the Top Country Albums sales chart. FEARLESS , released on Big Machine Records, returned last week to the #1 spot atop Billboard ’s Top Country Albums sales chart, 36 weeks after its initial release, and holds firm this week, marking the collection’s 20 th week at #1. Her self-titled debut CD, released 143 weeks ago (in 2006), also remains one of country’s top sellers, claiming the #11 spot on the sales chart this week. Taylor is the only artist this decade to have two albums spend 20 weeks at #1 on the Top Country Albums chart. Taylor’s career CD sales to date...
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