Taylor Swift - 2008 - Fearless (Includes Bonus Videos) [EAC FLAC]

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Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 14 to pursue a career in country music. She signed with the independent label Big Machine Records and became the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house. The release of Swift's self-titled debut album in 2006 established her as a country music star. Her third single, "Our Song," made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Hot Country Songs chart. She received a Best New Artist nomination at the 2008 Grammy Awards.

Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008. Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me," Fearless became the best-selling album of 2009 in the United States. The album won four Grammy Awards, with Swift becoming the youngest ever Album of the Year winner. Swift's third and fourth albums, 2010's Speak Now and 2012's Red, both sold over one million copies within the first week of their U.S release. Speak Now won two Grammy Awards, while Red's singles "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and "I Knew You Were Trouble" were worldwide hits. Swift's fifth album, the pop-focused 1989, was released in 2014. It sold more copies in its opening week than any album in the previous 12 years, and made Swift the first and only act to have three albums sell more than one million copies in the opening release week. The singles "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space" both reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

Swift is known for narrative songs about her personal experiences. As a songwriter, she has been honored by the Nashville Songwriters Association and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Swift's other achievements include seven Grammy Awards, twelve Billboard Music Awards, eleven Country Music Association Awards, seven Academy of Country Music Awards and one Brit Award. She is one of the best-selling artists of all time, having sold over 40 million albums—27.1 million of them in the U.S.—and 130 million single downloads, and is among the top five music artists who have sold the most digital music worldwide.

In addition to her music career, Swift has appeared as an actress in the ensemble comedy Valentine's Day (2010), the animated film The Lorax (2012) and The Giver (2014). As a philanthropist, Swift supports arts education, children's literacy, natural disaster relief, LGBT anti-discrimination activities and charities for sick children.

Fearless:

Tracklist:
1 Fearless 4:03
2 Fifteen 4:55
3 Love Story 3:56
4 Hey Stephen 4:16
5 White Horse 3:55
6 You Belong With Me 3:52
7 Breathe 4:25
8 Tell Me Why 3:21
9 You're Not Sorry 4:23
10 The Way I Loved You 4:05
11 Forever & Always 3:46
12 The Best Day 4:06
13 Change 4:40

Fearless is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The album was released on November 11, 2008, by Big Machine Records. As with her debut, Swift wrote or co-wrote all thirteen tracks on Fearless. Most of the songs were written as the singer promoted her debut album as opening act for numerous country artists. Due to the unavailability of collaborators on the road, eight songs were self-penned by Swift. Other songs were co-written with Liz Rose, Hillary Lindsey, Colbie Caillat, and John Rich. Swift also made her debut as a record producer, co-producing all songs on the album with Nathan Chapman.

Five singles spawned from Fearless. The lead single, "Love Story", is known as Swift's signature song and is her best-selling song to date, selling more than 8 millions copies worldwide (according to the IFPI). It was a phenomenal crossover hit that became one of the best-selling singles of all time internationally and was once the best-selling country song of all time. The succeeding single, "White Horse", also performed well in the US. "You Belong with Me" was an international success, becoming Swift's second best-selling single and her highest position on the US Billboard Hot 100 at the time. "Fifteen" and "Fearless" followed with both achieving gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Fearless was an international breakthrough and huge commercial success for Swift. In the United States, it reached No.1 on the Billboard 200 for eleven non-consecutive weeks, thus setting various records, including the longest chart-topper by a female country artist. It became the best-selling country album of 2009 and the best-selling album across all genres with 5.2 million copies sold. It gave Swift, 20 at the time, the distinction of being the youngest artist in history to have a No.1 album in the United States. In addition to its weeks on top by January 2010, Fearless became only the 18th (of 19) albums to elapse a full year in the top ten of the Billboard 200. With 6.8 million copies sold in the United States, Fearless became the second biggest-selling album in the last five years (behind Adele's 21, with over 10 million copies sold as of late 2012). Elsewhere, Fearless topped charts in Canada and New Zealand and achieved multi-platinum status in six countries. In the Philippines, it was certified nine times platinum by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI), marking the album's highest certification. "Fearless" has won every album award in the country music genre, and was named All- genre album of the year at the 2010 Grammy Awards. Swift, who turned 20 the previous December, was the youngest artist in history to win the music industry's coveted top prize and she was also the awards first ever solo female country winner, along with the Country Album of the year from the Grammy's the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music and the American Music Awards. In all, Fearless has sold more than 8.6 million copies worldwide. Fearless is also the most awarded album in the history of country music.

Fearless is credited for cementing Swift's place as the youngest country megastar in the history of country music, at only 18 years old for popularising country music to a younger generation in the 2000s and at the same time, establishing her as a pop crossover act. Swift's Fearless made a significant impact on country music by bringing it mainstream appeal, especially to audiences abroad in continents such as Asia and Europe where country music is rarely played.

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