Fearless (Taylor Swift album)

Not to be confused with Fearless (Taylor Swift song).
Fearless
Studio album by Taylor Swift
Released November 11, 2008
Recorded 2007–2008; Nashville TN, Blackbird Studios, Starstruck Studios, The Sound Cottage, The Sound Eporium, Quad Studios, Love Shack Studios, Fool On The Hill Studios, Franklin TN, The Sound Kitchen
Genre Country pop[1]
Length 53:33
Label Big Machine
Producer Scott Borchetta (exec.), Nathan Chapman, Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift chronology
Beautiful Eyes
(2008)		 Fearless
(2008)		 Speak Now
(2010)
Singles from Fearless
  1. "Love Story"
    Released: September 12, 2008 (2008-09-12)
  2. "White Horse"
    Released: December 8, 2008 (2008-12-08)
  3. "You Belong with Me"
    Released: April 21, 2009 (2009-04-21)
  4. "Fifteen"
    Released: September 1, 2009 (2009-09-01)
  5. "Fearless"
    Released: January 4, 2010 (2010-01-04)

Fearless is the second studio album by American country pop singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Produced by Nathan Chapman and Swift and released on November 11, 2008 by Big Machine Records, the album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 and the Top Country Albums charts. The release sold 592,000 copies in the United States in its first week—the largest sum for a country album since Eagles' Long Road Out of Eden in November 2007.[2] Fearless later became the first album to sell one million copies in 2009,[3] and earned the title of top-selling album of 2009.[4] As of September 2010, the album has been certified six-times platinum by the RIAA,[5] and it sold 8,681,753 worldwide as of March 2011. On May 23, 2011, Billboard announced that Fearless was the biggest-selling album of the last five years in the US.[6] As of December 2011, Fearless has sold 6,419,000 copies in the USA.[7]

The album's lead single, "Love Story", was Swift's first song to achieve commercial success outside of the United States. It reached number one in Australia, number three in New Zealand,[8] and number two in the United Kingdom and become one of the best-selling singles in the United States The album's third single, "You Belong with Me", became her biggest domestic hit, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100.[9] The album itself topped the Billboard 200 for 11 non-consecutive weeks and topped the Billboard Top Country Albums for 35 non-consecutive weeks. A karaoke version of the album was released on March 31, 2009 featuring the album as a CD+G and a DVD.[10] The album was later re-released on October 26, 2009, as Fearless: Platinum Edition with six additional new songs, photos from the Fearless Tour and a bonus DVD featuring behind the scenes of some of her previous music videos.[11]

At the 52nd Grammy Awards, Fearless won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and Best Country Album.[12] Her Album of the Year win made her the youngest person ever at the age of 20 to receive that award, thereby surpassing Alanis Morissette's win for Jagged Little Pill at the age of 21. Fearless was also the first album in history to win the American Music Award (AMA), Academy of Country Music Award (ACM), Country Music Association Award (CMA), and Grammy Award for Album of The Year in the same year making it the most awarded album in the history of country music.[13]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
About.com [14]
Allmusic [1]
Billboard (favorable)
Blender [15]
Boston Globe (B+)[16]
Entertainment Weekly (B)[17]
The Guardian [18]
Robert Christgau (A-)[19]
Rolling Stone [20]
Slant Magazine [21]

Fearless has been well-received by music professionals, with many praising Swift for her introspective lyrics, as well as her mature sound. According to the music review aggregator Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 73 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[22] Newsday gave the album an "A" rating, calling it "wise beyond her years".[23] James Reed of the Boston Globe also gave the album a strong review, saying the "Young country star's 'Fearless' proves she's just that, and more".[16] Allmusic quote the way Swift writes her music and how she matured into her new album: "Swift's gentle touch is as enduring as her song craft, and this musical maturity may not quite jibe with her age but it does help make Fearless one of the best mainstream pop albums of 2008."[24] Rolling Stone magazine said that her "music mixes an almost impersonal professionalism - it's so rigorously crafted it sounds like it has been scientifically engineered in a hit factory - with confessions that are squirmingly intimate and true."[20] The album was listed as the 39th best album of 2008 by Rolling Stone.[25]

Chart performance

Fearless sold 592,000 copies in the United States its first week—the largest sum for a country album since Eagles' Long Road Out of Eden in November 2007.[2] Of those 592,000 copies, 129,000 were digital copies—the fourth biggest week for a digital album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking them in 2004.[2] In July 2009, Fearless was announced as the top-selling album of the first half of 2009 in the United States.[26] Fearless has eventually been certified 6x Platinum by the RIAA for shipments of 6 million plus copies.[27] As of the week ending on September 12, 2010, Fearless surpassed the 6 million copies sold in the U.S alone.[28] As of May 2011 the album sold 6,306,000 copies in the USA.[29] Fearless has sold 713,000 digital copies as of March 2011.[30]

Fearless is the fifth longest-running No. 1 album by a female artist in the Billboard 200 history, as well as the longest-running No. 1 album by a female country artist in the Billboard 200 history. As of March 2010, the album spent 58 non-consecutive weeks in the top 10 on the Billboard 200, also making it the longest-running country album in the top 10 in the history of Billboard.[31] This also makes Fearless one of eight albums to have spent more than a year in the Top 10 of Billboard 200, the others being Michael Jackson's Thriller in 1983–84, Hootie & The Blowfish's Cracked Rear View in 1995-1996, Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill in 1995–96, Celine Dion's Falling into You in 1996–97, Shania Twain's Come On Over in 1997–1998, Britney Spears' ...Baby One More Time in 1999–00, and Nickelback's All the Right Reasons in 2005–06.

In November 2009, with eight singles from the re-release of Fearless, Swift set a record for the most songs by a female artist simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100: "Jump Then Fall" at No. 10, "Untouchable" at No. 19, "The Other Side of the Door" at No. 22, "Superstar" at No. 27 and "Come in with the Rain" at No. 30, "You Belong with Me" at No. 14, "Forever & Always" at No. 34, and "Fifteen" at No. 46.[32] Additionally, the song "Two Is Better Than One" by Boys Like Girls featuring Swift debuted at No. 80. This gave Swift six debuts in one week, the largest number of debuts by any female artist of all time, meaning setting another record for the largest number of charting songs by the same female artist in the same week at a total of nine.[33]

With "Fifteen", Swift also tied Beyoncé Knowles with 20 Top 40 singles as the female artist with most Top 40 singles this decade. Her collaboration with John Mayer on "Half of My Heart" for his studio album Battle Studies however, gave her the lead after the song debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100..

Singles

"Love Story" was the lead single from Fearless and was released in September 2008 to the United States. The single was later released to other continents in spring 2009. The song became Swift's first top five single on the US charts, and was her third non-consecutive No. 1 on the US country charts. The music video for "Love Story" also premiered in September 2008 on CMT.[34] "Love Story" made Swift the first country singer to have a top 10 hit in the UK since Shania Twain's "Party for Two," which charted at No. 10 in 2004.

"White Horse" was the second US single from Fearless and was released in November 2008. With "White Horse" debuting at No. 13 in the US, Swift then tied for second place with Mariah Carey and The Beatles for the most top 20 debuts in a career in the 50-year history of the Billboard charts.[35] It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, but did reach #1 on the Mediabase chart. The single was also released to Australia two days after the release of "Love Story" in spring 2009.

"You Belong with Me" was released on April 21, 2009 as the third single from Fearless. The song became Swift's best-charting single in the United States; it peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100[9] and was certified triple platinum by the RIAA.[36]

"Fifteen" was the fourth US single from Fearless and was released for airplay in August 2009. The single was officially released to the US in September 2009, and peaked at #7 on the Hot Country Songs chart and No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Fearless" was the fifth and final single from Fearless and was released in January 2010 as a digital single from the album. The song peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #10 on the Hot Country Songs chart, becoming her lowest-charting single on the Billboard country chart.[37]

Promotional singles

Prior to the album's release, four digital-only promotional singles were released, all reaching the top 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart: "Change" (No. 10), "Fearless" (No. 9), "You're Not Sorry" (No. 11), and "You Belong with Me" (No. 12). On March 5, 2009 a remix of "You're Not Sorry" called "You're Not Sorry (CSI Remix)" was released on iTunes as a single.[38] In November 2009, "Jump Then Fall" and "Untouchable" off of Fearless: Platinum Edition debuted at No. 10 and No. 19 respectively, making Swift the artist with the most Top 20 debuts in a career. Although "Forever & Always" was not released as a single, it was certified Platinum.[36] The best selling songs on Fearless are: Love Story 5,151,000; You Belong With Me 3,876,000; White Horse 1,678,000; Fifteen 1,199,000; Fearless 848,000; Forever & Always 675,000; You're Not Sorry 653,000.[39]

Promotion

Swift has performed songs from Fearless for many award shows, including the CMA Awards, American Music Awards, 51st Grammy Awards, Academy of Country Music awards show, 2009 CMT Awards, and 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. Some of these performances have been alongside other artists, including Stevie Nicks.

To promote the album, she has additionally performed on several major syndicated television shows, including Late Show with David Letterman, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Saturday Night Live. To promote the album in the UK, she has appeared on music/talk show T4, Loose Women, and BBC Breakfast. In September 2008, "White Horse" was played during the season premiere of Grey's Anatomy.

Swift also used Clear Channel Communications's Stripped to help promote the album.

In spring 2009, Swift headlined a massive, sold out 52-city Fearless Tour in the United States and Canada, with opening acts Kellie Pickler, Gloriana, and Molo Eight. Following Fearless's success in the UK, Swift later brought the tour to London and Manchester in the fall, as well as performed at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, VA, after the school won a performance by her as part of a promotional contest sponsored by Verizon Wireless.[40]

According to Country Standard Time, the tour "feature[d] an incredibly theatrical presentation of graphics, sets and visual elements designed by Swift herself."[41] Each show consisted of performances by Swift on five guitars and the piano, as well as multiple costume changes and an illuminated fairy-tale castle.[41] Most of Swift's shows sold out within hours; her August 27, 2009, show at Madison Square Garden sold out in less than 1 minute after its availability.[42]

After wrapping up the first leg of her Fearless Tour, Swift launched the second leg on March 4, 2010 after returning from a five-show tour in Australia in February 2010.[43] The tour was set to end on June 5, 2010.[43]

According to a posting by her to her official YouTube Channel, the Fearless Tour sold out in a total of 63 cities in four different countries.

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Fearless"   Taylor Swift, Liz Rose, Hillary Lindsey 4:01
2. "Fifteen"   Swift 4:54
3. "Love Story"   Swift 3:55
4. "Hey Stephen"   Swift 4:12
5. "White Horse"   Swift & Rose 3:54
6. "You Belong with Me"   Swift & Rose 3:51
7. "Breathe" (featuring Colbie Caillat) Swift & Colbie Caillat 4:21
8. "Tell Me Why"   Swift & Rose 3:20
9. "You're Not Sorry"   Swift 4:21
10. "The Way I Loved You"   Swift & John Rich 4:06
11. "Forever & Always"   Swift 3:46
12. "The Best Day"   Swift 4:07
13. "Change"   Swift 4:40
Total length:
 53:30

Platinum Edition

Swift released Fearless: Platinum Edition on October 26, 2009. The album contains the same tracks plus 6 additional tracks and a DVD.[48]

“ Taylor’s fans have an incredible appetite for her new music and her ongoing life experiences. The two million-plus fans who bought Fearless within weeks of release last year are screaming for new Taylor music and Taylor has delivered. There are six new songs, over fifty new photographs from the Fearless Tour 2009, a beautiful new collector cover, all of the videos from all of the hit singles and tons of new Taylor video footage. ”

—Scott Borchetta, President/CEO of Big Machine Records[49]
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Jump Then Fall"   Taylor Swift 3:56
2. "Untouchable"   Swift, Cary & Nathan Barlowe, Tommy Lee James 5:11
3. "Forever & Always (Piano Version)"   Swift 4:27
4. "Come In With The Rain"   Swift & Rose 3:58
5. "SuperStar"   Swift & Rose 4:21
6. "The Other Side Of The Door"   Swift 3:58
7. "Fearless"   Swift, Rose, Lindsey 4:01
8. "Fifteen"   Swift 4:54
9. "Love Story"   Swift 3:55
10. "Hey Stephen"   Swift 4:12
11. "White Horse"   Swift & Rose 3:54
12. "You Belong with Me"   Swift & Rose 3:51
13. "Breathe" ((feat. Colbie Caillat)) Swift & Caillat 4:23
14. "Tell Me Why"   Swift & Rose 3:20
15. "You're Not Sorry"   Swift 4:21
16. "The Way I Loved You"   Swift & Rich 4:06
17. "Forever & Always"   Swift 3:46
18. "The Best Day"   Swift 4:07
19. "Change"   Swift 4:40
Total length:
 79:24

Personnel

As listed on backing card.[52]

Strings composed, performed and arranged by Jonathan Yudkin.

Finger snaps on "Hey Stephen" by Andrew Bowers, Nicholas Brown, Carolyn Cooper, Burlas Cox, Lauren Elcan, and Martina McBride's two daughters, Delaney and Emma McBride.

Production personnel

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Charts (2008–10) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[53] 2
Australian Country Chart[54] 1
Austrian Albums Chart[55] 14
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[55] 52
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[55] 68
Brazilian Albums Chart[56] 18
Canadian Albums Chart[57] 1
Danish Albums Chart[55] 23
Dutch Albums Chart[55] 43
French Albums Chart[55] 26
German Albums Chart[58] 12
Greek Albums Chart[55] 19
Irish Albums Chart[59] 7
Japanese Albums Chart[59] 8
Mexican Albums Chart[60] 37
New Zealand Albums Chart[55] 1
Norwegian Albums Chart[55] 5
Russian Albums Chart[61] 17
Spanish Albums Chart[55] 28
Swedish Albums Chart[55] 12
Swiss Albums Chart[55] 35
UK Albums Chart[62] 5
US Billboard 200[57] 1
US Billboard Top Country Albums[57] 1

Certifications

Region Certification
Australia[63] 5× Platinum
Canada[64] 4× Platinum
Ireland[65] 2× Platinum
Japan[66] Gold
New Zealand[67] 2× Platinum
Philippines[68] 9× Platinum
United Kingdom[69] Platinum
United States[70] 6× Platinum

Year-end charts

Chart (2009) Position
Australian Albums Chart[71] 4
Canadian Albums Chart[72] 2
New Zealand Albums Chart[73] 2
US Billboard 200[74] 1
Chart (2010) Position
Canadian Albums Chart[75] 14
Billboard 200[76] 7
US Billboard Top Country Albums[77] 1
Chart (2011) Position
Billboard 200[78] 88
US Billboard Top Country Albums[79] 42

Decade-end charts

Chart (2000s) Position
Australian Albums Chart[80] 87

Chart procession and succession

Order of precedence
Preceded by
Twilight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack		 U.S. Billboard 200 number-one album (first run)
November 29, 2008 - December 6, 2008		 Succeeded by
I Am... Sasha Fierce by Beyoncé
Preceded by
Circus by Britney Spears		 U.S. Billboard 200 number-one album (second run)
December 27, 2008 - February 7, 2009		 Succeeded by
Working on a Dream by Bruce Springsteen
Preceded by
The Fray by The Fray		 U.S. Billboard 200 number-one album (third run)
February 28, 2009 - March 14, 2009		 Succeeded by
No Line on the Horizon by U2
Preceded by
Play by Brad Paisley		 Top Country Albums number-one album (first run)
November 29, 2008 - February 14, 2009		 Succeeded by
Feel That Fire by Dierks Bentley
Preceded by
Feel That Fire by Dierks Bentley		 Top Country Albums number-one album (second run)
February 28, 2009 - April 4, 2009		 Succeeded by
Shine by Martina McBride
Preceded by
American Saturday Night by Brad Paisley		 Top Country Albums number-one album (third run)
August 1–August 22, 2009		 Succeeded by
Live on the Inside by Sugarland
Preceded by
Keep On Loving You by Reba McEntire		 Top Country Albums number-one album (fourth run)
September 19, 2009		 Succeeded by
#1's... and Then Some by Brooks & Dunn
Preceded by
#1's... and Then Some by Brooks & Dunn		 Top Country Albums number-one album (fifth run)
October 3-October 10, 2009		 Succeeded by
Revolution by Miranda Lambert
Preceded by
American Ride by Toby Keith		 Top Country Albums number-one album (sixth run)
October 31, 2009		 Succeeded by
Southern Voice by Tim McGraw
Preceded by
Southern Voice by Tim McGraw		 Top Country Albums number-one album (seventh run)
November 14, 2009		 Succeeded by
Play On by Carrie Underwood
Preceded by
Play On by Carrie Underwood		 Top Country Albums number-one album (eighth run)
December 12, 2009-February 6, 2010		 Succeeded by
Need You Now by Lady Antebellum
Preceded by
Black Ice by AC/DC		 Canadian Albums Chart Number-one album
November 29, 2008		 Succeeded by
Dark Horse by Nickelback
Preceded by
No Line on the Horizon by U2		 New Zealand RIANZ albums chart number-one album
March 23, 2009		 Succeeded by
Only by the Night by Kings Of Leon
Preceded by
Long Road out of Eden by Eagles		 Top Country Albums number-one album of the year
2009		 Succeeded by
Need You Now by Lady Antebellum
Preceded by
As I Am by Alicia Keys		 Billboard Top Albums of the Year
2009		 Succeeded by
I Dreamed a Dream by Susan Boyle

See also

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