
'Speak Now' is sure to be the country superstar's most personal album yet. "I wrote all the songs myself for this record," Taylor told fans in a web chat last month. "It didn't really happen on purpose. It just sort of happened that way. I'd get my best ideas at 3:00 AM in Arkansas, and didn't have a co-writer around and I'd just finish it. And that would happen again in New York; that would happen again in Boston; that would happen again in Nashville. The songs that made the cut for the albums are the ones that I wrote by myself so – wish me luck!"
Taylor has already made musical history with the album. With its first single, 'Mine,' making its debut in the Top 5 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, Taylor becomes the second female artist in history to have multiple Top 5 debuts in a calendar year. (The only other artist who can boast that feat is Mariah Carey.) Taylor's previous straight-to-the-Top-5 debut was her song from the 'Valentine's Day' soundtrack, 'Today Was a Fairytale,' which bowed at No. 2.
Currently sitting at No. 1 on the digital sales charts, 'Mine' has had more than half a million downloads in just two weeks.




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