Taylor Swift Speak Now Album and Tour - Associated Content

Around the world, girls AND guys are probably going a little insane. I'll admit, I'm one of them. Taylor's latest album Speak Now is, in my humble opinion, her best yet! She's growing up and her style is  getting a little more grown up too. Speak Now was released worldwide on October 25, 2010 and sold more than 1,046,000 copies in its first week! In case you didn't know, it's kind of a big deal. It was the biggest debut EVER for a country studio album. She's starting her tour in Asia, then heading to Europe before finally finishing off in the U.S. This tour is going to last for almost a year! How crazy is that? It's a good thing she loves what she does! Can't wait for her to come to my hometown!

13 Facts About Taylor and her Latest Album!
1. She wrote every single song on her new album by herself.
2. The penthouse she purchased in Nashville earlier this year features a giant pond and a people-sized birdcage!
3. Speak Now was originally going to be called Enchanted, but was changed after Taylor had a talk with Big Machine president/CEO Scott Borchetta, who told Taylor, "this record isn't about fairy tales and high school anymore. That's not where you're at. I don't think the album should be called 'Enchanted.'"
4. Speak Now debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200.
5. Taylor put hidden messages into each of her songs so her fans could find out who the songs were written about or what the songs meant to her.
6. Her birth name is Taylor Alison Swift and she was born on December 13, 1989.
7. Taylor is 5'11''. Lucky girl!
8.Taylor estimated that 60 percent of her album was completed in the basement of her producer, Nathan Chapman.
9. She shot the video "Mine" in Maine.
10. Her tour began in Singapore and will end in Lexington, Kentucky on October 29.
11. Taylor says her songs on this album are like open letters. She's telling people now what she wished she had said when they were standing right in front of her.
12. She grew up on a Christmas tree farm in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.
13. Her lucky number is....13.

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Taylor Swift partners with Target to offer bonus album content - Tulsa World

Taylor Swift graces the CD cover of her latest album, "Speak Now." Target stores will offer additional songs on the album when it is released Oct. 25 Associated Press
The country superstar is aligning herself with Target Corp. for the release of her latest album, "Speak Now." The store will offer fans three additional songs, remixed tunes and video content when the album is released Oct. 25.
Swift says she tries to give fans bonuses whenever she can, so she is happy to oblige with her third album.
"Speak Now" is the follow-up to her Grammy-winning, multiplatinum CD "Fearless." The first single, "Mine," has hit the country chart's top 20.
She debuted the song "Innocent" - about last year's MTV Video Music Awards debacle - at this year's VMAs.
Original Print Headline: Target to offer bonus content on Swift album
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