OlderTaylor Swift Beats Jonas Brothers Record
Taylor Swift just broke a new record with “White Horse,” a track from her new album Fearless that was featured on the season premiere of Grey’s Anatomy.
The soulful song will debut at #13 on Billboard’s all-genre Hot 100 singles chart this week, giving the 18-year-old country cutie her 6th Top 20 debut of 2008. This breaks the all-time Billlboard record for the number of Top 20 debuts in a calendar year by any artist.
The previous record with five Top 20 Debuts this year was held by her ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas’s pop-rock group, The Jonas Brothers.
Taylor’s other five songs that made the Top 20 include “Change”, “Fearless”, “You’re Not Sorry”, “You Belong With Me” and “Love Story”.
Fearless also sold 592,304 units in its first week of sales (her last album sold 3.5 million). Comparatively, the JoBros sold over 525,000 units of their latest album, A Little Bit Longer (their last album sold 1.5 million).
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#23
hahahahahahah totally!
but I give at the most 2 yrs for JB to be forgotten
their current fans will get over them
other cute boys will replace them
and Taylor is actually respected as a musican, she is respected as a country artist whie JB are seen by most as eye candy…
I doubt they would have as many fans if Joe and Nick weren’t cute
What’s the point of you comparing their album sales, Jared? I really wish people would stop with this whole Taylor vs Joe thing. How or why they broke up is no one’s business and sites like JJ further pitting them against one another is just as childish as Taylor’s public digs at her exes. I thought you were more mature than that, Jared. For a second, I thought I was reading Perez Hilton. Why can’t you just congratulate Taylor on having a successful album, period? Jonas references NOT included. People really need to grow up.
Not news.
WHo cares, records like that are complete moronic and useless. If you pick at the details enough, anyone can give themselves a “record”.
And her album sales beating theirs is not a surprise. Taylor’s first album sold more than all 3 of the Jonas Brother’s albums combined.
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22 anna, you are sooo sooo wrong. don’t open your mouth when you know nothing. jonas brothers has been around longer than taylor.
haha some people are just THAT dumb.
jared u make it sound like her last album sold 3.5 in a WEEK. but that was like over 2 years. anyways, i LOVE her and i bought the album! i freakin hate the jonas ****
TO JOBROS: ” THA’S WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU LET A HEART BREAK”
GO TAYLOR!
GO JOBROS TOO!
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WOOT! Go Taylor, I knew she would have the #1 album :)
they both are good artists. but taylor obviously has way more longevity. the jonas brothers ARE a boy band, and no matter what they’ll go out of style soon. their in a genre where teen girls love them. and teen girls grow up. taylor’s in a genre where she’s loved by teen girls, little boys, grandparents-she has a much bigger appeal. plus i think her music is a little more relateable. her songs help girls (and lots of people) get through tough times, and usually tell whats on your mind. the jonas brothers songs-their music is relateable, but not as good as taylors. anyways, i think Taylot is AT LEAST a better songwriter. i mean she had a songwriters credit and 14-NONE of the jobros and that at 14.
That’s cool….but they did spend two weeks at the number 1 slot and she’s not going to go that….I wonder if Beyonce will beat them….
i highly dislike taylor, but to those who called her a liar. technically no. she didnt say that he hung up on her. all she said was that he broke up with her over the phonecall that lasted 27 seconds.
she didnt specify who hung up first though.
so yes, i highly diliked her, before all of this 2. and i dont think she’s all that pretty. but hey thats my opnion. i do like some of her songs. otherwise. blehhhhh
all taylor haters are jonas brothers fans. like seriously. most of the ppl who dislike her have no valid reasons. if she cant sing, then how has she sold 4 million cds? if shes so unnatractive then why do so many guys like her? i mean, come on. this girl is amazing. no point in being a hater or being jealous. shes about to take over. get ready.
she only gets that many sales, because a bunch of little girls get their parents to buy the album for them!
little kids don’t know anything about what a good singing voice is! they’re just like “thats a pretty voice” which is half of american girls.
i dont get taylor swift.
she sounds crappy live
Go Taylor! Haters can go suck it!
heyy i love your songs there awsome you have an awsome voice and i look up to yo love yah taylor swift
good job taylor.
i love her album WAY more than jb’s.
but thats just my opinion.
Taylor is one talented young lady I’m happy for her
I can’t stand her. Whiny vindicative immature twerp.
People bought 10 copies each of her album (they blogged and said they would) because they felt sorry for her after she misled and garnered undeserved sympathy for herself.
While Love Story was a fine song and she has both the old time country music fan base as well as younger teen girls, I think it would have sold well on its own. But as far as the huge numbers, they wouldn’t have been that high without her ’sympathy’ sales and I don’t respect or put much stock in that.
I for one can’t listen to any of her songs anymore without cringing when I think about the true Taylor that I’ve come to know in her interviews. She shouldn’t have spoke about it to the public in interviews. If she was really ‘hurt’ she should have confided in friends and family to get through it. No, she was being spiteful, whiny and vindictive in trying to lay all the blame at his door when all he was ready to do was move on.
Topping the charts fully on merit. uh no not by a long shot. And by the way, that CMA performance was awful. It’s a good thing the ‘album’ had lots of takes.
CHRIS @ 11/19/2008 at 6:10 pm SAID TO JOBROS: ” THA’S WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU LET A HEART BREAK”
GO TAYLOR!
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Oh come on. He’s lucky to be rid of her! Joe deserves much better than her.
THIS IS THE BEST SH!T EVERRRRRR
really really seems like a joke
”nessa @ 11/19/2008 at 7:48 pm she only gets that many sales, because a bunch of little girls get their parents to buy the album for them!
little kids don’t know anything about what a good singing voice is! they’re just like “thats a pretty voice” which is half of american girls.
i dont get taylor swift.
she sounds crappy live
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and the fact JB are mostly on Disney Channel , Radio Disney and Tween mags means what?
jenna, that 25 second breakup story was another one of her ‘not love stories’. She hung up on him, so he didn’t call and break up with her in 25 seconds. She just didn’t like that he wasn’t that into her anymore, so she turned into a baby, hung up the fan, and then ran onto Ellen to try to get everybody to say ‘awwwww poor taylor, bad Joe.’ Unfortunately, it worked and she got some sympathy and more publicity (which turns into sales) and probably had lots of fun stirring the pot. I think I heard her say bashing ex-boyfriends was ‘fun.’ What a loser.
taylors fearless CD sucks. i am sorry but she has done better. this cd was more like a step down. i WAS a fan, but not anymore. she is childish.
TO ALL YOU IDIOTS WHO THINK JOE BROKE UP WITH HER IN 25 SECS ARE TRULY DUMB CUS SHE WAS THE BIG BABY AND HUNG UP ON HIM. IF ANYTHING I AM 100% ON JOE’S SIDE. TAYLOR IS A GIRL WHO NEEDS TO LEARN HOW TO HANDLE THE TRUTH, AND NEVER MIND HANGING UP THE FONE. THATS PATHETIC.
yay!!!!!!!!!
im sooo happy 4 taylor!
i luv her and she desverves this
jb, well =p
HA!
those where some pretty big #s 3.5 mill to 1.5
HA!
AGREE ‘ SENSIBLE “….They are ALL over-exposed in my opinion, which is death to anyone trying to be the most popular and the favorite……..YES, they are talented, BUT, enough is enough…..Taylor showed her immaturity when she dished about her break-up call, just to get more attention and sympathy….When Jessica Simpson started dishing out crap about her lost love and the aftermath, it backfired on her, dropping her popularity to a low point..( USA Today ).
Taylor should have kept quite…..She should learn from Jessica Simpson and Denise Richardson, that spilling the beans is a career killer!
I find this simply hilarious!!!! ^_^ Way to go Taylor! Gotta say that I’m pretty proud of her!
This alone proves that Taylor did not need joe or the jonas brothers for publicity. I’m an avid jonas fan, but I always find that argument ridiculous because she has ALWAYS done better than them.
Congrats Taylor!
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