Speak Now

Studio album by

Released

October 25, 2010

Recorded

2009

Genre

Length

67:29

Label

Big Machine

Producer

Taylor Swift chronology

Fearless
(2008)

Speak Now
(2010)

Speak Now World Tour – Live
(2011)

Singles from Speak Now

'Mine'
Released: August 4, 2010
'Back to December'
Released: November 15, 2010
'Mean'
Released: March 13, 2011
'The Story of Us'
Released: April 19, 2011
'Sparks Fly'
Released: July 18, 2011
'Ours'
Released: November 22, 2011

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Speak Now is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on October 25, 2010, by Big Machine Records. Production for the album took place during 2009 to 2010 at several recording studios, and was handled by Swift and Nathan Chapman. Written entirely by Swift as the follow-up to Fearless, Speak Now expands on the country pop style of her previous work, and features lyrical themes including love, romance, and heartbreak.

Speak Now received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised Swift's songwriting and themes. It received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Country Album, making it her second consecutive nomination in the category, following her 2010 victory for Fearless. Several music critics and publications included Speak Now in their year-end lists. Six singles were released from the album, all of which have either received a platinum or multi-platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Swift promoted the album with the Speak Now World Tour, grossing over $123 million.

Speak Now debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, giving Swift her second consecutive chart-topper in the U.S. Its first-week sales of 1,047,000 copies was the fifth-biggest debut in history for a female artist, the third biggest ever by a country album (the first being Swift's own Red album later released in 2012), the biggest in five and a half years, and the biggest first week sales of 2010. The album also made music history for claiming the biggest one-week sales tally for an album by a female country artist. As of 2017, Speak Now was ranked as the 16th album to sell at least one million copies in a single week in the United States. Internationally, it charted within the top 10 in several countries, including Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The album has been certified 6× platinum by the RIAA and, as of November 2017, has sold 4.6 million copies in the United States and 6 million copies Worldwide. It is also the tenth best-selling digital album of all time.

Speak Now was included in Rolling Stone's list of '50 Best Female Albums of All Time' in 2012, ranking at number forty-five. This gave Swift, age 20 at the time of publication, the distinction of being the youngest artist across all genres to be included on the list.

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Background[edit]

Swift released her second album, Fearless, in 2008. The album peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 for eleven non-consecutive weeks,^[1] became the best-selling album of 2009 in the United States,^[2] and was certified six times platinum by the RIAA.^[3] Thirteen songs from Fearless charted within the top forty of the Billboard Hot 100, breaking the record for the most top forty entries from a single album.^[4]Fearless also produced five singles. 'Love Story' (2008), the first single from Fearless became Swift's best-charting song at the time, peaking at number one on the Australian Singles Chart and being certified triple platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association.^[5]^[6]Fearless' third single, 'You Belong with Me' (2009), became Swift's best-charting single in the United States, at the time; it peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA.^[3]^[7] 'Fearless' (2010), the fifth single from Fearless, became the first single released after being certified gold by the RIAA as a result of digital downloads.^[8] Swift won the Billboard Music Award for Artist of the Year in 2009 due to the chart success she enjoyed on Billboard charts during the year.^[9] She obtained her second-biggest debut on the Billboard Hot 100 at number two in 2010 with 'Today Was a Fairytale' from the Valentine's Day soundtrack.^[10]

Recording and title[edit]

Swift worked on the album for two years prior to its release.^[11] Swift wrote all of the songs on the album without co-writers. Speaking on a live webcast on July 20, 2010, she said, 'I actually wrote all the songs myself for this record. It didn't really happen on purpose, it just sort of happened. Like, I'd get my best ideas at 3:00 am in Arkansas, and I didn't have a co-writer around and I would just finish it.'^[12] In an analysis of Swift's lyrics, The Oxonian Review noted themes of regret and solitude, highlighting that 'December is a month to get through so we can return to the beginning, and is certainly not a month to relish. Yet, Swift goes there—'all the time'—in 'Back to December' by delivering an apology to an ex-boyfriend, which she never did on her prior two albums.'^[13] Music writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine viewed that the album musically is 'no great progression from Fearless but rather a subtle shift toward pure pop with the country accents [...] used as flavoring'.^[14]

Recording sessions for the album took place at several recording locations, including Aimeeland Studio, Blackbird Studios, and Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California, Pain in the Art Studio, and Starstruck Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, and Stonehurst Studio in Bowling Green, Kentucky.^[15] Some of the songs feature live strings, and some, a full orchestra.^[16]

According to Big Machine Records president/CEO Scott Borchetta, the album's original title was Enchanted. He explained: 'We were at lunch, and she had played me a bunch of the new songs. I looked at her and I'm like, 'Taylor, this record isn't about fairy tales and high school anymore. That's not where you're at. I don't think the record should be called Enchanted.' After the discussion, Swift then excused herself from the table at that point. By the time she came back, she had the Speak Now title, which comes closer to representing the evolution that the album represents in her career and in her still-young understanding of the world.^[17]

Songs and lyrics[edit]

The opening track, 'Mine', was released as the lead single from the album. Swift explained that the uptempo country pop song was about her tendency to run from love.^[18] Critics praised the song, although some called it 'formulaic' and reminiscent of her earlier work.^[19] 'Sparks Fly' was composed by Swift when she was sixteen, prior to her debut in the music scene,^[20] and was first performed during one of her concerts in 2007. The song's lyrics were revised several times, and the banjo

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