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Taylor Swift is Fearless at No. 1

Posted by Carmen Wagster on 12/01/2008
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st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } In just two years, Taylor Swift has achieved Country Music superstardom. To add to her list of successes, her newest album, Fearless, has sold more than 800,000 copies since its release on Nov. 11, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Fearless was also Billboard’s No. 1 Country album for the second week last week.The Zac Brown Band holds the No. 1 Country song with their song, “Chicken Fried.” They have been on the chart for 23 weeks and finally topped the chart with their debut single. Their album, The Foundation, was last week's No. 3 album and is the highest-charting new title on the Billboard Country albums chart.The Top 5 albums coming in behind Taylor Swift’s Fearless last week were Faith Hill’s Joy to the World, Rascal Flatts’ Greatest Hits, Volume 1 and Elvis Presley’s Christmas Duets.The Top 5 singles last week behind the Zac Brown Band were Tim McGraw’s “Let It Go," Swift’s “Love Song,” Montgomery Gentry’s “Roll With Me” and Rascal Flatts’ “Here.”In other chart news, Blake Shelton’s Startin’ Fires and Randy Houser’s Anything Goes both debuted on the albums chart last week.