Taylor Swift Era Part I

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Taylor Swift is the eponymous debut studio album by singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released in late 2006 by Big Machine Recordswhen she was just 16 years old. Swift wrote songs for the album during her freshman year of high school, and has writing credits on all of the albums' songs including those co-written with Liz Rose.

Swift experimented with several album producers, ultimately choosing the producer of her demo album, Nathan Chapman. Musically, the album is country music styled and lyrically, it speaks of romantic relationships, a couple of which Swift wrote from observing relationships before being in one.

Taylor Swift was received positively by contemporary critics, who praised Swift's talent. The album enjoyed commercial success. In the United States, it rose to number 5 on the Billboard 200, topped the Top Country Albums Chart for 24 non-consecutive weeks, and wascertified five times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

 Taylor Swift has logged 274 weeks on theBillboard Top 200 / Pop Albums chart as of early 2013, making it one of the 12 longest-running albums in the chart's 57-year history. The album was also successful in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

Five singles were released from the album, all of which were certified platinum by the RIAA. "Tim McGraw" was released as the lead single, becoming a top-10 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs. "Teardrops on My Guitar" was released as the second single, becoming the album's best-charting song on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Our Song" was released as the third single from the album, becoming Swift's first number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs, making her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number one song on the Hot Country Songs chart. "Picture to Burn" and "Should've Said No" were released as the fourth single and fifth singles from the album, both becoming a success on the country charts in the United States, the latter peaking at number 18 on theNew Zealand Singles Chart. Swift promoted her album by performing at several venues, which included her opening for Rascal Flatts,George Strait, Brad Paisley, and Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.

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