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Taylor Swift
November 19, 2008, 10:20 AM ET
Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
With the best sales week for a country album in a year, 18-year-old Taylor Swift debuts at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums with her sophomore set, "Fearless." The Big Machine release sold 592,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. More...
























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