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ARTIST.....: Taylor Swift
TITLE......: Live From Clear Channel Stripped 2008
LABEL......: Big Machine Label Group, LLC
GENRE......: Country
RIP DATE...: 2020-04-24
RETAIL DATE: 2008-06-28
RUNTIME....: 27:53
TRACKS.....: 8
SIZE.......: 64.73MB
QUALITY....: 320kbps 44.1kHz
CODEC......: MP3 (MPEG-2 Audio Layer III)
ENCODER....: LAME
URL........: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bw3rgzjzeu5vzlgaegldnzhccby
Tracklist:
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01. Love Story (Live From Clear Channel Stripped 2008) 03:41
02. Fearless (Live From Clear Channel Stripped 2008) 03:18
03. Beautiful Eyes (Live From Clear Channel Stripped 2008 02:56
04. Untouchable (Live From Clear Channel Stripped 2008) 03:43
05. Teardrops On My Guitar (Live From Clear Channel Strip 03:16
06. Picture To Burn (Live From Clear Channel Stripped 200 02:53
07. Should've Said No (Live From Clear Channel Stripped 2 03:48
08. Change (Live From Clear Channel Stripped 2008) 04:18
Notes:
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Taylor Swift became one of country's brightest (and youngest)
faces in 2006, when the 16-year-old released her first album.
Although new to the American public, Swift had been performing
since her preteen years in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, where she
first took the stage as part of a children's theater troupe.
Encouraged by the troupe's manager to pursue music instead, Swift
began performing karaoke songs at a local mall, with open-mike
gigs following shortly thereafter. She sang "The Star-Spangled
Banner" before a Philadelphia 76ers game at the age of 11; the
following year, she began practicing the guitar several hours
each day, modeling her early songwriting attempts on crossover
artists like Shania Twain and the Dixie Chicks. Swift's parents
realized her dedication and began making regular visits to
Nashville, Tennessee, where Swift could perform casually and meet
with songwriters in the area. The family then decided to move to
an outlying Nashville suburb, which accelerated Swift's career.
While performing at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Swift caught
the eye of music industry veteran Scott Borchetta, who signed her
to his newly formed label. Swift joined the roster at Big Machine
Records and released her debut single, "Tim McGraw," in August
2006. The song drew upon her experience as a lovelorn high-school
student, a theme that Swift revisited throughout her self-titled
debut album. Released in late 2006, Taylor Swift catapulted the
young songwriter to stardom, spawned a handful of hits (five
consecutive Top Ten singles, a new record for a female solo
artist), and earned multi-platinum status. Swift also received a
Grammy nomination for Best New Artist, an award she ultimately
lost to Amy Winehouse. Two subsequent EPs -- Sounds of the
Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection and Beautiful Eyes --
helped maintain Swift's popularity while she worked on another
album, which arrived in November 2008.Swift's debut record made
her a queen in the country world, but 2008's Fearless positioned
her as the year's biggest star of "any" genre. The sophomore
album went gold during its first week of release; combined with
the sales of its predecessor, it also made Swift the highest-
grossing artist of 2008. The accolades increased in 2009, when
Fearless went multi-platinum and took home two ACM awards, five
American Music Awards, five CMAs, two CMTs, and a controversial
trophy at the MTV Video Music Awards (Kanye West infamously
stormed the stage during Swift's acceptance speech to throw his
support to Beyonce, claiming she deserved the award instead).
Meanwhile, "You Belong with Me" peaked at number two on the pop
charts, officially cementing Swift's status as a crossover
artist. By the time 2009 drew to a close, Fearless had sold
nearly six million copies in America alone, making it the year's
best-selling album.Swift kicked off the new year by contributing
two songs to the "Valentine's Day" soundtrack. She also made a
cameo in the film, playing the high-school sweetheart of her
real-life boyfriend, Taylor Lautner. Swift then focused her
attention on wrapping up her third album, Speak Now, which she'd
written entirely on her own throughout the two previous years.
The album debuted at number one on the Billboard Top 200 chart,
and by August 2011 had sold over five and a half million copies
worldwide; it would later win two Grammy Awards for its single
"Mean." That same year, Swift released her first live album,
World Tour Live: Speak Now. Swift decided to turn her fourth
album, Red, into something of a sonic departure, working with Max
Martin -- best known for his collaborations with Britney Spears
and Backstreet Boys -- for its lead single, "We Are Never Ever
Getting Back Together." Its pop sheen signaled a departure, as
did the presence of such collaborators as Dan Wilson, Mark
Foster, and Butch Walker. Red was released on October 22, 2012.