Speak Now
- She wrote all the songs without co writers.
- Selling approximately 1,047,000 units in its first week.
- The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart.
- Due to strong digital sales, all fourteen songs from the standard edition of the album charted on the Billboard Hot 100, with the lead single “Mine” having the highest peak of number three.
- The album was also an international success, charting within the top 10 in several countries, including Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
“I got my first guitar when I was eight or nine years old. I couldn’t motivate myself to learn because my fingers were too small. I always had the guitar around, had it in the corner. And when I was about twelve this magical twist of fate. This guy who my parents had hired to come fix my computer, I’m doing my homework, and he looks over and sees the guitar in the corner and he was like, “Do you play guitar?” And I said, “Oh… no, I tried, but… no.” He said, “Do you want me to teach you a few chords?” And I was just like “Yeah!” And that was that.”