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Saturday, December 25, 2010
Country starlet Taylor Swift's blockbuster album 'Speak Now' returns to the top of the Billboard 200 chart this week. This is the third time it has topped the chart since November 10, when it debuted at No. 1 and became the only album of 2010 to sell more than a million copies during its first week of release.
Swift's 'Speak Now' takes the gold from Susan Boyle's 'The Gift,' which falls to No. 2. Surprisingly, Michael Jackson's controversial but hugely-anticipated posthumous album 'Michael' will make its chart debut in third place in the U.S., although -- not surprisingly -- it is the number-one-selling album in the world for the week.
Swift's 'Speak Now' takes the gold from Susan Boyle's 'The Gift,' which falls to No. 2. Surprisingly, Michael Jackson's controversial but hugely-anticipated posthumous album 'Michael' will make its chart debut in third place in the U.S., although -- not surprisingly -- it is the number-one-selling album in the world for the week.
'Speak Now' has been well-received by critics, and even scored some notable raves. Of the album, the New York Times remarked, "If this is what this preternaturally wise teen star turned 21st-century multimedia celebrity is developing into, bring it on ... In these new songs relationships are no longer fantasies, or neutered; they're lived-in places, where bodies share space." The paper also deemed various tracks "scorching" ('Dear John'), "scolding" ('Innocent') and an "unplugged slap in the face of doubters" ('Mean'). Read more from AOL Music.
