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imSOgonnathrowaBF wrote:

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mynamebesarah wrote:

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lilacrose82 wrote:

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21 has sold 4 million copies in the US this year and she has critical acclaim, if Taylor topped that then, sure she should win, but I don't think she has.

see what i said above.....it was woman of the year, not album of the year. different criteria.

Speak Now has sold 5.5. Million Copies but this award is about ARTIST of the year not about record sales. Taylor Swift's Speak Now 'World Tour' sold out in less then two hours, every single show was sold out. Her album, Speak Now, sold over a million copies in the first week of sales. She has been listed in the 2012 Guinness Book Of World Records as the Fastest Selling Digital Album by a Female Artist for her album Speak Now, and Most Simultaneous U.S. Hot 100 Hits by a Female Artist. She has won more awards and received more award nominations than any other artist out there. This award from Billboard is determined not just by album sales but also by tour ticket sales, social media relevance and popularity, merch presence etc. All of those pieces contribute to an artists name and to their 'empire' per say. Taylor Swift as a brand, is bigger then it has ever been before and it just keeps getting bigger and bigger. It's a completely different type of award.