Red (styled like RED ) is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter, Taylor Swift. The album was released on October 22, 2012 by Big Machine Records, as a follow up of her third studio album, Speak Now . The album title is inspired by Swift's "semi-toxic relationship" during the album's creation process, with Swift describing the emotion he perceives as "red emotion" because of his intense and tumultuous nature. Red touches on the Swift signature theme of love and heartbreak, however, from a more mature perspective while exploring other themes such as fame and pressure are at the center of attention. The album features collaborations with guest producers and artists such as Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol and Ed Sheeran bands, and is famous for Swift experiments with new music genres. Swift completed The Red Tour to support the album on June 12, 2014; The tour became an all-time best-selling tour by state artists, earning more than $ 150 million.
Red was well received by critics and earned two Swift Grammy Award nominations, for Best Country Album and Album of the Year. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard chart 200, giving Swift its third consecutive chart in the US. The first week sales of 1.21 million copies were the third-largest debut for female artists in US history and became the fastest-selling album in more than a decade in the United States. It makes music history to claim the biggest first-week sales of all time by state action, a note previously held by Garth Brooks. Red is just the 18th album in US history to sell a million copies in a week. It is also a major global success, becoming Swift's first chart-topper in the UK, and also topping the album charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand, while also charting in the top ten in every other major music market, including China.
Worldwide, Red has sold 7 million copies per December 2017. This is Swift's third successive consecutive album this year in the United States, making it the second best-selling album of 2012 in all genres just two months after released. This makes it the fourth time that Swift has an album ranking in the top three sellers this year in the United States. Red has been certified platinum fourfold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), making it Swift's fourth consecutive album to reach this plateau.
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Background and release
On August 13, 2012, Swift delivers webchat live to over 72,500 viewers, where he answers fan questions, previews the main single, "We Are Never Getting Back Together," and announces the title of his fourth album as Red >, as well as the release date. Swift also revealed the meaning behind the album title:
All the different emotions that are written about this album are all about the kind of turbulent, insane, intense, intense, semi-toxic relationship I've experienced in the last two years. All those emotions - from intense love, intense frustration, jealousy, confusion, all of that - in my mind, all the emotions are red. You know, nothing in between. There is nothing better than that feeling.
During live webchat, he also revealed that he wrote over 30 songs for the album, where he incorporated 16 for the album and stated that dysfunctional relationships can provide a lot of inspiration. Contrary to the self-written album Speak Now (2010), Swift enlisted the help of some of his favorite songwriters. In an interview with MTV News, the singer revealed that the album was "interesting because each song stands alone.This is a different patchwork blanket and different emotions, and I do not think anything on the recording sounds like We Never Ever Ever Getting Back Together ". She also previews songs from the album on Good Morning America every Monday, from September 24th through October 15th. Swift performed on October 22 for an album release, and the following day, he performed live concerts at the same show. According to the singer who has spent more than two years with the recording process, writing and preparation for the album. Sarah Barlow shot the album cover, which showed Swift's face, especially the red lipstick. The standard and fancy version of the album was released on October 22, 2012 in Italy, New Zealand, USA, among others. The deluxe edition of the album comes with a second disc with three new songs and a demo recording of the original "Red" and "Treacherous" along with the acoustic version of "State of Grace." The karaoke version of the album was also released on February 5, 2013 on the iTunes Store, which includes an instrumental version of all standard version tracks.
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Critical reception
At Metacritic, which gives a weighted average score of 100 for reviews and ratings from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 77, based on 23 reviews, showing "favorable general reviews". Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone felt Swift has been influenced by Joni Mitchell and U2, writing that "his self-discovery project is one of the best stories in pop.When he's really active, his song is like a tattoo." > Billboard calls his most exciting "full-length" album to date "and says it" puts Swift the artist in front and center with a big, fat hook that goes beyond the roots of his country to a record that includes a genre that reaches heights which is invisible since Shania Twain's Up! . "Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic calls the pop recording" Pop "which shows virtually no trace of the country and says despite Swift's lyrics about romantic relationships and anxiety the social still sounds a bit awkward, they do not detract from the original "pop recipe" consisting of music: "If anything, this awkward, awkward humanize this giant pop monolith: he built something very precise, a success it seems destined, but behind it all, Taylor is still nervous, which makes Red not only interesting but interesting. " Spin Magazine Michael Robbins found Swift" too clever and clever to downplay his contradiction "on the album's added pop songs.In Randall Roberts, Randall Roberts was impressed by his ability to combines different musical styles as he "strives for something far more grand and successful" than a cynical standpoint Sputnikmusic Critic Channing Freeman claims that Red shows Swift's transition from one country to another, with music which unlike in the previous recording is "a complement to all the conflicting emotions that have existed in the lyrics for some time now." Jon Caramanica of The New York Times believes that "every moment of pure pop breakthrough is immediately forged by the time of contemplative country ".
Jonathan Keefe of Slant Magazine is less enthusiastic and says as a pop record, it's not consistent enough to be considered "really great" because some songs do not have the usual "spark" Swift. Nevertheless, he concludes that "the spotlight is Swift's best work of career, which now sounds like a pop star destined for him." Michael Gallucci from The A.V. Club found Swift's somewhat more "deeper and darker" lyrics, and the music was much more ambitious than previous recordings, but overall was a "complicated and sometimes unfocused" pop record. He thought the duo was boring, calling "State of Grace" and "All Too Well" "stunning work". Arnold Pan of PopMatters believes that some songs should have been edited on what is a transitional album for Swift, which avoids the country's pop-roots in favor of modern-rocked-up stylings. Writing for MSN Music , Robert Christgau saw Red as a minor version of 1999 Fields Magnetic 69 Love Songs album. He prefers his aggressive songs but also appreciates the more sentimental "Begin Again" and "Stay Stay Stay" songs, which "remain happy and hit just as hard".
Accolades
Red is included in the year-end best list. The album appeared on runner-up spot on Associated Press and Idolator, with the latter saying that " Red showcased [Swift] exceptional ability, in very fine detail, which the most diverse styles of production from his career and his ever-emotional story as harassment as any artist with his reach. "Jon Caramanica of The New York Times is also ranked number two in the list of ten albums the top, stating that "[Swift] went to Day-Glo at the most unexpected moment of this album, the fourth and the first to stop pretending that he was just a pop superstar." MTV rated Red number three, stating that "Swift takes extraordinary steps to become a true artist, the same kind of adept at writing hearts." The album appeared at number five on the best ten best albums of 2012, saying that " Red is likely to be remembered for its sonic risk, with the pop" We Are Never Ever Getting Together "and the" I Knew You Were Trouble "dubstep turmoil pushed country stars out of their comfort zone." In January 2015, the album was placed at number 12 on Billboard's ' from "20 Best Albums of 2010 (So Far)". The Daily Beast The writer Marlow Stern puts the album at number seven, calling it "an uneven LP that still contains various tones of infection." while Glenn Gamboa of Newsday ranked in album number six, stating that Taylor "came out as a full pop superstar." Red is also ranked number ten on both The Salt Lake Tribune and HitFix. Rolling Stone rated the album thirty-one on their album list.
The songs from the album have received a Grammy Award nomination. "We Never Returned Together" was nominated for a Record of the Year at the 55th Grammy Awards, but lost to "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye and Kimbra. "Begin Again" received the Best Country Song nomination at the 56th Grammy Awards. Red also received a nomination for Album of the Year and Best Country Album at the 56th Grammy Awards.
Commercial performance
North America
Red is a huge commercial success. In the United States, Red became the fastest-selling album in more than a decade after selling 1.21 million copies in its first week, earning Swift's No. 1 album. 1 on his Billboard 200. Red has the second highest second week number by the female artist, just behind Britney Spears' Ups!... I Did It Again (2000), which opened with 1.3 million units. Red has the biggest sales week of 2012 and surpassed the top 52 albums on Billboard in the first week. This is also the biggest one-week sales for country album that beat Garth Brooks' Double Live which sold 1,085 million copies in 1998. Red sold 465,000 digital copies in its first week in the US , which is the second largest after Lady Gaga Born This Way (2011). It sold about 1,459 million copies worldwide in its first week of sales. In the second week at Billboard 200, the album remained at No. 1 and sold 344,000 copies (down 72%). Next week Red was held on Billboard 200 and sold a further 196,000 copies (down 43%) which brought its sales to 1,749 million, making it the third largest selling album ranking in 2012 behind Adele's 21 and One Direction Up All Night . The album was toppled by One Direction's Take Me Home in its fourth week. On the seventh week, Red climbs back to No. 1 on Billboard 200 sold 167,000 and with that, Swift became tied to Jay-Z and Whitney Houston for the fourth most-runs at No. 1. 1 on Billboard 200 since Nielsen SoundScan started tracking in 1991.
Swift held the Billboard top 200 places in the next two weeks, making Swift the first artist ever since The Beatles in 1969 to record six weeks or more at No. 1 with three consecutive studio albums, follows Fearless (eleven weeks) and Speak Now (six weeks). Also, this is the third time Swift has had the album No. 1 in the last week before Christmas, which is traditionally the most competitive week of the year. He also achieved achievements with Fearless in 2008 and Speak Now in 2010. Red spent the seventh consecutive week at No. 1 in the sales week ending December 30, 2012, selling 241,000 (down 12%). It gave Swift a total of 24 weeks over the Billboard 200 throughout his career, tied it with Adele as a woman with most of the week at No. 1 since SoundScan started tabulating Billboard 200 in May 1991. Swift then surpassed this record by releasing the next album, 1989 . Red finished 2012 as the second-biggest album despite only coming out two months, selling 3.11 million. It made her the fourth time she had an album ranking in the top three sellers this year. In November 2017, the album sold 4,385,600 copies in the US.
In Canada, Red ranked Swift's no. 1 third album and sold 93,000 copies on its debut week and easily crossed the Platinum certification in the country. With that sale, Red became Canada's biggest single-week sales since Michael Bublà ©  © Christmas moved 107,000 copies of the 2011 Christmas season and the biggest first-week sales since 2008 In May 2013, Red has been certified quadruple platinum by Music Canada with shipments exceeding 320,000 copies.
Europe and Oceania
Red is also commercially successful outside the United States. In the UK, Swift collected his first No 1 album with Red with sales of 61,000 copies in its opening week. In Australia, the album debuted at No. 1 and spent a total of three consecutive weeks at the top, becoming the No. 1 album. 1 longest Swift in Australia; Red is a 4ÃÆ'â € "platinum certification by the Australian Recording Industry Association for shipments exceeding 280,000 copies. In New Zealand, the album also became the # 1 album. 1 Swift third, and has earned platinum by RIANZ. Worldwide, Swift set a new record in the worldwide iTunes Store for the highest first week album sales with 566,000 copies sold digitally worldwide. Then, this record was overtaken by Justin Timberlake's album The 20/20 Experience (580,000 copies during the first week). As of October 2017, the album has sold seven million copies worldwide.
Awards
Promotions
Singles
The album's main single, "We Are Never Ever Getting Together", was released on August 13th and became Swift's first single. 1 in the US Billboard Hot 100. Jump song from his debut position No. 72 to No. 1 is the result of the enormous digital demand of the song. With 623,000 downloads, the song occupies the second position among the best sales of the week, behind the hit of Flo Rida 2009 "Right Round." It lives in No. 1 for three consecutive weeks, which evacuated twice at the top, first by "Flo Rida" Whistle "and second by" One More Night "Maroon 5. The song remained in the top ten for thirteen weeks and mapped for a total of two In the UK, it peaked at No. 4, giving him his first ten hits since "Love Story" (2008) and the song became his first # 1 song in New Zealand New, In December 2012, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together "has sold over three million downloads in the US.
"Begin Again" was released to iTunes Store on September 25, 2012 as part of a countdown to the album release. A few hours after the initial release to iTunes, he darted to No. 1, thereby becoming the first single to drop "Gangnam Style" Psy in a week. The song sold 299,000 digital copies in its first week of release and debuted at No. 1. 7 on US Billboard Hot 100 chart on October 4, 2012. It was later announced that the track, will be served to state radio on October 1, 2012 as the second single from the album. The song became the seventeenth consecutive ten hit singles in the US Billboard Hot Country Song, but also tied with "Fearless" as its lowest single on the chart despite reaching No. 1. 3 on Billboard Country Airplay.
"I Know You're Troubled." was released as the second international single from Red on November 14, 2012 in the UK. In the US, was released on November 27, 2012 as the third single. The song debuts at No. 3 on Hot Billboard Hot 100 with 416,000 copies sold within the first week, selling first single of Swift's first full week. It became Seventeenth's seventeenth and seventh hits song to debut in the top ten. With sales of 416,000 from "I Knew You Were Trouble.", Swift became the first artist in digital history to have two songs debuting with sales of 400,000 or more. In the eleventh week, it sold a massive amount of 582,000 in the US, making it the fourth largest digital sales week of all time. That caused the song to peak at No. 2 on Billboard Hot 100. "I Know You're Troubled." became a commercial success, selling over three million copies in the US and reaching No. 1. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 Airplay and Billboard Pop Songs, and also reached the top ten in ten countries.
"22" was released as the fourth single from Red . It was released to the Australian radio on February 4, 2013. It was released in the United States on March 12, 2013. The music video was released on YouTube on March 13, 2013. The song was released in the UK on April 1, 2013. It peaked at No. 1. 20 on Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first single from Red that missed the top ten. By May 2013, the song has sold 1,000,000 copies in the United States.
"Red", the album's title track, was released to Country radio on June 24, 2013 as the third State single. The song debuted at No. 1. 6 in the US Billboard Hot 100 and at No. 2 on the Hot Digital Songs chart that sold 312,000 in its first week. It also debuted at No. 2 on the Country Hot Songs chart, behind Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together". By May 2013, the song has sold 1,000,000 copies in the United States.
"Everything Has Changed", featuring British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, was released as the fourth international single and also the US Pop/Mainstream single on July 16, 2013.
"The Last Time", featuring Snow Patrol's lead singer Gary Lightbody, was later confirmed as the fifth and final international and seventh and final international singles of Red . The UK release was announced on October 13, 2013, and then impacted on contemporary British hit radio on November 4, 2013. The single's release coincided with the announcement of dates for European legs from its international Red Tour.
Single promotion
For four weeks before the release of Red , one song was digitally released each week in the iTunes Store after its preview was heard on Good Morning America . The first of four promotional singles is "Begin Again", which was digitally released on iTunes on September 25, 2012. "Red" is the second promotional single from the album, and is available for download on October 2, 2012. "Red" Debuts at No. 1. 6 on Hot 100 with sales of 312,000. "I Know You're Troubled." is the third promotional single from the album, and is available for download on October 9, 2012. The fourth and final promotional single is "State of Grace", available for download on October 16, 2012. Ã, 1 in iTunes and the top 15 on Hot Billboard <100>, with "I Knew You Were Trouble." has the highest peak in No. 2 as the 10th song of the 14th Swift. With sales of 416,000 from "I Knew You Were Trouble.", Swift became the first artist in digital history to have two songs debuting with sales of 400,000 or more.
Track list
Personnel
Credits are adapted from AllMusic.
Musician
Production
Diagram
Certification
See also
- Billboard List 200 albums number one in 2012
- Billboard list of 200 albums number one in 2013
- List of country albums number one from 2012
- List of country albums number one-2013 2013
- Album list number one year 2012 (Canada)
- Album list number one from 2010 (New Zealand)
- Album list of number-one in 2012 (Australia)
- List of UK Albums The 2010 figures chart
Release history
References
External links
- Red on Taylor Swift's official site: including the lyrics of all the tracks.
- Red in Metacritic
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