NashvilleHype!

Nashville, TN – July 24, 2008 –Taylor Swift’s star continues to rise this week as she becomes the only artist this decade to hold down both the #1 and #2 positions atop Billboard’s Country CD Sales chart.

Beautiful Eyes, a Wal-Mart exclusive CD/ DVD combo, debuted this week at #1, with sales of 44,652. Taylor’s self-titled debut CD, released in the Fall of 2006, continues its amazing momentum, moving from the #1 to the #2 slot with sales this week of 34,622. To date, Taylor Swift has spent an incredible 24 weeks at #1 on the Country CD Sales Chart.

 
 
The 2-disc CD/DVD set Beautiful Eyes CD features two songs not previously available for purchase by the public – the title track, “Beautiful Eyes,” plus “I Heart ?”, and includes an alternate version of Taylor’s current hit “Should’ve Said No,” and an acoustic version of the cross-over hit “Teardrops on My Guitar.” 

The exclusive DVD includes music videos for each of Taylor’s five hit singles – including her live show-stopping performance of “Should’ve Said No” from the 2008 Academy of Country Music Awards - plus a brand new video for the song “Beautiful Eyes.”  The DVD also features Taylor’s GAC ACM Showcase interview, The Making of the “Picture to Burn” Video, and the music video for “I’m Only Me When I’m With You,” which features home video footage of Taylor edited by the superstar herself. The package was released to coincide with the launch of the l.e.i. jeans Back-to-School 2008 campaign, “This is l.e.i. Country.”

Taylor is the face of this year’s campaign, and the l.e.i. brand is sold exclusively at Wal-Mart.
Also this week, MTV and Us Weekly named Taylor as the “T” in their Summer 2008 “Us Weekly and MTV Presents Hot List A to Z”, their picks for what’s sizzling this summer. The list is featured in the August 4th issue of Us, on newsstands this weekend, and airs as an MTV special on July 26th. Taylor is the only country artist on the list.
 
To hear Taylor’s current Top 5 single, “Should’ve Said No,” log on to: www.taylorswift.com or www.myspace.com/taylorswift.