The album peaked at #1 on the country albums charts, and #5 on the Billboard 200. As of October 18, 2008, the album has been certified 3× Multi-Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and has sold 3,453,082 copies in the US. The album has spawned 5 consecutive top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, making Taylor the first solo female artist to score 5 top 10 hits from a debut album since the album chart was first published in 1964.

Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country music artist who began her career as a teenager. Signed to the independent Big Machine Records label in 2006, she made her debut on the Billboard country charts with the release of her debut single "Tim McGraw". This song, which peaked at #6, was the first of five singles from her self-titled debut, which was released in late 2006 and re-issued in 2007, and has been certified 3× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA. Following "Tim McGraw" were the #2 "Teardrops on My Guitar", the six-week Number One "Our Song", the #3 "Picture to Burn" and another Number One in "Should've Said No". All five singles from her debut were Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, as was her song "Change" from the AT&T TEAM USA Soundtrack. Her second album, Fearless, will be released on November 11, and its lead-off single "Love Story" has become her highest Hot 100 hit.