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“Will Taylor Swift's Leaked Song "Mine" Top the Charts Its First Week Out?”

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“Will Taylor Swift's Leaked Song "Mine" Top the Charts Its First Week Out?”

Will Taylor Swift's Leaked Song "Mine" Top the Charts Its First Week Out?

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 02:00 PM PDT

Taylor Swift doesn't seem to be capable of doing anything wrong when it comes to her music career. Even in the area of "leaked" songs, the 20-year-old singer/songwriter can't lose. Mere hours after discovering that an
 MP3 version of her first single from the upcoming album, "Speak Now," had "leaked," Big Machine Records, Taylor Swift's record label, dropped the actual song, "Mine," for play on radio stations and on iTunes for download. On the strength of its airplay and sales, Billboard projected that the song quite possibly could debut in the Top 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.

According to Reuters, Taylor Swift was forced into releasing "Mine" 12 days ahead of schedule when a bootleg version of the song somehow was "leaked." In a statement, Big Machine Records said that they decided to immediately release the single version of "Mine" so that Taylor Swift's fans could hear the proper rendition and not a "low quality" MP3 recording.

It is as yet unclear how the song was leaked or who might be responsible.

Country and pop stations immediately began playing the song. It quickly became one of the hottest tracks on radio. In just two days, it was the 26th most-played song on country radio (Country songs building chart) and 44th among all radio formats (Radio Songs building survey). KIIS-FM (Los Angeles) assistant program director/music director Julie Pilat told Billboard, "The passion for Taylor's music seems as strong as ever. If all the awards and album sales last album weren't enough, the audience reaction is proof that she's an official pop superstar."

Billboard noted that recording industry prognosticators have placed sales of "Mine" at around 350,000. Added to airplay, that could put "Mine" in the top three songs of the week for its debut on Billboard's Hot 100 (which will be posted on August 12).

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