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To promote the album, Swift embarked on the [[Fearless Tour]] from April 2009 to July 2010, and five songs were released as [[Single (music)|singles]]. The songs "[[Love Story (Taylor Swift song)|Love Story]]" and "[[You Belong with Me]]" were commercially successful on both [[country radio|country]] and [[pop radio]]. In the United States, ''Fearless'' spent 11 weeks atop the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and was [[RIAA certification|certified Diamond]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]]. The album received [[List of music recording certifications|multi-platinum certifications]] in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, and it has sold 12 million copies worldwide. |
To promote the album, Swift embarked on the [[Fearless Tour]] from April 2009 to July 2010, and five songs were released as [[Single (music)|singles]]. The songs "[[Love Story (Taylor Swift song)|Love Story]]" and "[[You Belong with Me]]" were commercially successful on both [[country radio|country]] and [[pop radio]]. In the United States, ''Fearless'' spent 11 weeks atop the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and was [[RIAA certification|certified Diamond]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]]. The album received [[List of music recording certifications|multi-platinum certifications]] in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, and it has sold 12 million copies worldwide. |
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Music critics lauded the album's radio-friendly tunes and emotional engagement that appealed to not only teenagers but also a broad audience, although some deemed the production formulaic. The most-awarded country album of all time, ''Fearless'' won Album of the Year at both the [[Country Music Association Awards]] and the [[Academy of Country Music Awards]] in 2009, and it won [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Country Album|Best Country Album]] at the [[Grammy Awards]] in [[52nd Annual Grammy Awards|2010]]. The album featured on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'s}} list "100 Greatest Country Albums of All Time" (2022). Following a [[Taylor Swift masters dispute|2019 dispute regarding the ownership]] of Swift's back catalog, she [[Re-recording (music)|re-recorded]] the album and released it as ''[[Fearless (Taylor's Version)]]'' in 2021. The ownership of the [[master recordings]] of ''Fearless'' was sold back to Swift on May 30, 2025. |
Music critics lauded the album's radio-friendly tunes and emotional engagement that appealed to not only teenagers but also a broad audience, although some deemed the production formulaic. The most-awarded country album of all time, ''Fearless'' won Album of the Year at both the [[Country Music Association Awards]] and the [[Academy of Country Music Awards]] in 2009, and it won [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Country Album|Best Country Album]] at the [[Grammy Awards]] in [[52nd Annual Grammy Awards|2010]]. The album featured on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'s}} list "100 Greatest Country Albums of All Time" (2022). Following the [[Taylor Swift masters dispute|2019 dispute regarding the ownership]] of Swift's back catalog, she [[Re-recording (music)|re-recorded]] the album and released it as ''[[Fearless (Taylor's Version)]]'' in 2021. The [[master recording]] ownership of ''Fearless'' was acquired by Swift on May 30, 2025. |
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== Background == |
== Background == |