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Taylor Swift's 'Red' sells nearly 3 million copies in three weeks

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Published: Nov. 19, 2012 at 9:16 PM

NASHVILLE, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. country music star Taylor Swift's "Red" CD has sold nearly 3 million copies worldwide in three weeks, Big Machine Records said Monday.

Swift's fourth studio album is No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album list for a third consecutive week.

The 22-year-old singer's latest CD features the hit songs "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," "Red" and "Begin Again."

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