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Live from Clear Channel Stripped 2008 (2020)

Where the lyrics of Live from Clear Channel Stripped 2008 take you, and where it was really made.

This live album was recorded in 2008 and released in 2020 without the approval of the singer it features.

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Second live album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift
Released April 24, 2020 by Big Machine Records, without Swift's approval
Consists of songs from her first two studio albums and the EP Beautiful Eyes (2008)
Contains eight tracks, including Love Story, Fearless and Teardrops on My Guitar
Swift denounced the album on her social media accounts
Sold only 33 units in its first week in the United States

The masters to Swift's older music changed ownership in 2019, when Scooter Braun acquired Big Machine
In her post, Swift named Braun's financial backers: 23 Capital, The Carlyle Group, and Alexander Soros and the Soros family
Recorded shortly after the start of Swift's career, while she promoted her second studio album Fearless (2008)
Big Machine first listed the record with a 2017 release date, later changed to 2008

Swift said the recording was made during a 2008 Clear Channel affiliates' Internet-only performance
She was 18 years old at the time of the performance

Debut album Taylor Swift (2006) peaked at number five on the US Billboard 200.
Fearless (2008) spent eleven weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 and was the best-selling album of 2009 in the US.
Shifted from country to pop with 1989 (2014), which spent eleven weeks at number one.
Released Folklore and Evermore (2020), indie folk albums that debuted at number one.
Re-recorded her first six albums after a dispute over her master recordings.
The Eras Tour (2023–2024) became the highest-grossing concert tour of all time.
Holds 14 Grammy Awards, including a record four Album of the Year wins.
Named Time Person of the Year in 2023.

Pitchfork critic Quinn Moreland found the album predictable and below the standards of Swift's past work
Moreland called it a “cheap bootleg” and a “shameless cash-grab”
Moreland compared the unapproved release to fake or leaked music that appears on streaming services without the artists' authorization
In Moreland's view, the real creator never benefits from releases of this kind

Sold 33 units in the United States in its first week
Did not enter any domestic charts, including Billboard charts
Attributed to Swift's public denouncement of the album on social media
The YouTube audio videos of its eight tracks reached 6,000 views in the first three days

Swift said the recording was made during a 2008 Clear Channel affiliates' Internet-only performance when she was 18 years old.
Big Machine Records first listed the record with a 2017 release date, which was later changed to 2008.
Swift denounced the release on her social media accounts, calling it “shameless greed in the time of coronavirus.”