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By: Nov. 11, 2014
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Chart-topping singer Taylor Swift stopped by this morning's GOOD MORNING AMERICA to discuss a new app to experience being inside her "Blank Space" video. The Grammy winner also chatted about the record-breaking sales of her newest album '1989.' Check out the appearance below!

Taylor recently announced THE 1989 WORLD TOUR, which is produced and promoted by AEG Live & The Messina Group (TMG) and kicks off on May 20, 2015 in Louisiana. THE 1989 WORLD TOUR features Vance Joysupporting all North American dates whileShawn Mendes is set to support all stadium dates in North America. THE 1989 WORLD TOUR will encompass eight countries andspan four continents including North America, Europe, Australia and Asia**. The first tickets for the North American leg will go on-sale to the general public on November 14 th. American Express Card Members and members of TaylorSwift.com will have access to purchase tickets in advance beginning November 7 th*. General ticketing and on-sale information will be available atTaylorSwift.com.

Taylor Swift is the only artist in history to have three million-selling weeks (2010'sSpeak Now,2012'sREDand 2014's1989). Taylor is a global superstar and seven-time GRAMMY winner, and the youngest winner in history of the music industry's highest honor, the GRAMMY Award forAlbum of the Year. She is the first artist since the Beatles (and the only female artist in history) to log six or more weeks at #1 in the U.S. with three consecutive studio albums. Taylor has an album on Rolling Stone's prestigiousThe 50 Greatest Albums of All Time(by women) list, Time magazine has named her one the of the100 Most Influential Peoplein the world, and she is Billboard's youngest-everWoman of the Yearand the only artist to have been awarded this honor twice.Taylor has career record sales in excess of 30 million albums and almost 80 million song downloads worldwide, and has had singles top both the pop and country radio charts around the globe. Taylor's album RED (Big MachineRecords), released two years ago, sold more than 1.2 million copies in the U.S. in its first week and has only been topped by sales of her fifth studio album, 1989, which sold 1.287 million albums release week. 1989 is the highest selling release since 2002. "Shake It Off," the first single off her critically acclaimed fifth studio album1989, topped Billboard's Pop, HotAC and Hot 100 charts and has earned double Platinum-status by the RIAA for exceeding sales of two million downloads in the U.S. 1989topped the Billboard Top 200 charts and iTunes' sales charts in 95 countries on its release and was the highest selling release of 2014.Her current single, "Blank Space," tops the Hot 100 chart.



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