Taylor Swift Coming Up Next Hot Album: Taylor Swift Announces New Album Release was a top 10 story this week . Here is the recap: Taylor Swift took to the web on Tuesday to announce directly to fans via a web chat that her third studio album will be released worldwide on October 25th. Now here is the official announcement with some details:

Entitled SPEAK NOW, the album will be released on Big Machine Records and contains 14 tracks, all written solely by Taylor. Taylor co-produced the project with Nathan Chapman, and the first single from the new record, "Mine," will be released on August 16th. "Saying the right thing at the right moment is so crucial that most of us start to hesitate, for fear of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. But lately what I've begun to fear more than that is letting the moment pass without saying anything," Taylor says of the very personal collection that is Speak Now.