The video won Video of the Year at both the Country Music Association Awards and CMT Music Awards in 2009. It follows Swift and model Justin Gaston as they meet in a university campus and imagine themselves as lovers in a prior era. Trey Fanjoy directed the accompanying music video, which Swift conceived as a period piece that drew influences from the Medieval, Renaissance, and British Regency eras. It has sold over six million copies in the U.S. A success on pop radio, 'Love Story' was the first country song to top the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart. In the U.S., 'Love Story' peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Swift's first top-ten hit, and was certified eight times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It reached the top five on charts in Canada, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, and the U.K. 'Love Story' peaked atop the chart in Australia, where it was certified ten times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). In retrospect, critics have considered it one of Swift's best singles. In contemporaneous reviews, critics praised 'Love Story' for its catchy production but deemed its literary references ineffective. Produced by Swift and Nathan Chapman, the country pop song features soprano vocals and a slow-building melody consisting of banjo, fiddle, mandolin, and guitar. The lyrics also reference Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 novel, The Scarlet Letter. In the song's narrative, the two characters, Romeo and Juliet, end up in a marriage proposal, contrary to Shakespeare's tragic conclusion. Inspired by a love interest unpopular to Swift's family and friends, 'Love Story' is based on the plot of William Shakespeare's 16th-century play, Romeo and Juliet. It was released on September 15, 2008, by Big Machine Records, as the lead single from Swift's second studio album, Fearless (2008). ' Love Story' is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.

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