Getting signed to Big Machine Records was a major step in Taylor's musical career and gave her the platform she needed to get her music to a wider audience. Her self-titled debut album was released on October 24, 2006, hitting number five on the US Billboard 200 chart. With singles like "Tim McGraw," "Our Song," and "Teardrops on My Guitar," Swift reached the radio airwaves and soon thereafter became one of the biggest pop-country artists in the world.