Taylor Swift’s “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 this week.
The Lavender Haze singer’s re-recorded album, which will continue her blockbuster Eras tour in South America on November 9, 2014, sold 1.653 million copies, making it the biggest debut of her record-breaking career.
The album was released on October 27th and is the Anti-Hero singer’s 13th album to debut at number one on the Billboard charts.
This week’s album sales of 1.287 million broke the record previously set with the release of the original version of the album in 2014.
“1989 (Taylor’s Version)” also marks the biggest debut of any album in terms of sales since Adele’s 25 in 2015, Billboard reported.
1989: Taylor Swift’s “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 this week
All of the Bad Blood singer’s 13 full studio albums and re-recorded projects, ranging from 2008’s Fearless, which was her second studio album, to 2023’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version), debuted at number one .
When the Karma hitmaker released the re-recorded album last week, she wrote on Instagram: “I was born in 1989, reinvented for the first time in 2014 and in 2023 a part of me was reclaimed with the re-release of this album. “I love so much.
“Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined the magic you would cast over my life for so long.”
She continued, “This moment is a reflection of the woods we have wandered through and all that love between us that still shines in the darkest darkness.”
“It is with gratitude and wild wonder that I present to you my 1989 version. It has been waiting for you.” Taylor.’
Basically, as she sings on the song “Mastermind” from her 2022 album “Midnights”: “It was all intentional. ‘Cause I’m a mastermind.”
And the 33-year-old Shake It Off singer is truly a mastermind as she came up with the idea of re-recording her albums after Scooter Braun bought their masters from Scott Borchetta’s music label Big Machine, where she spent the first decade of her career, in 2019.
At the time, Taylor made her displeasure clear by writing a long post about it on Tumblr.
“For years I have asked and pleaded for a chance to own my work. Instead, I was given the opportunity to re-sign with Big Machine Records and earn back one album at a time, one for each new one I submitted,” she wrote.
“I left because I knew that once I signed that contract, Scott Borchetta would sell the label and me and my future.” I had to make the agonizing decision to leave my past behind me.
She continued: “Music I wrote on my bedroom floor and videos I dreamed up and paid for with the money I made in bars, then clubs, then arenas, then stadiums. “
She ended the post by saying: “Sad and disgusting, [broken heart emoji] Taylor.’
So she decided to re-record her version of her first six albums, which resulted in the original albums being ignored in favor of the Taylor’s Version albums, all of which contain several previously unreleased “From the Vault” songs.
Re-recording: The Lavender Haze singer’s 2014 re-recording album sold 1.653 million copies, making it the biggest debut of her record-breaking career
Record Sales: The album was released on October 27th and is the Anti-Hero singer’s 13th album to debut at number one on the Billboard charts
Mastermind: This week’s album sales of 1.287 million broke the record previously set with the release of the original version of the album in 2014
Biggest Debut: 1989 (Taylor’s Version) also marks the biggest debut of any album in terms of sales since Adele’s 25 in 2015, according to Billboard
Favorite record: “To be completely honest, this is my FAVORITE re-recording I’ve ever done because the 5 From the Vault tracks are so crazy.” I can’t believe they were ever left behind. But not for long!’ She added: “The 1989 album changed my life in countless ways,” she wrote on Instagram
Streaming Record: Swift also set a record for the most streamed artist in a single day in Spotify history on October 27, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) was the most streamed album in a single day
Back on tour: The Bad Blood singer will continue her blockbuster Eras tour in South America on Thursday, November 9th
Swift also set a record for the most streamed artist in a single day in Spotify history on October 27, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) was the most streamed album in a single day.
1989 (Taylor’s version) contains more songs “From the Vault” than any other re-release, which led her to write:
“To be completely honest, this is my FAVORITE re-recording I’ve ever done because the 5 From the Vault tracks are so crazy.” I can’t believe they were ever left behind. But not for long!’
She added: “The 1989 album changed my life in countless ways.”