Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, spanning nearly two years and 54 cities, featured memorable moments like her standing up for a fan against a security guard, performing in the rain in Foxborough, and announcing "1989 (Taylor's Version)" in Los Angeles. Other highlights included surprise song mash-ups, a lyric change for Travis Kelce, and a concert documentary that became the highest-grossing concert film in history. The tour also saw celebrity attendees, including British royalty, and a surprise performance by Kelce in London.
Taylor Swift's re-recorded album "1989 (Taylor's Version)" debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, earning the biggest sales week of her career with 1.653 million equivalent album units. The album also produces a new Hot 100 chart-topper, "Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version)," replacing her own song "Cruel Summer" at the top. Billboard staffers discuss the reasons behind the album's success, the impressive sales week, the potential longevity of the "From the Vault" tracks, and whether this is the most dominant month of Swift's career.
Taylor Swift dominates the Billboard charts once again as all 21 songs from her re-recorded album "1989 (Taylor's Version)" debut on the Billboard Hot 100. This achievement marks her second time placing eight songs in the top 10 simultaneously. Swift's album also debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, earning the largest one-week total of 2023 and her largest sales week to date. With these new entries, Swift now has a total of 230 Hot 100 hits in her career, the second-most after Drake. She also breaks the tie with Janet Jackson and Stevie Wonder to tie Whitney Houston for the eighth-most No. 1 hits on the Hot 100.
Taylor Swift's rerecorded album, 1989 (Taylor's Version), has become the top-selling album in America for 2023 in under a week, topping the Billboard 200, vinyl albums, and streaming albums charts. With over 1.6 million units sold in the U.S. and over 3.5 million globally, Swift becomes the first artist to achieve six No. 1 album debuts with over 1 million units sold. This release surpasses the first-week sales of the original 1989 album, making it the first Taylor Version to have a bigger debut than the original. The album also broke the record for the most-streamed Spotify album in a single day. This is Swift's fourth rerelease following Scooter Braun's acquisition of her masters, and it includes all the original songs plus five new vault tracks.
Taylor Swift's re-recorded album "1989 (Taylor's Version)" has become her most successful release to date, debuting at the top of the Billboard 200 chart with 1.653 million equivalent album units sold in its first week. This achievement surpasses her previous records and marks the biggest album release since Adele's "25" in 2015.
Taylor Swift's re-recorded album "1989 (Taylor's Version)" has debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 Albums chart, surpassing the sales of the original version during its debut week. The album sold over 1.3 million copies and garnered nearly 380 million streams, making it Swift's third album to top the chart this year. This achievement highlights Swift's ability to engage fans and sell music in an industry now dominated by streaming. The strong sales were also boosted by the release of various physical versions of the album.
Taylor Swift's re-recorded album "1989 (Taylor's Version)" debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, earning her 13th chart-topping album. The album sold 1.653 million equivalent album units in its first week, with 1.359 million in traditional album sales. This marks the largest sales week for any album since Adele's "25" in 2015. Swift now holds the record for the most No. 1 albums among women in Billboard 200 history. The album's availability in various physical formats and its streaming performance contributed to its success.
Taylor Swift's re-recorded album "1989 (Taylor's Version)" has broken the modern-era single-week vinyl sales record, selling over 1.1 million copies in the U.S. in its first six days of release. Of that total, vinyl sales accounted for 580,000, marking the largest sales week for a vinyl album since tracking began in 1991. The album is also expected to debut at the top of the Billboard 200 chart, which would give Swift her 13th No. 1 album. Additionally, the streaming edition of the album generated over 337 million on-demand official streams in its first six days.
Taylor Swift's re-recorded album "1989 (Taylor's Version)" sold over 250,000 copies in the U.S. on its first day of release, making it the third-largest sales week of 2023. The album is expected to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, marking Swift's 13th No. 1 album. It includes re-recordings of the original album's songs, as well as five additional previously unreleased tracks.
Diane Warren reflects on co-writing the song "Say Don't Go" with Taylor Swift in 2013, which was recently released as a vault track on 1989 (Taylor's Version). Warren praises Swift's lyricism and her understanding of her audience. She recalls recording a demo with Swift on New Year's Day and expresses her surprise and excitement at the quality of the final version. Warren hopes the song becomes a hit and is open to working with Swift again in the future.
Taylor Swift has revealed the titles of the bonus tracks and the complete tracklist for her upcoming album, 1989 (Taylor's Version). The surprise track titles include "Is It Over Now?," "Say Don't Go," "Now That We Don't Talk," and "Suburban Legends," with a fifth unnamed song and a Target-exclusive track also featured. Swift had fun with her fans by teaming up with Google for a word puzzle game to reveal the tracks. The album is set to be released on October 27th and follows the release of her previous rerecorded albums.
Taylor Swift used a virtual Easter egg hunt on Google to reveal the track titles for her upcoming album "1989 (Taylor's Version)." Fans had to solve 33 million puzzles to unlock the vault, but glitches in the game caused frustration. Eventually, the vault was fixed, and Swift announced the track titles: "Now That We Don't Talk," "Suburban Legends," "Say Don't Go," "Is It Over Now?," and "Slut!" The album is set to release on October 27.
Taylor Swift's final Eras Tour show has fans speculating that she will announce the release date of 1989 (Taylor's Version). Clues include the date of the show (8/9), the number of days since the original release of 1989, the resemblance of her new outfit to one worn during the 1989 Tour, the absence of one song from 1989 in her setlist, and a road sign in a music video that reads "1989 TV." Fans eagerly await the announcement.
