‘1989’, a re-recorded version of Taylor Swift‘s 2014 project, has become the United Kingdom’s fastest-selling album of 2023.
The 21-track ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’, released on October 27, sold over 184,000 copies, more than double the opening-week sales of the 2014 original.
The Official Charts Company, in a statement, said the project debuted at No. 1 on the Official Albums Chart with “184,000 chart units, more than double that of the original 1989’s opening-week sales of 90,000”.
“But that’s just the start. Taylor also claims the biggest opening week for any album this year.”
.@taylorswift13's '1989 (Taylor's Version)' officially debuts at #1 on the UK albums chart with the biggest sales week of the year (184K).
It marks her eleventh #1 album. pic.twitter.com/tR9VRE7MMK
— chart data (@chartdata) November 3, 2023
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‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ is also said to be the only album released this year to go gold in a single week; and is Swift’s 11th UK number-one overall.
The album also broke the all-time record for the biggest first-week streams for an album on Amazon music history.
.@taylorswift13's '1989 (Taylor's Version)' has broken the all-time record for biggest first week streams for an album in @amazonmusic history. pic.twitter.com/hxKfUI2haV
Advertisement— chart data (@chartdata) November 4, 2023
Swift has been re-recording her back catalogue so she can regain control of her masters.
The singer lost control of the master recordings of her first six albums when she left the Big Machine record label in 2019.
She has since released three new albums and two re-recorded albums: ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ on November 12, 2021, ‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’ on April 9, 2021, and ‘Speak Now’ on July 7.
.@taylorswift13's '1989 (Taylor's Version)' to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 1.586 million units.
It's predicted to earn the biggest debut of Taylor's career, surpassing 'Midnights' (via @HITSDD). pic.twitter.com/9BSdUO9AXQ
— chart data (@chartdata) November 3, 2023
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Swift began professional songwriting at age 14. She signed with Big Machine Records as a country singer in 2005, where she released six studio albums.
She first released ‘1989’ under the label and it won ‘Album of the Year’ and ‘Best Pop Vocal Album’ at the 2016 Grammy Awards.
The project was also listed in all-time album rankings by Rolling Stone and Consequence.
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