Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200, Top Album Sales, Top Vinyl Albums and Top Streaming Albums charts this week with over 1.6 million units sold in the U.S. and over 3.5 million worldwide.
Notably, this achievement makes her “the first artist in history to have six #1 album debuts with over 1 million units sold. Impressively, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) scored the “Biggest First Week Sales for a Re-released Album Ever” and became the “First Album To Debut With 1 Million Units Sold First Week Twice” in 2014 and 2023. Additionally, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) even surpassed 1989’s first-week sales in 2014, making it “The First Taylor’s Version To Net a Bigger Debut Than the Original” with over 1.6 million units sold.
With the success of 1989 (Taylor’s Version), each Taylor’s Version has eclipsed the sales of its predecessor and grown bigger with each subsequent release. It had the “Biggest Sales Week for an Album in 2023” and became the “#1 Best Selling Album of 2023 by Traditional Sales” in less than a week, surpassing the success of Speak Now (Taylor’s Version). With this achievement, she currently has the #1, #2 and #3 best-selling albums of 2023 with 1989 (Taylor’s Version), Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) and Midnights.
She is now “The First Female Artist to Earn 13 #1 Debuts on the Billboard 200” and has extended her record as “The Female Artist with the Most Weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200. She tied Drake for “Most #1 Albums on the Billboard 200 this Century” with 13.
Taylor soars as “The #1 Best-Selling Artist of the Year in US Pure Album Sales” and “The #1 Best-Selling Artist of the Year in US Equivalent Album Units. She also extended her previous record for “Most Weeks at #1 on the Billboard Artist 100” to 84 weeks, and her record for “Most Consecutive Albums at #1 on the Billboard 200” to 13.
