Taylor Swift’s ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ earns biggest opening week on UK albums chart of 2023

nme.com:

Taylor Swift‘s ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ has reportedly earned the biggest opening week on the UK Albums chart this year.Swift originally released ‘1989’ in 2014, when the album scored 90,000 sales in its opening week.

In 2023, she has sold more than double that amount with her re-recording. The Official Charts Company has reported that ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ sold 184,000 units in its opening week, making it the biggest opening week for an album this year.This makes ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ her eleventh album to hit Number One in the UK charts.

Previous chart-topping albums include Red (2012), 1989 (2014), reputation (2017), Lover (2019), folklore (2020), evermore (2020), Fearless (Taylor’s Version) (2021), Red (Taylor’s Version) (2021), Midnights (2022) and Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (2023).Additionally, Swift scored her third UK Number One single with ‘Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)’.

Tracks ‘SLUT! (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)’ and ‘Now That We Don’t Talk (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)’ also made an appearance in the Top Ten, coming in at Number Two and Five respectively.‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ was released to critical acclaim on October 27, where NME gave it a five-star rating: “As we’re witnessing the biggest year of Swift’s career so far, the artist’s ability to reinvent herself while honouring her core blueprint is only becoming more impressive.