Taylor Swift, global pop sensation and billionaire has rerecorded one of her most famous albums 1989, set to release October 27th, 2023, at 12am.
When the album was first released in 2014, it broke major records selling more than 1.2 million copies in one week, making Swift the only artist with 3 albums selling more than 1 million copies within 7 days of the release date. The songs ‘Bad Blood’, ‘Shake It Off’ and ‘Blank Space’ spent 11 weeks at the top of the Billboard 200. The original album has sold 10 million copies worldwide.
In 2015, Taylor Swift spent her time on the 1989 world tour, which was the highest grossing tour for the next year. The album won 3 Grammy’s (Album Of The Year, Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Music Video). The album also achieved American Music Award for Favorite Pop Album, Billboard Music Award for Top 200 and IHeart Radio Award for Album Of The Year. This made 1989 the most awarded pop album.
Originally the album was meant to put off her critics who implied her music was changing too much to stay in country and that she has too many breakup songs. 1989 (Taylor’s Version) is a pop album about moving to New York and spending time with Swift’s friends. The album includes the following songs Welcome To New York (Taylor’s Version), Blank Space (Taylor’s Version), Style (Taylor’s Version), Out Of The Woods (Taylor’s Version), All You Had To Do Was Stay (Taylors Version), Shake It Off (Taylor’s Version), I Wish You Would (Taylor’s Version), Bad Blood (Taylor’s Version), Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version), How You Get The Girl (Taylor’s Version), This Love (Taylor’s Version), I Know Places (Taylor’s Version), Clean (Taylor’s Version), Wonderland (Taylor’s Version), You Are In Love (Taylor’s Version), New Romantics (Taylor’s Version), “S**T!” (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault), Say Don’t Go (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault), Now That We Don’t Talk (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault), Suburban Legends (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault), Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) and Bad Blood (Taylor’s Version) (Featuring Kendrick Lamar).
Taylor Swift has broken her own records upon releasing the rerecording becoming the most streamed artist in just 24 hours in Spotify history, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) becoming the most streamed album in 2023 in just under 24 hours, being the top selling album in America in 2023 in just under one week, it has once again topped the Billboard 200 and 3.5 million copies have been sold globally in under one week. These achievements have now made Swift the first artist to have 6 No.1 album debuts.
It is not a secret on why she must rerecord her albums. Due to all her old music being sold to Scooter Braun, Swift did not have any rights to her first 6 albums. She has claimed her master’s and has rereleased 4/6 of her past albums. We are watching as Taylor Swift Continues to make history in the music industry and across the world. Now the only thing Swift has left to claim is her name and her reputation.