Renan90 Posted July 16, 2023 Posted July 16, 2023 (edited) Taylor Swift’s Re-Recorded ‘Speak Now’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 2023’s Biggest Week She achieves her 12th No. 1 album, surpassing Barbra Streisand for the most chart-toppers among women. Taylor Swift’s third re-recorded album, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated July 22), launching with the year’s biggest week for any album, and gives Swift her 12th No. 1, surpassing Barbra Streisand for the most No. 1 albums among women. Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) bows with 716,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending July 13, according to Luminate, of which 507,000 are in traditional album sales. Both figures represent the largest week for any album in 2023 and the best since Swift’s last studio album, Midnights, debuted with 1.58 million units, of which 1.14 million were in album sales, last year (week ending Oct. 27, 2022; as reflected on the Nov. 5-dated Billboard 200). 2023’s previous largest week, by equivalent album units earned, was tallied by Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time, which launched with 501,000 units in the week ending March 9, as reflected on the Billboard 200 chart dated March 18. The year’s largest sales week was held by the debut frame of Stray Kids’ 5-STAR with 235,000 copies sold in the week ending June 8, as reflected on the June 17-dated charts. Further, Swift has a total of four albums in the top 10 at the same time on the new Billboard 200, as Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) is joined by her former chart-toppers Midnights (falling 4-5), Lover (8-7) and Folklore (13-10). She is the first living act to have four albums in the top 10 at the same time since the April 2, 1966-dated chart, when Herb Alpert also had four albums in the top 10 (Going Places at No. 2, Whipped Cream & Other Delights at No. 3, South of the Border at No. 9, and The Lonely Bull at No. 10). Between Alpert and Swift, only one other act has placed at least four titles in the top 10 concurrently, and that was Prince, following his death in 2016, when he had five albums in the top 10 dated May 14, 2016. (Swift is the only woman with four albums in the top 10 at the same time since the Billboard 200 was combined from its previously separate mono and stereo album charts into one all-encompassing list in August of 1963.) The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new July 22, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on July 18. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-speak-now-taylors-version-number-one-debut-billboard-200-chart-1235372565/ Morgan Wallen’s ‘Last Night’ Logs 14th Week Atop Hot 100, Tying for Fifth-Longest Reign Ever Plus, Taylor Swift becomes the first woman with simultaneous top 10s from three of her own albums, as her re-recorded "I Can See You" debuts at No. 5. Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” rebounds to top the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for a 14th total week. The smash ties for the fifth-longest command in the Hot 100’s nearly 65-year history. Plus, as Taylor Swift’s Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the set’s “I Can See You (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)” debuts at No. 5 on the Hot 100. The song joins Swift’s “Cruel Summer,” from 2019’s Lover, and “Karma,” from 2022’s Midnights, in the Hot 100’s top 10 – making Swift the first woman ever with simultaneous top 10s from three of her own albums. Among all acts, only The Beatles previously achieved such a triple from three of their albums. Meanwhile, “I Can See You” opens as Swift’s 42nd Hot 100 top 10, extending her record for the most among women. The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated July 22, 2023) will update on Billboard.com Tuesday (July 18). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-last-night-14-weeks-number-one-hot-100-taylor-swift-i-can-see-you-debut-1235372897/ Edited July 17, 2023 by Renan90 2 3
Fifteen Posted July 16, 2023 Posted July 16, 2023 Yes Taylor yes #1 Speak Now is such a great album 1
FolkLover1989 Posted July 16, 2023 Posted July 16, 2023 Taylor occupies 40% of the Top 10 There is no comparison anymore , she is THE ONE 8 4
Klein Posted July 16, 2023 Posted July 16, 2023 (edited) 716k (and outdoing HDD's prediction) for a re-recording. 507k pure sales. folklore did it, 4 albums Top 10. Edited July 16, 2023 by Klein 3 1
Clauss Posted July 16, 2023 Posted July 16, 2023 Further, Swift has a total of four albums in the top 10 at the same time on the new Billboard 200, as Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) is joined by her former chart-toppers Midnights (falling 4-5), Lover (8-7) and Folklore (13-10). She is the first living act to have four albums in the top 10 at the same time since the April 2, 1966-dated chart LIVING LEGEND 9 3
Peroxide Posted July 16, 2023 Posted July 16, 2023 716K is pretty much bang in the middle of what I predicted… For a re-recording this is insane. Nobody is doing it like her.
YellowRibbon Posted July 16, 2023 Posted July 16, 2023 with a bit of luck, it could pull another week at #1
Virgos Groove Posted July 16, 2023 Posted July 16, 2023 (edited) 700k, she's INSANE I tremble just thinking of the numbers 1989 will pull. Edited July 16, 2023 by Virgos Groove
simmnfierzig Posted July 16, 2023 Posted July 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, YellowRibbon said: with a bit of luck, it could pull another week at #1 it will
ALA Posted July 16, 2023 Posted July 16, 2023 Quote Second-Largest Vinyl Sales Week in Modern Era: Of Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’s 507,000 first-week copies sold, vinyl sales comprise 268,500 — the second-largest sales week for a vinyl album since Luminate began electronically tracking music sales in 1991. It is second only to the first week of Midnights’ vinyl LP, with 575,000 sold in its opening frame.
Brooklyn Baby Posted July 16, 2023 Posted July 16, 2023 First living act to have four full albums in the top 10
Ivan_brit Posted July 16, 2023 Posted July 16, 2023 Biggest debut of the year 4 albums at the Top 10 That’s insane
Kyle-x Posted July 16, 2023 Posted July 16, 2023 Nine Albums With Half-Million-Plus Sales in a Single Week: Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) marks the ninth Swift album to have sold at least 500,000 copies in a single week in the U.S. Since Luminate began electronically tracking music sales in 1991, Swift is the only act with nine different albums to sell at least a half-million copies in a single week. This is actually her tenth, right?
Klein Posted July 16, 2023 Posted July 16, 2023 1 minute ago, Kyle-x said: Nine Albums With Half-Million-Plus Sales in a Single Week: Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) marks the ninth Swift album to have sold at least 500,000 copies in a single week in the U.S. Since Luminate began electronically tracking music sales in 1991, Swift is the only act with nine different albums to sell at least a half-million copies in a single week. This is actually her tenth, right? Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989, Rep, Lover, folklore, Red TV, Midnights, Speak Now TV. Yes, 10th.
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