Taylor Swift's History Breaking 1989 Tops The Charts With 1.287 Million Albums Sold

Taylor Swift's History Breaking 1989 Tops The Charts With 1.287 Million Albums Sold

TAYLOR IS THE ONLY ARTIST TO EARN THREE MILLION-SELLING WEEK RELEASES

1989 IS THE TOP SELLING ALBUM OF THIS YEAR

NEW YORK, Nov. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Global superstar and seven-time GRAMMY winner Taylor Swift's critically acclaimed new album 1989 (Big Machine Records) earns massive sales of 1.287 million albums (SoundScan), debuts at #1 on the charts and marks the only time an artist has sold over one million albums on release week for a third time (2010's Speak Now with 1.05 million, 2012's RED with 1.21 million and 2014's 1989 with 1.287 million). 1989 is the only album this year to sell over a million albums and comprised 22% of the overall total of albums sold this year.

"I was told to keep my expectations low because album sales were in decline, no one had sold over a million albums this year and the last time it happened on release week was with my album RED in 2012," said Taylor Swift. "I was told my optimism was naive. I was told it was risky to change creative directions. I was told my album wouldn't sell if it didn't have my entire face on it. I listened to my intuition instead of all those voices. I'm so proud that my fans were able to show the world that art is important and is still valuable to them."

1989 BY THE NUMBERS


-- Taylor Swift's fourth #1 album to top Billboard Top 200 albums chart
-- 1989 sold 1.287 million copies in one week
-- Marks the largest selling week for any artist since 2002
-- 1989 comprised 22% of the entire album market this year
-- Its debut week sales sold more than the last eight #1 debuting albums on
the Billboard Top 200 chart
-- 1989 marks the largest week for a physical album since Taylor's last
album RED was released in 2012
-- 1989 is the 19(th) album to sell a million copies in a week since the
inception of SoundScan in 1991
-- Taylor sold more than two copies of 1989 every second
Taylor recently announced THE 1989 WORLD TOUR, which is produced and promoted by AEG Live & The Messina Group (TMG) and kicks off on May 20, 2015 in Louisiana. THE 1989 WORLD TOUR features Vance Joy supporting all North American dates while Shawn Mendes is set to support all stadium dates in North America. THE 1989 WORLD TOUR will encompass eight countries and span four continents including North America, Europe, Australia and Asia**. The first tickets for the North American leg will go on-sale to the general public on November 14(th). American Express® Card Members and members of TaylorSwift.com will have access to purchase tickets in advance beginning November 7(th)*. General ticketing and on-sale information will be available at TaylorSwift.com.

Taylor Swift is the only artist in history to have three million-selling weeks (2010's Speak Now, 2012's RED and 2014's 1989). Taylor is a global superstar and seven-time GRAMMY winner, and the youngest winner in history of the music industry's highest honor, the GRAMMY Award for Album of the Year. She is the first artist since the Beatles (and the only female artist in history) to log six or more weeks at #1 in the U.S. with three consecutive studio albums. Taylor has an album on Rolling Stone's prestigious The 50 Greatest Albums of All Time (by women) list, Time magazine has named her one the of the 100 Most Influential People in the world, and she is Billboard's youngest-ever Woman of the Year and the only artist to have been awarded this honor twice. Taylor has career record sales in excess of 30 million albums and almost 80 million song downloads worldwide, and has had singles top both the pop and country radio charts around the globe. Taylor's album RED (Big Machine Records), released two years ago, sold more than 1.2 million copies in the U.S. in its first week and has only been topped by sales of her fifth studio album, 1989, which sold 1.287 million albums release week. 1989 is the highest selling release since 2002. "Shake It Off," the first single off her critically acclaimed fifth studio album 1989, topped Billboard's Pop, HotAC and Hot 100 charts and has earned double Platinum-status by the RIAA for exceeding sales of two million downloads in the U.S. 1989 topped the Billboard Top 200 charts and iTunes' sales charts in 95 countries on its release and was the highest selling release of 2014. Her current single, "Blank Space," tops the Hot 100 chart.

THE 1989 WORLD TOUR





DATE MARKET BUILDING


May 20 Bossier City, LA CenturyLink Center

May 22 Baton Rouge, LA LSU Tiger Stadium

May 30 Detroit, MI Ford Field

June 2 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center

June 3 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena

June 6 Pittsburgh, PA Heinz Field

June 8 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena

June 9 Raleigh, NC PNC Arena

June 13 Philadelphia, PA Lincoln Financial Field

June 20 Cologne, Germany Lanxess Arena

June 21 Amsterdam, Holland Ziggo Dome

June 23 Glasgow, UK The SSE Hydro

June 24 Manchester, UK Arena

June 27 London, UK British Summertime Hyde Park

July 6 Ottawa, ON Canadian Tire Centre

July 7 Montreal, QC Bell Centre

July 11 East Rutherford, NJ MetLife Stadium

July 13 Washington, DC Nationals Park

July 18 Chicago, IL Soldier Field

July 24 Foxborough, MA Gillette Stadium

July 25 Foxborough, MA Gillette Stadium

August 1 Vancouver, BC BC Place Stadium

August 4 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place

August 5 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place

August 8 Seattle, WA CenturyLink Field

August 15 Santa Clara, CA Levi's Stadium

August 17 Glendale, AZ Gila River Arena

August 18 Glendale, AZ Gila River Arena

August 25 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center

August 26 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center

August 29 San Diego, CA PETCO Park

September 4 Salt Lake City, UT EnergySolutions Arena

September 5 Denver, CO Pepsi Center

September 6 Denver, CO Pepsi Center

September 9 Fargo, ND Fargodome

September 11 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center

September 12 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center

September 16 Indianapolis, IN Bankers Life Fieldhouse

September 17 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena

September 18 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena

September 21 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center

September 22 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center

September 25 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena

September 26 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena

October 2 Toronto, ON Rogers Centre

October 3 Toronto, ON Rogers Centre

October 8 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena

October 9 Omaha, NE CenturyLink Center

October 10 Omaha, NE CenturyLink Center

October 13 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center

October 14 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center

October 17 Dallas, TX AT&T Stadium

October 20 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena

October 21 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Complex

October 24 Atlanta, GA Georgia Dome

October 27 Miami, FL AmericanAirlines Arena

October 31 Tampa, FL Raymond James Stadium
* American Express Presales vary by market so please check your local listings.

** Additional shows will be announced in Asia and Australia



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SOURCE Big Machine Records

Big Machine Records

CONTACT: Jake Basden, Big Machine Label Group, jake.basden@bmlg.net, or Tree Paine, Premium PR, Tree.Paine@PremiumPR.com

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