Taylor Swift’s re-recording of Undaunted exploded at number one at the latest Rolling stone Top 200 Album List, breaking Morgan Wallen’s record for the biggest debut of 2021. And that wasn’t the only record she broke: With Fearless (Taylor’s Version), she also breaks the record for the most number one albums in chart history, with four.
Told everything, Fearless (Taylor’s Version) Raised over 290,000 album-equivalent units – 177,000 album sales and 136 million on-demand audio streams – which is about five times that of Justin Bieber Justice (Number three) and Rod Wave’s SoulFly (Number four).
Swift’s high-flying first week is all the more remarkable considering that Undaunted originally released in 2008 and has already been certified ten times platinum by the RIAA – many of her fans already own these songs. But Swift doesn’t own the master recording of the original album, and she announced she’s recording her own version of Undaunted – along with five of her other albums – in 2019.
The new set contains 26 songs, including six previously unreleased songs ‘from the vault’. While Fearless (Taylor’s Version) rumored to Number One, Swift also enjoyed two other albums in the Top 40 – Folklore and Evermore – and a few more in the Top 100.
Another ubiquitous presence this week RS 200 was DMX: Fans flocked to his albums after the rapper passed away at the age of 50 earlier this month. It’s dark and hell is hot, originally released in 1998, jumped to number eight with 31.8 million streams. In addition, The best of DMX moved to number 11 (21.5 million streams), And then there was X climbed to number 17 (21.1 million), and Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood arrived at number 37 (15.9 million).
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Fearless (Taylor’s Version)
Taylor Swift
NEW!
Album units
290.1K
2
Album units
60.7K
3
Album units
56.1K
4
Dangerous: The Double Album
Morgan Wallen
Album units
54.4K
5
Album units
52.8K
The Rolling stone The 200 Albums list keeps track of the most popular releases of the week in the United States. Entries are ranked by album units, a number that combines digital and physical album sales, digital song sales, and audio streams using a custom weighing system. The card does not include passive listening, such as terrestrial radio or digital radio. The RS The list of 200 albums is updated daily and weekly Rolling stone completes and publishes an official version of the chart covering the seven-day period ending the preceding Thursday.
The biggest debut for a new album that wasn’t an oldie re-recording was from Brockhampton. Roadrunner: new light, new machine picked up 17.3 million streams, good to arrive at number 18. Luke Bryan’s Born here, live here, die here jumped to number 26 after the release of a deluxe version with six new songs.
View the full RS 200 here