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Taylor Swift's albums: Everything you need to know

Apr 03, 2023

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Taylor Swift is one of the biggest names in the music industry, having had an array of successful hits throughout her career. The 33-year-old 'Anti-Hero' hitmaker has released 10 original studio albums and two re-recorded albums so far, selling an estimated 114 million albums worldwide.

After releasing her hugely successful 10th album 'Midnights' in October 2022, Taylor is set to re-release her third album 'Speak Now' this year. 'Speak Now (Taylor's Version)' is due to be released on 7th July and will be the third of Taylor's past works to be re-released.

To celebrate her endless talent ahead of her upcoming release, we've decided to take a look at the impressive facts and figures surrounding Taylor's albums.

'Taylor Swift' is Taylor's debut album, and is a country album with pop elements. The songs reflect Taylor's perspective on life as a teenager - she was aged just 16 when it was released!Release date: 24th October 2006 in the United States and Canada, 18th March 2008 internationally. Track list: 1) 'Tim McGraw', 2) 'Picture To Burn' 3) 'Teardrops On My Guitar' 4) 'A Place In This World' 5) 'Cold as You' 6) 'The Outside' 7) 'Tied Together With A Smile' 8) 'Stay Beautiful' 9) 'Should've Said No' 10) 'Mary's Song (Oh My My My)' 11) 'Our Song' Sales: Gold in the UK with 198,000 sales, certified by the BPI. Charts: The album peaked at Number 81 on the UK Chart. It spent three weeks in the Top 100. Personnel: Taylor worked with executive producer Scott Borchetta on this album and producer Nathan Chapman, who also performed backing vocals and instrumentation.

'Fearless' is a country pop album. Taylor wrote seven of the album's 13 songs herself and made her debut as a record producer by co-producing all songs alongside Nathan Chapman. Release date: 11th November 2008 in the United States and Canada, 9th March 2009 internationally. Track list: 1) 'Fearless' 2) 'Fifteen' 3) 'Love Story' 4) 'Hey Stephen' 5) 'White Horse' 6) 'You Belong With Me' 7) 'Breathe' featuring Colbie Caillat 8) 'Tell Me Why' 9) 'You're Not Sorry' 10) 'The Way I Loved You' 11) 'Forever & Always' 12) 'The Best Day' 13) 'Change' Sales: Certified 2x Platinum in the UK with 600,000 sales, certified by BPI. Charts: The album peaked at Number 5 on the UK Chart. It spent 12 weeks in the Top 20. Tour: Taylor announced the 'Fearless Tour', her first headlining tour, in January 2009. The tour included a date at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire. Accolades: 'Fearless' won Album of the Year and Best Country Album at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards in February 2010.Personnel: Taylor worked with Scott Borchetta and Nathan Chapman on this album.

Taylor wrote the album entirely herself within two years whilst touring. 'Speak Now' combines country pop, pop rock and power pop. Release date: 25th October 2010. Track list: 1) 'Mine' 2) 'Sparks Fly' 3) 'Back to December' 4) 'Speak Now' 5) 'Dear John' 6) 'Mean' 7) 'The Story of Us' 8) 'Never Grow Up' 8) 'Enchanted' 10) 'Better than Revenge' 11) 'Innocent' 12) 'Haunted' 13) 'Last Kiss' 14) 'Long Live' Sales: Certified Platinum in the UK with 300,000 sales, certified by BPI. Charts: 'Speak Now' reached Number 6 on the UK chart. It spent four weeks in the Top 40. Tours: Taylor went on the 'Speak Now World Tour', which started in Singapore in February 2011 and ended in March 2021 in Auckland, New Zealand. Personnel: Taylor worked with producers including Nathan Chapman on this album.

'Red' combines styles of pop, country and rock. The album spans genres, with Taylor describing its diverse musical styles as a 'metaphor for how messy a real breakup is.' Release date: 22nd October 2012. Track list: 1) 'State of Grace' 2) 'Red' 3) Treacherous' 4) 'I Knew You Were Trouble' 5) 'All Too Well' 6) '22' 7) 'I Almost Do' 8) 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' 9) 'Stay Stay Stay' 10) 'The Last Time' (featuring Gary Lightbody) 11) 'Holy Ground' 12) 'Sad Beautiful Tragic' 13) 'The Lucky One' 14) 'Everything Has Changed' (featuring Ed Sheeran) 15) 'Starlight' 16) 'Begin Again' Sales: 2 x Platinum in the UK with 695,000 sales, certified by BPI. Charts: 'Red' reached Number 1 on the UK Chart. It spent four weeks in the Top 10. Tours: Taylor went on 'The Red Tour', which started in Omaha, Nebraska in March 2013 and ended in Singapore in June 2014. The tour was attended by 1.7 million people. Personnel: Taylor worked with producers including Max Martin and Dann Huff on the album., alongside long-time collaborator Nathan Chapman.

'1989' was inspired by 1980s synth-pop as Taylor moved into the pop genre. The album's title is also Taylor's birth year - she was born on 13th December 1989. '1989' is widely thought to be Taylor's best-reviewed album. Release date: 27th October 2014. Track list: 1) 'Welcome to New York' 2) 'Blank Space' 3) 'Style' 4) 'Out of the Woods' 5) 'All You Had to Do Was Stay' 6) 'Shake It Off' 7) 'I Wish You Would' 8) 'Bad Blood' 9) 'Wildest Dreams' 10) 'How You Get the Girl' 11) 'This Love' 12) 'I Know Places' 13) 'Clean' Sales: 5 x Platinum in the UK with 6.25 million sales. Charts: '1989' reached Number 1 on the UK Chart. The album spent 43 weeks in the Top 10. Accolades: '1989' won Album of the Year at the 2016 Grammy Awards. Tours: Taylor embarked upon 'The 1989 World Tour' in 2015, which included 85 shows and sold over 2.2 million tickets. For many of the shows, Taylor invited special celebrity guests on stage with her, including musicians, actors, athletes and models. Personnel: Max Martin was the album's co-executive producer.

'Reputation' was created whilst Taylor took some time away from the spotlight. The album was inspired by Game of Thrones, with Taylor telling Entertainment Weekly that she started binge-watching the HBO show in 2016. Release date: 10th November 2017. Track list: 1) '...Ready for It?' 2) 'End Game' (featuring Ed Sheeran and Future) 3) 'I Did Something Bad' 4) 'Don't Blame Me' 5) 'Delicate' 6) 'Look What You Made Me Do' 7) 'So It Goes...' 8) 'Gorgeous' 9) 'Getaway Car' 10) 'King of My Heart' 11) 'Dancing with Our Hands Tied' 12) 'Dress' 13) 'This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things' 14) 'Call It What You Want' 15) 'New Year's Day' Sales: 2 x Platinum in the UK with 600,000 sales, certified by BPI. Charts: 'Reputation' reached Number 1 on the UK Chart and spent five weeks in the Top 10. Tours: Taylor embarked on the 'Reputation Stadium Tour' in 2018. The all-stadium tour consisted of 53 shows and saw over 2.8 million people attend altogether. The tour became the third highest-grossing female concert tour of all time. Personnel: Taylor mostly worked with Jack Antonoff, Max Martin and Shellback to produce the album.

'Lover' was Taylor's first album after her departure from Big Machine Records. The album features folk, country and pop sounds. Release date: 23rd August 2019. Track list: 1) 'I Forgot That You Existed' 2) 'Cruel Summer' 3) 'Lover' 4) 'The Man' 5) 'The Archer' 6) 'I Think He Knows' 7) 'Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince' 8) 'Paper Rings' 9) 'Cornelia Street' 10) 'Death By a Thousand Cuts' 11) 'London Boy' 12) 'Soon You'll Get Better' (featuring The Chicks) 13) 'False God' 14) 'You Need to Calm Down' 15) 'Afterglow' 16) 'Me!' (featuring Brendon Urie) 17) 'It's Nice to Have a Friend' 18) 'Daylight'Sales: 'Lover' was certified Platinum in the UK by BPI with 300,000 sales. Charts: The album reached Number 1 on the UK Chart. It spent six weeks in the Top 10. Personnel: Taylor recorded 'Lover' with producers Jack Antonoff, Joel Little, Louis Bell and Frank Dukes.

Recorded during the Covid-19 lockdown, 'folklore' was a surprise release. The album's title was inspired by the lasting legacy of folk songs. Release date: 24th July 2020. Track list: 1) 'the 1' 2) 'cardigan' 3) 'the last great american dynasty' 4) 'exile' (featuring Bon Iver) 5) 'my tears richochet' 6) 'mirrorball' 7) 'seven' 8) 'august' 9) 'this is me trying' 10) 'illicit affairs' 11) 'invisible string' 12) 'mad woman' 13) epiphany' 14) 'betty' 15) 'peace' 16) 'hoax' Sales: The album is certified Platinum by BPI with 300,000 sales. Charts: 'folklore' reached Number 1 on the UK Charts. The album spent three weeks at Number 1 and 10 weeks in the Top 10. Accolades: 'folklore' won Album of the Year at the 2021 Grammy Awards. Personnel: Taylor worked with producers Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff virtually. Taylor recorded her vocals in a studio constructed within her Los Angeles home.

'evermore' was a surprise album created during the Covid-19 lockdown. Announcing the news of the album's release on social media, Taylor called it a 'sister record' to 'folklore.' Release date: 11th December 2020.Track list: 1) 'willow' 2) 'champagne problems' 3) 'gold rush' 4) 'tis the damn season' 5) 'tolerate it' 6) 'no body, no crime' (featuring Haim) 7) 'happiness' 8) 'dorothea' 9) 'coney island' (featuring The National) 10) 'ivy' 11) 'cowboy like me' 12) 'long story short' 13) 'marjorie' 14) 'closure' 15) 'evermore' (featuring Bon Iver) Sales: Certified Gold in the UK by BPI with 100,000 sales. Charts: The album reached Number 1 in the UK Chart. It spent two weeks at Number 1 and nine weeks in the Top 10. Personnel: 'evermore' was a product of Taylor's collaboration with Aaron Dessner and was mostly recorded at his Long Pond Studio in the Hudson Valley.

'Fearless (Taylor's Version)' is a re-recording of Taylor's second album 'Fearless', and the first album to be re-released following a rights dispute with producer Scooter Braun regarding the ownership of the masters of her first six studio albums. Release date: 9th April 2021. Track list: 1) 'Fearless' 2) 'Fifteen' 3) 'Love Story' 4) 'Hey Stephen 5) 'White Horse' 6) 'You Belong With Me' 7) 'Breathe' featuring Colbie Caillat 8) 'Tell Me Why' 9) 'You're Not Sorry' 10) 'The Way I Loved You' 11) 'Forever & Always' 12) 'The Best Day' 13) 'Change' 14) 'Jump Then Fall' 15) 'Untouchable' 16) 'Forever & Always' (piano version) 17) 'Come In With The Rain' 18) 'Superstar' 19) 'The Other Side of the Door' 21) 'You All Over Me' featuring Maren Morris 22) 'Mr. Perfectly Fine' 23) 'We Were Happy' 24) 'That's When featuring Keith Urban 25) 'Don't You' 26) 'Bye Bye Baby' Sales: Certified Gold in the UK with 100,000 sales, certified by BPI. Charts: The album peaked at Number 1 on the UK Chart. It spent three weeks in the Top 10. Personnel: Taylor worked with producers Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner, Christopher Rowe and Elvira Anderfjärd on this album.

The album is a re-recording of Taylor's fourth studio album, Red, and is the second album of Taylor's to be re-recorded following a dispute over the ownership of the master recordings of Taylor's first six albums. When the album was released, Taylor described it as a 'fractured mosaic of feelings that somehow all fit together in the end'. Release date: 12th November 2021. Track list: 1) 'State of Grace' 2) 'Red' 3) 'Treacherous' 4) 'I Knew You Were Trouble' 5) 'All Too Well' 6) '22' 7) 'I Almost Do' 8) 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' 9) 'Stay Stay Stay' 10) 'The Last Time' (featuring Gary Lightbody) 11) 'Holy Ground' 12) 'Sad Beautiful Tragic' 13) 'The Lucky One' 14) 'Everything Has Changed' (featuring Ed Sheeran) 15) 'Starlight' 16) 'Begin Again' 17) 'The Moment I Knew' 18) 'Come Back...Be Here' 19) 'Girl at Home' 20) 'State of Grace' (acoustic version) 21) 'Ronan' 22) 'Better Man' 23) 'Nothing New' (featuring Phoebe Bridgers) 24) 'Babe' 25) 'Message in a Bottle' 26) 'I Bet You Think About Me' (featuring Chris Stapleton) 27) 'Forever Winter' 28) 'Run' (featuring Ed Sheeran) 29) 'The Very First Night' 30) 'All Too Well (10 Minute Version)' Sales: Certified Gold in the UK with 100,000 sales. Charts: The album reached Number 1 on the UK Chart. It spent three weeks in the Top 10. Personnel: Taylor worked with people including Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner on the album.

The album was announced at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. On social media, Taylor revealed that it tells the stories of '13 sleepless nights' throughout her life. Release date: 21st October 2022. Track list: 1) 'Lavender Haze' 2) 'Maroon' 3) 'Anti-Hero' 4) 'Snow on the Beach' (featuring Lana Del Rey) 5) 'You're on Your Own, Kid' 6) 'Midnight Rain' 7) 'Question...?' 8 'Vigilante S---' 9) 'Bejeweled' 10) 'Labyrinth' 11) 'Karma' 12) 'Sweet Nothing' 13) 'Mastermind' Sales: Certified Platinum in the UK by BPI with 416, 965 sales. Charts: 'Midnights' reached Number 1 on the UK Chart. The album spent five weeks at Number 1. Personnel: Taylor wrote and produced 'Midnights' alongside long-time collaborator Jack Antonoff.

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