Taylor Swift’s ‘Evermore’ debuts at No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart.  In addition to Evermore, Taylor has also made history with the album’s lead single, Willow.

 

 

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EVERMORE

  • Taylor now has the most UK No.1 albums of any female this century (6 UK No.1s).
  • 329K+ total units.
  • 154.5K+ pure sales.
  • 220.49M+ on-demand streams.
  • Third act / first woman to score multiple No.1 albums this year.
  • First woman to have two albums in the Top 3 simultaneously, dating back to 1963.
  • Extends her record for most No.1 debuts among women.
  • Third female in history to score eight No.1 albums.
  • Shortest gap between new No.1 albums by a female artist (Folklore and Evermore).

 

 

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WILLOW

  • Taylor’s 7th No.1 hit, her second this year.
  • First artist to debut at No.1 on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 simultaneously, twice.
  • Third female to debut 3+ songs at No.1.
  • Third most Top 10 hits among women, sixth overall (29)

 

 

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Taylor also released two addition videos –  ‘Willow (moonlit witch version)’ and ‘Storyboards.’  Watch below.

 

 

 

Fun Fact: Taylor moved her album release to avoid competing with Paul McCartney.  Paul explains, “I did the Rolling Stone cover with Taylor Swift, and she just emailed me recently, and she said, ‘I wasn’t telling anyone, but I’ve got another album.’  And she said, ‘So I was going to put it out my birthday.’ And then she said, ‘But I found out you were going to put [your album] out on the 10th. So I moved it to the 18th.’  And then she found out we were coming out on the 18th so she moved back to the 10th, so I mean, you know, people do keep out of each other’s way. It’s a nice thing to do.”

 

Earlier in the week, Taylor chatted with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe about her new album, and did you know Joe Alwyn helped Taylor co-write some of her new songs? Taylor shares, “Joe and I really love sad songs. We’ve always bonded over music.  We write the saddest [songs]. We just really love sad songs. What can I say?… It was a surprise that we started writing together. But in a way, it wasn’t because we have always bonded over music and had the same musical tastes.  He’s always the person who’s showing me songs by artists and then they become my favorite songs.”

 

 

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