This week on the music charts in the United Kingdom, Taylor Swift sees a dozen of her albums appear, which is a rare sight for any name. Her entire catalog is surging in terms of both sales and streaming activity after she revealed that she has finally acquired the rights to her full discography. That announcement led many of her fans to rush to consume her earlier efforts, which some had been avoiding for years. Instead, they had focused their listening on the Taylor’s Version equivalents of several titles, when available – but now they can love both.
Half of Swift’s charting albums this week return to the U.K. rankings. Many hadn’t found a place on any tally just days ago, but now almost all her projects come flooding back.
1989 Scores the Grandest Comeback
1989 manages the most impressive comeback among Swift’s catalog — at least when looking at the number of charts it reappears on. The full-length returns to five tallies, including a top 40 restart on the Official Albums ranking.
Reputation Returns in a Big Way
Reputation finds its way back to four rankings it missed just last week. It reenters the top 10 on all but one of them, narrowly missing out on hitting No. 1 on the Official Album Downloads chart. It’s blocked only by Something Beautiful, the latest full-length by Miley Cyrus, which opens in first place.
The project now lives on a total of six tallies, but only returns to four this frame. It surges dozens of spaces on the other two, and even manages to break back into the highest tier on the Official Albums chart, vaulting from No. 70 to No. 7.
Fearless, Speak Now and Taylor Swift Move
Three titles break back onto a trio of charts apiece, as Taylor Swift, Fearless, and Speak Now all accomplish the feat. The first two projects reach new high points on at least one ranking. Swift’s self-titled debut also nearly reconquers the Official Country Artists Albums chart, but the singer-songwriter couldn’t topple I’m the Problem by Morgan Wallen.
Red Returns — But Just Barely
Only Red finds its way back to just two rankings in the U.K. For some time now, fans have been buying and streaming Red (Taylor’s Version) instead of the original. This time around, the decade-plus-old collection narrowly finds space in the lower reaches of both the Official Physical Albums and Official Albums Sales charts, while its recreated take is nowhere to be seen.
