Ryan Adams' Taylor Swift '1989' Cover Album Headed for Big Sales on Billboard 200

Billboard reports that Adams' version of 1989 is set to move over 50,000 album equivalent units in its first week of release, easily landing a spot in the top 10 of the Billboard 200. That 50,000 number combines pure album sales, single sales and streaming data; it's unclear exactly how many full copies of Adams' 1989 will be sold in its first seven-day period.

And that won't be the only appearance of an 1989 in the top 10; Swift's original version is also expected to remain in the Billboard 200 next week, moving around 40,000 units.

Though Adams is set to top Swift this week, her 1989 has had massive sales success since its release in October 2014. 1989 spent 11 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and has appeared in the top 10 every single week since - a total of 47 weeks.

There will, of course, be albums that do not feature "Style" or "Wildest Dreams" on it on next week's Billboard 200. Drake and Future's collaborative new mixtape What a Time to Be Alive is set to debut at No. 1, with roughly 375,000 copies moved. Lana Del Rey's Honeymoon, Mac Miller's GO:OD AM and David Gilmour's Rattle That Lock are also set for top 10 debuts.

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Ryan Adams, Taylor Swift