Taylor Swift 'Speak Now (Taylor's Version)' Is The Biggest Album Debut of 2023 To Date

Taylor Swift's latest re-recording "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)" marks as her biggest re-recording debut to date as midweek reports already crunched the numbers.

"Speak Now (Taylor's Version)" is the third album that Swift has re-recorded, following "Fearless" and "Red."

Taylor Swift 'Speak Now (Taylor's Version)' Billboard 200 Debut

According to Luminate, "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)" is expected to debut at No. 1 next week with 575,000 album-equivalent units, making it the biggest album debut of this year so far. Last year, Swift also cemented herself as the biggest album debut of 2022 with "Midnights," her biggest debuting album of all time with 1.5 million units.

Of the 575,000 units, 400,000 of them are pure album copies, making it also the largest sales week for an album this year, too.

According to Billboard, should "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)" actually debut at No. 1, it would be his twelfth album to debut so far. She would have surpassed Barbra Streisand with 11 No. 1s among female artists.

Overall, she would tie with Drake as the third most No. 1 albums, coming under Jay-Z with 14 and The Beatles with 19.

"One Thing At A Time" by Morgan Wallen, the current chart leader, held the biggest opening with 501,000 units. Meanwhile. Stray Kids' 5-STAR holds the biggest album sales week with 235,000 units.

Out of the 400,000 album sales, over 225,000 copies are Vinyl, making Swift the album the biggest Vinyl sold this year too. In 2022, "Midnights" sold 575,000 Vinyls in its opening week, the same number as her projected album units for "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)."

As for streaming, the album has already generated 200 million on-demand streams in the country. The biggest gainer is "I Can See You (Taylor's Version)" which got its own music video, raking in 13 million on-demand streams only in its four-tracking days.

Billboard 200 Albums Chart

Earlier this week, Lil Uzi Vert's "Pink Tape" claimed the Billboard 200 spot, taking it away from Morgan Wallen's "One Thing At A Time." "Pink Tape" is the first Hip-Hop album of the year to debut at No. 1.

Meanwhile, "Pink Tape" is expected to dip at No. 4 with "One Thing" holding its second spot, and Peso Pluma's "Genesis" maintaining its No. 3 high peak. (via Hits Daily Double)

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