Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) + Re-Recordings

Am I being slow? What does the 13th have to do with it being released on the 12th?

It's just a way for her to bullshit that it's a ~surprise gift for the fans~ because her favorite number is 13 and not the actual reason (Adele is releasing the next week and she doesn't want to lose the #1).
 
I don’t know about the US, but there’s no way she’s going to get the U.K. no 1 with Abba releasing the week before and Ed the week before that. Fearless sold 21k first week in the U.K., Red will probably do a bit more because of vinyl sales, but she’s still not going to be able to compete.
 
I don’t know about the US, but there’s no way she’s going to get the U.K. no 1 with Abba releasing the week before and Ed the week before that. Fearless sold 21k first week in the U.K., Red will probably do a bit more because of vinyl sales, but she’s still not going to be able to compete.

She probably doesn't want to lose her #1 albums streak in the US. The debut was the only that didn't debut at #1, right?
And in the UK, I guess she was not going to get it anyways with ABBA, We and most likely Adele releasing in the same month
 
Boy, we're going to look like fools if Adele doesn't release on the 19th.
I don’t know about the US, but there’s no way she’s going to get the U.K. no 1 with Abba releasing the week before and Ed the week before that.
ABBA will be lucky to hit #1 for even one week here, I think. (The Mamma Mia! soundtracks hit #1 and #4, but Gold's peak to date is only #25.) Ed will be more of a threat, but if there's anyone other than Adele who can knock him to #2 - particularly in his third week - it's Taylor.

(Edited because apparently I can't tell the difference between "weekly charts" and "year-end charts" on Wikipedia pages.)
 
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I don’t know about the US, but there’s no way she’s going to get the U.K. no 1 with Abba releasing the week before and Ed the week before that. Fearless sold 21k first week in the U.K., Red will probably do a bit more because of vinyl sales, but she’s still not going to be able to compete.
She definitely cares a lot more about the US #1 than the UK #1, Ed's third week and Abba's second week are no threat to her in the US - whereas if she kept the current date she'd definitely get blocked in both by Adele (assuming that's the reason for the move). Red (Taylor's Version) would be her 10th consecutive #1 debut in the US, which will extend her record for most #1 debuts by a female artist and break her tie with Madonna for second-most #1 albums by a female artist (only Barbra has more).
 
Why did she announce Red so long ago.

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1989 passing 3 billion streams without even having been on Spotify for its first 3 years of release…that’s power.


The way it likely would have been the most streamed album ever by a woman if it had been on streaming services during its run...sometimes she truly pisses me off.

Also she just passed her last year streaming numbers (when she was the most streamed woman of the year), and will likely break the record for women (currently held by Billie) for most streams in a year.
 
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