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Forbes
6 days ago
- Business
- Forbes
Taylor Swift's Albums Return To The Charts — And A Surge Is Coming
On Friday (May 30), Taylor Swift announced to the world that she has finally purchased the rights to the master recordings of her first six albums. The news was heralded as a triumph for the singer-songwriter, who has long been engaged in a public spat with various companies — and most notably supermanager Scooter Braun — to gain control over the work that made her a global superstar. Even before her revelation, Swift's catalog was growing in popularity thanks to anticipation surrounding a project that may never see the light of day — one fans have been eager to hear. The musician was expected to announce Reputation (Taylor's Version) at the American Music Awards – at least according to Swifties – but that didn't come to pass. Still, the mere thought of her giving the project a street date was enough to help several of her collections climb the Billboard charts. This week, multiple Swift projects return to different rankings as interest in her work grows yet again. Two of Swift's full-lengths reappear on Billboard rankings in the United States. While the pair of titles don't experience any crossover success, consumption grew enough to bring them back to the lower reaches of one tally apiece. The higher-ranking of the two is Lover, which finds its way back to the Top Streaming Albums chart. That tally, which ranks only the studio efforts that collect the most plays on platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and others, sees the 2019 pure pop set reenter at No. 48. Fearless (Taylor's Version) is a winner once again on the Top Country Albums chart. The re-recorded and re-released take on Fearless lands in last place, at No. 50, on Billboard's ranking of the most consumed country-only efforts in the nation. Lover also finds space on the Billboard 200, where it ranks as Swift's second-highest rising at the moment title out of seven placements. Fearless (Taylor's Version), which previously conquered that ranking, doesn't manage to perform well enough to earn a spot on the tally this time. Nine of Swift's albums appear on at least one Billboard chart this week. Seven of them live on the Billboard 200, a handful place on the Top Country Albums ranking, and just one also finds space on both the Top Rock & Alternative Albums and Top Alternative Albums tallies. Multiple collections performed well enough to live on the Top Streaming Albums roster. Next week will likely be huge for the singer-songwriter, as sales and streams of all six of her earliest works have skyrocketed in the days following her major announcement.
Forbes
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Morgan Wallen Claims The Top Two Country Albums In America — And He's About To Score A New No. 1
In just a few days, Morgan Wallen will hit No. 1 on several of Billboard's albums rankings, as his new full-length I'm the Problem is expected to score one of the largest debuts of 2025. It will certainly conquer the Top Country Albums chart, where it could reign for months — or even well over a year — as several of his past efforts have. Just ahead of earning another chart-topper, Wallen is already dominating the tally, and he doesn't only control the No. 1 spot, either. As the genre's biggest star at the moment, Wallen currently claims the top two spots on the roster. The Billboard tally ranks the most consumed full-lengths and EPs in the style, blending both sales and streaming data. It's not unusual for Wallen to appear near the summit — or even land at No. 1 — but the fact that he occupies the uppermost two positions simultaneously, just ahead of earning a new leader, is impressive. This frame, One Thing at a Time remains at No. 1, while Dangerous: The Double Album steps up from No. 3 to No. 2. That latter set swaps spots with Where I've Been Isn't Where I'm Going by Shaboozey. One Thing at a Time has now spent 86 weeks at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart. Dangerous lived at the top even longer. It needs just three more stays on the throne to reach 100 frames leading the tally. Both projects have lived on the list for years, and One Thing at a Time has racked up more stays at No. 1 than not. Wallen's longest-charting project on the Top Country Albums list is If I Know Me, his debut full-length. At the moment, that effort sits at No. 14, dropping ever so slightly, but it could climb back into the top 10 in a few days when Billboard refreshes the ranking – when I'm the Problem is all but guaranteed to launch at No. 1. If I Know Me earned Wallen his first No. 1 on the Top Country Albums tally back in August 2020. It has now spent just two turns in the top spot out of 362 weeks on the list — well over 100 more than Dangerous, his second-longest-running success.
