Taylor Swift Best-selling Albums in Order: An artist with 200 million copies of her albums sold worldwide
Taylor Swift is one of the best-selling musicians, who is often cited as one of the greatest artists of all time. She is a multiple-time winner of Grammy Awards, American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, and many other accolades. She has 10 studio albums and 3 re-recorded albums that have sold over 200 million copies worldwide. Not just this, Taylor is also the only artist to receive more than 200 million streams in one day on Spotify and the only artist to have five albums with over one million copies sold in a week. Check out more details about the 10 best-selling albums of Taylor Swift in 2024 from this article below.
10 Best-Selling Albums of Taylor Swift 2024
The table provides the list of the 10 best-selling albums of Taylor Swift along with their year of release and units sold.
| Name of the album | Year of release | Units sold (Tentative) |
| 1989 | 2014 | 14,332,116 |
| Fearless | 2008 | 11,901,000 |
| Red | 2012 | 8,819,124 |
| Taylor Swift | 2006 | 7,270,000 |
| Speak Now | 2010 | 6,917,500 |
| Reputation | 2017 | 5,746,523 |
| Lover | 2019 | 4,787,733 |
| Folklore | 2020 | 4,115,487 |
| Evermore | 2020 | 1,983,779 |
| Red (Taylor’s Version) | 2021 | 1,597,737 |
Taylor Swift’s 10 Best-Selling Albums
Below here are some interesting details about the best-selling albums of singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.
1. 1989
1989 is the best-selling album of Taylor Swift with 14,332,116 copies sold. It was her fifth studio album released in 2014 that featured many hits including “Shake It Off”, “Blank Space”, and “Bad Blood”. Not only these songs have appeared on US Billboard Hot 100 list, but they also have total combined views of over 5 billion on YouTube.
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2. Fearless
Fearless is the second studio album by Taylor Swift released in 2008. The album featured 13 songs including three US Billboard Hot 100 top 10 entries namely “Love Story”, “You Belong with Me”, and “Fearless”. With this album, Taylor also made her debut as a record producer. Fearless is also the second best-selling album of the singer.
3. Red
Red was one of the most highly successful albums by Taylor Swift that spent seven weeks at the top of Billboard 200. With this album, Swift became the first female artist and the second overall to have three consecutive albums spending six weeks at number one. The album won Favorite Country Album at the 2013 American Music Awards, and Top Country Album at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards.
4. Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift was the debut album by Swift that she started working on during her first high school year. The album brought Taylor’s dream of becoming a great country artist to life and earned her a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist. The songs on this album were inspired by her personal life experiences as a teenager.
5. Speak Now
Released in 2010, Speak Now was the first album written completely by Taylor Swift and her third album overall. Rolling Stone named it “50 Best Female Albums of All Time” and it earned several nominations in the top album category at different award shows. Some of the best songs of the album include “Mine”, “Back to December”, “Sparks Fly”, Mean”, etc.
6. Reputation
After too much scrutiny of her personal life by the media, Taylor went into self-isolation and created the album Reputation. The album garnered too much attention and promoted itself as the singer cleared out her website and social media accounts prior to its release. Reputation was the fifth consecutive album of the singer to debut at the top of the US Billboard 200.
7. Lover
With 4,787,733 units sold worldwide, Lover is the seventh best-selling album of singer Taylor Swift. Three songs of the album “Me!”, “You Need to Calm Down”, and “Lover” charted in the top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100. The album became the best-selling studio album of 2019 and also won Favorite Pop/Rock Album at the 2019 American Music Awards.
8. Folklore
Folklore is another best-selling album by Taylor Swift that was considered a source of inspiration by several music artists. After Fearless and 1989, Folklore was the third album of Swift to win Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards. It also made the record for the biggest opening album on Spotify by a female artist.
9. Evermore
Evermore was the sequel record to the Folklore released within 5 months of the latter. The album received many praises and another Album of the Year nomination at the Grammy Awards. Some of the top tracks of the album were “Willow”, “No Body, No Crime”, and “Coney Island”. Both Folklore and Evermore were surprise albums by the singer.
10. Red (Taylor’s Version)
After the ownership of her older albums went to businessman Scooter Braun, Taylor decided to re-release those albums with the tag Taylor’s Version. Red (Taylor’s Version) was one such album released in 2021. With a total of 1,597,737 copies sold, the Red (Taylor’s Version) is the last album to be featured on the list of Taylor Swift’s 10 best-selling albums.
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