- Who
- Taylor Swift
- What
- 156 total number
- Where
- United States ()
- When
The re-recording of Taylor Swift’s (USA) second studio album, Fearless (Taylor’s Version), jumped from No.157 to No.1 on 16 October 2021. The album vaulted back to the top – where it had debuted on 24 April 2021 – on the strength of its release on vinyl (67,000 units sold for the week), and by “Swifties” clamouring for a signed CD only available for 72 hours “while stocks last” from the singer’s official website. The set’s 152,000 album equivalent units (up 1,931% from the previous week), including 146,000 in sales (up 15,807%), was enough to see off the US No.1 challengers Drake (with Certified Lover Boy) and Philadelphian rapper Meek Mill, who launched at No.3 with Expensive Pain.
In its 25th week on the Billboard 200 on 16 October 2021, Fearless (Taylor’s Version) registered a 54th career week at the top of the chart for Swift.
Just two albums have had bigger climbs to No.1 since the Billboard 200 was first published as a weekly chart on 24 March 1956: Life After Death by The Notorious B.I.G. (No.176 to No.1 on 12 April 1997), and Vitalogy by Pearl Jam (No.173 to No.1 on 24 December 1994).
