Taylor Swift albums discography | |
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Studio albums | 11 |
Live albums | 4 |
EPs | 7 |
Re-recorded albums | 4 |
Compilations | 28 |
Box set | 1 |
The American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has released 11 original studio albums, 4 re-recorded albums, 5 extended plays (EPs), and 4 live albums. Her albums discography has accumulated 114 million album-equivalent units worldwide, [1] 51 million of which are certified in the United States. [2] In terms of pure sales, she has tallied 46.6 million albums in the United States and 7 million albums in the United Kingdom. [3] [4] On the US Billboard 200, as of May 2024, she has accumulated 14 number-one albums—seven of which sold one million first-week copies [5] —and spent 74 weeks at number one, more than any other solo act. [6]
Swift signed a recording contract with Big Machine Records in 2005 and released six albums under the label. Her self-titled debut album (2006) spent more weeks on the US Billboard 200 chart than any other album in the 2000s decade, [7] and her second studio album, Fearless (2008), was the only album from the same decade to spend one year in the top 10 of the Billboard 200. [8] Fearless was Swift's first album to top the charts in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. [9] Her next studio albums— Speak Now (2010), Red (2012), 1989 (2014), and Reputation (2017)—all reached number one on the Billboard 200, and each of them sold over one million US first-week copies. [10] All four albums reached number one in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand; [11] [12] and the latter three all reached number one in the United Kingdom. [12]
Under a recording contract with Republic Records signed in 2018, [13] Swift has released five original studio albums— Lover (2019), Folklore (2020), Evermore (2020), Midnights (2022), and The Tortured Poets Department (2024) [14] —all of them peaked atop the Billboard 200. [5] Lover was Swift's first to reach number one in Spain [15] and Sweden, [16] and Midnights and The Tortured Poets Department each sold one million first-week copies in the United States; [5] the latter broke the record for the highest single-week vinyl sales. [17] All of these albums reached number one in Australia, Canada, [11] Ireland, [18] New Zealand, [12] and the United Kingdom. [12]
Swift's departure from Big Machine resulted in a dispute over the ownership of her first six studio albums in 2019, which made her re-record them. She has released four re-recorded albums— Fearless (Taylor's Version) (2021), Red (Taylor's Version) (2021), Speak Now (Taylor's Version) (2023), and 1989 (Taylor's Version) (2023)—all of which reached number one in Australia, Canada, [11] Ireland, [18] New Zealand, [12] the United Kingdom, [19] and the United States. [20] Fearless (Taylor's Version) was the first re-recorded album to top the Billboard 200, [21] and 1989 (Taylor's Version) sold over a million US first-week copies. [22] With 1989 (Taylor's Version), Swift became the first artist to have the best-selling US album of a calendar year seven times, after Fearless (2009), 1989 (2014), Reputation (2017), Lover (2019), Folklore (2020), and Midnights (2022). [23]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales [upper-alpha 1] | Certifications | ||||||||||||
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US [20] | AUS [9] | CAN [11] | DEN [24] | IRE [18] | NZ [12] | NOR [25] | SPA [15] | SWE [16] | UK [19] | |||||||
Taylor Swift |
| 5 | 33 | 14 | — | 59 | 38 | — | — | — | 81 |
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Fearless |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 12 | 5 |
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Speak Now |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 6 |
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Red |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
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1989 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 1 |
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Reputation |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Lover |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Folklore |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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Evermore |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
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Midnights |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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The Tortured Poets Department |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales [upper-alpha 1] | Certifications | |||||||||
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US [20] | AUS [9] | CAN [11] | DEN [24] | IRE [18] | NZ [12] | NOR [25] | SPA [15] | SWE [16] | UK [19] | ||||
Fearless (Taylor's Version) |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 1 |
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Red (Taylor's Version) |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
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Speak Now (Taylor's Version) |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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1989 (Taylor's Version) |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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US [20] | AUS [9] | CAN [11] | DEN [24] | IRE [18] | NZ [12] | SPA [15] | UK [19] | ||||
Speak Now World Tour – Live |
| 11 | 16 | 25 | — | — | — | 91 | — [upper-alpha 16] |
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Live from Clear Channel Stripped 2008 |
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Lover (Live from Paris) |
| 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 90 | ||
Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions |
| 3 | 24 | — | 12 | 6 | 24 | — | 4 |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
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The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection |
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Rhapsody Originals | — | |||||||||||||||
iTunes Live from SoHo | — | |||||||||||||||
Beautiful Eyes | 9 |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
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Spotify Singles |
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Reputation Stadium Tour Surprise Song Playlist |
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Folklore: The Escapism Chapter |
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Folklore: The Sleepless Nights Chapter |
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Folklore: The Saltbox House Chapter |
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Folklore: The Yeah I Showed Up at Your Party Chapter |
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Willow (The Witch Collection) |
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The Dropped Your Hand While Dancing Chapter |
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The Forever Is the Sweetest Con Chapter |
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The Ladies Lunching Chapter |
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Fearless (Taylor's Version): The Halfway Out the Door Chapter |
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Fearless (Taylor's Version): The Kissing in the Rain Chapter |
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Fearless (Taylor's Version): The I Remember What You Said Last Night Chapter |
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Fearless (Taylor's Version): The From the Vault Chapter |
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Red (Taylor's Version): Could You Be the One Chapter |
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Red (Taylor's Version): She Wrote a Song About Me Chapter |
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Red (Taylor's Version): The Slow Motion Chapter |
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Red (Taylor's Version): From the Vault Chapter |
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Taylor Swift's Fountain Pen Songs [135] |
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Taylor Swift's Glitter Gel Pen Songs [137] | ||
Taylor Swift's Quill Pen Songs [138] | ||
Anti-Hero (Remixes) |
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Lavender Haze (Remixes) |
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The More Fearless (Taylor's Version) Chapter |
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The More Lover Chapter |
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The More Red (Taylor's Version) Chapter |
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The Cruelest Summer |
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I Love You, It's Ruining My Life Songs |
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You Don't Get to Tell Me About Sad Songs | ||
Am I Allowed to Cry? Songs | ||
Old Habits Die Screaming Songs | ||
I Can Do It with a Broken Heart Songs |
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Complete Album Collection |
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Fearless is the second studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Under Big Machine Records imprint, it was released in the United States and Canada on November 11, 2008, and elsewhere on March 9, 2009.
"Love Story" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released as the lead single from her second studio album, Fearless, on September 15, 2008, by Big Machine Records. Inspired by a boy who was unpopular with her family and friends, Swift wrote the song using William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet as a reference point. The lyrics narrate a troubled romance that ends with a marriage proposal, contrary to Shakespeare's tragic conclusion. Produced by Swift and Nathan Chapman, the midtempo country pop song includes a key change after the bridge and uses acoustic instruments including banjo, fiddle, mandolin, and guitar.
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Red is the fourth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on October 22, 2012, by Big Machine Records. The title is the color to which Swift associated the tumultuous emotions she was experiencing from lost love while conceiving the album.
1989 is the fifth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on October 27, 2014, by Big Machine Records. Inspired by 1980s synth-pop, Swift conceived 1989 to recalibrate her artistry to pop after critics disputed her status as a country musician when she released the cross-genre Red (2012) to country radio. She titled 1989 after her birth year as a symbolic artistic rebirth and enlisted Max Martin, who produced Red's electronic-influenced pop tracks, as co-executive producer.
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"Style" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and the third single from her fifth studio album, 1989 (2014). Swift wrote the song with the producers Max Martin, Shellback, and Ali Payami. An incorporation of pop, funk, disco, and electronic styles, "Style" is built on an electric guitar riff, pulsing synthesizers, and dense vocal reverb. The lyrics are about a couple who could not escape from an unhealthy relationship because they are never "out of style". Big Machine in partnership with Republic Records released the song to US radio on February 9, 2015.
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"Cardigan" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and the lead single from her eighth studio album, Folklore (2020). Republic Records released the song on July 27, 2020. Written by Swift and its producer, Aaron Dessner, "Cardigan" is a folk, soft rock, and indie rock ballad, with a stripped-down arrangement of a piano, drums, and violins.
"August" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her eighth studio album, Folklore (2020). Swift wrote and produced "August" with Jack Antonoff; Joe Alwyn was credited as a co-producer. A dream pop and guitar pop ballad, "August" features elements of soft rock in its guitars, strings, and vocal reverberation. In the lyrics, an unnamed female narrator expresses her sorrow over James, a 17-year-old boy who reconciles with Betty after a fleeting summer romance with her. She is a character involved in a love triangle depicted in three Folklore tracks, the other two being "Cardigan" and "Betty".
Evermore is the ninth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was a surprise album released on December 11, 2020, via Republic Records, less than five months after her previous studio album Folklore. Evermore was a spontaneous product of Swift's extended collaboration with her Folklore collaborator Aaron Dessner, mainly recorded at his Long Pond Studio in the Hudson Valley.
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Red (Taylor's Version) is the second re-recorded album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on November 12, 2021, by Republic Records. It is part of Swift's re-recording projects following the 2019 dispute over the ownership of her back catalog.
Midnights is the tenth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on October 21, 2022, by Republic Records. Swift conceived it as a concept album about nocturnal ruminations inspired by her sleepless nights. The autobiographical songwriting explores broad emotions such as regrets, self-criticism, fantasies, heartbreak, and infatuation, using confessional yet cryptic lyrics that allude to her personal life and public image.