Published 15:29 IST, October 12th 2021

Taylor Swift's 'Fearless (Taylor's version)' tops Rolling Stone chart for second time

American singer Taylor Swift’s Fearless(Taylor's Version), re-recording of her 2008 album of the same name, returns on top spot on the Rolling Stone chart.

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American singer Taylor Swift’s Fearless(Taylor's Version), re-recording of her 2008 album of same name, takes number one spot for second time on  Rolling Stone chart this week. 

Fearless(Taylor's Version) first came out on April 9, and it has made several records since its release. At that time, it had sold album units equivalent to 291,000, making Taylor Swift top country music star that she wasn’t for a long time in past. w, album has returned to top of Rolling Stone chart with a staggering 210,900 album-equivalent units.

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Fearless (Taylor's Version) tops Rolling Stone chart for second time 

According to Variety, unusual resurgence of Taylor's album is due to fans finally getting vinyl version y’ve been waiting for since April. Also, Swift is leaving stone unturned and simultaneously putting autographed CDs up for sale on her website. Out of  210,900 units, she collected this week, 140,000 were full-album sales and 77,000 digital discs.

It was vinyl version that helped album hit top spot again. With 67,000 copies sold of that pack, which is spread across three LPs on gold vinyl (or red, for Target edition) and retails for around $40, as per Variety. That is second-biggest vinyl number in Alpha Data history trailing only a bigger figure for ar Swift album, Evermore.

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Taylor's re-recorded album kcks down Drake’s Certifiable Lover Boy

Taylor's Fearless (Taylor's version) kcked Drake’s Certifiable Lover Boy out of top spot in its fifth week, with 109,100 units. However, Drake remained king of streaming with 136 million individual song streams for week. On third spot is placed Meek Mill's Expensive Pain with 97 million streams.

  top 10 list features Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga’s Love for Sale bowing at . 5, and Brandi Carlile’s In se Silent Days, debuting at . 8. YoungBoy Never Broke Again falls two spots in its second week to . 4, followed by Lil Nas X and Olivia Rodrigo at s. 6-7 and Doja Cat and Kanye West at s. 9-10. Morgan Wallen, Kid Laroi, and Billie Eilish, finally slipped out of top ten list amid all fresh competition, dropped to s. 11-13, respectively.

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Taylor Swift's upcoming releases

Taylor Swift, who has been re-recording all of her albums, had earlier revealed that she was re-recording Red (Taylor's Version).  album features a total of 30 songs and is scheduled to release on vember 12.  Blank  singer is re-recording albums released with her former label, Big Machine Records, since her old contract which held a clause that prevented her from doing so expired last year.

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15:29 IST, October 12th 2021