While it was largely assumed that Taylor Swift’s 1989 would have a big debut when it arrived on the Billboard 200 albums chart dated Nov. 15, 2014 — after all, she was coming off three straight No. 1 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.

The singer-songwriter muses about Nos. 20-1 on the March 4, 1989-dated Hot 100 in Billboard's latest Chart Rewind. By Debbie Gibson Nowadays, numerous songs become hits after artists have built buzz ...

This would give the album the second-largest sales week of the year By Keith Caulfield, Billboard Taylor Swift‘s monster 1989 album is so big, it seems that the music business has decided to mostly ...

Taylor Swift will be crowned when the U.K. albums chart is published later this week. The U.S. pop singer opens-up a monster lead in the U.K. chart race with 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (via EMI), which ...

It seems like Taylor Swift is on a spree to break records at the top of the charts. The singer grabbed the number 1 spot on the Billboard 200 Albums chart with "1989 (Taylor's Version)", within the ...

“PROBLEM” FANS STILL LIKE SINGLES AND STREAMING APPARENTLY: You may have noticed above that I’ve listed old-fashioned sales numbers rather than the “units” based on streaming and the track sales that ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Taylor Swift's "1989" regained the top spot in the weekly Billboard 200 album chart, giving the pop star the distinction of being the second woman in history to have two albums ...

Perhaps going back to 1989, the totemic year of Swift's album, might help. That year capped a grand decade for pop that was artistically given life by the likes of Michael Jackson and Madonna and ...

LONDON, United Kingdom - US music star Taylor Swift topped the UK singles and albums charts on Friday with her re-recording of her award-winning hit album "1989". The 21-track “1989” (Taylor’s Version ...