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To the surprise of no one, 1989 (Taylor’s Version)<\/i> debuted at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with sales of 1.653 million equivalent album units (1.359 million pure). She outsold the original 1989<\/i> in pure album sales alone (1.287 million).<\/p>\n
This marks the biggest week for any album since Adele\u2019s 25<\/i> with 3.482 million units in the week ending Nov. 25, 2015.<\/p>\n
It is also Taylor’s biggest first week sales of her career and her 13th no. 1 album.<\/p>\n
She also finally outsold Britney Spears’ iconic Oops!…I Did It Again<\/i> (1.319 million).<\/p>\n
Not to mention, Swift had the biggest vinyl sales week in the US of the modern era with 693K.<\/p>\n
According to Deadline via Republic Records, the album sold over 3.5 million units globally in its first week.<\/p>\n
1. Adele\u2019s 25 (3.378 million) Original:<\/b> Re-Recordings:<\/b> Sources:<\/b> 1<\/a> | 2<\/a><\/p>\n <\/center> <\/div>\n
2. *NSYNC\u2019s No Strings Attached (2.416 million, in 2000)
3. *NSYNC\u2019s Celebrity (1.878 million, 2001)
4. Eminem\u2019s The Marshall Mathers LP (1.76 million, 2000)
5. Backstreet Boys\u2019 Black & Blue (1.591 million, 2000)
6. 1989 (Taylor\u2019s Version) (1.359 million)<\/p>\n
Taylor Swift: 40,000
Fearless: 592,000
Speak Now: 1,047,000
Red: 1,208,000
1989: 1,287,000
reputation: 1,238,000
Lover: 867,000
folklore: 846,000
evermore: 329,000
Midnights: 1,578,000<\/p>\n
Fearless (Taylor\u2019s Version): 291,000
Red (Taylor\u2019s Version): 605,000
Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version): 716,000
1989 (Taylor\u2019s Version): 1,653,000<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/fd\/ae\/43\/fdae4306c47b8c5d3d96f82162147f6b.gif\")
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