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Taylor Swift’s “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” Quickly Reaches #1 On US iTunes Album Sales Chart

“Taylor’s Version” of the Grammy-winning “Fearless” soars to #1.

In 2019, Taylor Swift delighted fans — and many of her music industry peers — with news that she would be re-recording her first six studio albums.

At 12AM ET on April 9, 2021, she finally released the first of those re-recorded albums.

“Fearless (Taylor’s Version),” Swift’s new take on the Grammy-winning smash, officially launched on digital platforms at 12AM ET. It, predictably, made an immediate impact on iTunes.

Prior to press time at 12:10AM ET Friday, it had already reached #1 on the US store’s all-genre album sales chart.

“Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” consists of 27 tracks — re-recordings of the original 19 songs from the deluxe album, a re-recording of “Today Was A Fairytale” from the “Valentine’s Day” soundtrack, an Elvira remix of “Love Story,” and six previously unreleased tracks from Swift’s songwriting vault.

“Mr. Perfectly Fine,” one of the vault tracks, soared to #1 on the US iTunes song sales chart following its early release on Wednesday. It remains in the pinnacle position at press time.

Brian Cantor

Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. He has been a leading reporter in the music, movie, television and sporting spaces since 2002. Brian's reporting has been cited by major websites like BuzzFeed, Billboard, the New Yorker and The Fader -- and shared by celebrities like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj. Contact Brian at brian.cantor[at]headlineplanet.com.

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