Taylor Swift's History Breaking '1989' Tops Charts With 1.287 M Albums Sold

Global superstar and seven-time GRAMMY winner Taylor Swift's critically acclaimed new album 1989 (Big Machine Records) earns massive sales of 1.287 million albums (SoundScan), debuts at #1 on the charts and marks the only time an artist has sold over one million albums on release week for a third time (2010'sSpeak Now with 1.05 million,2012'sREDwith 1.21 million and 2014's1989with 1.287 million). 1989 is the only album this year to sell over a million albums and comprised 22% of the overall total of albums sold this year.

"I was told to keep my expectations low because album sales were in decline, no one had sold over a million albums this year and the last time it happened on release week was with my album RED in 2012," said Taylor Swift. "I was told my optimism was naive. I was told it was risky to change creative directions. I was told my album wouldn't sell if it didn't have my entire face on it. I listened to my intuition instead of all those voices. I'm so proud that my fans were able to show the world that art is important and is still valuable to them."

1989 BY THE NUMBERS

• Taylor Swift's fourth #1 album to top BillboardTop 200 albums chart
• 1989 sold 1.287 million copies in one week
• Marks the largest selling week for any artist since 2002
• 1989 comprised 22%of the entire album market thisyear
• Its debut week sales sold more than the last eight #1 debuting albums on the BillboardTop 200 chart
• 1989marks the largest week for a physical album since Taylor's last album RED was released in 2012
• 1989 is the 19 thalbum to sell a million copies in a week since the inception ofSoundScanin 1991
• Taylor sold more than two copies of 1989 every second

Taylor recently announced THE 1989 WORLD TOUR, which is produced and promoted by AEG Live & The Messina Group (TMG) and kicks off on May 20, 2015 in Louisiana. THE 1989 WORLD TOUR features Vance Joy supporting all North American dates while Shawn Mendes is set to support all stadium dates in North America. THE 1989 WORLD TOUR will encompass eight countries andspan four continents including North America, Europe, Australia and Asia**. The first tickets for the North American leg will go on-sale to the general public on November 14 th. American Express Card Members and members of TaylorSwift.com will have access to purchase tickets in advance beginning November 7 th*. General ticketing and on-sale information will be available at TaylorSwift.com.

Taylor Swift is the only artist in history to have three million-selling weeks (2010'sSpeak Now,2012'sREDand 2014's1989). Taylor is a global superstar and seven-time GRAMMY winner, and the youngest winner in history of the music industry's highest honor, the GRAMMY Award forAlbum of the Year. She is the first artist since the Beatles (and the only female artist in history) to log six or more weeks at #1 in the U.S. with three consecutive studio albums. Taylor has an album on Rolling Stone's prestigiousThe 50 Greatest Albums of All Time(by women) list, Time magazine has named her one the of the100 Most Influential Peoplein the world, and she is Billboard's youngest-everWoman of the Yearand the only artist to have been awarded this honor twice.Taylor has career record sales in excess of 30 million albums and almost 80 million song downloads worldwide, and has had singles top both the pop and country radio charts around the globe. Taylor's album RED (Big MachineRecords), released two years ago, sold more than 1.2 million copies in the U.S. in its first week and has only been topped by sales of her fifth studio album, 1989, which sold 1.287 million albums release week. 1989 is the highest selling release since 2002. "Shake It Off," the first single off her critically acclaimed fifth studio album1989, topped Billboard's Pop, HotAC and Hot 100 charts and has earned double Platinum-status by the RIAA for exceeding sales of two million downloads in the U.S. 1989topped the Billboard Top 200 charts and iTunes' sales charts in 95 countries on its release and was the highest selling release of 2014.Her current single, "Blank Space," tops the Hot 100 chart.

THE 1989 WORLD TOUR

DATE	MARKET	BUILDING
May 20	Bossier City, LA	CenturyLink Center
May 22	Baton Rouge, LA	LSU Tiger Stadium
May 30	Detroit, MI	Ford Field
June 2	Louisville, KY	KFC Yum! Center
June 3	Cleveland, OH	Quicken Loans Arena
June 6	Pittsburgh, PA	Heinz Field
June 8	Charlotte, NC	Time Warner Cable Arena
June 9	Raleigh, NC	PNC Arena
June 13	Philadelphia, PA	Lincoln Financial Field
June 20	Cologne, Germany	Lanxess Arena
June 21	Amsterdam, Holland	Ziggo Dome
June 23	Glasgow, UK	The SSE Hydro
June 24	Manchester, UK	Arena
June 27	London, UK	British Summertime Hyde Park
July 6	Ottawa, ON	Canadian Tire Centre
July 7	Montreal, QC	Bell Centre
July 11	East Rutherford, NJ	MetLife Stadium
July 13	Washington, DC	Nationals Park
July 18	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field
July 24	Foxborough, MA	Gillette Stadium
July 25	Foxborough, MA	Gillette Stadium
August 1	Vancouver, BC	BC Place Stadium
August 4	Edmonton, AB	Rexall Place
August 5	Edmonton, AB	Rexall Place
August 8	Seattle, WA	CenturyLink Field
August 15	Santa Clara, CA	Levi's Stadium
August 17	Glendale, AZ	Gila River Arena
August 18	Glendale, AZ	Gila River Arena
August 25	Los Angeles, CA	Staples Center
August 26	Los Angeles, CA	Staples Center
August 29	San Diego, CA	PETCO Park
September 4	Salt Lake City, UT	EnergySolutions Arena
September 5	Denver, CO	Pepsi Center
September 6	Denver, CO	Pepsi Center
September 9	Fargo, ND	Fargodome
September 11	St. Paul, MN	Xcel Energy Center
September 12	St. Paul, MN	Xcel Energy Center
September 16	Indianapolis, IN	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
September 17	Columbus, OH	Nationwide Arena
September 18	Columbus, OH	Nationwide Arena
September 21	Kansas City, MO	Sprint Center
September 22	Kansas City, MO	Sprint Center
September 25	Nashville, TN	Bridgestone Arena
September 26	Nashville, TN	Bridgestone Arena
October 2	Toronto, ON	Rogers Centre
October 3	Toronto, ON	Rogers Centre
October 8	Des Moines, IA	Wells FARGO Arena
October 9	Omaha, NE	CenturyLink Center
October 10	Omaha, NE	CenturyLink Center
October 13	St. Louis, MO	Scottrade Center
October 14	St. Louis, MO	Scottrade Center
October 17	Dallas, TX	AT&T Stadium
October 20	Lexington, KY	Rupp Arena
October 21	Greensboro, NC	Greensboro Coliseum Complex
October 24	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome
October 27	Miami, FL	AmericanAirlines Arena
October 31	Tampa, FL	Raymond James Stadium

* American Express Presales vary by market so please check your local listings.
** Additional shows will be announced in Asia and Australia

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SOURCE Big Machine Records

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