Taylor Swift dominates ARIA chart for eighth consecutive week with re-release of her iconic 1989 album
Taylor Swift has continued to dominate the Australian charts.
1989 (Taylor's Version) remains at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart for the eighth week in a row.
The album is now the longest-running number one album of 2023.
The American pop superstar improved her own record to come second with her previous record Midnights, which topped the charts for seven weeks between January and July this year.
The 1989 album (Taylor's Version) also debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 in the US in November.
Taylor Swift (pictured) continues to dominate the Australian charts
The singer's 2014 re-recording sold 1.653 million albums, making it the biggest debut of her record-breaking career.
The album was released on October 27 and is the Anti-Hero singer's 13th to reach number one on the Billboard chart.
1989 (Taylor's Version) also marks the biggest debut of any album, based on unit sales, since Adele's 25 in 2015. Billboard reported.
All of the Bad Blood singer's thirteen full-length studio albums and re-recorded projects, starting with 2008's Fearless, which was her second studio album, through 2023's 1989 (Taylor's Version), have debuted at number one.
1989 (Taylor's Version) remains at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart for the eighth week in a row. The album is now the longest-running number one record of 2023
When the Karma hitmaker dropped the re-recorded album, she wrote on Instagram: 'I was born in 1989, first reinvented in 2014, and a part of me was reclaimed in 2023 with the reissue of this album that I love . so dear.
“Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine the magic you would cast over my life for so long.”
She continued, “This moment is a reflection of the forest we wandered through and all this love between us still glows in the darkest darkness.
'It is with gratitude and great amazement that I present to you my version of 1989. He has been waiting for you. Taylor.'
As she sings on the song Mastermind from her 2022 album Midnights: 'It was all by design. Because I'm a mastermind.'
The album also debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 in the US in November