An album Taylor Swift released in 2023 has found its way back onto the charts — in predictably record-setting fashion.
Lover: Live From Paris, which Taylor recorded in 2019 and released on vinyl exclusively through her online store in 2023, was made available again on Jan. 7 and Jan. 16 for a limited time only, both on vinyl and as a digital download, in several variations with different bonus tracks. As a result, the album re-enters the chart at #2, with sales of 202,500 units. When it first came out, it only made it to #58.
The album, featuring live versions of the hits “You Need to Calm Down,” “Me!,” “The Man,” “Lover” and more, is now the highest-charting live album on the Billboard 200 album chart since 2019, when Lionel Richie‘s Hello from Las Vegas debuted at #2. It scores the biggest sales week for a live album on vinyl since sales started being tallied electronically in 1991.
It’s also Taylor’s 18th top 10 album, tying her with Mariah Carey for the third most top 10 albums by a female artist in that chart’s history. Only Madonna and Barbra Streisand have more, with 23 and 34, respectively.
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