Wednesday 28 October 2015

Happy Birthday 1989

Today marks the one year since Taylor released the smash hit album 1989 to the world so
Happy Birthday 1989

1989 has achieved some incredible statistics in the last year includings all 5 singles reaching the No.1 position on the Billboard Pop Chart and spending all 52 weeks in the last year within the top 10 of the Billboard 200 Album Chart.

As a celebratory gift on the birthday of 1989 Taylor released a video of her performing Out Of The Woods on the Piano at the Grammy Museum on September 30th.

All 5 singles Shake It Off, Blank Space, Style, Bad Blood and Wildest Dreams made it into the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 Chart with Shake It Off, Blank Space and Bad Blood all reaching No.1.

Shake It Off debuted at No.1 after its release, while Blank Space knocked Shake It Off out of the top spot after its official release as a single. The Bad Blood Remix with Kendrick Lamar, landed in the No.1 spot after its star studded video was released at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards.
Style and Wildest Dreams peaked at No. 5/6 on the Hot 100.

Wildest Dreams has just hit No.1 on the Billboard Pop Songs Chart, making 1989 only the 2nd album behind Katy Perry's Teenage Dream to achieve all 5 singles at No.1 on the Pop Songs chart.

1989 spent 11 non-consecutive weeks atop the Billboard 200 Album chart and has not dropped out of the top 10 since, a record only matched by Bruce Springsteen, Celine Dion, Adele and Fleetwood Mac.

Taylor posted this edit in Celebration, Here's to another amazing year of 1989