Taylor Swift’s ‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’ Debuts Huge: What It Means for Replicating Oldies, Weaponizing Fans

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, the Brit Awards honor Taylor Swift; Comedy Central U.K. commissions three new unscripted programs; and Digital Catapult prepares the world’s first 5G-powered music festival.This year’s Brit Awards will recognize American artist Taylor Swift with the organization’s highest honor, the Global Icon award, at Tuesday’s ceremony in recognition of her impact on the world’s music industry and career achievements.

Taylor Swift‘s newly reworked version of ‘Fearless’ would have still topped the Billboard 200 albums chart in the US without selling a single physical copy, it’s been revealed.The singer dropped ‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’ earlier this month, and it currently sits atop the chart after shifting an impressive 291,000 equivalent units.But, as Billboard themselves have revealed, Swift performed so well on streaming platforms that she didn’t need to sell a single copy in order to launch at No.

Taylor Swift grabbed headlines on Monday for climbing up to the top spot as her re-recorded album Fearless debuted at No 1 on Billboard 200. If that wasn't enough, there's even better news for her die-hard fans as eight songs from Fearless (Taylor's version) and one song from the Evermore album are now on the Billboard Hot 100 this week.

Taylor Swift is chasing one milestone after another and after successfully releasing her first re-recorded album titled Fearless (Taylor's Version), the singer is already looking ahead and has begun re-recording her next album. In the meantime, Fearless (Taylor's Version) has been topping charts and recently debuted at the No 1 spot on Billboard 200.

Taylor Swift continues to be an unstoppable force on the Billboard charts.

Keith Urban has said that he was midway through last minute Christmas shopping when Taylor Swift asked him to feature on her new, re-recorded version of 2008’s ‘Fearless’.“I’m at the shopping mall doing my Christmas shopping and I get a text from Taylor saying, ‘I’ve got these couple of songs I’d like you to sing on, do you want to hear them?’ and I said, ‘Sure,’” Urban said during a recent appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.“So she sends me these songs and I’m sitting in the food court at

Taylor Swift pulled out her «mood board» during her brief appearance on on Tuesday, her devoted fans were already consulting their own conspiracy theory boards. The 31-year-old singer-songwriter is notorious for dropping a slew of Easter eggs into her interviews, and her five-minute appearance got the Internet buzzing. Swift is currently rerecording prior albums and just dropped her first one, , last week.

Taylor Swift pulled out her «mood board» during her brief appearance on on Tuesday night, her devoted Swifties were already consulting their own conspiracy theory boards. The 31-year-old singer-songwriter is notorious for dropping a slew of Easter eggs into her interviews, and her five-minute appearance got the Internet buzzing. Swift is currently re-recording her masters and just dropped her first — — last week.

Trust Taylor Swift to drop hints for her fans every time she's planning something new and as a Swifty you could probably never get tired of the guessing games. On 13 April, Taylor appeared virtually for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to talk about the release of her Fearless album re-recording.

Fans are convinced that Taylor Swift dropped “Easter eggs” left and right during her interview with Stephen Colbert that aired on April 13. From cryptic numbers to tongue-in-cheek references to throwback songs, fans don’t think the 31-year-old pop star was simply being quirky during her Tuesday night appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert that seemed more like a planned skit than an interview.

Taylor Swift has opened up about the process of re-recording ‘Fearless’, saying that she “tried to create a ‘same but better’ version” of the album.The singer-songwriter released ‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’ last Friday (April 9) as the first step in her efforts to reclaim ownership of her first six studio records, spanning 2006’s self-titled up to ‘Reputation’ (2017).It comes after Scooter Braun made a $300million acquisition of Swift’s former label Big Machine Label Group, with the sale

Swifties unite! It’s a fact of life that no one can decode secret messages or find Easter eggs like a tried and true Taylor Swift stan. And with the release of Fearless (Taylor’s Version) on Friday, April 9, fans have been hard at work deciphering all the little clues that came along with the release and the 6 new “From the Vault” songs.

Fearless (Taylor's Version) does have six new songs. And stans, naturally, are decoding them down to the last letter. Below, check out the dominant theories about these from-the-vault gems. What's it about: Swift has physically moved on from a relationship, but the emotional residue still lingers.

Taylor Swift has now released the first of her re-recorded albums with 2008's Fearless. The re-recorded album called, Fearless (Taylor’s Version) features 26 songs, including six unreleased tracks.

Chris Willman Music WriterThere is no “best actress” award at the Grammys, perhaps for obvious reasons, but maybe there should be this coming year. And the Grammy would go to… Taylor Swift, for so persuasively playing her 18-year-old self in “Fearless (Taylor’s Version),” her beyond-meticulous recreation of the 2008 recording that did win her her first album of the year trophy back in the day.

Taylor Swift feels about the songs that she wrote and recorded for Big Machine Label Group over six studio albums — from her 2006 self-titled debut to 2017’s “Reputation.” But after Swift failed to negotiate a deal to buy her masters (the original recordings) from high-profile music manager Scooter Braun, who purchased Big Machine and its assets in 2019, she decided to embark on a journey to reclaim her music.“Now Scooter has stripped me of my life’s work, that I wasn’t given an opportunity to

No one works harder than Taylor Swift.

Chris Willman Music WriterBreaking up is complicated… especially if you’re a diehard Taylor Swift fan wanting to break up with her old albums, which she has urged her fans to no longer support as her campaign to issue re-recorded versions in their stead gets underway in earnest.Friday, Swift will be releasing “Fearless (Taylor’s Version),” a remake of her 2008 sophomore album, and it’s understood that many Swifties who support the singer’s choices will want to retire the original from their