Originally posted by Wikinews. Wikinews content appears under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license except where specified. As these articles are static snapshots of news items that may be later updated, they may not represent the latest or final revision of that article, and posted information may be only preliminary. Taylor Swift's Evermore records biggest sales week of the year as it returns to No 1 on album chart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- June 11, 2021 Original URL: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift%27s_Evermore_records_biggest_sales_week_of_the_year_as_it_returns_to_No_1_on_album_chart Taylor Swift's ''Evermore'' album has returned to the top position on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart this week, after an 8307% increase in sales. ''Evermore'', which was released in December 2020, only had its vinyl edition issued on May 28, although preorders were available from the moment of the album's release. In the week ending on June 3, ''Evermore'' sold 192,000 copies, setting the record for the biggest sales week of the year. ''Billboard'' credited the rise of ''Evermore'' back to No. 1 to a number of factors, including "modern-era record-breaking vinyl LP sales (102,000), Swift-signed CDs and deep discounting on its digital album". The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums in the United States on a weekly basis, combining album sales and streaming. In this week's chart, ''Evermore'' jumped from 74 to 1, marking the biggest jump to the number 1 position since Radiohead's ''In Rainbows'' went from 156 to 1. Since then, 3 albums have also re-entered the chart at no. 1, the most recent of which was Bon Jovi's ''This House Is Not for Sale'' on the March 10, 2018 chart, caused by a bundling of concert tickets with the album. ''Evermore'' broke the record for the biggest sales week for a vinyl album, having initially sold over 40,000 copies from May 28 to May 31 to edge out the previous record holder, Jack White's ''Lazaretto''. By the end of the week, ''Evermore'' had sold 102,000 vinyl copies. The delay of ''Evermore'''s vinyl release is due to the length of time vinyl records take to produce. As ''Evermore'' was only announced a day before its release, it is likely that there was not sufficient time before its release to complete the production of physical editions of the album, including vinyl editions. In other countries where ''Evermore'' hit no. 1 upon its December release, it also recieved a boost. On the United Kingdom's Official Albums Chart Top 100, ''Evermore'' jumped 70 spots to the no. 4 position. Australia's ARIA Top 50 Albums chart saw Evermore go up 9 spots to no. 38. In New Zealand, ''Evermore'' was one of the fastest rising titles on the Official Top 40 Albums chart, re-entering at no. 30. == Sources == * https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=5076 * https://www.aria.com.au/charts/albums-chart/2021-06-07 * https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20210604/7502/ * https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/1401650471060787203 * https://uproxx.com/pop/taylor-swift-evermore-billboard-no-1-vinyl-sales/ * https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9583265/taylor-swift-evermore-billboard-200-chart-return-number-1 * https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9580407/taylor-swift-evermore-record-breaking-vinyl-album-sales-week/ * https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8230391/bon-jovis-back-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-albums-chart .