'Red (Taylor's Version)': Taylor Swift Sells More Than 500,000 Units In Less Than A Week

Taylor Swift's latest release, "Red (Taylor's Version)," has sold more than 500,000 equivalent album units just five days since it came out.

The album also snagged the record for the second-largest week for any album in 2021 in the U.S. as well as the biggest sales week of the year for any album, based on initial reports to MRC Data through Nov. 16 as per Billboard. The singer even beat her own record for having the largest sales week for a vinyl album in the modern era since the MRC data began tracking sales in 1991.

Swift's fans, known as Swifties, showed their excitement for the new album and pushed sales up to more than 500,000 equivalent album units, 325,000 of which are in album sales. Out of the 500,000 sales, 105,000 are in vinyl sales alone.

Billboard will announce the album’s official final first-week tally Sunday, following the end of the current tracking week which closed Thursday.

"Red (Taylor's Version)" is a re-recording of Swift's "Red" album, which dropped in 2012. The 30-track album contains old hits like "I Knew You Were Trouble," "Red" and the 10-minute version of "All Too Well."

This is the second time she re-recorded the master copies of her old music after Scooter Braun acquired the rights to her catalog in June 2019. In April, she released "Fearless (Taylor's Version)," which included the track "Today Was a Fairytale" and six original unreleased songs from the vault.

"Fearless (Taylor's Version)" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart dated April 24 and returned to No. 1 for a second week on the Oct. 16 chart following its release on vinyl LP and signed CD. The same album marked Swift's ninth No. 1 on the chart. It was also her third chart-topping album in a period of one year, following "Folklore" and "Evermore," which were released in July and December 2020, respectively.

Earlier, Swift expressed her excitement after Mr. Feeny of ABC's "Boy Meets World" endorsed her new album in a Tiktok video.

In the video, William Daniels, also known as Mr. Feeny, sat on a chair and said, "I'm here to tell you to listen to the new and better 'Red' by Taylor Swift, mostly based on the recommendation of my granddaughter Grace."

He wrapped up the clip by saying his signature inspirational line, "And as you know all too well, believe in yourself, dream, try, do good."

Swift reacted to the video, noting, "My brother and I are FREAKING OUT, we're huge fans!!! This is so awesome. Thank you! And thank you Grace!!!"