Friday, June 11, 2021  Music Related articles DaBaby Levitating remix losing US radio audiences after the rapper's comments on HIV/AIDS Taylor Swift's Evermore records biggest sales week of the year as it returns to No 1 on album chart Olivia Rodrigo's song good 4 u debuts at No 1 on US Billboard Hot 100 chart 'Rock and roll never dies': Italy wins Eurovision after 30 years Country singer Morgan Wallen's recording contract cancelled following use of racial slur Collaborate! Pillars of Wikinews writing Writing an article 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, 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 thousand 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 thousand — 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, three 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 thousand 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 thousand 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 nine 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. "Official Top 40 Albums" — Recorded Music New Zealand, June 6, 2021 (date of access) "ARIA Top 50 Albums for week of 7 June 2021" — Australian Recording Industry Association, June 6, 2021 (date of access) "Official Albums Chart Top 100" — Official Charts Company, June 6, 2021 (date of access) Taylor Swift. "[1]" — Twitter, June 6, 2021 Caitlin White. "Taylor Swift’s ‘Evermore’ Returns To No. 1 On The ‘Billboard’ Chart Off The Strength Of Vinyl Sales" — Uproxx, June 6, 2021 Keith Caulfield. "Taylor Swift’s ‘Evermore’ Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart" — Billboard (magazine), June 6, 2021 Keith Caulfield. "Taylor Swift’s ‘Evermore’ Breaks Modern-Era Record for Biggest Vinyl Album Sales Week" — Billboard (magazine), May 31, 2021 Keith Caulfield. "Bon Jovi's Back at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart" — Billboard (magazine), March 4, 2021
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