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{{Infobox album
| name        = 1989
| type        = studio
| artist      = [[Taylor Swift]]
| cover        = Taylor Swift - 1989.png
| border      = yes
| alt          = Cover artwork of Taylor Swift's album 1989, showing a cropped photograph of Swift with her face cut off at the eyes
| caption      = Standard North American cover
| released    = {{start date|2014|10|27}}
| studio      = * [[Conway Recording Studios|Conway Recording]] (Los Angeles)
* [[Jungle City Studios|Jungle City]] (New York City)
* Lamby's House (Brooklyn)
* [[MXM Studios|MXM]] ([[Stockholm]])
* Pain in the Art (Nashville)
* Elevator Nobody ([[Göteborg]])
* The Hideaway (London)
| genre        = [[Synth-pop]]
| length      = 48:41
| label        = [[Big Machine Records|Big Machine]]
| producer    = * [[Max Martin]]
* Taylor Swift
* [[Shellback (record producer)|Shellback]]
* [[Jack Antonoff]]
* [[Ryan Tedder]]
* [[Noel Zancanella]]
* [[Ali Payami]]
* [[Nathan Chapman (record producer)|Nathan Chapman]]
* [[Imogen Heap]]
* [[Mattman & Robin]]
| prev_title  = [[Red (Taylor Swift album)|Red]]
| prev_year    = 2012
| next_title  = [[Reputation (album)|Reputation]]
| next_year    = 2017
| misc        = {{Singles
| name        = 1989
| type        = studio
| single1    = [[Shake It Off]]
| single1date = August 19, 2014
| single2    = [[Blank Space]]
| single2date = November 10, 2014
| single3    = [[Style (Taylor Swift song)|Style]]
| single3date = February 9, 2015
| single4    = [[Bad Blood (Taylor Swift song)|Bad Blood]]
| single4date = May 17, 2015
| single5    = [[Wildest Dreams (Taylor Swift song)|Wildest Dreams]]
| single5date = August 31, 2015
| single6    = [[Out of the Woods]]
| single6date = January 19, 2016
<!-- see Talk page #Regarding "New Romantics" as a single from 1989 -->
| single7    = [[New Romantics (song)|New Romantics]]
| single7date = February 23, 2016
}}
}}
'''''1989''''' is the fifth studio album by the American singer-songwriter [[Taylor Swift]], released on October 27, 2014, by [[Big Machine Records]]. Inspired by 1980s [[synth-pop]], Swift conceived ''1989'' to recalibrate her artistry to [[Pop music|pop]] after critics disputed her status as a [[Country music|country]] musician when she released the cross-genre [[Red (Taylor Swift album)|''Red'']] (2012) to [[country radio]]. She titled ''1989'' after her birth year as a symbolic artistic rebirth and enlisted [[Max Martin]], who produced ''Red''{{'}}s [[Electronic music|electronic]]-influenced pop tracks, as co-executive producer.
Swift recorded ''1989'' at studios across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Sweden with an ensemble including Martin, [[Shellback (record producer)|Shellback]], [[Jack Antonoff]], [[Ryan Tedder]], [[Nathan Chapman (record producer)|Nathan Chapman]], and [[Imogen Heap]]. The synth-pop production is characterized by pulsing [[synthesizer]]s, [[Programming (music)|programmed]] [[drum machine]]s, and processed backing vocals with [[Electronic music|electronic]] elements, a stark contrast to the [[Acoustic music|acoustic]] arrangements of Swift's past albums. The songs expand on Swift's autobiographical songwriting and explore failed romance from a lighthearted perspective.
Swift and Big Machine promoted ''1989'' extensively through tie-ins and media endorsements but withheld the album from free [[Music streaming service|streaming services]], which prompted an industry discourse on the impact of streaming.{{NoteTag|Swift made ''1989'' available on free streaming platforms again in June 2017.<ref name="bbc" />}} To support the album, Swift embarked on [[the 1989 World Tour]], which was the highest-grossing tour of 2015. Among seven [[Single (music)|singles]] released, three peaked atop the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]: "[[Shake It Off]]", "[[Blank Space]]", and "[[Bad Blood (Taylor Swift song)|Bad Blood]]". ''1989'' spent 11 weeks atop the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and was certified [[RIAA certification|nine-times platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA). It has sold over 14&nbsp;million copies worldwide and was [[Music recording certification|certified multi-platinum]] in many countries.
When ''1989'' was first released, music critics generally complimented its production as catchy; they found an emotional engagement in its songwriting but some felt the synth-pop production eroded Swift's artistic integrity—a criticism that journalists and academics retrospectively regarded as [[Rockism|rockist]]. ''1989'' won [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album|Best Pop Vocal Album]] at the [[58th Annual Grammy Awards|2016 Grammy Awards]], and it was listed in all-time album rankings by ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' and ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]''. Critics and academics have considered ''1989'' an album that transformed Swift's status to a [[pop icon]] and promoted [[poptimism]], but they also highlighted the media scrutiny that ensued. Following a [[Taylor Swift masters dispute|2019 dispute regarding the ownership]] of Swift's back catalog, she [[Re-recording (music)|re-recorded]] ''1989'' and released it as ''[[1989 (Taylor's Version)]]'' on October 27, 2023.
== Background ==
[[Taylor Swift]] had identified as a [[Country music|country]] musician until she released her fourth studio album, ''[[Red (Taylor Swift album)|Red]],'' on October 22, 2012.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474400/taylor-swifts-red-sells-121-million-biggest-sales-week-for-an-album-since-2002|title=Taylor Swift's ''Red'' Sells 1.21 Million; Biggest Sales Week for an Album Since 2002|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=October 30, 2012|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|access-date=February 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201140727/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474400/taylor-swifts-red-sells-121-million-biggest-sales-week-for-an-album-since-2002|archive-date=February 1, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|McNutt|2020|p=77}} The album incorporates eclectic styles of [[pop music|pop]] and [[rock music|rock]], and two of its most successful singles—the US number-one "[[We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together]]" and the number-two-peaking "[[I Knew You Were Trouble]]"<ref name="BB1" />—are pop songs that feature prominent [[electronic music|electronic]] stylings.{{sfn|McNutt|2020|pp=77–78}}<ref name="Time">{{cite magazine |last=Dickey |first=Jack |date=November 13, 2014 |title=The Power of Taylor Swift |url=https://time.com/3583129/power-of-taylor-swift-cover/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819085008/https://time.com/3583129/power-of-taylor-swift-cover/ |archive-date=August 19, 2020 |access-date=August 8, 2020 |url-access=limited}}</ref> Swift and her then-label [[Big Machine Records|Big Machine]] promoted ''Red'' to [[country radio]], and she appeared at country-music awards shows.<ref name="Vinson-2014">{{cite web |last=Vinson |first=Christina |date=September 8, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift On Turning Away from Country Music on ''1989'' |url=https://tasteofcountry.com/taylor-swift-pop-country-songs-1989/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630003942/https://tasteofcountry.com/taylor-swift-pop-country-songs-1989/ |archive-date=June 30, 2020 |access-date=August 7, 2020 |work=[[Taste of Country]]}}</ref> [[The Red Tour|The album's associated world tour]], which from March 2013 to June 2014, was the all-time highest-grossing country tour when it completed.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Bob|last=Allen|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6150193/taylor-swift-red-all-time-country-tour|title=Taylor Swift's Red Wraps as All-Time Country Tour|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=July 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601003002/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6150193/taylor-swift-red-all-time-country-tour|archive-date=June 1, 2015|access-date=June 1, 2015}}</ref> Although ''Red'' features a few country-oriented songs, its pop-leaning production and commercial success sparked a media debate over Swift's status as a country artist, to which she replied in an interview with ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', "I leave the genre labeling to other people."<ref name="Vinson-2014" />{{sfn|McNutt|2020|p=78}}
Besides her musicianship, Swift's personal life was another aspect that attracted media attention. Although she had been known as "America's Sweetheart" because of her wholesome and down-to-earth image,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jo Sales |first1=Nancy |last2=Diehl |first2=Jessica |date=April 2013 |title=Taylor Swift's Telltale Heart |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/04/taylor-swift-cover-story |access-date=January 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130205206/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/04/taylor-swift-cover-story |archive-date=January 30, 2017}}</ref> her serial romantic relationships blemished her reputation, and a short-lived romance with English singer [[Harry Styles]] during promotion of ''Red'' generated much media gossip.<ref name="Times_Chang">{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Bee-Shyuan |date=March 15, 2013 |title=Taylor Swift Gets Some Mud on Her Boots |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/fashion/for-taylor-swifts-image-erosion-is-a-danger.html?_r=0 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=March 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322110003/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/fashion/for-taylor-swifts-image-erosion-is-a-danger.html |archive-date=March 22, 2013}}</ref> She disliked how the media excessively focused on her relationships, which overshadowed her professional work, and chose to no longer openly discuss her love life in the press.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.com/9287379/taylor-swift-karlie-kloss-best-friends-march-2015-cover/|title=On the Road with Best Friends Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss|date=February 13, 2015|work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|access-date=November 10, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104150142/http://www.vogue.com/9287379/taylor-swift-karlie-kloss-best-friends-march-2015-cover|archive-date=November 4, 2015}}</ref> On ''Red''<nowiki/>'s follow-up album, Swift continued autobiographical songwriting inspired by her personal life, a cornerstone of her artistry.<ref name="ootw" /> New creative influences were her relocation from Nashville to New York City in March 2014, which propelled a sense of freedom to embark on new ideas,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Graff |first=Gary |date=2014-10-24 |title=Taylor Swift on Haters |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-on-new-album-1989-6296366/ |access-date=2023-06-22 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> and the media scrutiny of her public image, which prompted new songwriting themes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gq.com/story/taylor-swift-gq-cover-story|title=Taylor Swift on 'Bad Blood,' Kanye West, and How People Interpret Her Lyrics|first=Chuck|last=Klosterman|work=[[GQ]]|date=October 15, 2015|access-date=October 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018020927/http://www.gq.com/story/taylor-swift-gq-cover-story|archive-date=October 18, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Recording and production ==
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Swift began writing her fifth studio album in mid-2013, when she was touring to support ''Red''.<ref name="Talbott">{{cite news|last=Talbott|first=Chris|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/taylor-swift-talks-next-album-cmas-and-ed-sheeran|title=Taylor Swift Talks Next Album, CMAs and Ed Sheeran|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|date=October 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026093555/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/taylor-swift-talks-next-album-cmas-and-ed-sheeran|archive-date=October 26, 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=December 7, 2014}}</ref> She viewed ''Red'' as an album that straddled the boundary between country and pop and thus wanted its follow-up to be "blatant pop" because she believed, "[If] you chase two rabbits, you lose them both."<ref name="rolling-stone" /> Inspired by 1980s [[synth-pop]], she viewed the decade as an "experimental time in pop music" when musicians abandoned the established "drums-guitar-bass-whatever" production to make songs with [[synthesizer]]s, [[drum pad]]s, and overlapped vocals.<ref name="ootw" /><ref name="Medium">{{cite web |last=Zollo |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Zollo |date=February 12, 2015 |title=The Oral History of Taylor Swift's ''1989'' |url=https://medium.com/cuepoint/the-oral-history-of-taylor-swift-s-1989-d9869cc13adc?sf22314340=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404113417/https://medium.com/cuepoint/the-oral-history-of-taylor-swift-s-1989-d9869cc13adc?sf22314340=1 |archive-date=April 4, 2016 |access-date=February 27, 2019 |publisher=[[The Recording Academy]] |via=[[Cuepoint]]}}</ref> Two of her main inspirations were [[Annie Lennox]] and [[Peter Gabriel]]—she admired how the former conveyed her "intense" thoughts through music and the latter's synth-pop sound created "an atmosphere behind what he was singing, rather than a produced track".<ref name="NPROct2014">{{cite web |last=Block |first=Melissa |date=October 31, 2014 |title='Anything That Connects': A Conversation With Taylor Swift |url=https://www.npr.org/2014/10/31/359827368/anything-that-connects-a-conversation-with-taylor-swift |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206065548/http://www.npr.org/2014/10/31/359827368/anything-that-connects-a-conversation-with-taylor-swift |archive-date=February 6, 2015 |access-date=January 30, 2015 |publisher=[[NPR]] |format=Audio upload and transcript}}</ref>
Swift enlisted Martin and Shellback as prime collaborators because she found "I Knew You Were Trouble" topping the [[Pop Airplay|US pop radio chart]] for seven weeks a motivation to fully embrace the electronic-pop sound that they produced.<ref name="BB1" />{{sfn|McNutt|2020|p=78}} She enjoyed working with them because they often took her ideas in a different direction, which challenged her as a songwriter.<ref name="Talbott" /> Big Machine president [[Scott Borchetta]] initially was skeptical of Swift's decision and persuaded her to record a few country songs with instruments such as [[fiddle]], but she rejected his request.<ref name="BB1">{{cite magazine |last=Light |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Light |date=December 5, 2014 |title=''Billboard'' Woman of the Year Taylor Swift on Writing Her Own Rules, Not Becoming a Cliche and the Hurdle of Going Pop |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/women-in-music-2014/6363514/billboard-woman-of-the-year-taylor-swift-on-writing-her |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226012450/https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/women-in-music-2014/6363514/billboard-woman-of-the-year-taylor-swift-on-writing-her |archive-date=December 26, 2014 |access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref> Borchetta ultimately agreed with her to not promote the album to country radio, which had been formative in driving Swift's career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7522256/taylor-swift-max-martin-new-album-2014?chrome=1|title=Max Martin Produced 'Most Of' Taylor Swift's Next Album|website=[[Idolator (website)|Idolator]]|first=Christina|last=Lee|date=June 11, 2014|access-date=February 27, 2019|archive-date=February 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227082221/http://www.idolator.com/7522256/taylor-swift-max-martin-new-album-2014?chrome=1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sisario |first=Ben |date=2014-10-22 |title=Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Carries High Hopes |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/23/business/media/taylor-swifts-1989-carries-high-hopes-but-no-country-music.html |url-access=limited |access-date=2023-06-21}}</ref> Martin and Shellback produced seven of the standard edition's thirteen tracks.<ref name="auto" /> Swift credited Martin as co-executive producer because he also recorded and produced the vocals on tracks where he was uncredited, which she deemed important in producing a coherent album.<ref name="BB1" />
{{Listen| filename=Taylor Swift - I Wish You Would song sample.ogg| title="I Wish You Would"| description=The snare drums on "I Wish You Would" were inspired by [[Fine Young Cannibals]]' 1988 single "[[She Drives Me Crazy]]".|pos=right}}
[[Jack Antonoff]] was another key producer on ''1989''; he had worked with Swift on the 1980s [[new wave music|new wave]]-influenced soundtrack single "[[Sweeter than Fiction]]" (2013).<ref name="EW13">{{cite magazine |last=Smith |first=Grady |date=October 20, 2013 |title=Taylor Swift Goes 80s Bubblegum on New Single 'Sweeter than Fiction' |url=http://ew.com/article/2013/10/20/taylor-swift-sweeter-than-fiction/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226023709/http://ew.com/article/2013/10/20/taylor-swift-sweeter-than-fiction/ |archive-date=February 26, 2015 |access-date=February 26, 2015}}</ref> Antonoff extensively used the [[Roland Juno-60|Juno-6]] synthesizer, which he thought to have "such a sadness and a glory all at once",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Doyle |first=Tom |date=January 2018 |title=Jack Antonoff |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/people/jack-antonoff |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=[[Sound on Sound]]}}</ref> and co-wrote and co-produced three tracks, two for the standard edition and one for the deluxe edition.<ref name="Medium" /> "I Wish You Would" stemmed from his experimental [[Sampling (music)|sampling]] of the [[snare drum]]s on [[Fine Young Cannibals]]' 1988 single "[[She Drives Me Crazy]]". He played his sample to Swift on an [[iPhone]] and sent it to her to re-record.<ref name="ootw">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swift-reveals-five-things-to-expect-on-1989-20140916|title=Taylor Swift Reveals Five Things to Expect on ''1989''|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Josh|last=Eells|date=September 16, 2014|access-date=September 16, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916223427/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swift-reveals-five-things-to-expect-on-1989-20140916|archive-date=September 16, 2014|url-access=limited}}</ref> The final track is a remix that retains the distinctive snare drums.<ref name="Slate1" /> For "[[Out of the Woods]]", Antonoff sent his finished instrumental track to Swift while she was on a plane.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115182030/http://www.mtv.com/news/2346822/taylor-swift-breaks-down-shake-it-off/|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2346822/taylor-swift-breaks-down-shake-it-off/|title=Taylor Swift Breaks Down 'Shake It Off' Partly So We Could All Dance to It at Weddings|website=[[MTV News]]|first=Patrick|last=Hosken|date=October 12, 2015|archive-date=November 15, 2015|url-status=live|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref> She sent him a voice memo containing the lyrics roughly 30 minutes later.<ref name="rolling-stone" /> The song was the first time Swift composed lyrics for an existing instrumental.<ref name="USA_Woods">{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/10/14/taylor-swift-out-of-the-woods/17228091/|title=How Taylor Swift created 'Out of the Woods'|first=Brian|last=Mansfield|work=[[USA Today]]|date=October 14, 2014|access-date=February 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228080559/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/10/14/taylor-swift-out-of-the-woods/17228091/|archive-date=December 28, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
Swift contacted [[Ryan Tedder]], with whom she had always wanted to work, by a smartphone voice memo.<ref name="AT40">{{cite web|first=Kathleen|last=Perricone|title=Taylor Swift Gives Details on Recording 'I Know Places' With Ryan Tedder|url=http://www.at40.com/news-article/taylor-swift-gives-details-on-recording-i-know-places-with-ryan-tedder/33459|website=[[American Top 40]]|date=October 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119234653/http://www.at40.com/news-article/taylor-swift-gives-details-on-recording-i-know-places-with-ryan-tedder/33459|archive-date=January 19, 2015|access-date=January 19, 2015}}</ref> He co-wrote and co-produced two songs—"[[Welcome to New York (song)|Welcome to New York]]" and "I Know Places".<ref name="auto" /> For "I Know Places", Swift scheduled a meeting with him at the studio after forming a fully developed idea on her own; the recording process the following day finalized it.{{sfn|McNutt|2020|pp=81–82}} Tedder spoke of Swift's work ethic and [[:wikt:perfectionism|perfectionism]] with ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'': "Ninety-five times out of 100, if I get a track to where we're happy with it, the artist will say, 'That's amazing.' It's very rare to hear, 'Nope, that's not right.' But the artists I've worked with who are the most successful are the ones who'll tell me to my face, 'No, you're wrong,' two or three times in a row. And she did."<ref name="Time" />
For "[[Clean (song)|Clean]]", Swift approached British producer [[Imogen Heap]] in London after writing the song's lyrics and melody. Heap helped to complete the track by playing instruments on it; the two finished recording after two takes in one day at Heap's studio.<ref name="Medium" /> [[Nathan Chapman (record producer)|Nathan Chapman]], Swift's longtime collaborator, co-produced the track "[[This Love (Taylor Swift song)|This Love]]".<ref name="NYTimesReview" /> The album was [[audio mastering|mastered]] by [[Tom Coyne (music engineer)|Tom Coyne]] in two days at Sterling Sound Studio in New York City.<ref name="auto">{{cite AV media notes|title=1989|people=[[Taylor Swift]]|year=2014|type=CD liner notes|publisher=[[Big Machine Records]]|id=BMRBD0500A}}</ref><ref name="Medium" /> Swift finalized the record upon completing the Asian leg of the Red Tour in mid-2014.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602005154/http://www.mtv.com/news/1835178/taylor-swift-new-album-2/|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1835178/taylor-swift-new-album-2/|title=Taylor Swift Finally Reveals Details About Her Next Album|website=[[MTV News]]|first=Christina|last=Garibaldi|date=May 30, 2014|archive-date=June 2, 2014|url-status=live|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref>
== Music and lyrics ==
=== Overview ===
The standard edition of ''1989'' includes 13 tracks; the deluxe edition includes six additional tracks—three original songs and three voice memos.<ref>{{cite press release|date=August 18, 2014|title=Taylor Swift Announced New Album 1989|url=http://www.umusic.ca/press-releases/30408/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012085055/http://www.umusic.ca/press-releases/30408/|archive-date=October 12, 2020|access-date=October 5, 2020|author=[[Big Machine Records]]|publisher=[[Universal Music Group|Universal Music Canada]]}}</ref>{{sfn|McNutt|2020|pp=73–74}} The album prominently incorporates synthesizers, [[Programming (music)|programmed]] [[drum machine]]s, pulsating [[bassline]]s, and processed backing vocals—a stark contrast to the [[Acoustic music|acoustic]] arrangements of Swift's past albums.<ref name="curve">{{cite magazine|title=Album Review: Taylor Swift's Pop Curveball Pays Off With ''1989''|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6289405/taylor-swift-1989-album-review|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=October 24, 2014|first=Jem|last=Aswad|access-date=November 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102091354/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6289405/taylor-swift-1989-album-review|archive-date=November 2, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pettifer |first=Amy |date=November 27, 2014 |title=Reviews: Taylor Swift, ''1989'' |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/16790-taylor-swift-1989-review |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=[[The Quietus]]}}</ref> Because she aimed to recreate authentic 1980s pop, the album is devoid of contemporary [[hip hop music|hip hop]] or [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] crossover elements popular in mainstream music at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/taylor-swifts-new-album-1989-defies-expectations-20141029-11cuu9.html|title=Taylor Swift's New Album ''1989'' Defies Expectations|first=Craig|last=Mathieson|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=October 31, 2014|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=June 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630235531/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/taylor-swifts-new-album-1989-defies-expectations-20141029-11cuu9.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Although Swift declared her move from country to pop on ''1989'', several reviewers, including ''[[The A.V. Club]]''{{'}}s Marah Eakin,<ref name="AVClub" /> argued that Swift had always been more pop-oriented even on her early country songs.{{sfn|McNutt|2020|p=77}} The three voice memos on the deluxe edition contain Swift's discussions of the songwriting process and unfinished [[demo (music)|demos]] for three songs—"I Know Places", "I Wish You Would", and "[[Blank Space]]".{{sfn|McNutt|2020|p=80}} Myles McNutt, a professor in communications and arts, described the voice memos as Swift's effort to claim her authority over ''1989'', defying pop music's "gendered hierarchy" which had seen a dominance of male songwriters and producers.{{sfn|McNutt|2020|pp=73–74}}
As with Swift's past albums, ''1989'' is primarily about the emotions and reflections resulting from past romantic relationships.<ref name="curve" /><ref name="ObserverReview">{{cite web |last=Empire |first=Kitty |author-link=Kitty Empire |date=October 26, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift: ''1989'' Review&nbsp;– A Bold, Gossipy Confection |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/26/taylor-swift-1989-album-review-bold-gossipy-confection |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026105123/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/26/taylor-swift-1989-album-review-bold-gossipy-confection |archive-date=October 26, 2014 |access-date=February 4, 2019 |work=[[The Observer]]}}</ref><ref name="Drowned">{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18488/reviews/4148424|title=Album Review: Taylor Swift – ''1989''|work=[[Drowned in Sound]]|date=October 30, 2014|first=Robert|last=Leedham|access-date=February 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214002551/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/18488/reviews/4148424|archive-date=February 14, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Swift's songwriting retained its storytelling which had been nurtured by her country-music background,<ref name="BB_best">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8031027/taylor-swift-1989-best-album|title=Why Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Is Her Best Album|first=Richard|last=He|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=November 9, 2017|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=November 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109203121/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8031027/taylor-swift-1989-best-album|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/09/26/646422866/taylor-swift-is-the-21st-centurys-most-disorienting-pop-star|title=Taylor Swift Is The 21st Century's Most Disorienting Pop Star|first=Leah|last=Donella|publisher=[[NPR]]|date=September 26, 2018|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=September 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903034352/https://www.npr.org/2018/09/26/646422866/taylor-swift-is-the-21st-centurys-most-disorienting-pop-star|url-status=live}}</ref> but it is more ambiguous and embraces pop-music songwriting prioritizing emotional intensity and general ideas over intricate details.{{sfnm|1a1=Shuker|1y=2016|1p=84|2a1=Sloan|2y=2021|2p=16}} Swift's characters in the ''1989'' songs cease to vilify ex-lovers and failed relationships like those on her past songs did<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-1989/|title=Taylor Swift: ''1989'' Album Review|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|first=Vrinda|last=Jagoda|date=August 19, 2019|access-date=September 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922054848/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-1989/|archive-date=September 22, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Mansfield">{{Cite web |last=Mansfield |first=Brian |author-link=Brian Mansfield |date=October 23, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift Reaches Fans with 'Their Story' |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/10/23/taylor-swift-1989-secret-sessions-for-fans/17719801/ |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> and instead look at them through a wistful perspective.<ref name="rolling-stone" /> She attributed this change of attitude to her realization of "more complex relationships", in which she was also responsible for the downfall instead of completely putting the blame on the other.<ref name="NPROct2014" /> For ''[[USA Today]]'' journalist [[Brian Mansfield]], even though the songs were inspired by Swift's personal life, they resonated with a wide audience who found themselves and their situations represented in her songs.<ref name="Mansfield" /> The album's liner notes, which include a one-sentence hidden message for each of the 13 songs, collectively tell a story of a girl's tangled relationship. Ultimately, she finds that, "She lost him but she found herself and somehow that was everything."<ref name="guardian-message">{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Grady |date=October 27, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift: The Hidden Meaning in ''1989''{{'s}} Album Notes&nbsp;– And an Aphex Twin Mashup |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/oct/27/taylor-swift-1989-album-notes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209123951/https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/oct/27/taylor-swift-1989-album-notes |archive-date=February 9, 2019 |access-date=February 9, 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
=== Songs ===
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Swift's feelings when she first moved to New York City inspired the opening track, "Welcome to New York", a synthesizer-laden song finding Swift embracing her newfound freedom.<ref name="NYTimesReview">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/arts/music/taylor-swift-1989-new-album-review.html|title=A Farewell to Twang|first=Jon|last=Caramanica|work=[[The New York Times]]|author-link=Jon Caramanica|date=October 26, 2014|access-date=February 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111032622/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/arts/music/taylor-swift-1989-new-album-review.html|archive-date=November 11, 2014|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref name="NME" /> "Blank Space", set over a minimal hip hop-influenced beat, satirizes the media's perception of Swift as a promiscuous woman who dates male celebrities only to gather songwriting material.<ref name="AVClub" /><ref name="timereview">{{cite magazine |last=Lansky |first=Sam |author-link=Sam Lansky |date=October 23, 2014 |title=Review: ''1989'' Marks a Paradigm Swift |url=http://time.com/3533569/taylor-swift-1989-review/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023223029/http://time.com/3533569/taylor-swift-1989-review/ |archive-date=October 23, 2014 |access-date=November 17, 2014}}</ref> The production of "[[Style (Taylor Swift song)|Style]]", a [[funk]]-flavored track, was inspired by "funky electronic music" artists such as [[Daft Punk]];<ref name="Medium" /><ref name="LATimes" /> its lyrics detail an unhealthy relationship.<ref>{{cite web |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |date=April 26, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift's Singles – Ranked |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/26/taylor-swifts-singles-ranked |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427062612/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/26/taylor-swifts-singles-ranked |archive-date=April 27, 2019 |access-date=April 26, 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> "Out of the Woods" is an [[indietronica]]-flavored synth-pop song featuring heavy synthesizers, layered percussions and looping background vocals, resulting in a chaotic sound.<ref name="USA_Woods" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mylrea |first=Hannah |date=September 8, 2020 |title=Every Taylor Swift Song Ranked In Order of Greatness |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/features/every-taylor-swift-song-ranked-2747916 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917054150/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/features/every-taylor-swift-song-ranked-2747916 |archive-date=September 17, 2020 |access-date=September 17, 2020 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> Swift said that the song, which was inspired by a relationship that evoked constant anxiety because of its fragility, "best represents" ''1989''.<ref name="BB2015">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6722969/taylor-swift-out-of-the-woods-i-know-places-stories-grammy-pro|title=Taylor Swift Shares the Stories Behind 'Out of the Woods' & 'I Know Places'|first= Ashley |last=Iasimone|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=October 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015001442/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6722969/taylor-swift-out-of-the-woods-i-know-places-stories-grammy-pro|archive-date=October 15, 2015|access-date=October 15, 2015}}</ref><ref name="iheart">{{cite web |last=Inocencio |first=Marc |title=Taylor Swift Unveils New Song 'Out of the Woods' off ''1989'' Album: Listen |url=https://news.iheart.com/onair/ryan-seacrest-52241/taylor-swift-unveils-new-song-out-of-the-woods-off-1989-album-listen-12865084/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205111/http://news.iheart.com/onair/ryan-seacrest-52241/taylor-swift-unveils-new-song-out-of-the-woods-off-1989-album-listen-12865084/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=February 4, 2019 |website=[[iHeartMedia]]}}</ref> "All You Had to Do Was Stay" laments a past relationship and originated from Swift's dream of desperately shouting "Stay" to an ex-lover against her will.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/see-ryan-adams-taylor-swift-discuss-1989-songwriting-187058/|title=See Ryan Adams, Taylor Swift Discuss ''1989'', Songwriting|first=Daniel|last=Kreps|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=October 19, 2015|access-date=February 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020353/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/see-ryan-adams-taylor-swift-discuss-1989-songwriting-187058/|archive-date=February 7, 2019|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref>
The [[dance-pop]] track "[[Shake It Off]]", sharing a loosely similar sentiment with "Blank Space", sees Swift expressing disinterest in her detractors and their negative remarks on her image.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://time.com/3138525/taylor-swift-shake-it-off-1989/|title=Watch Taylor Swift Show Off Her Dance Moves in New 'Shake It Off' Video|first=Nolan|last=Feeney|date=August 18, 2014|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=February 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130051543/http://time.com/3138525/taylor-swift-shake-it-off-1989/|archive-date=January 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/track-review/6221814/taylor-swift-shake-it-off-single-review|title=Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off' Single Review: The Country Superstar Goes Full Pop|first=Jason|last=Lipshutz|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=August 18, 2014|access-date=September 23, 2019|archive-date=May 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524083853/https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/track-review/6221814/taylor-swift-shake-it-off-single-review|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[bubblegum pop]] song "I Wish You Would", which uses pulsing snare drums and sizzling guitars, finds Swift longing for the return of a past relationship.<ref name="COS">{{cite web |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |date=October 27, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift – ''1989'' {{!}} Album Reviews |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/10/album-review-taylor-swift-1989/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215131402/http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/10/album-review-taylor-swift-1989/ |archive-date=February 15, 2015 |access-date=February 7, 2015 |work=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence of Sound]]}}</ref><ref name="PopMatters">{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/187585-taylor-swift-1989-2495596654.html|title=Taylor Swift: ''1989''|work=[[PopMatters]]|first=Corey|last=Baesley|date=October 30, 2014|access-date=February 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301035646/https://www.popmatters.com/187585-taylor-swift-1989-2495596654.html|archive-date=March 1, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Slant" /> Swift said that "[[Bad Blood (Taylor Swift song)|Bad Blood]]", a track that incorporates heavy, stomping drums,<ref name="timereview" /> is about betrayal by an unnamed female peer, alleged to be [[Katy Perry]], with whom Swift was involved in a [[:wikt:feud|feud]] that received widespread media coverage.<ref name="rolling-stone">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-reinvention-of-taylor-swift-116925/|title=Cover Story: The Reinvention of Taylor Swift|date=September 8, 2014|last=Eells|first=Josh|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816144402/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-reinvention-of-taylor-swift-116925/|archive-date=August 16, 2018|access-date=February 6, 2019|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4914066/taylor-swift-katy-perry-feud-timeline/|title=A Comprehensive Guide to the Taylor Swift-Katy Perry Feud From 2009 to the 'You Need to Calm Down' Happy Meal Reunion|first=Cady|last=Lang|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=July 17, 2019|access-date=October 9, 2020|archive-date=September 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916222647/https://time.com/4914066/taylor-swift-katy-perry-feud-timeline/|url-status=live}}</ref> "[[Wildest Dreams (Taylor Swift song)|Wildest Dreams]]" speaks of a dangerous affair with an apparently untrustworthy man and incorporates a sultry, dramatic atmosphere accompanied by [[string instruments]].<ref name="Medium" /><ref name="LATimes">{{cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=October 27, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift Smooths Out the Wrinkles on Sleek ''1989'' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-review-taylor-swift-smooths-out-the-wrinkles-on-sleek-1989-20141027-story.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115075319/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-review-taylor-swift-smooths-out-the-wrinkles-on-sleek-1989-20141027-story.html |archive-date=November 15, 2014 |access-date=February 4, 2019 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref name="GuardianReview">{{cite web |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |date=October 24, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift: ''1989'' Review&nbsp;– Leagues Ahead of the Teen-Pop Competition |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/24/taylor-swift-1989-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101060229/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/24/taylor-swift-1989-review |archive-date=November 1, 2014 |access-date=February 4, 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> On "How You Get the Girl", a bubblegum pop track featuring guitar [[strum]]s over a heavy [[disco]]-styled beat, Swift hints at her desire to reunite with an ex-lover.<ref name="LATimes" /><ref name="PopMatters" /><ref name="rsreview" /> "This Love" is a [[soft rock]]-flavored electropop [[ballad]];<ref name="NME">{{cite web|last=Horton|first=Matthew|date=October 27, 2014|title=Taylor Swift – ''1989''|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-taylor-swift-15754|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027211017/http://www.nme.com/reviews/taylor-swift/15754|archive-date=October 27, 2014|access-date=February 4, 2019|work=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref name="timereview" /> music critic [[Jon Caramanica]] opined the song could be mistaken as "a concession to country" because of the production by Swift's longtime co-producer Nathan Chapman.<ref name="NYTimesReview" />
The penultimate track of the standard edition is "I Know Places", which expresses Swift's desire to preserve an unstable relationship. Swift stated that it serves as a loose sequel to "Out of the Woods".<ref name="BB2015" /> Accompanied by dark, intense [[drum and bass]]-influenced beats, the song uses a metaphor of foxes running away from hunters to convey hiding from scrutiny.<ref name="GuardianReview" /><ref name="Spin" /> The final track on the standard edition, "Clean", is an understated soft rock and [[synth-folk]] song talking about the struggles to escape from a toxic yet addictive relationship; the protagonist is "finally clean" after a destructive yet cleansing torrential storm.<ref name="NME" /><ref name="telegraphreview" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |date=October 26, 2021 |title=All 199 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked by Rob Sheffield |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215023910/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/ |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref> "Wonderland", the first of the three bonus songs on the deluxe edition, alludes to the fantasy book ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' to describe a relationship tumbling down a "rabbit hole".<ref name="Slate1">{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/culture/2014/10/taylor-swift-s-1989-leaked-here-s-a-track-by-track-breakdown-of-the-new-album-video.html|title=Taylor Swift's ''1989'': A Track-by-Track Breakdown|first=Forrest|last=Wickman|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=October 24, 2014|access-date=September 24, 2019|archive-date=February 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214041234/https://slate.com/culture/2014/10/taylor-swift-s-1989-leaked-here-s-a-track-by-track-breakdown-of-the-new-album-video.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Inspired by Antonoff and [[Lena Dunham]]'s relationship, the ballad "You Are in Love" is about an ideal relationship from another woman's perspective.<ref>{{cite web |last=Greenwald |first=David |date=October 27, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Loses More than Country |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/music/2014/10/review_taylor_swift_1989_country.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924143324/https://www.oregonlive.com/music/2014/10/review_taylor_swift_1989_country.html |archive-date=September 24, 2019 |access-date=September 24, 2019 |work=[[The Oregonian]]}}</ref><ref name="Elle">{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/fashion/a28210/taylor-swift-elle-june-cover-2015/|title=Taylor Swift Has No Regrets|work=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]|first=Tavi|last=Gevinson|date=May 7, 2015|access-date=October 28, 2020|archive-date=October 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014164429/https://www.elle.com/fashion/a28210/taylor-swift-elle-june-cover-2015/|url-status=live}}</ref> The final song's title, "[[New Romantics (song)|New Romantics]]", refers to the [[New Romantic|cultural movement]] in the late 1970s and early 1980s.<ref name="Slate1" /> With a strong 1980s synth-pop sound, the song sees Swift reigniting her hopes and energy after the heartbreaks she had endured.<ref name="Pitchfork" /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/all-129-of-taylor-swifts-songs-ranked-201800/new-romantics-2014-205102/|title=All 129 of Taylor Swift Songs Ranked: New Romantics|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Rob|last=Sheffield|author-link=Rob Sheffield|date=September 21, 2017|access-date=September 24, 2019|archive-date=September 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924141821/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/all-129-of-taylor-swifts-songs-ranked-201800/new-romantics-2014-205102/|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Title and artwork ==
Swift named ''1989'' after her birth year and said it signified a symbolic rebirth of her image and artistry.<ref name="Medium" /><ref name="Wilson">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2014/10/taylor_swift_s_1989_reviewed_could_the_secret_to_the_pop_star_s_world_conquering.html|title=Contemplating Taylor Swift's Navel|first=Carl|last=Wilson|author-link=Carl Wilson (writer)|magazine=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=October 29, 2014|access-date=December 9, 2020|archive-date=July 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726091416/http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2014/10/taylor_swift_s_1989_reviewed_could_the_secret_to_the_pop_star_s_world_conquering.html|url-status=live}}</ref> As creative director for the album's packaging,<ref name="auto" /> Swift included pictures taken with a [[Polaroid Corporation|Polaroid]] instant camera—a photographic method popular in the 1980s.<ref name="NYcover">{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/10/close-examination-of-taylor-swifts-1989-cover.html|title=A Close Examination of Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Cover|first=Christopher|last=Bonanos|date=October 27, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2020|work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]|url-access=limited|archive-date=August 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815112431/https://www.vulture.com/2014/10/close-examination-of-taylor-swifts-1989-cover.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="LOBF">{{cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/articles/beyond-1989-taylor-swift-and-polaroids|title=Beyond ''1989'': Taylor Swift and Polaroids|first=Jason|last=Williamson|work=[[The Line of Best Fit]]|date=December 15, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2020|archive-date=October 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008212216/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/articles/beyond-1989-taylor-swift-and-polaroids|url-status=live}}</ref> The cover is a Polaroid portrait of Swift's face cut off at the eyes, which Swift said would bring about a sense of mystery: "I didn't want people to know the emotional DNA of this album. I didn't want them to see a smiling picture on the cover and think this was a happy album, or see a sad-looking facial expression and think, oh, this is another breakup record."<ref name="Timecover">{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3578249/taylor-swift-interview/|title=Taylor Swift on ''1989'', Spotify, Her Next Tour and Female Role Models|first=Jack|last=Dickey|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=November 13, 2014|access-date=October 11, 2020|archive-date=October 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006083055/https://time.com/3578249/taylor-swift-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ABCcover">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/meaning-cover-taylor-swifts-album-1989/story?id=25028609|title=Taylor Swift Explains Meaning Behind Cover of New Album ''1989''|first=Michael|last=Rothman|work=[[ABC News]]|date=August 19, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2020|archive-date=September 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901161833/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/meaning-cover-taylor-swifts-album-1989/story?id=25028609|url-status=live}}</ref> She is wearing red lipstick and a lavender sweatshirt embroidered with flying seagulls.<ref name="NYcover" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-26 |editor-last=Siroky |editor-first=Mary |title=Taylor Swift Albums Ranked From Worst To Best |url=https://consequence.net/2022/10/taylor-swift-albums-ranked-list/10/ |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]}}</ref> Her initials are written with black marker on the bottom left, and the title ''1989'' on the bottom right.<ref name="LOBF" /><ref name="ABCcover" />
Each CD copy of ''1989'' includes a packet, one of five available sets, of 13 random Polaroid pictures, made up from 65 different pictures.<ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202062742/https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-11-12/taylor-swift-and-big-machine-are-the-music-industry|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-11-12/taylor-swift-and-big-machine-are-the-music-industry|title=Taylor Swift and Big Machine Are The Music Industry|work=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|archive-date=February 2, 2015|date=November 12, 2014|first=Devin|last=Leonard|access-date=February 6, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> The pictures portray Swift in different settings such as backdrops of New York City and recording sessions with the producers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1976527/taylor-swift-1989-hidden-messages/|title=Here Are the Secret Messages Hidden in ''1989''|website=[[MTV News]]|first=Christina|last=Garibaldi|date=October 27, 2014|access-date=October 11, 2020|archive-date=July 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726054515/http://www.mtv.com/news/1976527/taylor-swift-1989-hidden-messages/|url-status=live}}</ref> The photos are out-of-focus, off-framed, with a [[sepia tone|sepia]]-tinged treatment, and feature the ''1989'' songs' lyrics written with black marker on the bottom.<ref name="LOBF" /> Polaroid Corporation chief executive Scott Hardy reported that the ''1989'' Polaroid concept propelled a revival in instant film, especially among the [[hipster (contemporary subculture)|hipster subculture]] who valued the "nostalgia and retro element of what [their] company stands for".<ref name="NZH">{{cite web |date=August 9, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift Album Cover Boosts Vintage Polaroid Sales |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11494272 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706141122/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11494272 |archive-date=July 6, 2020 |access-date=October 5, 2020 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]}}</ref> ''Billboard'' in 2022 ranked the cover of ''1989'' as one of the 50 greatest album covers of all time.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=March 16, 2022 |title=The 50 Greatest Album Covers of All Time |url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/best-album-covers-of-all-time-6715351/ |access-date=March 17, 2022 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-date=March 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316223014/https://www.billboard.com/photos/best-album-covers-of-all-time-6715351/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Release and promotion ==
Swift marketed ''1989'' as her first "official pop" album.<ref name="NYTsales">{{cite news |last=Sisario |first=Ben |date=November 5, 2014 |title=Sales of Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Intensify Streaming Debate |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/06/arts/music/sales-of-taylor-swifts-1989-intensify-streaming-debate.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=February 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111032635/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/23/business/media/taylor-swifts-1989-carries-high-hopes-but-no-country-music.html |archive-date=November 11, 2014}}</ref> To bolster sales, Swift and Big Machine implemented an extensive marketing plan.<ref name="BB_sales_first">{{cite magazine |last1=Christman |first1=Ed |last2=Caulfield |first2=Keith |last3=Gruger |first3=William |date=November 7, 2014 |title=The Roadmap to Taylor Swift's Record-Breaking Week in 6 (Not So Easy) Steps |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/6312056/roadmap-taylor-swfit-record-breaking-week-6-steps |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110001107/https://www.billboard.com/articles/6312056/roadmap-taylor-swfit-record-breaking-week-6-steps |archive-date=November 10, 2014 |access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref> As observed by Maryn Wilkinson, an academic specialized in media studies, Swift adopted a "zany" aspect for her ''1989'' persona.{{NoteTag|Wilkinson used "zany" to describe Swift as "a figure who emphasises the pop 'performance' as one of hard work instead, because she exposed its construction as one that does not come 'naturally'".{{sfn|Wilkinson|2017|p=441}}}} As Swift had been associated with a hardworking and authentic persona through her country songs, her venture to "artificial, manufactured" pop required intricate maneuvering to retain her sense of authenticity.{{sfn|Wilkinson|2017|p=442}} She used social media extensively to communicate with her fan base. To attract a younger audience, she had promoted her country songs online previously.<ref name="la1989" /> Her social media posts showcased her personal life, making fans feel engaged with her authentic self and thus cemented their support while attracting a new fan base besides her already large one.{{sfn|Wilkinson|2017|p=441}}<ref name="NYTsales" />
She also promoted the album through product endorsements with [[Subway (restaurant)|Subway]], [[Keds]], and [[Diet Coke]].<ref>{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129145212/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6266355/meet-taylor-swift-subway-campaign|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6266355/meet-taylor-swift-subway-campaign|title=Exclusive: Taylor Swift Teams With Subway, Diet Coke For #MeetTaylor Promotion|first=Andrew|last=Hampp|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=September 26, 2014|archive-date=November 29, 2014|access-date=November 29, 2014}}</ref> Swift held a live stream via [[Yahoo!]] sponsored by [[ABC News]] on August 18, where she announced the details of ''1989'' and released the lead single "Shake It Off",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/taylor-swift-announces-album-1989-premieres-music-video-214642493.html|title=Taylor Swift Announces New Album ''1989'', Premieres New Music Video 'Shake It Off'|first=Kevin|last=O'Keeffe|date=August 19, 2014|access-date=October 9, 2020|website=[[Yahoo!]]|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028235927/https://news.yahoo.com/taylor-swift-announces-album-1989-premieres-music-video-214642493.html|url-status=live}}</ref> which debuted atop the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921040138/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6229439/taylor-swift-shake-it-off-no-1-hot-100-nicki-minaj-anaconda|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6229439/taylor-swift-shake-it-off-no-1-hot-100-nicki-minaj-anaconda|title=Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off' Debuts At No. 1 On Hot 100|first=Gary|last=Trust|date=August 27, 2014|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-date=September 21, 2014|access-date=June 5, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> To connect further with her supporters, Swift selected a number of fans based on their engagement on social media and invited them to private album-listening sessions called "the ''1989'' Secret Sessions".<ref name="la1989">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-taylor-swift-1989-secret-sessions-fans-20141028-story.html|title=How does Taylor Swift connect with fans? 'Secret sessions' and media blitzes|first=Randy|last=Lewis|date=October 28, 2014|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url-access=limited|access-date=February 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015141/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-taylor-swift-1989-secret-sessions-fans-20141028-story.html|archive-date=February 7, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> They took place at her properties in Los Angeles, New York City, Nashville, [[Rhode Island]], and London throughout September 2014.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6288945/taylor-swift-1989-secret-sessions-behind-the-scenes-video|title=Watch Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Secret Sessions Behind The Scenes Video|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=October 16, 2014|access-date=February 5, 2019|first=Colin|last=Stutz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410004608/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6288945/taylor-swift-1989-secret-sessions-behind-the-scenes-video|archive-date=April 10, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Taylor Swift 043 (18117777270).jpg|thumb|upright|left|Swift on [[the 1989 World Tour]], the highest-grossing tour of 2015|alt=Swift performing on The 1989 World Tour]]
The album's standard and deluxe editions were released for [[music download|download]] on digital platforms on October 27, 2014.<ref name="wwrel" /> In the United States and Canada, the deluxe edition was available exclusively through [[Target Corporation]].<ref name="AT40" /><ref name="target">{{cite web|url=http://www.target.com/p/taylor-swift-1989-deluxe-edition-target-exclusive/-/A-16365103|title=Taylor Swift – 1989 (Deluxe Edition) – Target Exclusive|publisher=[[Target Corporation]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029193148/http://www.target.com/p/taylor-swift-1989-deluxe-edition-target-exclusive/-/A-16365103|archive-date=October 29, 2014|access-date=October 21, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The songs "Out of the Woods" and "Welcome to New York" were released through the [[iTunes Store]] as [[promotional single]]s on October 14 and 20, respectively.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6281593/taylor-swift-out-of-the-woods-new-song-1989|title=Taylor Swift Previews 'Out Of The Woods,' New Track Out Tuesday: Listen|first=Jason|last=Lipshutz|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=October 13, 2014|access-date=October 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015144052/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6281593/taylor-swift-out-of-the-woods-new-song-1989|archive-date=October 15, 2014|url-status=live}};<br />{{cite web|url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2014/10/20/taylor-swift-reveals-first-song-on-1989-welcome-to-new-york.html|title=Taylor Swift Reveals First Song on ''1989'': 'Welcome to New York'|website=[[ABC News]]|date=October 20, 2014|access-date=October 20, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728043400/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2014/10/20/taylor-swift-reveals-first-song-on-1989-welcome-to-new-york.html|archive-date=July 28, 2019}}</ref> ''1989'' was supported by a string of commercially successful singles,<ref name="Consequence-2019">{{cite web |date=November 4, 2019 |title=Top 100 Albums of the 2010s |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/11/top-albums-of-the-2010s/full-post/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106032746/https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/11/top-albums-of-the-2010s/full-post/ |archive-date=November 6, 2019 |access-date=November 9, 2019 |website=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]}}</ref> including ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number ones "Blank Space" and "Bad Blood" featuring rapper [[Kendrick Lamar]], and top-10 hits "Style" and "Wildest Dreams".<ref name="chart-history">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/taylor-swift/chart-history/hsi/|title=Taylor Swift chart history|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=September 17, 2020|archive-date=March 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308171829/https://www.billboard.com/music/Taylor-Swift/chart-history/hot-100|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other singles were "Out of the Woods", previously a promotional single,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/6820708/taylor-swift-out-of-the-woods-premiere-new-years-rockin-eve|title=Taylor Swift's Video for 'Out of the Woods' Will Premiere on ''New Year's Rockin' Eve''|first=Erin|last=Strecker|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=December 22, 2015|access-date=December 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223213943/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/6820708/taylor-swift-out-of-the-woods-premiere-new-years-rockin-eve|archive-date=December 23, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and "New Romantics".<ref>{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160226021605/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/6882827/taylor-swift-new-romantics-single-1989|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/6882827/taylor-swift-new-romantics-single-1989|title=Taylor Swift's 'New Romantics' Set as Next ''1989'' Single|first= Ashley|last=Iasimone|date=February 20, 2015|archive-date=February 26, 2016|access-date=February 26, 2016|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> The deluxe edition bonus tracks, which had been available exclusively through Target, were released on the US iTunes Store in 2015.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6473113/taylor-swift-1989-bonus-songs-itunes|title=Taylor Swift Releasing ''1989'' Bonus Songs to iTunes|first=Jason|last=Lipshutz|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=February 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516051244/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6473113/taylor-swift-1989-bonus-songs-itunes|archive-date=May 16, 2015|url-status=live|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref>
On November 3, 2014, Swift removed her entire catalog from [[Spotify]], the largest [[streaming media|on-demand streaming]] service at the time,<ref name="Bloomberg" /> arguing that their ad-supported free service undermined the platform's premium service, which provides higher royalties for songwriters.<ref>{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421045432/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swift-scott-borchetta-spotify-20141108|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-swift-scott-borchetta-spotify-20141108|title=Taylor Swift Pulled Music From Spotify for 'Superfan Who Wants to Invest,' Says Rep|first=Steve|last=Knopper|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|archive-date=April 21, 2015|access-date=April 21, 2015|date=November 8, 2014|url-access=limited}}</ref> She had written an [[op-ed]] for ''The Wall Street Journal'' in July 2014, expressing her concerns over the decline of the album as an economic entity following the rise of free, on-demand streaming.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nzeqvd/taylor-swift-shows-streaming-isnt-a-solution-to-the-music-industrys-woes|title=Taylor Swift Versus Spotify: How the Music Industry Is Still Fighting Streaming|first=Ben|last=Richmond|work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|date=November 4, 2014|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028235926/https://www.vice.com/en/article/nzeqvd/taylor-swift-shows-streaming-isnt-a-solution-to-the-music-industrys-woes|url-status=live}}</ref> Big Machine and Swift kept ''1989'' only on paid subscription-required platforms such as [[Rhapsody (online music service)|Rhapsody]] and [[Beats Music]].<ref name="BB_sales_first" /> This move prompted an industry-wide debate on the impact of streaming on declining [[record sales]] during the digital era.<ref name="NYTsales" />
In June 2015, Swift stated that she would remove ''1989'' from [[Apple Music]], criticizing the service for not offering royalties to artists during their free three-month trial period.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6605541/taylor-swift-pens-open-letter-explaining-why-1989-wont-be-on-apple-music|title=Taylor Swift Pens Open Letter Explaining Why ''1989'' Won't Be on Apple Music|last=Peters|first=Mitchell|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=June 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622135521/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6605541/taylor-swift-pens-open-letter-explaining-why-1989-wont-be-on-apple-music|archive-date=June 22, 2015|access-date=June 22, 2015}}</ref> After [[Apple Music]] announced that it would pay artists royalties during the free trial period, she agreed to leave ''1989'' on their service; she then featured in a series of commercials for Apple Music.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/25/taylor-swift-1989-apple-music|title=Taylor Swift is putting ''1989'' on Apple Music|last=Rosen|first=Christopher|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=June 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626164203/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/25/taylor-swift-1989-apple-music|archive-date=June 26, 2015|access-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref>{{sfn|Wilkinson|2017|p=443}} She re-added her entire catalog on Spotify in June 2017.<ref name="bbc">{{Cite news |date=June 9, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift Returns to Spotify on the Day Katy Perry's Album Comes Out |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/40215361/taylor-swift-returns-to-spotify-on-the-day-katy-perrys-album-comes-out |access-date=June 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609075820/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/40215361/taylor-swift-returns-to-spotify-on-the-day-katy-perrys-album-comes-out |archive-date=June 9, 2017}}</ref> Swift began rerecording her first six studio albums, including ''1989'', in November 2020.<ref>{{cite web|last=Melas|first=Chloe|date=November 16, 2020|title=Taylor Swift speaks out about sale of her masters|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/taylor-swift-speaks-out-about-sale-of-her-masters-1.5191925|access-date=November 19, 2020|website=[[CTV News]]|archive-date=November 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118064935/https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/taylor-swift-speaks-out-about-sale-of-her-masters-1.5191925|url-status=live}}</ref> The decision came after talent manager [[Scooter Braun]] acquired the [[master (audio)|masters]] of Swift's first six studio albums, which Swift had been trying to buy for years, following her departure from Big Machine in November 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 22, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift Wants to Re-Record Her Old Hits |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49432817 |url-status=live |access-date=August 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822202321/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49432817 |archive-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref>
In addition to online promotion, Swift made many appearances on radio and television.<ref name="BB_sales_first" /> She performed at awards shows including the [[2014 MTV Video Music Awards|MTV Video Music Awards]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/vma/6229195/taylor-swift-dazzles-during-shake-it-off-performance-at-mtv-vmas|title=Taylor Swift Dazzles During 'Shake It Off' Performance at MTV VMAs|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|first=M. Tye|last=Comer|date=August 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316174857/http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/vma/6229195/taylor-swift-dazzles-during-shake-it-off-performance-at-mtv-vmas|archive-date=March 16, 2017|access-date=February 6, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[American Music Awards of 2014|American Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704061502/http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/amas-2014/6327564/taylor-swift-win-first-dick-clark-award-of-excellence-amas-2014-diana-ross|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/amas-2014/6327564/taylor-swift-win-first-dick-clark-award-of-excellence-amas-2014-diana-ross|title=Taylor Swift Wins Dick Clark Award at AMAs, Hits Back at Spotify|first=Chris|last=Payne|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=November 23, 2014|archive-date=July 4, 2015|access-date=July 4, 2015}}</ref> Her appearances on popular television talk shows included ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'', ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'', ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' and ''[[Good Morning America]]''.<ref name="BB_sales_first" /> She was part of the line-up for the [[iHeartRadio Music Festival]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/09/20/iheartradio-festival-kicks-off-las-vegas/15955695/|title=iHeartRadio festival kicks off in Las Vegas|date=September 20, 2014|work=[[The Arizona Republic]]|access-date=February 6, 2019|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028235926/https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/09/20/iheartradio-festival-kicks-off-las-vegas/15955695/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[CBS Radio]]'s "We Can Survive" benefit concert,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/taylor-swift-ariana-grande-and-gwen-stefani-cover-the-hollywood-bowl-in-glitter-181692/|title=Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and Gwen Stefani Cover the Hollywood Bowl in Glitter|first=Gavin|last=Edwards|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=October 25, 2014|access-date=February 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228130356/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/taylor-swift-ariana-grande-and-gwen-stefani-cover-the-hollywood-bowl-in-glitter-181692/|archive-date=February 28, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2014|Victoria's Secret Fashion Show]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/taylor-swift-prances-around-in-lingerie-during-victorias-secret-fashion/2208728|title=Taylor Swift prances around in lingerie during Victoria's Secret Fashion Show|work=[[Tampa Bay Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206071332/https://www.tampabay.com/taylor-swift-prances-around-in-lingerie-during-victorias-secret-fashion/2208728|archive-date=February 6, 2019|access-date=February 6, 2019|first=Lydia|last=Harvey|date=December 3, 2014}}</ref> and the [[Jingle Ball Tour 2014|Jingle Ball Tour]].<ref>{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208183057/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6385922/taylor-swift-beats-laryngitis-sam-smith-ariana-grande-shine-at|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6385922/taylor-swift-beats-laryngitis-sam-smith-ariana-grande-shine-at|title=Taylor Swift Beats Laryngitis, Sam Smith, Ariana Grande Shine at KIIS FM Jingle Ball|first=Colin|last=Stutz|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=December 6, 2014|archive-date=December 8, 2014|access-date=December 8, 2014}}</ref> The album's supporting tour, [[the 1989 World Tour]], ran from May to December 2015. It kicked off in [[Tokyo]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-taylor-swift-tokyo-1989-tour-airport-ed-sheeran-20150505-story.html|title=Taylor Swift takes Tokyo by storm, kicking off 1989 World Tour|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url-access=limited|date=May 5, 2015|access-date=August 7, 2020|archive-date=October 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024205954/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-taylor-swift-tokyo-1989-tour-airport-ed-sheeran-20150505-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and concluded in [[Melbourne]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Derschowitz |first=Jessica |date=December 12, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift Says Goodbye to 1989 World Tour in Australia |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/12/12/taylor-swift-1989-world-tour-ends-australia/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721021622/http://ew.com/article/2015/12/12/taylor-swift-1989-world-tour-ends-australia/ |archive-date=July 21, 2017 |access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref> Swift invited various special guests on tour with her, including singers and fashion models the media called Swift's "squad" which received media coverage.<ref name="bbclevine">{{cite web |last=Levine |first=Nick |date=August 21, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift's ''Lover'': The Struggle to Maintain Superstardom |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190820-taylor-swift-and-the-struggle-to-maintain-pop-superstardom |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301114553/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190820-taylor-swift-and-the-struggle-to-maintain-pop-superstardom |archive-date=March 1, 2021 |access-date=November 12, 2020 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> The 1989 World Tour was the highest-grossing tour of 2015, earning over $250 million at the box office.<ref>{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151214195541/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6805333/top-boxscores-2015-power-healthy-touring-industry|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6805333/top-boxscores-2015-power-healthy-touring-industry|title=Live Music's $20 Billion Year: The Grateful Dead's Fare Thee Well Reunion, Taylor Swift, One Direction Top Boxscore's Year-End|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|first= Ray |last=Waddell|date=December 11, 2015|archive-date=December 14, 2015|access-date=December 14, 2015}}</ref> In North America alone, the tour grossed $181.5 million, setting the record for highest-grossing US tour by a woman.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Taylor Swift Breaks Her Own Record for Highest-Grossing U.S. Tour by a Woman|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8471555/taylor-swift-breaks-record-highest-grossing-us-tour-woman|access-date=October 5, 2020|first=Eric|last=Frankenberg|date=August 21, 2018|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-date=August 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822090920/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8471555/taylor-swift-breaks-record-highest-grossing-us-tour-woman|url-status=live}}</ref> Swift broke this record in 2018 with her [[Reputation Stadium Tour]].<ref>{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224115122/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8487606/taylor-swift-reputation-stadium-tour-breaks-record-highest-grossing-us-tour|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8487606/taylor-swift-reputation-stadium-tour-breaks-record-highest-grossing-us-tour|title=Taylor Swift's Reputation Stadium Tour Breaks Record for Highest-Grossing U.S. Tour|first=Eric|last=Frankenberg|date=November 30, 2018|archive-date=December 24, 2018|access-date=December 24, 2018|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
== Commercial performance ==
US music-industry publications were fond of predicting ''1989''<nowiki/>'s sales performance;<ref name="BB_sales_first" /> the music industry had seen declining record sales brought by digital download and streaming platforms,<ref name="RS_sales">{{cite magazine |last=Knopper |first=Steve |date=October 21, 2014 |title=Can Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Save Ailing Music Industry? |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/can-taylor-swifts-1989-save-ailing-music-industry-170217/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401054337/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/can-taylor-swifts-1989-save-ailing-music-industry-170217/ |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |access-date=February 27, 2019 |url-access=limited}}</ref> but Swift had established herself as a best-selling album artist in the digital era: her last two albums, ''[[Speak Now]]'' (2010) and ''Red'' (2012), each sold over one million copies within one week.<ref name="NYTsales" /> Many industry personnel questioned whether Swift abandoning country music and withdrawing from streaming would impact the album's sales.<ref name="NYTsales" /> During one week leading to ''1989''<nowiki/>'s release, publications predicted the album would sell short of one million copies in its debut week, with estimations from 600,000 to 750,000<ref name="RS_sales" /> to 800,000–900,000.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mansfield |first=Brian |author-link=Brian Mansfield |date=October 23, 2014 |title=Officially Pop, Taylor Swift Embraces Being Unafraid |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/10/23/taylor-swift-embraces-being-unafraid-with-1989/17756399/ |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> After ''1989'' was released, ''Billboard'' closely monitored its sales and raised the first-week prediction from 900,000<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=2014-10-27 |title=Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Aiming For 900,000-Plus Sales Debut |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-1989-900000-sales-debut/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-06-22 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> to one million within 24 hours,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=2014-10-28 |title=Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Heading for 1 Million Sales Debut |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-1989-sales-1-million/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-06-22 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> 1.2&nbsp;million within 48 hours,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=2014-10-29 |title=Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Surging Toward 1.2 Million Debut |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-1989-1-million-plus-debut/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-06-22 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> and 1.3&nbsp;million after six days of tracking.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=2014-11-02 |title=Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Set for Biggest Sales Week Since 2002: 1.3 Million-Plus |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-1989-biggest-sales-week-since-2002/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-06-22 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
Through November 2, 2014, ''1989'' debuted atop the US ''Billboard'' 200 with first-week sales of 1.287&nbsp;million copies, according to data compiled by ''Billboard'' for the chart dated November 15, 2014. Swift became the first artist to have three albums each sell one million copies within the first week, and ''1989'' was the first album released in 2014 to exceed one million copies.<ref name="BB_debut">{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=November 4, 2014 |title=Official: Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Debuts With 1.287 Million Sold In First Week |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6304536/official-taylor-swifts-1989-debuts-with-1287-million-sold-in |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207174218/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6304536/official-taylor-swifts-1989-debuts-with-1287-million-sold-in |archive-date=December 7, 2014 |access-date=November 5, 2014}}</ref> ''1989'' topped the ''Billboard'' 200 for 11 non-consecutive weeks<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=February 11, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Spends 11th Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6465865/taylor-swift-1989-11th-week-no-1-billboard-200 |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726062344/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6465865/taylor-swift-1989-11th-week-no-1-billboard-200 |archive-date=July 26, 2018 |access-date=February 7, 2019}}</ref> and spent the first full year after its release in the top 10 of the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=October 27, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Only Fifth Album to Spend First Year in Billboard 200's Top 10 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6745035/taylor-swift-1989-billboard-200-top-10 |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008103249/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6745035/taylor-swift-1989-billboard-200-top-10 |archive-date=October 8, 2020 |access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref> By September 2020, the album had spent 300 weeks on the chart.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=September 15, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Now One of Only Four Albums by Women to Spend 300 Weeks on Billboard 200 Chart |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9449183/taylor-swift-1989-300-weeks-on-billboard-200-chart |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916023840/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9449183/taylor-swift-1989-300-weeks-on-billboard-200-chart |archive-date=September 16, 2020 |access-date=September 15, 2020}}</ref> ''1989'' exceeded sales of five million copies in US sales by July 2015, the fastest-selling album since 2004 up to that point.{{NoteTag|The record was later surpassed by [[Adele]]'s ''[[25 (Adele album)|25]]'' (2015).<ref>{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817184746/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6620398/taylor-swifts-1989-5-million-fastest-selling-album-decade|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6620398/taylor-swifts-1989-5-million-fastest-selling-album-decade|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|title=Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Hits 5 Million in U.S. Sales, Making It the Fastest-Selling Album In Over 10 Years|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|date=July 8, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 17, 2015|access-date=August 17, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4145623/adele-25-sells-5-million-copies/|title=Adele's ''25'' Sells 5 Million Copies in the U.S.|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|first=Tessa|last=Berenson|date=December 11, 2015|access-date=November 12, 2020|archive-date=April 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423204326/http://time.com/4145623/adele-25-sells-5-million-copies/|url-status=live}}</ref>}} With 6.215&nbsp;million copies sold by the end of 2019, the album was the third-best-selling album of the 2010s decade in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=2019 Nielsen Year-End Report |url=https://www.billboard.com/files/pdfs/NIELSEN_2019_YEARENDreportUS.pdf |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111085829/https://www.billboard.com/files/pdfs/NIELSEN_2019_YEARENDreportUS.pdf |archive-date=January 11, 2020 |access-date=January 13, 2020}}</ref> The [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) certified the album [[RIAA certification|nine-times platinum]], which denotes nine million [[album-equivalent unit]]s.<ref name="RIAA" /> As of August 2023, ''1989'' had accumulated 12.3&nbsp;million album-equivalent units in the United States.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2023-08-10 |title=Taylor Swift's ''1989'': 9 Key Numbers Ahead of ''Taylor's Version'' |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-stats-sales-streams/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=2023-08-10}}</ref>
''1989'' also reached number one on the record charts of various European and Oceanic countries, including Australia, Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, and Switzerland.<ref name="ariacharts" /> The album received [[List of music recording certifications|multi-platinum certifications]] in many countries, such as Australia (eleven-times platinum),<ref name="ARIA"/> Austria (triple platinum),<ref name="ifpi-at"/> Belgium (four-times platinum),<ref name="BEA"/> New Zealand (nine-times platinum),<ref name="RMNZ"/> and Norway (triple platinum).<ref name="ifpi-no"/> In Canada, it was certified six-times platinum by [[Music Canada]] (MC)<ref name="MCanada" /> and sold 542,000 copies to become the decade's fifth-best-selling album.<ref name="CanSales" /> It was the fastest-selling album by a female artist of 2014 in the United Kingdom,<ref>{{cite web |last=Moss |first=Liv |date=November 2, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift scores fastest selling female album of the year so far |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/taylor-swift-scores-fastest-selling-female-album-of-the-year-so-far-3255/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102233655/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/taylor-swift-scores-fastest-selling-female-album-of-the-year-so-far-3255/ |archive-date=November 2, 2014 |access-date=November 2, 2014 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> where it earned a five-times platinum certification from the [[British Phonographic Industry]] (BPI).<ref name="BPI" /> In the Asia-Pacific markets, ''1989'' was certified platinum in Japan and Singapore,<ref name="RIAJ" /><ref name="RIAS"/> and it sold over one million units as of August 2019 to become one of the [[List of best-selling albums in China#Best-selling digital albums|best-selling digital albums in China]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Oakes |first=Tara |date=August 30, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift's ''Lover'' album breaks new record in China |website=[[Reuters]] |editor-last=Jones |editor-first=Gareth |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-music-taylorswift-china/taylor-swifts-lover-album-breaks-new-record-in-china-idUKKCN1VK17J |url-status=dead |access-date=June 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830105858/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-music-taylorswift-china/taylor-swifts-lover-album-breaks-new-record-in-china-idUKKCN1VK17J |archive-date=August 30, 2019}}</ref> According to the [[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]] (IFPI), ''1989'' was the second-best-selling album of 2014 and third-best-selling of 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=IFPI Digital Music Report 2015 |url=http://www.ifpi.org/downloads/Digital-Music-Report-2015.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310162132/http://www.ifpi.org/downloads/Digital-Music-Report-2015.pdf |archive-date=March 10, 2016 |publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=IFPI Global Music Report 2016 |url=http://www.ifpi.org/downloads/GMR2016.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160730180434/http://www.ifpi.org/downloads/GMR2016.pdf |archive-date=July 30, 2016 |publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]]}}</ref> By 2022, the album was Swift's best-selling and had sold 14&nbsp;million copies worldwide.<ref name=":3" />
After Swift embarked on her sixth headlining world tour, [[the Eras Tour]], in March 2023, sales and streams of Swift's discography resurged.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-catalog-streams-eras-tour-kickoff/|title=Taylor Swift Catalog Rises in Streams Following Eras Tour Kickoff|last1=Lipshutz|first1=Jason|last2=Unterberger|first2=Andrew|date=March 22, 2023|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url-access=subscription|access-date=November 23, 2023}}</ref> ''1989'' reached new peaks on the albums charts in Greece (number one),<ref name="Greece"/> Austria (number four),<ref name="austria"/> Sweden (number 17).<ref name="Sweden"/> It appeared on new albums charts of Argentina (number one),<ref name="Argentina"/> Uruguay (number seven),<ref name="Uruguay"/> and Iceland (number 25).<ref name="Iceland"/>
== Critical reception ==
{{Music ratings
| ADM = 7.4/10<ref name="adm">{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/6785/Taylor-Swift-1989.aspx|title=''1989'' by Taylor Swift Reviews|website=[[AnyDecentMusic?]]|access-date=November 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630020159/http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/6785/Taylor-Swift-1989.aspx|archive-date=June 30, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
| MC = 76/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/1989/taylor-swift|title=Reviews for ''1989'' by Taylor Swift|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=December 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817160827/http://www.metacritic.com/music/1989/taylor-swift|archive-date=August 17, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="allmusicreview"/>
| rev2 = ''[[The A.V. Club]]''
| rev2score = B+<ref name="AVClub"/>
| rev3 = ''[[Cuepoint]]'' ([[Robert Christgau#Consumer Guide|Expert Witness]])
| rev3Score = A−<ref name="Christgau"/>
| rev4 = ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="telegraphreview"/>
| rev5 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="GuardianReview" />
| rev6 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev6Score = {{Rating|2|4}}<ref name="LATimes" />
| rev7 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev7Score = 7/10<ref name="NME" />
| rev8 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev8Score = 7.7/10<ref name="Pitchfork" />
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="rsreview"/>
| rev10 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev10Score = 7/10<ref name="Spin"/>
}}
When ''1989'' was first released, contemporary music critics gave it generally positive reviews.{{sfn|McNutt|2020|p=78}} On [[Metacritic]], a review aggregator site that compiles reviews from mainstream publications and assigns a [[weighted average]] score out of 100, ''1989'' received a score of 76 that was based on 29 reviews.<ref name="MC"/> [[AnyDecentMusic?]] compiled 28 reviews and gave the album a score of 7.4 out of 10.<ref name="adm"/>
Most reviewers highlighted Swift's mature perception of love and heartbreak.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/10/review-roundup-taylor-swift-1989.html|title=What Is Everyone Saying About Taylor Swift's ''1989''?|website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]|url-access=limited|date=October 28, 2014|first=Lindsey|last=Weber|access-date=August 12, 2020|archive-date=June 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150625035551/http://www.vulture.com/2014/10/review-roundup-taylor-swift-1989.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The A.V. Club''{{'}}s Marah Eakin praised her shift from overtly romantic struggles to more positive themes of accepting and celebrating the moment.<ref name="AVClub">{{cite web|last=Eakin|first=Marah|date=October 28, 2014|url=http://www.avclub.com/review/1989-taylor-swift-finally-grows-211047|title=With ''1989'', Taylor Swift Finally Grows Up|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|access-date=October 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028063859/http://www.avclub.com/review/1989-taylor-swift-finally-grows-211047|archive-date=October 28, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Neil McCormick]] of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' commended the album's "[sharp] observation and emotional engagement" that contrasted with lyrics found in "commercialised pop".<ref name="telegraphreview">{{cite news |last=McCormick |first=Neil |author-link=Neil McCormick |date=October 26, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift, ''1989'', Review: 'Full of American Fizz' |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/11181928/Taylor-Swift-1989-review-full-of-American-fizz.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117063504/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/11181928/Taylor-Swift-1989-review-full-of-American-fizz.html |archive-date=November 17, 2018}}</ref> [[Alexis Petridis]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' lauded Swift's artistic control that resulted in a "perfectly attuned" 1980s-styled synth-pop authenticity.<ref name="GuardianReview" />
The album's 1980s synth-pop production divided critics. In an enthusiastic review, ''The New York Times'' critic Jon Caramanica complimented Swift's avoidance of contemporary hip hop/R&B crossover trends, writing, "Ms. Swift is aiming somewhere even higher, a mode of timelessness that few true pop stars...even bother aspiring to."<ref name="NYTimesReview" /> Writing for ''Rolling Stone'', [[Rob Sheffield]] characterized the record as "deeply weird, feverishly emotional, wildly enthusiastic".<ref name="rsreview">{{cite magazine|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|author-link=Rob Sheffield|date=October 24, 2014|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/taylor-swift-1989-20141024|title=''1989''|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621221231/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/taylor-swift-1989-20141024|archive-date=June 21, 2018|access-date=August 23, 2017|url-status=live|url-access=limited }}</ref> In a review published by ''[[Cuepoint]]'', [[Robert Christgau]] applauded her departure from country to experiment with new styles, but felt this shift was not radical.<ref name="Christgau">{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=February 6, 2015|url=https://medium.com/cuepoint/robert-christgau-expert-witness-9d3de28f31aa|title=Robert Christgau: Expert Witness|work=[[Cuepoint]]|access-date=February 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207020720/https://medium.com/cuepoint/robert-christgau-expert-witness-9d3de28f31aa|archive-date=February 7, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[NME]]'' reviewer Matthew Horton considered Swift's transition to pop "a success", save for the inclusion of the "soft-rock mush" of "This Love" and "Clean".<ref name="NME" /> Shane Kimberlin writing for ''[[musicOMH]]'' deemed Swift's transition to pop on ''1989'' "not completely successful", but praised her lyrics for incorporating "enough heart and personality", which he found rare in the mainstream pop scene.<ref name="OMH">{{cite web|url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-1989|title=Taylor Swift – ''1989'' {{!}} Album Review|work=[[musicOMH]]|date=November 3, 2014|first=Shane|last=Kimberlin|access-date=February 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105103600/https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/taylor-swift-1989|archive-date=November 5, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
Some critics lamented that Swift's move from country to pop eroded her authenticity as a songwriter, particularly because of pop music's "[[capitalism|capitalist]] nature" as opposed to country music's emphasis on authenticity.{{sfnm|1a1=McNutt|1y=2020|1p=79|2a1=Sloan|2y=2021|2p=17}}<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Winter |first=Velvet |date=November 12, 2022 |title=Like the Beatles, Madonna and Kylie Minogue Before Her, Taylor Swift Is Masterful at Pivoting |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-13/taylor-swift-masterful-pivot-midnights-red-taylors-version/101638992 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113175703/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-13/taylor-swift-masterful-pivot-midnights-red-taylors-version/101638992 |archive-date=November 13, 2022 |access-date=November 13, 2022 |work= |publisher=[[ABC News]]}}</ref> ''[[Slant Magazine]]''{{'}}s Annie Galvin observed that Swift maintained the clever songwriting that had distinguished her earlier releases, but was disappointed with the new musical style.<ref name="Slant">{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/taylor-swift-1989/|title=Review: Taylor Swift, ''1989''|work=[[Slant Magazine]]|first=Annie|last=Galvin|date=October 27, 2014|access-date=October 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305234512/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/taylor-swift-1989/|archive-date=March 5, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''{{'}}s Adam Markovitz and ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''{{'s}} Andrew Unterberger were critical of the heavy synthesizers, which undermined Swift's conventionally vivid lyrics.<ref name="Spin">{{cite web|last=Unterberger|first=Andrew|date=October 28, 2014|url=https://www.spin.com/2014/10/taylor-swift-new-album-1989-review/|title=Taylor Swift Gets Clean, Hits Reset on New Album ''1989''|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119025551/https://www.spin.com/2014/10/taylor-swift-new-album-1989-review/|archive-date=November 19, 2018|access-date=April 5, 2018|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ewreview">{{cite magazine|last=Markovitz|first=Adam|date=November 11, 2014|url=https://ew.com/article/2014/11/11/1989/|title=''1989''|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215081613/https://ew.com/article/2014/11/11/1989/|archive-date=February 15, 2015|access-date=November 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> [[AllMusic]]'s [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] described the album as "a sparkling soundtrack to an aspirational lifestyle" that fails to transcend the "transient transparencies of modern pop".<ref name="allmusicreview">{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/1989-mw0002726289|title=''1989''&nbsp;– Taylor Swift|website=[[AllMusic]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031205201/http://www.allmusic.com/album/1989-mw0002726289|archive-date=October 31, 2014|access-date=December 19, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Mikael Wood, in his review for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', found the album inauthentic, but acknowledged her effort to emulate the music of an era she did not experience.<ref name="LATimes" />
== Awards and rankings ==
''1989'' won industry awards, including [[American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album|Favorite Pop/Rock Album]] at the [[American Music Awards of 2015|American Music Awards]]<ref>{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124152847/http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/amas/6770317/american-music-awards-2015-winners-list-amas|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/amas/6770317/american-music-awards-2015-winners-list-amas|title=AMAs Winners List 2015|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-date=November 24, 2015|access-date=November 24, 2015|date=November 22, 2015}}</ref> and Album of the Year (Western) at the [[Japan Gold Disc Award]]s in 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.golddisc.jp/award/29/Prize_1.html|script-title=ja:第29回 日本ゴールドディスク大賞|trans-title=The 29th Japan Gold Disc Awards|language=ja|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]]|access-date=June 30, 2020|archive-date=March 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305034830/http://www.golddisc.jp/award/29/Prize_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and Album of the Year at the [[2016 iHeartRadio Music Awards|iHeartRadio Music Awards]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7318843/iheartradio-music-awards-2016-winners-list | title=iHeartRadio Music Awards 2016: See the Full Winners List | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date=April 3, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408231953/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7318843/iheartradio-music-awards-2016-winners-list | archive-date=April 8, 2016 | access-date=April 4, 2016 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref> It also earned nominations for Best International Pop/Rock Album at the [[Echo Music Prize]],<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226010021/http://www.rbb-online.de/kultur/beitrag/2015/03/musikpreis-echo-2015.html/|url=http://www.rbb-online.de/kultur/beitrag/2015/03/musikpreis-echo-2015.html/|title=Die Helene-Fischer-Festspiele haben begonnen|date=March 27, 2015|language=de|archive-date=December 26, 2016|access-date=December 26, 2016|website=[[Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg]]|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Juno Award for International Album of the Year|International Album of the Year]] at the [[Juno Awards of 2015|Juno Awards]],<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Bliss |first1=Karen |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/grammys-2015/6451070/juno-awards-nominations |title=Magic!, Kiesza and Leonard Cohen Lead Juno Awards Nominations |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=January 27, 2015 |date=January 27, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130011353/http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/grammys-2015/6451070/juno-awards-nominations |archive-date=January 30, 2015 }}</ref> and [[Premios 40 Principales for Best International Album|Best International Album]] at the [[Los Premios 40 Principales 2015|Los Premios 40 Principales]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Premios 40 Principales 2015 |url=http://los40.com/especiales/premios-40-principales/2015/ |website=[[Los 40 Principales]] |access-date=October 16, 2015 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013233528/http://los40.com/especiales/premios-40-principales/2015/ |archive-date=October 13, 2015 }}</ref> At the [[58th Annual Grammy Awards]] in 2016, ''1989'' won [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album|Best Pop Vocal Album]].<ref>{{cite web |date=February 15, 2016 |title=Grammy Awards Winners: The Full List |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/15/grammy-awards-2016-the-main-nominees |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221180634/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/15/grammy-awards-2016-the-main-nominees |archive-date=February 21, 2016 |access-date=February 21, 2016 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Swift became the first female solo artist to win Album of the Year twice—her first win was for ''[[Fearless (Taylor Swift album)|Fearless]]'' (2008) in [[52nd Annual Grammy Awards|2010]].<ref>{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301073145/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/6882510/taylor-swift-grammy-album-of-the-year-win-multiple|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/6882510/taylor-swift-grammy-album-of-the-year-win-multiple|title=Taylor Swift Joins Elite Club to Win Grammy Album of the Year More Than Once: See the Rest|first=Joe|last=Lynch|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=February 19, 2016|archive-date=March 1, 2016|access-date=March 1, 2016}}</ref>
Many publications ranked ''1989'' among the best albums of 2014. Those who placed the album within their top 10 included ''Billboard'' (first),<ref name="bb14">{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224070153/https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/year-in-music-2014/6405566/10-best-albums-of-2014|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/year-in-music-2014/6405566/10-best-albums-of-2014|title=The 10 Best Albums of 2014|date=December 11, 2014|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-date=December 24, 2014|access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref> ''[[American Songwriter]]'' (4th),<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310161202/https://www.americansongwriter.com/2014/11/american-songwriters-top-50-albums-2014/5|url=https://www.americansongwriter.com/2014/11/american-songwriters-top-50-albums-2014/5|title=American Songwriter's Top 50 Albums of 2014: Presented by D'Addario|work=[[American Songwriter]]|date=November 24, 2014|archive-date=March 10, 2015|access-date=March 10, 2015}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' (4th),<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3613540/top-10-best-albums/|title=Top 10 Best Albums of 2014|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=December 2, 2014|access-date=January 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123111318/http://time.com/3613540/top-10-best-albums/|archive-date=January 23, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Daily Telegraph'' (5th),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/11252866/best-albums-of-2014.html|title=Best 50 albums of 2014|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409013712/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/11252866/best-albums-of-2014.html|archive-date=April 9, 2018|access-date=April 9, 2018}}</ref> ''[[The Music (magazine)|The Music]]'' (5th),<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218115453/http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2014/12/16/the-best-albums-of-2014-the-musics-writers-poll/|url=http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2014/12/16/the-best-albums-of-2014-the-musics-writers-poll/|title=The Best Albums Of 2014: The Music's Writers' Poll|work=[[The Music (magazine)|The Music]]|date=December 16, 2014|archive-date=December 18, 2014|access-date=December 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Drowned in Sound]]'' (6th),<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315055439/https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4148558-drowned-in-sounds-50-favourite-albums-of-2014|url=https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4148558-drowned-in-sounds-50-favourite-albums-of-2014|title=Drowned In Sound's Favourite Albums of 2014|work=[[Drowned in Sound]]|archive-date=March 15, 2015|access-date=March 15, 2015|date=December 16, 2014|first=Sean|last=Adams}}</ref> ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' (8th),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2014/12/best-albums-2014/taylor-swift-1989|title=The 50 Best Albums of 2014|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|date=December 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222145425/https://www.complex.com/music/2014/12/best-albums-2014/taylor-swift-1989|archive-date=December 22, 2014|access-date=December 22, 2014}}</ref> and ''Rolling Stone'' (10th).<ref>{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228110334/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-albums-of-2014-20141201/taylor-swift-1989-20141201|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-albums-of-2014-20141201/taylor-swift-1989-20141201|title=50 Best Albums of 2014|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=December 2014|archive-date=February 28, 2015|access-date=February 28, 2015}}</ref> Other publications that featured ''1989'' in their lists were ''The Guardian'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/nov/26/-sp-the-best-albums-of-2014|title=The best albums of 2014|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=November 26, 2014|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=December 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141212231526/http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/nov/26/-sp-the-best-albums-of-2014|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The A.V. Club'',<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302045843/https://www.avclub.com/article/20-best-albums-2014-212282|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/20-best-albums-2014-212282|title=The 20 best albums of 2014|date=December 8, 2014|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|archive-date=March 2, 2015|access-date=March 2, 2015}}</ref> ''[[PopMatters]]'',<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424055555/https://www.popmatters.com/feature/188860-the-best-albums-of-2014/P6/|url=https://www.popmatters.com/feature/188860-the-best-albums-of-2014/P6/|title=The Best Albums of 2014|date=December 22, 2014|work=[[PopMatters]]|archive-date=April 24, 2015|access-date=April 24, 2015}}</ref> ''Pitchfork'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9558-the-50-best-albums-of-2014/2/|title=The 50 Best Albums of 2014|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=December 17, 2014|access-date=January 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115072702/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9558-the-50-best-albums-of-2014/2/|archive-date=January 15, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[MusicOMH]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hubbard |first=Michael |date=December 6, 2014 |title=Top 100 Albums Of 2014 |url=https://www.musicomh.com/features/lists/musicomhs-top-100-albums-2014 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330034623/https://www.musicomh.com/features/lists/musicomhs-top-100-albums-2014 |archive-date=March 30, 2015 |access-date=March 30, 2015 |work=[[MusicOMH]]}}</ref> The album ranked 7th on ''[[The Village Voice]]''{{'s}} 2014 [[Pazz & Jop]] mass critics' poll<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124093051/https://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/albums/2014/|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/albums/2014/|title=The Village Voice's 42nd Pazz & Jop Music Critics Poll|work=[[The Village Voice]]|archive-date=January 24, 2015|access-date=January 24, 2015}}</ref> and featured in individual critics' lists by Jon Caramanica for ''The New York Times'' (7th),<ref>{{cite news |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Caramanica |date=December 11, 2014 |title=Jon Caramanica's Top 10 Albums of 2014 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/arts/music/jon-caramanica-looks-at-the-albums-of-2014.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=April 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419013223/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/arts/music/jon-caramanica-looks-at-the-albums-of-2014.html |archive-date=April 19, 2015}}</ref> [[Ken Tucker]] for [[NPR]] (3rd),<ref>{{cite web |last=Tucker |first=Ken |author-link=Ken Tucker |date=December 16, 2014 |title=Ken Tucker's Top 9 Albums Of 2014, Plus A Book |url=https://www.npr.org/2014/12/16/371184372/ken-tuckers-top-9-albums-of-2014-plus-a-book |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310114242/https://www.npr.org/2014/12/16/371184372/ken-tuckers-top-9-albums-of-2014-plus-a-book |archive-date=March 10, 2015 |access-date=March 10, 2015 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref> and [[Brian Mansfield]] for ''[[USA Today]]'' (1st).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mansfield |first=Brian |author-link=Brian Mansfield |date=December 18, 2014 |title=Brian Mansfield's Top 5 Albums of 2014 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/12/18/brian-mansfield-top-five-albums-2014-taylor-swift-eric-church-miranda-lambert/20313895/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206083759/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/12/18/brian-mansfield-top-five-albums-2014-taylor-swift-eric-church-miranda-lambert/20313895/ |archive-date=February 6, 2023 |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>
== Legacy ==
=== Cultural influence ===
''1989'' transformed Swift's image from a country singer to a [[pop icon]].{{sfn|McNutt|2020|p=79}}<ref name="grammy.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/taylor-swift-1989-record-1|title=Taylor Swift, ''1989'': For The Record|first=Nate|last=Hertweck|date=January 18, 2018|access-date=August 8, 2020|publisher=[[The Recording Academy]]|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028235929/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/taylor-swift-1989-record-1|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] journalist Raisa Bruner wrote, "''1989'' changed the [[music industry]] forever and cemented Swift's place as not only an artist with longevity, but a star who would make music on her own terms."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Bruner |first=Raisa |date=2023-10-26 |title=How ''1989'' Changed Taylor Swift's Career Forever |url=https://time.com/6328790/taylor-swift-1989-2/ |access-date=2023-11-08 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> It was the second album to spawn five or more US top-10 singles in the 2010s decade,{{NoteTag|Following Katy Perry's ''[[Teenage Dream (Katy Perry album)|Teenage Dream]]'' (2010)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/photos/6746003/albums-with-five-top-10-hot-100-hits-taylor-swift-michael-jackson-madonna-whitney-houston-more|title=From Michael Jackson's ''Thriller'' to Taylor Swift's ''1989'': Albums with Five Top 10 Hot 100 Hits|first=Trevor|last=Anderson|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=June 29, 2020|date=October 30, 2015|archive-date=June 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630011324/https://www.billboard.com/articles/photos/6746003/albums-with-five-top-10-hot-100-hits-taylor-swift-michael-jackson-madonna-whitney-houston-more|url-status=dead}}</ref>}} and made Swift the second woman to have two albums each score five US top-10 hits.{{NoteTag|After [[Janet Jackson]]; her first album to have five US top-10 entries was ''Fearless'' (2008).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/6738611/albums-five-top-10-hot-100-hits|title=Juice WRLD's ''Legends Never Die'' & The 27 Other Albums With Five or More Top 10 Hot 100 Hits|first=Trevor|last=Anderson|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=August 18, 2020|access-date=August 27, 2020|archive-date=August 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829234847/https://www.billboard.com/photos/6738611/albums-five-top-10-hot-100-hits|url-status=dead}}</ref>}} Its singles received heavy [[rotation (music)|rotation]] on US radio over a year and a half following its release, which ''Billboard'' noted as "a kind of cultural omnipresence" that was rare for a 2010s album.<ref>{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707010902/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8464159/taylor-swift-delicate-reputation-biggest-radio-hit|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8464159/taylor-swift-delicate-reputation-biggest-radio-hit|title=While You Weren't Looking, Taylor Swift Scored Her Biggest ''Reputation'' Radio Hit|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url-status=live|url-access=subscription|first=Andrew|last=Unterberger|date=July 6, 2018|archive-date=July 7, 2018|access-date=October 11, 2020}}</ref> Academic Shaun Cullen, who specializes in the humanities, described Swift as a figure "at the cutting edge of [[Generation Z|postmillennial]] pop".{{sfn|Cullen|2016|p=37}} Swift continued to incorporate 1980s-synth-pop first explored on ''1989'' to her subsequent releases, namely the albums ''[[Reputation (Taylor Swift album)|Reputation]]'' (2017), ''[[Lover (album)|Lover]]'' (2019), and ''[[Midnights]]'' (2022).<ref name="bbclevine" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Kelsey |date=October 27, 2023 |title=7 Ways Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Primed Her For World Domination |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-pop-stardom |access-date=October 29, 2023 |publisher=[[The Recording Academy]]}}</ref> Antonoff continued working with Swift on those albums and collaborated with other musicians to commercial success, and he credited Swift as the "first person" who recognized him a producer.<ref name=":2" />[[File:Ryan Adams, Clapham Common, Calling Festival, London (18989448674).jpg|thumb|right|Rock singer-songwriter [[Ryan Adams]] ''(pictured)'' released his [[1989 (Ryan Adams album)|track-by-track cover of ''1989'']] in September 2015.|alt=Ryan Adams performing]]Artists who cited ''1989'' as an influence included American singer-songwriter [[Conan Gray]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Welby |first=Augustus |date=April 14, 2020 |title=Conan Gray: 'I always write about things that make me feel uncomfortable' |url=https://dontboreus.thebrag.com/conan-gray-kid-krow-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620032804/https://dontboreus.thebrag.com/conan-gray-kid-krow-interview/ |archive-date=June 20, 2020 |access-date=June 19, 2020 |website=Tone Deaf}}</ref> American actor and musician [[Jared Leto]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Weiner |first=Natalie |date=July 12, 2015 |title=Jared Leto Listens to Taylor Swift's ''1989'' For Musical Inspiration: See His Reaction |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/6785979/jared-leto-taylor-swift-1989-listening-video-studio |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522080134/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/6785979/jared-leto-taylor-swift-1989-listening-video-studio |archive-date=May 22, 2021 |access-date=March 15, 2021}}</ref> and British pop band [[The Vamps (British band)|the Vamps]], who took inspiration from ''1989'' while composing their album ''[[Wake Up (The Vamps album)|Wake Up]]'' (2015).<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Akingbade |first=Tobi |date=March 2, 2019 |title=The Vamps reveal they really want to work with Taylor Swift again: 'She revolutionised music' |url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/03/02/vamps-reveal-really-want-work-taylor-swift-revolutionised-music-8794540/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621095014/https://metro.co.uk/2019/03/02/vamps-reveal-really-want-work-taylor-swift-revolutionised-music-8794540/ |archive-date=June 21, 2020 |access-date=June 19, 2020 |magazine=[[Metro (magazine)|Metro]]}}</ref> American director [[Jennifer Kaytin Robinson]] cited ''1989'' as an inspiration for her [[feature film]] debut, ''[[Someone Great (film)|Someone Great]]'' (2019).<ref name="Someone Great">{{cite magazine |last=Hughes |first=Hilary |date=August 25, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift Calls Rom-Com Inspiration Behind ''Lover'' Song the 'Most Meta Thing That's Ever Happened to Me' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8528260/taylor-swift-Death-By-a-Thousand-Cuts-Netflix-movie-Someone-Great |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827183708/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8528260/taylor-swift-Death-By-a-Thousand-Cuts-Netflix-movie-Someone-Great |archive-date=August 27, 2019 |access-date=June 2, 2019}}</ref> American rock singer-songwriter [[Ryan Adams]] released his track-by-track [[1989 (Ryan Adams album)|cover album]] of ''1989'' in September 2015. Finding it a "joyful" record, he listened to the album frequently to cope with his broken marriage in late 2014.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=O'Donnell |first=Kevin |date=September 21, 2015 |title=Ryan Adams ''1989'' Interview: Indie Icon Opens Up about Covering Taylor Swift's Smash Album |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/09/21/ryan-adams-1989-interview/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506110158/https://ew.com/article/2015/09/21/ryan-adams-1989-interview/ |archive-date=May 6, 2019 |access-date=May 6, 2019}}</ref> On his rendition, Adams incorporated acoustic instruments, which contrast with the original's electronic production.<ref>{{cite web |last=Zaleski |first=Annie |author-link=Annie Zaleski |date=September 21, 2015 |title=Ryan Adams Transforms Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Into a Melancholy Masterpiece |url=https://music.avclub.com/ryan-adams-transforms-taylor-swift-s-1989-into-a-melanc-1798184927 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212033205/https://music.avclub.com/ryan-adams-transforms-taylor-swift-s-1989-into-a-melanc-1798184927 |archive-date=February 12, 2018 |access-date=May 6, 2019 |work=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Winograd |first=Jeremy |date=October 21, 2015 |title=Review: Ryan Adams, ''1989'' |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/ryan-adams-1989/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506211701/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/ryan-adams-1989/ |archive-date=May 6, 2019 |access-date=May 6, 2019 |magazine=[[Slant Magazine]]}}</ref> Swift was delighted with Adams' cover and told him, "What you did with my album was like actors changing emphasis."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hendicott |first=James |date=October 19, 2015 |title=Taylor Swift Tells Ryan Adams 'What You Did with My Album Was like Actors Changing Emphasis'&nbsp;– Watch |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-80-1206852 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506110159/https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-80-1206852 |archive-date=May 6, 2019 |access-date=May 6, 2019 |magazine=[[NME]]}}</ref>
Along with ''1989''{{'s}} success, Swift's status as a pop star became a subject of media scrutiny. Swift described herself as a [[feminism|feminist]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Hoby |first=Hermione |date=August 23, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift: 'Sexy? Not On My Radar' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/23/taylor-swift-shake-it-off |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610104506/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/23/taylor-swift-shake-it-off |archive-date=June 10, 2015 |access-date=November 14, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> but her public appearances with singers and fashion models whom the media called her "squad" gave the impression that she did so just to keep her name afloat in news headlines.<ref name="bbclevine" /> Kristy Fairclough, a professor in popular culture and film, commented, "Her shifting aesthetic and allegiances appear confusing in an overall narrative that presents Taylor Swift as the centre of the cultural universe."<ref name="bbclevine" /> Swift's disputes with several celebrities, including rapper [[Kanye West]], diminished the sense of authenticity that she had maintained.{{sfn|Wilkinson|2017|p=443}}{{NoteTag|Swift and West previously had a publicized adversary at the [[2009 MTV Video Music Awards#Kanye West controversy and debated incidents|2009 MTV Video Music Awards]], where West interrupted Swift's acceptance speech for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video|Best Female Video]]. Their so-called feud emerged again when West released his 2016 single "[[Famous (Kanye West song)|Famous]]", in which West incorporates a lyric referencing Swift. West claimed that he had asked for Swift's approval, which she objected to.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/aug/24/taylor-swift-pop-music-hunger-games-gladiators|title=Taylor Swift: 'I was literally about to break'|first=Laura|last=Snapes|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=August 24, 2019|access-date=November 13, 2020|archive-date=August 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824114530/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/aug/24/taylor-swift-pop-music-hunger-games-gladiators|url-status=live}}</ref>}} Swift announced a prolonged hiatus following the 1989 World Tour because "people might need a break from [her]".{{sfn|Wilkinson|2017|p=443}} Her follow-up album, ''Reputation'', was influenced by the media commotion surrounding her celebrity.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |date=September 30, 2019 |title=9 Taylor Swift Moments That Didn't Fit in Our Cover Story |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-moments-that-couldnt-fit-in-our-cover-story-890700/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001144210/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-moments-that-couldnt-fit-in-our-cover-story-890700/ |archive-date=October 1, 2019 |access-date=December 9, 2019}}</ref>
=== Critical reevaluation ===
After Adams released his ''1989'' cover in 2015, ''Pitchfork'' attracted criticism when it reviewed his rendition while neglecting Swift's artistic output.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Wickman |first=Forrest |date=November 25, 2015 |title=Why Did It Take Ryan Adams to Get ''Pitchfork'' to Review a Taylor Swift Album? |url=https://slate.com/culture/2015/09/ryan-adams-1989-reviewed-by-pitchfork-why-are-taylor-swifts-albums-only-worth-reviewing-when-others-cover-them.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113183621/https://slate.com/culture/2015/09/ryan-adams-1989-reviewed-by-pitchfork-why-are-taylor-swifts-albums-only-worth-reviewing-when-others-cover-them.html |archive-date=November 13, 2022 |access-date=November 13, 2022 |magazine=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref> In the ''[[New Statesman]]'', Anna Leszkiewicz wrote that the "most highbrow music critics" praised Adams for transforming Swift's ''1989'' from a "cheesy" album to a more serious one.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Leszkiewicz |first=Anna |date=September 24, 2015 |title=Ryan Adams's ''1989'' And the Mansplaining of Taylor Swift |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music/2015/09/ryan-adams-s-1989-and-mansplaining-taylor-swift |access-date=November 2, 2023 |magazine=[[New Statesman]]}}</ref> The philosopher [[Alison Stone]] argued that this critical reaction was a result of both [[rockism]] and sexism. According to Stone, music journalism assumed that Swift's pop music had its "feminine" qualities of "superficiality and triviality", which it deemed inferior to Adams's [[indie rock]] and "singer-songwriter" identities that supposedly embodied authenticity and meaningfulness.{{Sfn|Stone|2023|pp=60–61}} Stone and [[Slate (magazine)|''Slate'']]'s Forrest Wickman commented that this was in line with ''Pitchfork'' and other rock-music critics' tendency to prefer male-oriented, "edgy" musicians to "mainstream" acts.<ref name=":0" />{{Sfn|Stone|2023|p=61}}
Retrospective reviews have considered ''1989'' an artistically accomplished album. [[Paste (magazine)|''Paste'']]'s Ellen Johnson wrote that it was "one of the best American pop albums of all time",<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 2, 2023 |title=Every Taylor Swift Album Ranked |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/best-taylor-swift-albulms-ranked |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]}}</ref> and [[Esquire (magazine)|''Esquire'']]'s [[Alex Bilmes]] regarded it as Swift's masterpiece and a modern classic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bilmes |first=Alex |author-link=Alex Bilmes |date=October 21, 2022 |title=Taylor Swift's ''Midnights'' Is an Instant Classic |url=https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/a41711408/taylor-swift-midnights-review/ |access-date=January 17, 2024 |website=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]}}</ref> ''The Guardian''<nowiki/>'s Ian Gormely wrote that ''1989'' made Swift the catalyst for [[poptimism]]—a critical reassessment of "mainstream" pop music that had been largely dismissed by "indie" music audiences.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Gormely |first=Ian |date=December 3, 2014 |title=Taylor Swift Leads Poptimism's Rebirth |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/03/taylor-swift-poptimism |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802053025/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/03/taylor-swift-poptimism |archive-date=August 2, 2021 |access-date=August 2, 2021 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Lucy Ford of ''[[GQ]]'' said by embracing synth-pop, Swift "[proved] genres don't indicate authenticity".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ford |first=Lucy |date=March 20, 2023 |title=12 Essential Pop Albums of the 21st Century |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/best-pop-albums |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928170808/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/best-pop-albums |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |access-date=September 28, 2022 |magazine=[[GQ]]}}</ref> For many critics, the album stood out in contemporary music because Swift deliberately avoided contemporary hip-hop trends to incorporate 1980s/1990s musical influences, which made it an ambitious album with a nostalgic and classic sound;{{NoteTag|Attributed to ''The Guardian''{{'s}} Ian Gormely,<ref name=":1" /> ''GQ''{{'s}} Jay Willis,<ref>{{cite web |last=Willis |first=Jay |date=October 25, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Perfected the Pop Crossover Album |url=https://www.gq.com/story/taylor-swift-1989-perfected-the-pop-crossover-album |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026025859/https://www.gq.com/story/taylor-swift-1989-perfected-the-pop-crossover-album |archive-date=October 26, 2019 |access-date=March 13, 2020 |website=[[GQ]]}}</ref> and ''Vulture''{{'}} Sasha Geffen<ref name="NYGeffen">{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/revisiting-taylor-swifts-album-1989.html|title=Revisiting Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Album|website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]|url-access=limited|first=Sasha|last=Geffen|date=November 10, 2017|access-date=June 29, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724132203/https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/revisiting-taylor-swifts-album-1989.html|url-status=live}}</ref>}} the [[BBC]]'s Rob Freeman described the sound as "[[Retrofuturism|retrofuturist]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Freeman |first=Rob |date=August 11, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift's ''1989'': The Return of a Pop Music Masterpiece |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230811-taylor-swifts-1989-the-greatest-pop-album-of-all-time |access-date=August 14, 2023 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> ''NME''<nowiki/>'s Hannah Mylrea deemed ''1989'' Swift's best album with a refined production and sharp lyrics.<ref name="NMEMylrea">{{cite magazine |last=Mylrea |first=Hannah |date=July 24, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift: Every Single Album Ranked and Rated |url=https://www.nme.com/features/taylor-swift-best-albums-ranked-in-order-2712330 |magazine=[[NME]] |access-date=November 3, 2023}}</ref> For the ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]''{{'s}} Kelsey Barnes and ''Slant Magazine''<nowiki/>'s Annie Galvin, the album fostered Swift's artistic autonomy to experiment with different sounds and songwriting tropes.<ref>{{cite web|last=Barnes|first=Kelsey|url=https://www.altpress.com/taylor-swift-albums-ranked/|title=Every Taylor Swift Album Ranked|website=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=February 21, 2023|access-date=November 6, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-25 |title=All 10 Taylor Swift Albums Ranked |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/every-taylor-swift-album-ranked/ |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=[[Slant Magazine]]}}</ref> Some critics, such as Lucy Harbron from ''[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]'' and Neil Smith from the BBC, regarded ''1989'' as a pioneer for artists who experimented beyond their perceived musical boundaries.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Harbron |first=Lucy |date=November 12, 2021 |title=Why Taylor Swift's ''Red'' Is Her Turning Point |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/why-taylor-swifts-red-is-her-turning-point |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112032019/https://www.clashmusic.com/features/why-taylor-swifts-red-is-her-turning-point |archive-date=November 12, 2021 |access-date=November 12, 2021 |magazine=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Neil |date=June 22, 2015 |title=Five Ways Taylor Swift Is Changing the World |agency=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33222489 |url-status=live |access-date=September 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191123121441/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33222489 |archive-date=November 23, 2019}}</ref>
Many publications ranked ''1989'' among their best albums of the 2010s decade—according to Metacritic, it is the 16th-most prominently acclaimed album on decade-end lists.<ref name="Metacritic2">{{cite web |date=January 11, 2020 |title=Best Albums of the Decade (2010–19) |url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-albums-of-the-decade-2010s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326024548/https://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-albums-of-the-decade-2010s |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |access-date=November 3, 2023 |publisher=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref> ''The A.V. Club<ref name="av10s">{{cite web |date=November 20, 2019 |title=The 50 best albums of the 2010s |url=https://music.avclub.com/the-50-best-albums-of-the-2010s-1839776060 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120012449/https://music.avclub.com/the-50-best-albums-of-the-2010s-1839776060 |archive-date=November 20, 2019 |access-date=November 20, 2019 |website=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref>'' and ''Slant Magazine'' placed it in the top ten of their lists,<ref name="slant10s">{{cite web |date=December 20, 2019 |title=The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s (page 1) |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/the-100-best-albums-of-the-2010s/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101105028/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/the-100-best-albums-of-the-2010s/ |archive-date=January 1, 2020 |access-date=December 24, 2019 |website=[[Slant Magazine]]}}</ref> and it featured in the top 50 on lists by ''Billboard'',<ref>{{cite magazine |date=November 19, 2019 |title=The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/8543722/best-albums-of-the-2010s-top-100 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218234627/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/8543722/best-albums-of-the-2010s-top-100 |archive-date=December 18, 2019 |access-date=November 20, 2019}}</ref> ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'',<ref name="Consequence-2019" /> ''NME'',<ref>{{cite web |date=November 30, 2019 |title=NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s |url=https://www.nme.com/features/nme-best-albums-of-the-decade-2010-2019-2580278 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211001313/https://www.nme.com/features/nme-best-albums-of-the-decade-2010-2019-2580278 |archive-date=December 11, 2019 |access-date=November 30, 2019 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine |date=October 9, 2019 |title=The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/10/best-albums-of-the-2010s-paste.html?p=2 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021083357/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/10/best-albums-of-the-2010s-paste.html?p=2 |archive-date=October 21, 2019 |access-date=October 23, 2019}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'',<ref>{{cite magazine |date=December 3, 2019 |title=The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-2010s-ranked-913997/taylor-swift-1989-album-2014-917522/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203151140/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-2010s-ranked-913997/taylor-swift-1989-album-2014-917522/ |archive-date=December 3, 2019 |access-date=December 3, 2019}}</ref> and [[Uproxx]].<ref>{{cite web |date=October 7, 2019 |title=All The Best Albums Of The 2010s, Ranked |url=https://uproxx.com/music/best-albums-2010s-ranked-decade/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011180330/https://uproxx.com/music/best-albums-2010s-ranked-decade/ |archive-date=October 11, 2019 |access-date=October 8, 2019 |website=[[Uproxx]]}}</ref> ''Consequence'' additionally ranked it sixth on their list of the best 2010s-decade pop albums,<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Naftule |first1=Ashley |date=November 8, 2019 |title=The Top 25 Pop Albums of the 2010s |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/11/top-25-pop-albums-of-the-2010s/full-post/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102164341/https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/11/top-25-pop-albums-of-the-2010s/full-post/ |archive-date=November 2, 2014 |access-date=November 9, 2019}}</ref> and ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' critic Chris Willman ranked it first on his personal list.<ref>{{cite news |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=December 20, 2019 |title=The Best Albums of the Decade |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/feature/best-albums-decade-2010-2019-1203444452/ |url-status=live |access-date=December 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307224357/https://variety.com/feature/best-albums-decade-2010-2019-1203444452/ |archive-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' featured the album at number 89 on a 2019 list of the 100 best albums of the 21st century.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |last3=Curtin |first3=April |date=September 13, 2019 |title=The 100 best albums of the 21st century |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/13/100-best-albums-of-the-21st-century |url-status=live |access-date=September 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913091456/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/13/100-best-albums-of-the-21st-century |archive-date=September 13, 2019}}</ref> ''[[The Times]]'' journalist Ed Potton dubbed it the "album of the century".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=October 13, 2023 |title=Why Taylor Swift's ''1989'' Is the Album of the Century |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/taylor-swift-1989-album-version-new-music-eras-tour-film-2ht23mz58 |access-date=December 11, 2023 |newspaper=[[The Times]]| url-access=subscription}}</ref> On ''Pitchfork''{{'}}s readers' poll for the 2010s decade, it ranked 44th.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 16, 2019 |title=2010s Readers' Poll Results |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/article/2010s-readers-poll-results/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404052406/https://pitchfork.com/features/article/2010s-readers-poll-results/ |archive-date=April 4, 2020 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''1989'' placed at number 393 on ''Rolling Stone''{{'s}} 2023 revision of their [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]],<ref name="rs500">{{cite magazine |date=December 31, 2023 |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/taylor-swift-1989-3-1062840/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=January 1, 2024}}</ref> and number 39 on ''Consequence''{{'s}} The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2022).<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=September 12, 2022 |title=The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time |url=https://consequence.net/2022/09/best-albums-all-time-list/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912120358/https://consequence.net/2022/09/best-albums-all-time-list/ |archive-date=September 12, 2022 |access-date=September 12, 2022 |website=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]}}</ref>
=== 2023 re-recording ===
{{Main|1989 (Taylor's Version)|l1 = ''1989 (Taylor's Version)''}}
In November 2020, after a [[Taylor Swift masters dispute|dispute over the ownership of Swift's back catalog]], she began [[Re-recording (music)|re-recording]] her first six studio albums that had been released by Big Machine. By re-recording them, Swift had the full ownership of the masters, which granted her full authorization of [[Synchronization rights|using her music for commercial purposes]] and therefore substituted the Big Machine-owned masters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aswad |first=Jem |date=August 22, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift Performs on ''GMA'', Talks Re-Recording Big Machine Songs (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/taylor-swift-performs-on-gma-talks-re-recording-big-machine-songs-watch-1203310319/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108014115/https://variety.com/2019/music/news/taylor-swift-performs-on-gma-talks-re-recording-big-machine-songs-watch-1203310319/ |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |access-date=August 10, 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> Swift released the re-recording of ''1989'', subtitled ''[[1989 (Taylor's Version)|Taylor's Version]]'', on October 27, 2023, nine years after the original release of ''1989''. It was the fourth re-recorded album in the series, following the ''Taylor's Version'' re-recordings of ''[[Fearless (Taylor's Version)|Fearless]]'' (2021), ''[[Red (Taylor's Version)|Red]]'' (2021), and ''[[Speak Now (Taylor's Version)|Speak Now]]'' (2023).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Aroesti |first=Rachel |date=October 27, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift: ''1989 (Taylor's Version)'' Review – Subtle Bonus Tracks Add New Depths to a Classic |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/27/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-review-republic |access-date=October 30, 2023}}</ref> ''1989 (Taylor's Version)''{{'s}} standard track-list contains re-recorded versions of all tracks on the deluxe ''1989'' edition and five previously unreleased "From the Vault" tracks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |date=September 20, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift's Full ''1989 (Taylor's Version)'' Track List Is Here With No Features & One More 'Vault' Track |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-track-list-no-features-1235416961/ |access-date=September 21, 2023 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> After the announcement of ''1989 (Taylor's Version)'', the original album re-entered the top 10 of the ''Billboard'' 200 chart dated August 26, 2023.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=August 20, 2023 |title=Travis Scott's ''Utopia'' Notches Third Straight Week Atop ''Billboard'' 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/travis-scott-utopia-third-week-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235396230/ |access-date=August 22, 2023 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| headline = ''1989'' – Standard edition<ref name="auto" />
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 48:41
| title1 = [[Welcome to New York (song)|Welcome to New York]]
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Taylor Swift]]|[[Ryan Tedder]]}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Swift|Tedder|[[Noel Zancanella]]}}
| length1 = 3:32
| title2 = [[Blank Space]]
| writer2 = {{hlist|Swift|[[Max Martin]]|[[Shellback (record producer)|Shellback]]}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Martin|Shellback}}
| length2 = 3:51
| title3 = [[Style (Taylor Swift song)|Style]]
| writer3 = {{hlist|Swift|Martin|Shellback|[[Ali Payami]]}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Martin|Shellback|Payami}}
| length3 = 3:51
| title4 = [[Out of the Woods]]
| writer4 = {{hlist|Swift|[[Jack Antonoff]]}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Swift|Antonoff||Martin{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length4 = 3:55
| title5 = All You Had to Do Was Stay
| writer5 = {{hlist|Swift|Martin}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Martin|Shellback|[[Mattman & Robin]]}}
| length5 = 3:13
| title6 = [[Shake It Off]]
| writer6 = {{hlist|Swift|Martin|Shellback}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|Martin|Shellback}}
| length6 = 3:39
| title7 = I Wish You Would
| writer7 = {{hlist|Swift|Antonoff}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|Swift|Antonoff|Martin{{ref|a|[a]}}|[[Greg Kurstin]]{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length7 = 3:27
| title8 = [[Bad Blood (Taylor Swift song)|Bad Blood]]
| writer8 = {{hlist|Swift|Martin|Shellback}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Martin|Shellback}}
| length8 = 3:31
| title9 = [[Wildest Dreams (Taylor Swift song)|Wildest Dreams]]
| writer9 = {{hlist|Swift|Martin|Shellback}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|Martin|Shellback}}
| length9 = 3:40
| title10 = How You Get the Girl
| writer10 = {{hlist|Swift|Martin|Shellback}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|Martin|Shellback}}
| length10 = 4:07
| title11 = [[This Love (Taylor Swift song)|This Love]]
| writer11 = Swift
| extra11 = {{hlist|Swift|[[Nathan Chapman (record producer)|Nathan Chapman]]}}
| length11 = 4:10
| title12 = I Know Places
| writer12 = {{hlist|Swift|Tedder}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|Swift|Tedder|Zancanella}}
| length12 = 3:15
| title13 = [[Clean (song)|Clean]]
| writer13 = {{hlist|Swift|[[Imogen Heap]]}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|Swift|Heap}}
| length13 = 4:30
}}
{{track listing
| headline = ''1989'' – Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=1989|year=2014|people=Taylor Swift|type=digital booklet|publisher=[[Big Machine Records]]|edition=deluxe}}</ref>
| extra_column = Producers
| total_length = 60:23
| title14 = Wonderland{{anchor|DLX}}
| writer14 = {{hlist|Swift|Martin|Shellback}}
| extra14 = {{hlist|Martin|Shellback}}
| length14 = 4:05
| title15 = You Are in Love
| writer15 = {{hlist|Swift|Antonoff}}
| extra15 = {{hlist|Swift|Antonoff}}
| length15 = 4:27
| title16 = [[New Romantics (song)|New Romantics]]
| writer16 = {{hlist|Swift|Martin|Shellback}}
| extra16 = {{hlist|Martin|Shellback}}
| length16 = 3:50
}}
{{track listing
| headline = ''1989'' – CD deluxe edition (bonus tracks)<ref name="target" />
| extra_column = Producers
| total_length = 68:37
| title17 = I Know Places
| note17 = piano/vocal voice memo
| writer17 = {{hlist|Swift|Tedder}}
| extra17 = Swift
| length17 = 3:36
| title18 = I Wish You Would
| note18 = track/vocal voice memo
| writer18 = {{hlist|Swift|Antonoff}}
| extra18 = Swift
| length18 = 1:47
| title19 =  Blank Space
| note19 = guitar/vocal voice memo
| writer19 = {{hlist|Swift|Martin|Shellback}}
| extra19 = Swift
| length19 = 2:11}}
=== Notes ===
* {{small|{{note|a|a}}}} signifies a vocal producer
* {{small|{{note|b|b}}}} signifies an additional producer
== Personnel ==
Adapted from the [[liner notes]] of ''1989''<ref name="auto" />
;Production
{{div col begin}}
* Taylor Swift&nbsp;– writer, [[Record producer|producer]], [[executive producer]]
* [[Max Martin]]&nbsp;– vocal production, producer, writer, [[Programming (music)|programming]], executive producer
* [[Shellback (record producer)|Shellback]]&nbsp;– producer, writer, programming
* [[Imogen Heap]]&nbsp;– producer, writer, recording programming
* [[Jack Antonoff]]&nbsp;– writer, producer
* [[Ryan Tedder]]&nbsp;– producer, recording, writer, additional programming
* [[Ali Payami]]&nbsp;– writer, producer, programming
* [[Noel Zancanella]]&nbsp;– producer, additional programming
* [[Nathan Chapman (record producer)|Nathan Chapman]]&nbsp;– producer, recording
* Jason Campbell&nbsp;– production coordinator
* [[Mattman & Robin]]&nbsp;– producer, programming
* [[Greg Kurstin]]&nbsp;– additional production
* Michael Ilbert&nbsp;– recording
* Smith Carlson&nbsp;– recording
* Laura Sisk&nbsp;– recording
* Sam Holland&nbsp;– recording
* Matthew Tryba&nbsp;– assistant recording
* Eric Eylands&nbsp;– assistant recording
* Brendan Morawski&nbsp;– assistant recording
* Cory Bice&nbsp;– assistant recording
* [[Serban Ghenea]]&nbsp;– [[audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
* John Hanes&nbsp;– engineered for mix
* Peter Carlsson&nbsp;– [[Pro Tools]] engineer
* [[Tom Coyne (music engineer)|Tom Coyne]]&nbsp;– [[Mastering (audio)|mastering]]
{{div col end}}
;Instruments
{{div col begin}}
* Taylor Swift&nbsp;– heartbeat, claps, shouts, [[acoustic guitar]], lead vocals, [[Backing vocalist|background vocals]]
* Max Martin&nbsp;– [[Electronic keyboard|keyboard]], [[piano]], claps, shouts, background vocals
* Shellback&nbsp;– acoustic guitar, [[electric guitar]], [[Bass guitar|bass]], keyboard, [[Percussion instrument|percussion]], shouts, stomps, additional guitars, guitar, knees, noise, claps, [[drum machine|drums]], background vocals
* Imogen Heap&nbsp;– [[vibraphone]], drums, [[mbira]], percussion, keyboards, background vocals
* Jack Antonoff&nbsp;– acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, bass, drums, background vocals
* Ryan Tedder&nbsp;– piano, [[Roland Juno-60|Juno]], acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drum programming, additional [[synthesizer|synth]], background vocals
* Niklas Ljungfelt&nbsp;– guitar
* Jonas Thander&nbsp;– [[saxophone]]
* Jonas Lindeborg&nbsp;– [[trumpet]]
* Magnus Wiklund&nbsp;– [[trombone]]
* Ali Payami&nbsp;– keyboards
* Noel Zancanella&nbsp;– drum programming, synthesizer, bass, additional synth
* Nathan Chapman&nbsp;– electric guitar, bass, keyboards, drums
* Mattman & Robin&nbsp;– drums, guitar, bass, keyboard, percussion
* Greg Kurstin&nbsp;– keyboards
{{div col end}}
;Art
* Taylor Swift&nbsp;– creative director
* Sarah Barlow&nbsp;– photography
* Stephen Schofield&nbsp;– photography
* Josh & Bethany Newman&nbsp;– art direction
* Austin Hale&nbsp;– design
* Amy Fucci&nbsp;– design
* Joseph Cassell&nbsp;– wardrobe stylist
== Charts ==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
=== Weekly charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ 2014–2015 weekly chart performance for ''1989''
! scope="col"| Chart (2014–2015)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|1|artist=Taylor Swift|album=1989|rowheader=true|access-date=November 1, 2014|refname="ariacharts"}}
|-
{{album chart|Austria|5|artist=Taylor Swift|album=1989|rowheader=true|access-date=November 23, 2023|refname="austria"}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|1|artist=Taylor Swift|album=1989|rowheader=true|access-date=November 7, 2014|refname="belfl"}}
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|7|artist=Taylor Swift|album=1989|rowheader=true|access-date=November 7, 2014}}
|-
! scope="row"| Brazilian Albums ([[Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos|ABPD]])<ref>{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124093041/http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2014-12-13/brazil-albums|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2014-12-13/brazil-albums|title=Brazil Albums: December 13, 2014|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-date=November 24, 2015|access-date=November 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 3
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|1|artist=Taylor Swift|refname="can"|access-date=December 7, 2017|rowheader=true}}
|-
!scope="row"| Croatian Albums ([[Top of the Shops|HDU]])<ref>{{cite web|title=TOP 40 STRANIH – TJEDAN 5. 2015. |url=http://www.hdu-toplista.com/index.php?what=arhiva&w=details&id=1580 |publisher=Hrvatska Diskografska Udruga |access-date=March 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325191835/http://hdu-toplista.com/index.php?what=arhiva&kat=2&page=3 |archive-date=March 25, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| 1
|-
{{album chart|Czech|17|artist=Taylor Swift|album=1989|date=201444|rowheader=true|access-date=November 4, 2014}}
|-
{{album chart|Denmark|2|artist=Taylor Swift|album=1989|rowheader=true|access-date=November 7, 2014|refname="den"}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|1|artist=Taylor Swift|album=1989|access-date=October 31, 2014|rowheader=true|refname="dutch"}}
|-
{{album chart|Finland|10|artist=Taylor Swift|album=1989|access-date=October 31, 2014|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|France|9|artist=Taylor Swift|album=1989|access-date=November 5, 2014|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|4|artist=Taylor Swift|album=1989|id=252092|access-date=November 4, 2014|rowheader=true|refname="ger"}}
|-
!scope="row"|Greek Albums ([[IFPI Greece|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_en.html|title=Official IFPI Charts Top-75 Albums Sales Chart|publisher=[[IFPI Greece]]|language=el|access-date=December 8, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141124154558/http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_en.html|archive-date=November 24, 2014}}</ref>
| 11
|-
{{album chart|Hungary|22|year=2014|week=44|rowheader=true|access-date=November 6, 2014}}
|-
! scope="row"| Irish Albums ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref name="ire">{{cite web |title=Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 6 November 2014 |url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=45 |publisher=[[GfK Chart-Track]] |access-date=August 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220072530/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=45 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 20, 2016}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center" | 1
|-
{{album chart|Italy|5|artist=Taylor Swift|album=1989|access-date=October 31, 2014|rowheader=true|refname="ita"}}
|-
! scope="row"| Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref name="Oricon">{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2014-11-10/|script-title=ja:週間 CDアルバムランキング2014年11月10日付|trans-title=Weekly CD Albums Ranking 2014-11-10|publisher=[[Oricon]]|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111021931/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2014-11-10/|archive-date=November 11, 2014|access-date=November 11, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 3
|-
!scope="row"|Mexican Albums ([[Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas|AMPROFON]])<ref name="Mexpeack">{{cite web|url=http://centrodedesarrollodigital.com/amprofonanual/100.php|title=Los Más Vendidos 2015 – Mejor posición |publisher=[[Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas]] (AMPROFON)|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124221035/http://centrodedesarrollodigital.com/amprofonanual/100.php|archive-date=January 24, 2016|access-date=January 21, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 1
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Taylor Swift|album=1989|access-date=October 31, 2014|rowheader=true|refname="nz"}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|1|artist=Taylor Swift|album=1989|access-date=November 7, 2014|rowheader=true|refname="nor"}}
|-
{{album chart|Poland|17|id=922|access-date=February 22, 2015|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Portugal|3|artist=Taylor Swift|album=1989|access-date=November 9, 2014|rowheader=true|refname="por"}}
|-
! scope="row"| Scottish Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20141102/40/|title=Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321145017/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20141102/40/|archive-date=March 21, 2018|access-date=March 21, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| South African Albums ([[Recording Industry of South Africa|RISA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsg.co.za|title=South African Top 20 Albums Chart |publisher=[[Radio Sonder Grense|RSG]] ([[Recording Industry of South Africa]])|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127194558/http://www.rsg.co.za/|archive-date=November 27, 2014|access-date=November 27, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 7
|-
{{album chart|Korea|10|date=2014.10.26~2014.11.01|rowheader=true|access-date=November 6, 2014}}
|-
{{album chart|KoreaInt|2|date=2014.10.26~2014.11.01|rowheader=true|access-date=November 6, 2014}}
|-
{{album chart|Spain|4|artist=Taylor Swift|album=1989|access-date=November 4, 2014|rowheader=true|refname="spa"}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|23|artist=Taylor Swift|album=1989|access-date=November 23, 2023|rowheader=true|refname="Sweden"}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|3|artist=Taylor Swift|album=1989|access-date=November 5, 2014|rowheader=true|refname="swiss"}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|1|date=20141108|rowheader=true|access-date=February 28, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Taylor Swift|rowheader=true|access-date=November 2, 2014}}
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ 2021–2023 weekly chart performance for ''1989''
! scope="col"| Chart (2021–2023)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Argentine Albums ([[Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers|CAPIF]])<ref name="Argentina">{{cite web|url=https://www.diariodecultura.com.ar/rankings/los-discos-mas-vendidos-de-la-semana-3/|title=Los discos más vendidos de la semana|work=Diario de Cultura|publisher=[[Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers]]|access-date=October 20, 2022|archive-date=October 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020150630/https://www.diariodecultura.com.ar/rankings/los-discos-mas-vendidos-de-la-semana-3/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| Austrian Albums ([[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Ö3 Austria]])<ref name="austria"/>
| 4
|-
!scope="row"|Greek Albums ([[IFPI Greece|IFPI]])<ref name="Greece">{{cite web |title=Official IFPI Charts Top-75 Albums Sales Chart |url=http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_en.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621145456/https://ifpi.gr/charts_el.html |archive-date=June 21, 2023 |access-date=June 21, 2023 |publisher=[[IFPI Greece]] |language=el}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| Icelandic Albums ([[Music of Iceland|Plötutíðindi]])<ref name="Iceland">{{cite web|url=https://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/|title=Tónlistinn – Plötur – Vika 44 – 2023|publisher=Plötutíðindi|language=is|trans-title=The Music – Albums – Week 44 – 2023|access-date=November 7, 2023|archive-date=November 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107080437/https://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 25
|-
! scope="row"| Swedish Albums ([[Sverigetopplistan]])<ref name="Sweden"/>
| 17
|-
! scope="row"| Swiss Albums ([[Schweizer Hitparade]])<ref name="swiss"/>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| Uruguayan Albums ([[List of music recording certifications|CUD]])<ref name="Uruguay">{{cite web|url=https://cudisco.org/|title=Rankings (Febrero 2023)|publisher=[[List of music recording certifications|Cámara Uruguaya del Disco]]|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402040256/https://cudisco.org/|archive-date=April 2, 2023|access-date=April 8, 2023}}</ref>
| 7
|-
{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|2|artist=Taylor Swift|rowheader=true|access-date=April 6, 2022}}
|}
{{col-2}}
=== Year-end charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ 2014 year-end charts for ''1989''
! Chart (2014)
! Position
|-
!scope="row"|Argentine Albums (CAPIF)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.argnoticias.com/comercial/item/22416-los-discos-m%C3%A1s-vendidos-del-2014-en-argentina|title=Los discos más vendidos del 2014 en Argentina|publisher=ARG Noticias|language=es|access-date=December 30, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122619/http://www.argnoticias.com/comercial/item/22416-los-discos-m%C3%A1s-vendidos-del-2014-en-argentina|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aria.com.au/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2014.htm|title=End of Year Charts – ARIA Top 100 Albums 2014|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107021841/http://aria.com.au/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2014.htm|archive-date=January 7, 2015|access-date=January 6, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2014&cat=a|title=ultratop.be – Jaaroverzichten 2014|publisher=Hung Medien|language=nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812181819/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2014&cat=a|archive-date=August 12, 2018|access-date=December 27, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2014&cat=a|title=Rapports Annuels 2014|publisher=Hung Medien|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222184030/https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2014&cat=a|archive-date=December 22, 2018|access-date=December 27, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Canadian Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/top-canadian-albums|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141212203609/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/top-canadian-albums|archive-date=December 12, 2014|title=2014 Year End Charts – Top Canadian Albums|access-date=December 10, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2014&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 2014|publisher=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=June 29, 2020|archive-date=May 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516001743/https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2014&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>
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!scope="row"| French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-annuel/top-albums-fusionnes/?ye=2014|title=Le Top de l'année : Top Albums Fusionnés|language=fr|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214122147/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-annuel/top-albums-fusionnes/?ye=2014|archive-date=February 14, 2015|access-date=February 14, 2015}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-2014|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=de|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment charts]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113075521/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-2014/|archive-date=November 13, 2018|access-date=August 10, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Irish Albums (IRMA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/best-of-20141|title=IRMA Best of Albums 2014|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203024322/http://www.irma.ie/best-of-20141|archive-date=February 3, 2019|access-date=February 25, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 7
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! scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/special/47530/5/|script-title=ja:2014年 年間音楽&映像ランキング発表|trans-title=2014 Year-End Music and DVD Ranking Chart|language=ja|publisher=[[Oricon]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712002143/https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/47530/5/|archive-date=July 12, 2018|access-date=July 12, 2018}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centrodedesarrollodigital.com/amprofonanual/100.php|title=Los Más Vendidos 2014|format=PDF|language=es|publisher=[[Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215070225/http://www.centrodedesarrollodigital.com/amprofonanual/100.php|archive-date=February 15, 2015|access-date=February 13, 2015}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220102708/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=2614|url=http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=2614|title=Top Selling Albums of 2014|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|archive-date=December 20, 2014|access-date=December 20, 2014}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| South Korean International Albums (Gaon)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?termGbn=year&hitYear=2014&targetTime=3&nationGbn=E&year_time=3|title=2014 Albums Chart|publisher=[[Gaon Music Chart]]|language=ko|access-date=October 29, 2020|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112024327/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?termGbn=year|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2014|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2014|publisher=[[Schweizer Hitparade]]|access-date=June 29, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724132148/https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-selling-artist-albums-of-2014-3387/|title=The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Artist Albums of 2014|last=Moss|first=Liv|date=January 1, 2015|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101030807/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-selling-artist-albums-of-2014-3387/|archive-date=January 1, 2015|access-date=January 1, 2015}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top 200 Albums Chart Year End 2014|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918145133/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/top-billboard-200-albums|archive-date=September 18, 2018|access-date=January 7, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ 2015 year-end charts for ''1989''
! Chart (2015)
! Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2015.htm|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums 2015|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116131708/http://www.aria.com.au/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2015.htm|archive-date=November 16, 2018|access-date=February 7, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 3
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! scope="row"| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104162203/http://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/2749412/|url=http://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/2749412/|title=Ö3 Austria Top 40 – Album Charts 2015|publisher=[[Ö3 Austria Top 40]]|language=de|archive-date=January 4, 2016|access-date=January 4, 2016}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2015&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 2015|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|access-date=June 29, 2020|archive-date=June 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614064258/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2015&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2015&cat=a|title=Rapports Annuels 2015|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|access-date=June 29, 2020|archive-date=June 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614064302/https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2015&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Canadian Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/top-canadian-albums|title=Top Canadian Albums: Year End 2015|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918145145/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/top-canadian-albums|archive-date=September 18, 2018|access-date=September 18, 2018}}</ref>
| 1
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! scope="row"| Croatian Foreign Albums (HDU)<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 50 strana 2015|date=December 30, 2015 |url=http://cmc.com.hr/top-40-strana-2015|publisher=CMC.com.hr|access-date=March 29, 2022|language=hr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127103751/http://cmc.com.hr/top-40-strana-2015/|archive-date=January 27, 2016}}</ref>
| 6
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! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2015&cat=a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818214649/https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2015&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 2015|publisher=[[Dutch Charts]]|language=nl|archive-date=August 18, 2018|access-date=September 18, 2018}}</ref>
| 35
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!scope="row"|French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-annuel/top-album-megafusion-annuel/?ye=2015|title=Top Albums annuel (physique + téléchargement + streaming)|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812150133/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-annuel/top-album-megafusion-annuel/?ye=2015|archive-date=August 12, 2018|access-date=September 18, 2018}}</ref>
| 82
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!scope="row"|German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-2015|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=de|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment charts]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230154113/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-2015/|archive-date=December 30, 2018|access-date=December 30, 2018}}</ref>
| 56
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! scope="row"| Hungarian Albums & Compilations (MAHASZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/album_chart/2015|title=Összesített album- és válogatáslemez-lista&nbsp;— helyezés alapján – 2015|language=hu|publisher=MAHASZ|access-date=March 29, 2022|archive-date=April 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421004252/https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/album_chart/2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 69
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!scope="row"|Irish Albums (IRMA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/best-of-20151|title=IRMA Best of Albums 2015|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119001515/http://www.irma.ie/best-of-20151|archive-date=November 19, 2018|access-date=December 30, 2018}}</ref>
| 7
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! scope="row"|Japanese Albums (''Billboard Japan'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums_year&year=2015|title=Hot Albums 2015 Year End|language=ja|work=[[Billboard Japan]]|access-date=August 6, 2018|archive-date=August 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805135754/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums_year&year=2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 15
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! scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/special/48546/5/|script-title=ja:2015年 年間音楽&映像ランキング発表|trans-title=2015 Year-End Music and DVD Ranking Chart|publisher=[[Oricon]]|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712001944/https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/48546/5/|archive-date=July 12, 2018|access-date=December 30, 2018}}</ref>
| 30
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! scope="row"| Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)<ref name="Mexpeack" />
| 20
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! scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319214629/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=4200|url=http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=4200|title=Top Selling Albums of 2015|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|archive-date=March 19, 2016|access-date=December 30, 2018}}</ref>
| 7
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! scope="row"| South Korean International Albums (Gaon)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?termGbn=year&hitYear=2015&targetTime=3&nationGbn=E&year_time=3|title=2015 Albums Chart|publisher=[[Gaon Music Chart]]|language=ko|access-date=October 29, 2020|archive-date=October 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022042222/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?termGbn=year&hitYear=2015&targetTime=3&nationGbn=E&year_time=3|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 22
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! scope="row"| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/documents/viewfile/133-top-100-albumes-2015|title=Top 100 Albumes 2015|language=es|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|access-date=May 5, 2019|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311071623/http://www.promusicae.es/documents/viewfile/133-top-100-albumes-2015|archive-date=March 11, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 56
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! scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2015|url=http://www.hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2015|publisher=[[Schweizer Hitparade]]|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116082826/https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2015|archive-date=November 16, 2018|access-date=December 30, 2018}}</ref>
| 40
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! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-artist-albums-of-2015-revealed__13273/|title=The Official Top 40 Biggest Artist Albums of 2015 revealed|last=Copsey|first=Rob|date=January 5, 2016|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105204009/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-artist-albums-of-2015-revealed__13273/|archive-date=January 5, 2019|access-date=December 30, 2018}}</ref>
| 6
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! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref name="BBYE2015">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums: Year End 2015|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918201717/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/top-billboard-200-albums|archive-date=September 18, 2018|access-date=December 30, 2018}}</ref>
| 1
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+2016 year-end charts for ''1989''
! Chart (2016)
! Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2016.htm|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums 2016|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106173445/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2016.htm|archive-date=January 6, 2017|access-date=December 30, 2018}}</ref>
| 17
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! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2016&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 2016 Albums|language=nl |publisher=Hung Medien|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121193617/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2016&cat=a|archive-date=November 21, 2018|access-date=December 30, 2018}}</ref>
| 94
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! scope="row"| Canadian Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/top-canadian-albums|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|title=2016 Year End Charts – Top Canadian Albums|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725204910/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/top-canadian-albums|archive-date=July 25, 2018|access-date=December 30, 2018}}</ref>
| 17
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! scope="row"| Japanese Albums (''Billboard Japan'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums_year&year=2016|title=Hot Albums 2016|publisher=[[Billboard Japan]]|language=ja|access-date=March 29, 2022|archive-date=May 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504105153/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail/?a=hot_albums_year&year=2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 39
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! scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=4311|title=Top Selling Albums of 2016 |publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229123517/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=4311|archive-date=December 29, 2016|access-date=December 30, 2018}}</ref>
| 19
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! scope="row"| South Korean International Albums (Gaon)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?termGbn=year&hitYear=2016&targetTime=3&nationGbn=E&year_time=3|title=2016 Album Chart|publisher=[[Gaon Music Chart]]|language=ko|access-date=October 8, 2021|archive-date=October 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009030626/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?termGbn=year&hitYear=2016&targetTime=3&nationGbn=E&year_time=3|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 36
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! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/|title=End of Year Albums Chart Top 100 – 2016|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301104824/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/|archive-date=March 1, 2017|access-date=December 30, 2018}}</ref>
| 44
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!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums: Year End 2016|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/top-billboard-200-albums|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211152832/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/top-billboard-200-albums|archive-date=December 11, 2016|access-date=December 30, 2018}}</ref>
| 17
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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2017 year-end charts for ''1989''
! scope="col"| Chart (2017)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2017/albums-chart|title=ARIA End of Year Albums 2017|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106213125/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2017/albums-chart|archive-date=January 6, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=December 30, 2018}}</ref>
| 32
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! scope="row"| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.no/arslisten-2017|title=Årslisten 2017|language=no|publisher=IFPI Norge|access-date=April 17, 2022|archive-date=July 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722095608/https://ifpi.no/arslisten-2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 71
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! scope="row"| South Korean International Albums (Gaon)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?termGbn=year&hitYear=2017&targetTime=3&nationGbn=E&year_time=3|title=2017 Album Chart|publisher=[[Gaon Music Chart]]|language=ko|access-date=October 8, 2021|archive-date=October 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008014251/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?termGbn=year&hitYear=2017&targetTime=3&nationGbn=E&year_time=3|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 89
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! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2017|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224115207/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/top-billboard-200-albums|archive-date=December 24, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=December 30, 2018}}</ref>
| 101
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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2018 year-end charts for ''1989''
! scope="col"| Chart (2018)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2018/albums-chart|title=ARIA End of Year Albums 2018|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|access-date=January 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102193909/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2018/albums-chart|archive-date=January 2, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 36
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! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2018|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204224411/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/top-billboard-200-albums|archive-date=December 4, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 82
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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2019 year-end charts for ''1989''
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2019/albums-chart|title=ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 2019|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|access-date=January 10, 2020|archive-date=March 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315024115/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2019/albums-chart|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2019|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 7, 2019|archive-date=December 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205172547/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-billboard-200-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2020 year-end charts for ''1989''
! scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Position
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! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2020/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2020|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=January 15, 2021|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114210516/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2020/albums-chart|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2020&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 2020|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|access-date=December 18, 2020|archive-date=December 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222205127/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2020&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20201231/37502|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2020|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=January 5, 2021|archive-date=January 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107013801/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20201231/37502|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2020|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 3, 2020|archive-date=December 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203134431/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/top-billboard-200-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| US Independent Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/independent-albums|title=Independent Albums – Year-End 2020|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 4, 2020|archive-date=December 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203212147/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/independent-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2021 year-end charts for ''1989''
! scope="col"| Chart (2021)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2021/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2021|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|access-date=January 13, 2022|archive-date=January 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112223805/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2021/albums-chart|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2021&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 2021|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=January 4, 2022|archive-date=January 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104110928/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2021&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Irish Albums (IRMA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/irelands-official-biggest-singles-of-2021-revealed__34917/|title=Ireland's official biggest albums of 2021|publisher=Official Charts Company|last=Griffiths|first=George|date=January 9, 2022|access-date=January 9, 2022|archive-date=January 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109080448/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/irelands-official-biggest-singles-of-2021-revealed__34917/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20210101/37502|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2021|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=January 5, 2022|archive-date=February 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221185027/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/top-billboard-200-albums/|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2021|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 3, 2021|archive-date=December 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203104042/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/top-billboard-200-albums/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| US Independent Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/independent-albums|title=Independent Albums – Year-End 2021|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 3, 2021|archive-date=December 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202231859/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/independent-albums/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2022 year-end charts for ''1989''
! scope="col"| Chart (2022)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2022/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart for 2022|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|access-date=January 4, 2023|archive-date=January 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104142525/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2022/albums-chart|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/3010524/|title=Ö3 Austria Top40 Jahrescharts 2022|date=November 8, 2019 |publisher=[[Ö3 Austria Top 40]]|language=de|access-date=January 2, 2023|archive-date=January 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102173616/https://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/3010524/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2022&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 2022|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|access-date=January 13, 2023|archive-date=January 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113184819/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2022&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Canadian Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2022/top-canadian-albums/|title=Top Canadian Albums – Year-End 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 2, 2022|archive-date=December 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202034030/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2022/top-canadian-albums/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Danish Albums (Hitlisten)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hitlisten.nu/top2022.asp|title=Album Top-100 2022|publisher=Hitlisten|access-date=February 1, 2023|archive-date=February 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202140815/http://www.hitlisten.nu/top2022.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 100
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! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2022&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 2022|website=dutchcharts.nl|language=nl|access-date=January 4, 2023|archive-date=January 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103203712/https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2022&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20221231/37502|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2022|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=January 4, 2023|archive-date=January 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111160437/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2022/top-billboard-200-albums/|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 2, 2022|archive-date=December 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202030432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2022/top-billboard-200-albums/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| US Independent Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2022/independent-albums/|title=Independent Albums – Year-End 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=June 21, 2023}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2023 year-end charts for ''1989''
! scope="col"| Chart (2023)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2023/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart for 2023|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|access-date=January 12, 2024}}</ref>
| 9
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! scope="row"| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/oe3austriatop40longplay/|title=Ö3 Austria Top40 Jahrescharts 2023|date=November 8, 2019 |publisher=[[Ö3 Austria Top 40]]|language=de|access-date=December 28, 2023|archive-date=December 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228085855/https://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/oe3austriatop40longplay/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 12
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! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2023&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 2023|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=nl|access-date=January 7, 2024}}</ref>
| 15
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! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2023&cat=a|title=Rapports annuels 2023|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=fr|access-date=January 7, 2024}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Canadian Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/top-canadian-albums/|title=Top Canadian Albums – Year-End 2023|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=November 22, 2023}}</ref>
| 14
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! scope="row"| Danish Albums (Hitlisten)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitlisten.nu/aarslister.asp?list=Album%20100&year=2023|title=Album Top-100 2023|publisher=[[Hitlisten]]|access-date=January 13, 2024}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2023&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 2023|website=dutchcharts.nl|language=nl|access-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref>
| 21
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! scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.de/info/9rdbv0/jahrescharts-2023-album|title=Jahrescharts 2023 Album|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment charts]]|language=de|access-date=December 10, 2023}}</ref>
| 39
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!scope="row"| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-slagerlistak/album/2023|title=Album Top 100 - digitális és fizikai értékesítés alapján - 2023|publisher=MAHASZ|access-date=January 25, 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125132708/https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-slagerlistak/album/2023|archive-date=January 25, 2024|language=hu}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=5732|title=Top Selling Albums of 2023|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=December 22, 2023|archive-date=December 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221165646/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=5732}}</ref>
| 7
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! scope="row"| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/83?dspy=2023&dspp=1|title=Årslista Album, 2023|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|access-date=January 18, 2024}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2023/alben|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2023|website=hitparade.ch|access-date=December 31, 2023}}</ref>
| 4
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! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20230101/37502/|title=End of Year Albums Chart – 2023|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/top-billboard-200-albums/|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2023|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=November 22, 2023}}</ref>
| 16
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! scope="row"| US Independent Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2023/independent-albums/|title=Independent Albums – Year-End 2023|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=November 22, 2023}}</ref>
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{{col-end}}
=== Decade-end charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 2010s decade-end charts for ''1989''
! scope="col"| Chart (2010s)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2019/end-of-decade-albums-chart|title=ARIA End of Decade Albums Chart|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|access-date=January 15, 2020|archive-date=January 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111005803/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2019/end-of-decade-albums-chart|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 8
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! scope="row"| Canadian Albums (''Billboard'')<ref name="CanSales" />
| 5
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! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-official-top-100-biggest-albums-of-the-decade-2010-2019__27937/|title=The UK's Official Top 100 biggest albums of the decade|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|last=Copsey|first=Rob|date=December 11, 2019|access-date=December 12, 2019|archive-date=December 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211082651/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-official-top-100-biggest-albums-of-the-decade-2010-2019__27937/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/billboard-200|title=Decade-End Charts: Billboard 200|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=October 31, 2019|access-date=November 15, 2019|archive-date=March 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320084752/https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/billboard-200|url-status=live}}</ref>
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=== All-time charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ All-time charts for ''1989''
! Chart
! Position
|-
! scope="row"| Irish Female Albums (IRMA){{NoteTag|Compiled by the [[Official Charts Company]] as of March 2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-top-50-biggest-female-artist-albums-of-all-time-in-ireland__25728/|title= Ireland's Top 50 Biggest Female Artist Albums|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=March 6, 2019|archive-date=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306235254/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-top-50-biggest-female-artist-albums-of-all-time-in-ireland__25728/}}</ref>}}
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!scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200{{NoteTag|Complied by ''Billboard'' for albums 1963–2015<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-albums|title=Greatest of All Time Billboard 200 Albums : Page 1|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=November 12, 2015|access-date=May 13, 2020|archive-date=October 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001122709/http://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-albums|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/adele-the-beatles-billboard-200-albums-artists-all-time/|title=Greatest ''Billboard'' 200 Albums & Artists of All Time: Adele's ''21'' & The Beatles Are Tops|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=November 12, 2015|access-date=June 16, 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref>}}
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!scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200 – Women{{NoteTag|Compiled by ''Billboard'' for albums 1963–2017<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Greatest of All Time Billboard 200 Albums By Women|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-albums-by-women|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=November 30, 2017|access-date=July 13, 2020|archive-date=February 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201173545/https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-albums-by-women|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/madonna-barbra-streisand-leann-rimes-adele-greatest-of-all-time-charts-hot-100-billboard-200/|title=Madonna, Barbra Streisand, Adele & LeAnn Rimes Are Hot 100 & ''Billboard'' 200's Leading Ladies|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=November 30, 2017|access-date=June 16, 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref>}}
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== Certifications and sales ==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''1989'', with pure sales where available}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|artist=Taylor Swift|title=1989|award=Platinum|relyear=2014|certyear=2023|number=11|access-date=October 4, 2022|certref=<ref name="ARIA">{{cite web|url=https://www.dropbox.com/sh/k9o2q7p7o4awhqx/AAD0wqunHkjyYcD6eFsme9IBa/Oct%202023%20Album%20Accreds.pdf?dl=0|title=Oct 2023 Album Accreds|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|access-date=November 17, 2023}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|type=album|artist=Taylor Swift|title=1989|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=2014|certyear=2017|access-date=October 25, 2017|refname="ifpi-at"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=album|artist=Taylor Swift|title=1989|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=2014|certyear=2022|access-date=August 30, 2022|refname="BEA"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|type=album|artist=Taylor Swift|title=1989|award=Platinum|relyear=2014|certyear=2014|access-date=November 16, 2015|refname="abpd"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|type=album|artist=Taylor Swift|title=1989|award=Gold|note=Digital sales|relyear=2014|certyear=2014|certref=<ref name="abpd" />}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=1989|artist=Taylor Swift|award=Platinum|number=6|relyear=2015|access-date=January 30, 2015|refname="MCanada"|salesamount=542,000|salesref={{NoteTag|Canadian sales for ''1989'' as of January 2020<ref name="CanSales">{{cite magazine|url=https://static.billboard.com/files/pdfs/NIELSEN_2019_YEARENDreportCANADA.pdf|title=Nielsen 2019 Year End Report Canada|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=41|access-date=June 30, 2020|archive-date=April 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402131151/https://static.billboard.com/files/pdfs/NIELSEN_2019_YEARENDreportCANADA.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=album|title=1989|artist=Taylor Swift|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2014|certyear=2022|id=11725|access-date=October 11, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry |region=France |type= album |artist= Taylor Swift |title=1989 |award=Platinum |relyear=2014|certyear=2019|date=September 13, 2019|access-date= September 14, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album |region=Germany|artist=Taylor Swift |title=1989 |award=Platinum |certyear=2015 |relyear=2014 |relmonth=10| access-date= April 14, 2018}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=album|artist=Taylor Swift|title=1989|award=Platinum|relyear=2014|certyear=2022|access-date=23 May 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=album|award=Platinum|refname="RIAJ"|artist=Taylor Swift|title=1989|relyear=2014|certyear=2015|certmonth=03|access-date=September 18, 2018}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|artist=Taylor Swift|title=1989|award=Platinum+Gold|number=3|type=album|relyear=2014|certyear=2016|access-date=December 7, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|artist=Taylor Swift|title=1989|award=Gold|relyear=2014|relmonth=10|certyear=2015|type=album|access-date=July 31, 2018|refname="nvpi"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=album|artist=Taylor Swift|title=1989|award=Platinum|number=9|relyear=2014|certyear=2023|id=5643|access-date=August 18, 2023|refname="RMNZ"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|type=album|artist=Taylor Swift|title=1989|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=2014|certyear=2020|access-date=October 29, 2020|refname="ifpi-no"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Taylor Swift|title=1989|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|date=December 15, 2015|access-date=December 15, 2015|relyear=2014|certyear=2015|certmonth=12}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Singapore|type=album|award=Platinum|number=3|certyear=2021|access-date=January 23, 2023|refname="RIAS"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=album|certyear=2015|relyear=2014|award=Gold|artist=Taylor Swift|title=1989|certmonth=41|access-date=December 7, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|type=album|certyear=2017|certweek=46|position=50|relyear=2014|award=Gold|artist=Taylor Swift|title=1989|access-date=June 13, 2020}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Switzerland|artist=Taylor Swift|title=1989|award=Gold|certyear=2015|relyear=2014|access-date=September 5, 2014}}
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== Release history ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Release dates and formats for ''1989''
! scope="col" | Region
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Edition(s)
! scope="col" | Format(s)
! scope="col" | Label
! scope="col" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row" | Various
| rowspan="7" | October 27, 2014
| {{hlist|Standard|deluxe}}
| [[Music download|Digital download]]
| [[Big Machine Records|Big Machine]]
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="wwrel">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/album/1989/907242701|title=1989 by Taylor Swift|website=[[iTunes Store]]|access-date=February 8, 2019|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028235930/https://music.apple.com/album/1989/1440935467|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/album/1989-deluxe-edition/1246618972|title=1989 (Deluxe) by Taylor Swift|website=[[iTunes Store]]|access-date=February 8, 2019|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028235933/https://music.apple.com/album/1989-deluxe-edition/1440933512|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | Canada
| rowspan="2" | Standard
| rowspan="2" | {{hlist|[[Compact disc|CD]]|digital download}}
| {{hlist|Big Machine|[[Universal Music Group|Universal]]}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029103424/https://www.amazon.ca/1989-Taylor-Swift/dp/B00MRHANNI|url=https://www.amazon.ca/1989-Taylor-Swift/dp/B00MRHANNI|title=1989|website=Amazon.ca|archive-date=October 29, 2014|access-date=December 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222035313/https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/1989/id907242701|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/1989/id907242701|title=iTunes – Music – 1989 by Taylor Swift|website=[[iTunes Store]]|archive-date=December 22, 2014|access-date=December 22, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | United States
| rowspan="3" | Big Machine
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="usitunes">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/1989/id907242701|title=iTunes – Music – 1989 by Taylor Swift|website=[[iTunes Store]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027145635/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/1989/id907242701|archive-date=October 27, 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=December 7, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/1989-taylor-swift/28040653?ean=0843930013500|title=1989 by Taylor Swift|publisher=[[Barnes and Noble]]|access-date=October 5, 2020|archive-date=October 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009043607/https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/1989-taylor-swift/28040653?ean=0843930013500|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | Canada
| rowspan="2" | Deluxe
| rowspan="4" | CD
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="target" />
|-
! scope="row" | United States
|-
! scope="row" | Germany
| rowspan="2" | {{hlist|Standard|deluxe}}
| Universal
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="1989ger">{{cite web|url=https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/taylor-swift-1989/hnum/5898175|title=Taylor Swift: ''1989'' CD|publisher=[[jpc (retailer)|jpc]]|language=de|access-date=October 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728042429/https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/taylor-swift-1989/hnum/5898175|archive-date=July 28, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022035844/http://www.amazon.de/1989-Deluxe-Edition-Taylor-Swift/dp/B00MV0FT4Y|url=http://www.amazon.de/1989-Deluxe-Edition-Taylor-Swift/dp/B00MV0FT4Y|title=1989 (Deluxe Edition): Audio CD|website=Amazon.de|language=de|archive-date=October 22, 2014|access-date=December 7, 2014}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | United Kingdom
| [[Virgin EMI Records|Virgin EMI]]
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026100216/http://www.amazon.co.uk/1989-Taylor-Swift/dp/B00MV0FQFG|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/1989-Taylor-Swift/dp/B00MV0FQFG|title=1989 by Taylor Swift|website=Amazon.co.uk|archive-date=October 26, 2014|access-date=December 7, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1989 (Deluxe Edition)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030071047/http://www.amazon.co.uk/1989-Taylor-Swift/dp/B00MV0FT4Y|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/1989-Taylor-Swift/dp/B00MV0FT4Y|website=Amazon.co.uk|archive-date=October 30, 2014|access-date=December 7, 2014}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | Australia
| October 28, 2014
| Standard
| CD
| rowspan="3" | Universal
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2286260/1989|title=1989 by Taylor Swift|publisher=[[Sanity (music store)|Sanity]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411092355/http://www.sanity.com.au/products/2286260/1989|archive-date=April 11, 2016|access-date=December 7, 2016}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | Japan
| October 29, 2014
| Deluxe
| CD+[[DVD]]
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="JP_DVD">{{cite web|url=https://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Taylor-Swift_000000000353416/item_1989-Deluxe-Edition_5984096|title=1989 (Deluxe) by Taylor Swift|publisher=[[HMV]]|location=Japan|access-date=February 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124235/https://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Taylor-Swift_000000000353416/item_1989-Deluxe-Edition_5984096|archive-date=February 9, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | Canada
| rowspan="2" | December 9, 2014
| rowspan="2" | Standard
| rowspan="2" | [[Phonograph record|Vinyl]]
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409145006/https://www.amazon.ca/1989-Vinyl-Taylor-Swift/dp/B00P2HSETA|url=https://www.amazon.ca/1989-Vinyl-Taylor-Swift/dp/B00P2HSETA|title=1989 (Vinyl): Taylor Swift: Amazon.ca: Music|website=Amazon.ca|archive-date=April 9, 2016|access-date=December 7, 2016}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | United States
| rowspan="2" | Big Machine
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/1989-taylor-swift/28040653/2673002350725|title=1989 [LP] by Taylor Swift|publisher=[[Barnes and Noble]]|access-date=October 5, 2020|archive-date=October 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029000002/https://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/1989-taylor-swift/28040653/2673002350725|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | United States
| December 15, 2014
| {{hlist|Standard|[[karaoke]]}}
| Digital download
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/taylor-swift-karaoke-1989/id951348926|title=Taylor Swift Karaoke: ''1989'' by Taylor Swift|website=[[iTunes Store]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220025716/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/taylor-swift-karaoke-1989/id951348926|archive-date=December 20, 2014|access-date=December 7, 2015}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | Mainland China
| December 30, 2014
| Deluxe
| CD
| Universal
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.cn/dp/B00QWC2HB0/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224100207/http://www.amazon.cn/%E9%9F%B3%E4%B9%90/dp/B00QWC2HB0|archive-date=December 24, 2014|title=''1989'' by Taylor Swift (CD)|website=Amazon.cn|language=zh|access-date=December 7, 2020}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | Canada
| March 3, 2015
| {{hlist|Deluxe|karaoke}}
| Digital download
| rowspan="4" | Big Machine
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/taylor-swift-karaoke-1989/id969609941|title=Taylor Swift Karaoke: ''1989'' (Deluxe Edition)|website=[[iTunes Store]]|date=January 2014 |access-date=December 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150824170347/https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/taylor-swift-karaoke-1989/id969609941|archive-date=August 24, 2015}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | United States
| April 14, 2015
| {{hlist|Standard|karaoke}}
| [[CD+G]]/DVD
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Swift-Karaoke-1989-Combo/dp/B00UXA96G6|title=''1989'' [CD+G/DVD]|website=Amazon.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724121819/http://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Swift-Karaoke-1989-Combo/dp/B00UXA96G6|archive-date=July 24, 2015|access-date=December 7, 2015}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | Canada
| May 14, 2015
| {{hlist|Deluxe|karaoke}}
| CD+G
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.ca/Karaoke-Limited-Deluxe-Taylor-Swift/dp/B00V7Y297A|title=''1989'' Karaoke (Limited Deluxe)|website=Amazon.ca|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208223428/http://www.amazon.ca/Karaoke-Limited-Deluxe-Taylor-Swift/dp/B00V7Y297A|archive-date=December 8, 2015|access-date=December 8, 2015}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | Various
| June 8, 2017
| {{hlist|Standard|deluxe}}
| [[Streaming media|Streaming]]{{NoteTag|''1989'' was made available on subscription-free streaming platforms on June 8, 2017, and had been available on subscription-based platforms since its release.}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/taylor-swifts-streaming-music-just-earned-400k-in-12-days/|title=Taylor Swift's streaming music earns $400K in first 12 days back|first=David|last=Priest|date=June 21, 2017|website=[[CNET]]|access-date=June 29, 2022|archive-date=June 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629044030/https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/taylor-swifts-streaming-music-just-earned-400k-in-12-days/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}
== See also ==
* [[List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2014|List of ''Billboard'' 200 number-one albums of 2014]]
* [[List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2015|List of ''Billboard'' 200 number-one albums of 2015]]
* [[List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2010s]]
* [[List of UK Album Downloads Chart number ones of the 2010s]]
* [[List of best-selling albums by year in the United States]]
* [[List of best-selling albums in China]]
* [[List of best-selling albums in the United States of the Nielsen SoundScan era]]
* [[List of best-selling albums of the 2010s in the United Kingdom]]
* [[List of best-selling albums of the 21st century]]
* [[List of best-selling albums by women]]
* [[Lists of fastest-selling albums]]
* [[List of albums which have spent the most weeks on the UK Albums Chart]]
== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{reflist}}
=== Bibliography ===
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* {{cite journal|first=Shaun|last=Cullen|title=The Innocent and the Runaway: Kanye West, Taylor Swift, and the Cultural Politics of Racial Melodrama|date=February 17, 2016|doi=10.1111/jpms.12160|journal=Journal of Popular Music Studies|volume=28|issue=1|pages=33–50}}
* {{cite journal|first=Myles|last=McNutt|title=From 'Mine' to 'Ours': Gendered Hierarchies of Authorship and the Limits of Taylor Swift's Paratextual Feminism|year=2020|journal=[[Communication, Culture and Critique]]|volume=13|issue=1|pages=72–91|doi=10.1093/ccc/tcz042}}
* {{cite journal|first=Nate|last=Sloan|year=2021|title=Taylor Swift and the Work of Songwriting|journal=Contemporary Music Review|volume=40|issue=1|pages=11–26|doi=10.1080/07494467.2021.1945226|s2cid=237695045 }}
* {{cite book|last=Shuker|first=Roy|title=Understanding Popular Music Culture|year=2016|publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]]|isbn=978-1-31-744088-8}}
* {{cite book|last=Stone|first=Alison|author-link=Alison Stone|year=2023|chapter=Feminism, Gender and Popular Music|title=The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Popular Music|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury Academic]]|isbn=9781350286979|pages=57–68|editor-first1=Christopher|editor-last1=Partridge|editor-first2=Marcus|editor-last2=Moberg}}
* {{cite journal|first=Maryn|last=Wilkinson|date=2017|title=Taylor Swift: the hardest working, zaniest girl in show business|journal=Celebrity Studies|doi=10.1080/19392397.2019.1630160|pages=441–444|volume=10|issue=3|doi-access=free}}
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== External links ==
{{Wikinews|Taylor Swift's 1989 wins Grammy's Record of the year; Bad Blood wins the Best Music Video}}
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