Taylor Swift surprise releases stripped-back cut of The Fate of Ophelia
Taylor Swift is determined to keep The Fate of Ophelia in the charts with the arrival of an acoustic version.
Taylor Swift has surprise released The Fate of Ophelia (Alone In My Tower – Acoustic Version), exclusively on iTunes.
The pop megastar's chart-topping lead single from her latest record-breaking LP, The Life of a Showgirl, has spent the past three weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and Official UK Singles Chart since its release on October 3.
And now, Taylor has unleashed a stripped-back rendition of the mega-hit on the music platform.
The Shake It Off hitmaker has now spent 38 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 throughout her career, meaning she has beaten a record previously held by the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson, who spent 37 weeks at the top of the chart.
The album had already surpassed a record set by Adele's 25, achieving the biggest opening week in US history.
The 35-year-old singer's 12th studio album has shattered multiple records, including dethroning the Hello singer’s 2015 LP, surpassing 3.5 million album sales — including physical copies and streaming — according to music data giant Luminate.
In its debut week a decade ago, 25 opened with 3.378 million copies sold.
Within just 24 hours, The Life of a Showgirl shifted 2.7 million units in the US alone — marking the biggest single-day sales of Taylor’s career and the second-highest opening week total since Luminate began tracking in 1991, trailing only Adele’s 25 at the time.
The album also smashed Spotify’s record for the most-streamed album in a single day, while lead single The Fate of Ophelia became the most-streamed song in a single day in the platform’s history.
On vinyl, Taylor set a new benchmark by selling 1.2 million copies in one week, overtaking her own previous record set by The Tortured Poets Department.
