Is Taylor Swift Headed Toward A Third No. 1 Album In 2021?
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 05: Taylor Swift attends the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at ... [+] The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 05, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Getty Images  After months of speculation that the next Taylor Swift album the singer-songwriter was going to re-record and re-release was going to be her pop opus 1989, the superstar recently shared on social media that its actually going to be Red, which saw her straddling the line between pop and the country sound that made her a household name. Red (Taylors Version) is slated to arrive in November, and while thats still many months away, its safe to assume (or almost safe to assume) that when it does debut, it will likely head right to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, where Swift has ruled many times before. If (more like when) Red (Taylors Version) does hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, it will mark the Grammy winners milestone tenth leader on the all-encompassing tally of the most-consumed full-lengths in the U.S., and as if that wasnt impressive enough, the title will also help her make history in other ways. Red (Taylors Version) will likely become Swifts third No. 1 album of 2021 alone, and when it does rise to the peak position, she will stand out as one of only a handful of musicians to reach the summit with a trio of different projects in a single calendar year. MORE FROM FORBES Taylor Swift's 'Evermore' Is The First Album To Sell 100,000 Vinyl Copies In One Week In U.S. History  Swift opened 2021 with the No. 1 album in the country, as her surprise set Evermore started the year off right. The title also returned to the throne six months later, just a few weeks ago, thanks to a historic sales frame on vinyl. In between Evermores stints at No. 1, Swift claimed her ninth career champion with Fearless (Taylors Version), the first title to emerge from the re-recordings series shes working on. The set opened atop the Billboard 200 with the largest sales frame of 2021, and it was only beaten by the same musicians own Evermore a short time later. With three No. 1 albums in a calendar year, Swift will match a feat managed by some of the biggest and most successful artists of all time, such as Elton John, Garth Brooks, as well as both The Beatles and Elvis Presley, who accomplished the showing more than once.