Taylor Swift albums discography
Wikimedia albums discography
The American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has released 12 studio albums, 4 re-recorded albums, 6 extended plays (EPs), 4 live albums, 21 compilation albums, and 1 box set. In the United States, as of May 2025, she had sold 116.7 million album-equivalent units, coming from 54 million pure sales and 70.7 billion streams; the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) as of November 2025 certified 110 million album units, making her the highest-certified female album artist. On the Billboard 200 chart, she has accumulated 15 albums and 98 total weeks at number one, more than any other solo act.
Swift released six albums with Big Machine Records. Her debut album, Taylor Swift (2006), spent more weeks on the Billboard 200 than any other album in the 2000s decade, and her second, Fearless (2008), was the only album from the 2000s decade to spend one year in the top 10 of the Billboard 200. Fearless was Swift's first album to top the charts in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Her next albums—Speak Now (2010), Red (2012), 1989 (2014), and Reputation (2017)—all reached number one on the Billboard 200, and each of them sold over one million US first-week copies. All four albums reached number one in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, and the latter three reached number one in the United Kingdom.
Under a recording contract with Republic Records signed in 2018, Swift has released six original albums—Lover (2019), Folklore (2020), Evermore (2020), Midnights (2022), The Tortured Poets Department (2024), and The Life of a Showgirl (2025)—all of which peaked atop the Billboard 200. Lover was Swift's first to reach number one in Spain, Indonesia, and Sweden.
The public source identifies “Taylor Swift albums discography” as wikimedia albums discography. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Taylor, Swift and albums.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Taylor Swift albums discography”, the useful work is to connect “wikimedia albums discography” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q56071488. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2025, 2006, 2008 and 2010.
A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Taylor Swift albums discography”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Taylor Swift albums discography primary sources, Taylor Swift albums discography archive and Taylor research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Taylor Swift albums discography”?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Taylor Swift albums discography” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.