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| Length = | Label = Big Machine | Producer = | Last album = ''Red'' (2012) | This album = ''1989'' (2014) | Misc = }} ''1989'' is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on October 27, 2014, through Big Machine Records. Swift began preparing for the album during the same year that ''Red'' was released, and during a significant amount of media scrutiny. Over the course of the two-year songwriting period, she primarily collaborated with producers Max Martin and Shellback—Martin served as the album's executive producer alongside Swift. The album's title was inspired by the pop music scene of the 1980s, particularly Swift's birth year. The album represents a sonic departure from the country music of her previous albums, and is described by Swift as her "first documented official pop album."〔 In contrast to Swift's previous work, the production of ''1989'' consists of drum programming, synthesizers, pulsating bass, processed backing vocals, and guitars. ''1989'' received generally positive reviews from contemporary music critics and it was ranked as one of the best albums of 2014 by numerous publications, including ''Time'', ''Rolling Stone'', and Pitchfork Media. After debuting at number one on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200, ''1989'' sold 1.287 million copies during the first week of release. The total U.S. sales figure from the debut week of ''1989'' was the highest since 2002, and made Swift the first artist to sell one million or more copies of an album in a week-long period for three albums. ''1989'' eventually became the best-selling album of 2014 in the U.S. market and has sold over 5.35 million copies as of October 2015, while selling 8.6 million worldwide. Five singles have been released from the set: "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood" reached number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, while "Style" peaked at number six, and "Wildest Dreams" at number five. The singles have all reached number one on the Adult Top 40 and Mainstream Top 40 and have either received a multi-platinum or gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). == Background == Swift released her fourth studio album, ''Red'', on October 22, 2012. The album marked a change in Swift's musical style with the experimentation of heartland rock, dubstep and dance-pop.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Taylor Swift: Red | Music Review )〕 ''Red'' was a commercial success and debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 with first-week sales of 1.21 million copies. This was the highest opening sales in a decade and ultimately made Swift the first woman to have two albums sell more than a million copies in their first week. To promote the album Swift embarked on the North American leg of her Red Tour, which ran from March to September 2013. The tour visited arenas and stadiums in North America, New Zealand, Australia, England, Germany and Asia. In the ''Red'' era, Swift's romantic life became the subject of intense media scrutiny. ''Gawker'' remarked that Swift had dated "every man in the universe." ''The New York Times'' asserted that her "dating history has begun to stir what feels like the beginning of a backlash" and questioned whether Swift was in the midst of a "quarter-life crisis." During both the Red Tour and media scrutiny, Swift began work on ''1989''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1989 (Taylor Swift album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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