The album was created in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, with production from Aaron Dessner (The National), Jack Antonoff (Bleachers) and Swift herself. In the edit page, go to the 'Metadata' tab and add your Juno artist, label or release page for listeners to purchase your release / releases. Becoming Swift's first album to spend multiple weeks atop the chart, Folklore remained at number one for three consecutive weeks.

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Taylor Swift's Surprise Set Folklore Had 2020's Biggest Debut – Here's How It's Still on Top Five Weeks Later". The record was surpassed by Swift's own Red (Taylor's Version) on November 12, 2021, [1] and once again surpassed by her own Midnights on October 21, 2022.Its 16 tracks entered the top 50 of the ARIA Singles Chart together, breaking the all-time record for the most debuts in one week, previously held by Post Malone and Ed Sheeran. Swift became the first woman in history to win Album of the Year thrice, [note 3] and the fourth artist overall, tied with Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon.

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She developed "Exile" as a duet, and Dessner recorded a draft of her singing both the male and female parts. Entertainment Weekly 's Maura Johnston deemed the album a bold move for a pop star like Swift to challenge its audience. In the seventeenth track " The Lakes", Swift sings about her vacation with her lover to Windermere, the largest lake in England.Uproxx noted how Folklore changed the tone of music in 2020, [256] and its impact on the year's cultural landscape "can't be measured". Mark Savage of BBC classified Folklore as an indie record dealing with nostalgia and mistakes that resonate with the times.

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Taylor Swift emerges from lockdown with a 17 track album of intimate indie folktronica, produced by Aaron Dessner from the National. Swift became the first act to debut atop both Billboard 200 and Hot 100 in the same week, with the number-one debut of "Cardigan".Critics noted influences of Folklore in Olivia Rodrigo's debut album, Sour (2021), and its lead single " Drivers License". It consists of mellow, cinematic, slow-paced ballads, [24] [55] [47] with a minimal, [48] lo-fi production, [56] [57] and elegant melodies, together lending a modern spin on traditional songwriting.