Taylor Swift's Music Tops Billboard Classical Charts Thanks to Vitamin String Quartet

Taylor Swift's music rules Advertising signof the main classical map, as a vitamin string quartet VSQ performs Taylor Swift opens atop the Classical Albums survey dated May 18.

The 16-song set, originally released in February, tops the chart with 3,000 equivalent album units earned in the US from May 3-9, according to Luminate. Of that amount, almost all of it comes from vinyl sales, after the compilation is released in format. The LP also opens at No. 15 on the Vinyl Albums chart.

VSQ performs Taylor Swift features Swift's back catalog from her 2008 album Fearless until 2022 Midnight; a makeover of the latter's “Anti-Hero” is the first track of the new release, while the friend Midnight The reinterpretation of “Snow on the Beach” is also among the tracklist.

Vitamin String Quartet scores first No. 1 on Classical Albums, among 10 entries. Here's a recap of the show's headliners, highlighting the group's takes on songs by other high-profile pop stars (including Swift's “Snow on the Beach” collaborator Lana Del Rey).

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VSQ performs Taylor Swift At the same time it becomes Vitamin String Quartet's first No. 1 on the Classical Crossover Albums Chart and the (newly developed) Indie Store album Sales chart.

On May 13, the Vitamin String Quartet, whose beginnings date back to the late 1990s, announced their latest tour, a 43-date trek that will begin Oct. 22 in Joliet, Ill., and run through the 16 February 2025, in Nashville.