Reputation (album)

reputation
Taylor Swift studio album
Publication (s)	November 10, 2017
Label (s)	Big Machine Records
Format (s)	CD , download
Genre (s)	Pop music , synth pop , electro pop
Title (number)	15th
running time	55:38
production	Taylor Swift ( Executive Producer ) , Jack Antonoff , Max Martin , Shellback , Ali Payami, Oscar Görres, Oscar Holter
chronology 1989 (2014) reputation Lover (2019)
Single releases August 25, 2017 Look What You Made Me Do October 24, 2017 ... Ready for It? November 14, 2017 End game March 12, 2018 Delicate

reputation (also: Reputation, English for the reputation, the view ) is the sixth studio album by the American singer Taylor Swift . It was released on November 10, 2017 on the Big Machine Records label.

production

Taylor Swift himself acted as executive producer on the album . The music producers Jack Antonoff , Max Martin , Shellback , Ali Payami, Oscar Görres and Oscar Holter were also involved in the production of the songs .

Cover design

The album cover is in black and white and shows Taylor Swift wearing a sweater and necklace and looking at the viewer. To the right of the picture are newspaper articles headlined Taylor Swift , some of which are written across her face. The title reputation can be read in black at the top left . The cover was designed by the London photographer duo Mert and Marcus .

Guest Posts

The only guest appearances on the album come from the British singer Ed Sheeran and the US rapper Future , both of whom can be heard on the song End Game .

Track list

No.	title	Songwriter	production	length
1.	... Ready for It?	Taylor Swift , Max Martin , Shellback , Ali Payami	Martin, Shellback, Payami	3:28
2.	End Game (featuring Ed Sheeran and Future )	Swift, Martin, Shellback, Ed Sheeran , Nayvadius Wilburn	Martin, Shellback	4:04
3.	I Did Something Bad	Swift, Martin, Shellback	Martin, Shellback	3:58
4th	Don't blame me	Swift, Martin, Shellback	Martin, Shellback	3:56
5.	Delicate	Swift, Martin, Shellback	Martin, Shellback	3:52
6th	Look What You Made Me Do	Swift, Jack Antonoff , Richard Fairbrass , Fred Fairbrass , Rob Manzoli	Antonoff, Swift	3:31
7th	So It Goes ...	Swift, Martin, Shellback, Oscar Görres	Martin, Shellback, Görres	3:47
8th.	Gorgeous	Swift, Martin, Shellback	Martin, Shellback	3:29
9.	Getaway Car	Swift, Antonoff	Antonoff, Swift	3:53
10.	King of My Heart	Swift, Martin, Shellback	Martin, Shellback	3:34
11.	Dancing with Our Hands Tied	Swift, Martin, Shellback, Oscar Holter	Martin, Shellback, Holter	3:31
12.	Dress	Swift, Antonoff	Antonoff, Swift	3:50
13.	This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things	Swift, Antonoff	Antonoff, Swift	3:27
14th	Call It What You Want	Swift, Antonoff	Antonoff, Swift	3:23
15th	New Year's Day	Swift, Antonoff	Antonoff, Swift	3:55
Overall length:				55:38

Chart placements and singles

Reputation entered the German album charts at number 2 on November 17, 2017 and was in the top 100 for 22 weeks. It topped the charts in the United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland, and Austria. It was ranked 60th in the German album annual charts 2017.

The song Look What You Made Me Do was released as the first single on the album on August 25, 2017 . To do this, Taylor Swift deleted all content on her public network profiles a few days before the song was released. She then posted short video clips showing a snake. The release reached number 3 in the German charts and topped the charts in Great Britain and the United States.

On September 3, the promo single … Ready for It? released. The song was finally released on October 24, 2017 as the second official single from the album.

On October 20, Swift released the song Gorgeous as a promo single. With Call It What You Want , another song was released on November 3, 2017, a week before the album was released, to promote the sound carrier.

The third full-fledged single End Game was released on November 14th, followed by New Year's Day as another promo single on November 27th, 2017. They were initially only released in France and the USA. On March 12, 2018, a music video for the song Delicate was also released , which was released as the fourth single at the same time.

With 48 weeks in the Top 40 of the Billboard album charts, Reputation was the top-selling album in the United States in 2018.

album

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2017	reputation	DE2 (22 weeks) DE	AT1 platinum (17 weeks)AT	CH1 (11 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (57 weeks)UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (… Where.)US	First published: November 10, 2017 Sales: + 4,500,000

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2017	Look What You Made Me Do	DE3 gold (14 weeks)DE	AT2 (13 weeks) AT	CH6 (13 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (13 weeks)UK	US1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: August 24, 2017 Sales: + 5,665,000
	Gorgeous	DE45 (1 week) DE	AT32 (1 week) AT	CH46 (1 week) CH	UK15th silver (14 weeks)UK	US13 gold (4 weeks)US	First published: October 20, 2017 Sales: + 770,000
	... Ready for It?	DE47 (5 weeks) DE	AT26 (6 weeks) AT	CH41 (5 weeks) CH	UK7th silver (16 weeks)UK	US4th × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	Initial release: October 24, 2017 Sales: + 2,520,000
	Call It What You Want	DE99 (1 week) DE	AT43 (1 week) AT	CH96 (1 week) CH	UK29 (2 weeks) UK	US27 gold (2 weeks)US	First published: November 3rd, 2017 Sales: + 535,000
	End game	-	-	-	UK49 (7 weeks) UK	US18th platinum (14 weeks)US	First published: November 14, 2017 Sales: + 1,170,000; (feat. Ed Sheeran & Future )
2018	Delicate	-	AT70 (2 weeks) AT	CH88 (3 weeks) CH	UK45 silver (15 weeks)UK	US12 platinum (35 weeks)US	First published: March 12, 2018 Sales: + 1,235,000

Sales figures and awards

Just one month after its release, the album went triple-platinum for more than three million units sold in the United States .

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	3 × platinum	210,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	10,000
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	platinum	60,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	2 × platinum	30,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	15,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	20,000
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	3 × gold 11 × platinum	3,745,000

Main article: Taylor Swift / Music Sales Awards

reception

Professional reviews
Average rating
source	rating
Metacritic	71%
More reviews
source	rating
laut.de
Rolling Stone
allmusic

The album received mostly positive reviews from critics. The site Metacritic calculated an average of 71% from 28 reviews of English-language media.

Markus Brandstetter from the website laut.de rated reputation with three out of a possible five points. The album delivers "pop songs in ultra-HD that are highly cultivated under laboratory conditions" and have a "brilliant sound costume". However, the singer sometimes "loses sight of the song", which means that "little is left in the end".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Photographers Mert + Marcus Look Back on 20 Years in Fashion" on time.com (in English)
2. ^ "Taylor Swift Reputation Commercial Target" on YouTube (in English)
3. ↑ Reputation chart tracking on officialcharts.de
4. ↑ Annual album charts 2017
5. ↑ Look What You Made Me Do on rp-online.de
6. ↑ … Ready for It? on heute.at
7. ↑ ... Ready for It? on laut.de
8. ↑ Call It What You Want on musikexpress.de
9. ^ "Taylor Swift propose" End Game "aux radios françaises, un titre partagé avec Ed Sheeran et Future"
10. ↑ "Taylor Swift's 'New Year's Day' Goes to Country Radio: Is Country Ready for It?"
11. ↑ The Year in Charts 2018: Drake Is Top Artist & Taylor Swift's 'Reputation' Is Biggest Album of the Year. Retrieved January 3, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Chart positions: DE AT CH UK US
13. ↑ Worldwide sales by Reputation 2017 on ifpi.org, 2018, English. Accessed May 31, 2018.
14. ↑ Rating: metacritic.com
15. ↑ Rating: laut.de
16. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone
17. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com