Ngesonto eledlule, uTaylor Swift ukhiphe isimanga, i-albhamu entsha ebizwa ngeFloklore, i-albhamu entsha ephula wonke amarekhodi okukhiqizwa kabusha kwezinsizakalo zokusakaza umculo. Ngokusho komnqamulajuqu i-Deadline, i-albhamu entsha kaTaylor Swift isungule irekhodi elisha lemifudlana ye-Apple Music nge Ukubukwa okuyizigidi ezingama-35,47.
Ngokungafani neminyaka edlule, lapho uSwift aqale akhipha ama-albhamu akhe amasha okwesikhashana ku-Apple Music, isihloko esisha siyatholakala kuwo wonke amasevisi wevidiyo asakazwayo. KuSpotify, inani lokubukwa phakathi kwamahora okuqala angama-24 laliyizigidi ezingama-79,1, okungukuthi irekhodi elisha lomculi wesifazane emahoreni angama-24 okuqala.
Ngenxa yalezi zibalo, le albhamu entsha izoqala ukubonakala kunombolo 1 kumashadi we-albhamu kaBillboard futhi uzodlula izinombolo ze-albhamu yakhe yakamuva ethi Lover ekhishwe ngonyaka odlule.
Izinganekwane yi-albhamu ka-Taylor Swift yesishiyagalombili, i-albhamu entsha ebingalindelwe muntu futhi nezingoma zayo bekungukuthi ibhaliwe futhi yarekhodwa ngesikhathi sokuvalwa kwe-COVID-19.
Ngemuva kokwethulwa kwe-Apple Music ngoJuni 2015, uTaylor Swift ugcine i-albhamu ka-1989 ku-Apple Music ngemuva kokumemezela ukungavumi kwakhe ukuthi i-Apple iphathe kanjani izinyanga ezintathu zokuqala kwecala eyazinikeza bonke abasebenzisi, njengobanoma uzokhokha abaculi ngaleso sikhathi.
Ngokushesha, i-Apple yashintsha umqondo wayo yathi lokho Ngangizothwala izindleko ngesikhathi sokuzama. Ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho, u-Apple noTaylor Swift basayine ubudlelwano obudonse iminyaka eminingana futhi obuvumele i-Apple Music ukuthi ijabulele ama-albhamu akamuva alo mculi kuphela ngaphambi kokukhishwa kwawo kwamanye amapulatifomu.
