Taylor Swift Albums, Ranked

Won the 2021 Grammy for Album of the Year and drew her strongest reviews (Metacritic 88), reinventing her as an indie-folk storyteller with Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff.

Won Album of the Year at the 2016 Grammys and completed her switch to synth-pop with 'Blank Space' and 'Shake It Off,' selling over 1.28 million copies in its US debut week.

Critically reappraised as her sharpest writing, anchored by the ten-minute 'All Too Well'; its 2021 re-record version made that track the longest song ever to top the Hot 100.

Won the 2024 Album of the Year (her record fourth), broke Spotify's single-day streaming record on release, and swept the top ten of the Hot 100 with 'Anti-Hero' at number one.

Made her, at 20, the youngest Album of the Year Grammy winner at the time (2010) and remains one of country's best-selling albums with 'Love Story' and 'You Belong with Me.'

Written solo with no co-writers across all 14 tracks, a rare feat for a mainstream album, earning wide critical respect for its craft and ambition.

The surprise 2020 companion to Folklore continued its acclaimed indie-folk mode and earned an Album of the Year nomination, though generally rated a notch below its predecessor.

Positively reviewed return to bright pop that produced the slow-burn smash 'Cruel Summer'; sprawling at 18 tracks but home to some of her most-streamed songs.

Commercially dominant as 2017's best-selling US album, but its aggressive electro-pop split critics, landing it as a polarizing but influential era.

Set streaming records as the first album to pass one billion Spotify streams in a week, but its 31-track anthology drew mixed reviews for bloat and repetition.

Historically vital as the launchpad that made her a teen country star with 'Tim McGraw' and 'Our Song,' but the least sonically developed record in the catalog.

A faithful 2021 re-recording valued for restoring master ownership and unveiling the ten-minute 'All Too Well,' ranked here as a revisit rather than a new artistic statement.

The 2021 re-recording that opened her ownership project; historically significant and chart-topping, but musically a near-replica placed low for originality.

Well-received 2023 re-cut with 'From the Vault' extras, but it retreads an album already ranked at the top rather than breaking new ground.

A loyal 2023 re-recording prized by fans for reclaiming her catalog, but as a duplicate it sits lowest on an acclaim-and-impact scale.