It’s safe to say that Taylor Swift has come a long way from being the girl riding shotgun with her hair undone in the front seat of his car. Swift’s newest and first pop album “1989” went on sale Oct. 27, and industry forecasters predict that 1.2 million copies may be sold in the first week of release. This number comes dangerously close to her last and most successful album “Red” which hit 1.21 million.

After announcing the release in August, fans scrambled  to preorder the album, surpassing iTunes’ record  which was held by One Direction with 195,000 preorders for their album  “Midnight Memories” in 2013.

Though skeptics have been criticizing Swift for making the official move into pop music, Ed Christman of Billboard claims that “1989” could be “The Year’s Biggest Album.” Not only for the number of sells, but for the publicity surrounding what used to be a country girl stuck to her accoustic now turned glamorous pop sensation.

Swift gave us a taste of her new pop feel with the release of “Shake it Off” in August, which quickly became the number one single in the US. It’s become clear to many that Swift no longer cares to do what she know will please others, but what she wants to do.

“I’ve started to really take pride in being strong. I love the album I made. I love that I moved to New York. So in terms of being happy, I’ve never been closer to that,” Swift told Rolling Stone.

Taylor Swift is no stranger to success, and so ‘1989’ will probably just become the new high score for Swift to beat. Whether or not you’re a fan, it seems as if Taylor Swift can’t stop, won’t stop movin’ however she wants.

By Stephanie Sorich