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Red is het vierde studioalbum van de Amerikaanse singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Het album werd uitgebracht op 22 oktober 2012 door het platenlabel Big Machine Records. Volgens Swift beschrijven de liedjes op het album allemaal emoties die zij associeert met de kleur rood ("red"), zoals liefde, frustratie, jaloezie en verwarring.

Het album werd genomineerd voor twee Grammy Awards (Album of the Year en Best Country Album). Daarnaast wisten twee singles van Red de Nederlandse Top 40 en de Ultratop 50 te bereiken, namelijk "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" en "I Knew You Were Trouble". Daarmee waren de singles van Red succesvoller in Nederland en Vlaanderen dan die van haar eerdere albums.

Op 12 november 2021 verscheen een heropname van Red (inclusief een aantal nieuwe nummers) onder de naam Red (Taylor's Version). Swift nam het album opnieuw op naar aanleiding van haar conflict met haar voormalige platenlabel Big Machine. Red (Taylor's Version) is de tweede heropname die Swift uitbrengt, na Fearless (Taylor's Version) eerder in 2021.

Red (Taylor's Version) is the second re-recorded album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on November 12, 2021, by Republic Records. A re-recording of Swift's fourth studio album, Red (2012), the album is part of her re-recording projects following the 2019 dispute over the ownership of her back catalog.

Red (Taylor's Version) includes re-recorded versions of Red and the 2012 charity single "Ronan", as well as nine tracks denoted as "From the Vault": six unreleased songs, a 10-minute-long version of "All Too Well", and solo versions of "Better Man" (2016) and "Babe" (2018), which Swift had written for other artists. Swift and most original producers reprised their works on the re-recorded tracks with additions from Christopher Rowe, and the vault tracks featured inputs from Aaron Dessner, Jack Antonoff, Elvira Anderfjärd, and Espionage, with features from Phoebe Bridgers, Ed Sheeran, and Chris Stapleton.

Music critics described Red (Taylor's Version) as an eclectic album combining styles of pop, country, rock, and electronic, featuring various instruments such as acoustic strings and electronic keyboards. Its songs address the different dynamics of love and heartbreak. Met with unanimous acclaim, the album received critical praise for Swift's vocals, its enhanced production quality, and the vault tracks. Commercially, Red (Taylor's Version) topped the charts in Australia, Canada, and the UK Albums Chart, among others. In the United States, it was Swift's fourth number-one on the Billboard 200 in less than 16 months, registering the shortest time span for an artist to collect four number-one albums.

Swift promoted the album with televised appearances on NBC talk shows and a self-directed short film accompanying "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)". Red (Taylor's Version) broke the record for the most single-week new entries by an artist with 26 of its tracks charting on the Billboard Hot 100; "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" became the longest song to ever top the chart. The vault tracks "I Bet You Think About Me" and "Message in a Bottle" were promoted as radio singles. Publications have credited Red (Taylor's Version) with popularizing the "Sad Girl Autumn" popular culture phenomenon. The album won a Billboard Music Award, two American Music Awards, and an NME Award.