Taylor Swift continues to dominate within the week following the discharge of her eleventh album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” The 31-track album has hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, tying Swift with Jay-Z for second-most No. 1 albums at 14. Only The Beatles, with 19 No. 1 albums, have had extra.
The double album has amassed 2.61 million equal album models, in line with Luminate, the trade knowledge and analytics firm. A surprising 1.91 million of these models come from conventional album gross sales — individuals buying downloads, CDs, cassettes and vinyl. Vinyl accounts for 859,000 models offered, the very best variety of vinyl gross sales in fashionable historical past.
It is the top-selling album of 2024, eclipsing Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter,” which offered 228,000 models. (But streaming was a boon: “Cowboy Carter” hit 407,000 equal album models, a mix of pure album gross sales and on-demand streams, earned within the U.S. in its first week.)
“The Tortured Poets Department” hit 891.34 million album streams, in line with Luminate, the largest streaming week for an album in historical past.
She’s damaged the very best single-week mark for an album, passing Drake’s 25-track “Scorpion” with 745.92 million in 2018, his 21-track “Certified Lover Boy” with 743.67 million in 2021, and her personal “Midnights” in 2022 with 549.3 million streams.
“My mind is blown. I’m completely floored by the love you’ve shown this album,” Swift wrote on X. “2.6 million are you actually serious? Thank you for listening, streaming, and welcoming Tortured Poets into your life. Feeling completely overwhelmed.”
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