Taylor Swift has already been breaking hearts and breaking records since it was released “The Tortured Poets Department” , but the extent of this will only be known in more detail when the album's full sales figures are released next week. In summary: It could be historically great.
The comprehensive Billboard 200 album chart and Billboard Hot 100 song chart that will include data on the first week's performance of “Tortured Poets” won't be released until Sunday the 28th and Monday the 29th, respectively, but here it is What we know: The surprise 31-song mega double album released on Friday (19) has already attracted impressive streaming numbers and become its biggest debut week sales to date, according to Billboard.
Some reviews were mixed, leading the New York Times to question whether we'd finally had enough of Taylor. But Swifties, as her dedicated fans are called, are listening to, and buying, the record regardless.
“The Tortured Poets Department” (“TTPD”) sold 1.5 million copies in the US in its first three days. With these numbers alone, the album recorded the highest first-week sales of any album since Adele's “25” nearly 3.4 million copies in one week in 2015. The album also surpassed the first-week sales in the US of “ 1989 (Taylor's Version)” (almost 1.4 million copies) in just three days.
The milestones for “Tortured Poets” may have just begun:
Billboard 200
Among female artists, the singer has the most No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200, with 13. If “Tortured Poets” wins No. 1 in its first week, it will be her 14th album to achieve the feat. Of Taylor's 15 albums to date (11 studio albums + four re-recorded “Taylor's Version”) releases, her 2006 self-titled debut album is the only album in her discography to not reach #1 on the Billboard 200 (it reached #1 on the Billboard 200). fifth position).
If “TTPD” rises to No. 1, she will tie Jay-Z as the artist with the second-most No. 1 albums on the chart. The Beatles currently hold the record with 19, but Taylor appears to be closing in on challenging the legendary rock band's position.
“Considering she’s had seven number one albums in the last four years – not counting TTPD! – certainly looks like she could catch up to the Beatles in a few years,” said Keith Caulfield, managing director of charts and data operations at Billboard, in an email sent to CNN on Monday (22).
Billboard Hot 100
Drake is the only artist who has had more songs appear in the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time than Taylor Swift, according to Billboard. In November 2021, the rapper had 15 songs occupy positions in the top 20. In the same month, she had 14 songs in the top 20.
With 31 songs from “TTPD” in play, it could potentially surpass Drake's top 20 record in the coming weeks.
In 2022, Taylor became the first artist in Billboard history to occupy all 10 positions at the same time on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart with tracks from “Midnights.” She has also appeared in the top five, top 10, top 20 and top 40 more than any other female artist, according to Billboard.
Streaming records
The streaming records for “Tortured Poets” are equally impressive, with the album breaking all-time marks across the big three music streaming services: Apple Music, Spotify and Amazon Music .
Taylor released the first 16-track album on Friday, with the 15-track “TTPD: The Anthology” coming two hours later in a surprise release.
“After we tell our saddest story, we can free ourselves from it,” she wrote when the album was released. “And then all that’s left is tortured poetry.”
Her ability to continue breaking records, however, is something she's unlikely to leave behind.
Source: CNN Brasil

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