Singer Taylor Swift, 34, returned to the top of the Billboard 200, the main album chart in the United States, this week. According to the update released by the North American magazine on Sunday (8), the album “The Tortured Poets Department”, released in April this year, sold 405,000 units.
The mark represents an increase of 839% compared to the numbers presented by the album in the previous week and was boosted by the release of the physical version of “The Anthology”, which hit stores on November 29th, more than eight months after its release. on streaming platforms.
This is because Taylor Swift’s latest project was released as a double album. The first part had 17 songs and the version of “The Anthology” delivered 14 additional songs to the blonde’s fans.
With its return to the top of the Billboard 200, “The Tortured Poets Department” reached its 16th week at the position and became the third album released by a woman to spend more time at the top of the chart. Above him are two music classics:
- “21”, by Adele, with 24 weeks;
- “The Bodyguard” (soundtrack to the film “The Bodyguard”), by Whitney Houston, 20 weeks old.
The feat was achieved on the same day that Taylor Swift ended “The Eras Tour”, a tour with which she toured the entire world and raised more than US$1 billion (around R$6 billion). The last show was held in the city of Vancouver, Canada.
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This content was originally published in Taylor Swift’s album returns to the top of the Billboard eight months after release on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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