The Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poet’s Department Album broke all the records, and has topped the UK charts with the biggest first week sales in seven years.
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Released on April 19th, the album into the depths of heartbreak and resilience. Swift known for her poetic lyrical genius and storytelling, has release an album with 16 main tracks. The album also features “The Tortured Poet’s Department: The Anthology” a double album that adds other 15 songs to the original track list.
The 31 tracks double album, beating her previous personal record of 204,000 for her 2022 album, Midnights. The album shifted 270,000 UK chart units. The last an album sold this high was in 2017, when Ed Shereen’s ‘Divide’ album sold 670,000 copies.
The album’s success is not just a testament to Swift’s power but also ability to connect with the listeners on a personal level. The unavoidable cycle of news about Taylor swift’s breakup from longtime boyfriend Joe Alwyn as well as her blossoming romance with Travis Kelce, only acted as a cherry on top of hype of the album ‘The Tortured Poet’s Department’.
Swift’s journey through the album is a rollercoaster of emotions, from the heartbreaking “So Long, London,” where she bids farewell to a key chapter in her life, to the defiant “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart,” which tells her capacity to perform despite personal turmoil inside.
Critiques lauded the album and Swifts for its poetic depth and relativity with the listeners. The record’s success has been evident through its numbers. The album broke dozens of records in just first week of its release. Here’s a glance of it:
Billion Spotify listeners in a Week
By the end of the release day, Friday, The Tortured Poet’s Department had become Spotify’s most streamed in a single day.
Five days later, it was streamed for the billionth time, it was first time ever for an album to achieve that feat in a week.
Spotify’s Most pre-saved Countdown
Before the album was even released, it broke records with its countdown page on Spotify. It broke the streaming service’s record for the most pre-saves in the history. Fans eagerly watched as each second ticked down, anticipating the album that awaited them.
Spotify’s Most Streamed Song in a Day
Taylor Swift’s Fortnight, the song featuring guest vocals by Post Malone is the first single and the first track on the album The Tortured Poet’s Department. The song alone managed to garner 25.2 million streams on the day of its release.
The last record was hit on the Christmas Eve 2023, Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You was streamed 23.7 million times.
Taylor Swift Beating The Beatles
Taylor Swift broke The Beatles record of achieving a dozen number one album in UK. Very few artists have managed to achieve them so far.
The Beatles took 14 years and one month between their Please Please Me (1963) and The Beatles at Hollywood Bowl (1977) while Taylor achieved that in 11 years and six months starting from her first album Red in October 2012 and now The Tortured Poet’s Department in 2024.
Single Week Vinyl Sales
Out of the 1.5 millionfirst week album sales, 700,000 of them we Vinyl copies. This breaks Taylor’s own record, set by “1989 (Taylor’s Version) in 2023, for the largest week for an album on vinyl in the modern era.
Biggest Streaming Week of all Time
With its first week on the market The Tortured Poet’s Department became most streamed album in a single week with 799 million streams across all platforms, surpassing Drake’s previous record of 745.92 million with his 2018 LP Scorpion.
Most streamed Album of the Week
The Tortured Poet’s Department became most streamed album in a day with 300M streams. The previous record was held by Beyonce’s Cowboy carter with 300.41M on-demand official streams in the first week of its release.
As Taylor continues to dominate the music industry, The Tortured Poets Department stands as a testament to her enduring influence. As Swifties (her fans) break the records for her Taylor continues to redefine and power of music to heal and inspire.
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