Taylor Swift’s new album sold 1.4 million copies in just one day

Taylor Swift’s new album sold 1.4 million copies in just one day


“The Tortured Poets Department” is a great success, with record sales and impressive numbers in all formats

Taylor Swift has once again proven that she is the leading pop singer of today. His new album, “The Tortured Poets Department”, sold 1.4 million copies in physical format and paid downloads alone on the day of release (4/19) in the United States, a record for 2024. The figure is impressive and places the singer at an even higher level in the music industry.

If we add the album’s performances on streaming platforms, the total reaches 1 million and 600 thousand copies. Just three days after its release, “The Tortured Poets Department” has already surpassed the record of “1989 (Taylor’s Version)”, which is the best-selling album in 2023 in the shortest time possible, with 1.6 million copies in six days. The record of “Midnights” (2022) was also surpassed, with 1.5 million copies.

Overcoming the giants of pop music

To get an idea of ​​the scale of Taylor Swift’s success, “The Tortured Poets Department” has already sold more than double the units of Beyoncé’s album “Cowboy Carter” in the first two weeks (535 thousand copies), considering physical sales. , paid downloads and streaming. The number is also four times higher than that of Ariana Grande’s “Eternal Sunshine,” which sold 327,500 units in its first 14 days. And to top it off, Swift’s new album has sold nearly 13 times more than the current No. 1 on the Billboard 200, Future & Metro Boomin’s “We Still Don’t Trust You,” which has sold 127.5 thousand copies.

The success of “The Tortured Poets Department” is no surprise to Taylor Swift fans. The singer has demonstrated several times that she is capable of breaking records and conquering the public with her music. On social media, fans are celebrating the artist’s new milestone and speculating on what other records she might break with this new album.

Source: Terra

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