The album The Department of Tortured Poetsby Taylor Swift, was at number one on the Billboard 200 chart for nine consecutive weeks. According to Luminate, approximately 126,000 units of the album have been sold in the United States.
Of Swift’s 14 No. 1 hits on the Billboard 200, the CD now ranks second in number of weeks; 1989 AND Fearlesseach adds up to 11.
It is worth mentioning that the singer is at the top of the Billboard 200 for its 78th week, extending her record among soloists. Elvis Presley is second with 67. He is currently tied with Jay-Z.
It’s worth noting that the Billboard 200 chart ranks the week’s most popular albums in the United States based on consumption measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units include album sales, song equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums. Each unit is equivalent to one album sale, or 10 individual songs sold from an album, or 3,750 official ad-supported audio and video on-demand streams, or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand audio and video streams generated from songs in an album.
Taylor Swift performs “I Hate It Here” live for the first time.
Last Tuesday (18), singer Taylor Swift presented it The Turn of the Ages in Cardiff, Wales and sang for the first time I hate it here with The lakes.
The acoustic section of the show, where Taylor performs a surprise musical set, saw the song’s live debut I hate it here, from the new album, combined with the bonus track The lakes, In Folklore.
“This is a song I’ve never played live before. Wish me luck!” he said before starting to play the piano.
The most recent stop on the tour was at Wembley Stadium in London for three consecutive nights, from 21st to 23rd June.
Source: Terra
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