Pop megastar Taylor Swift sells 2.61 million albums and streaming units of The Tortured Poets Department during its first week of release in the US.
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00:00 Pop megastar Taylor Swift sells 2.61 million albums and streaming units of the Tortured
00:07 Poets Department during its first week of release in the US.
00:11 Billboard on Sunday, April 28 calls the feat "a gigantic debut at number one on the Billboard
00:17 200 albums chart."
00:19 The Tortured Poets Department is also the top-selling album so far in 2024.
00:24 It is Taylor's 14th chart-topping album, tying with Jay-Z for the most number ones among
00:30 soloists.
00:31 Taylor released the first 16 tracks of Poets on April 19 and surprised fans two hours later
00:36 by revealing it was a double album with 15 more songs.
00:40 She also tops the British music charts on Friday, April 27, beating the Beatles for
00:44 the record of fastest artist to rack up 12 UK number one albums.
00:49 Taylor will resume her Ears Tour, the highest-grossing concert tour in history, in Paris in May.
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