All the Records That Taylor Swift’s New Album Broke
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Ever since its release, Taylor Swift’s new album has been making waves in the music industry. Have you been keeping up with all the records it has broken? From streaming numbers to chart-topping hits, Swift’s latest release has been making history left and right. But, what records did Taylor Swift’s new album break in reality?
Taylor Swift’s New Album “Tortured Poets Department”
Taylor Swift surprised fans with an even bigger release than anticipated, dropping 31 new songs in just two hours on April 19, far exceeding the previously confirmed 16 main and four bonus tracks. She had been working on her latest project, produced by Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner, for about two years before its release. She mentioned at a February Eras Tour show that she had started working on it immediately after submitting her Billboard 200-topping album “Midnights” to her label in 2022.
The news cycle surrounding her breakups with Joe Alwyn and Matty Healy, as well as her new relationship with Travis Kelce, added to the hype leading up to the release. Swift also emphasized at another Eras concert that she had never felt the need for songwriting more than with this album.
Taylor Swift’s New Album Records
These are all the significant records broken by “The Tortured Poets Department” so far:
Fastest Album to Reach 1 Billion Streams on Spotify
Just five days after its release, “The Tortured Poets Department” became the first album in Spotify history to surpass one billion streams in a single week. It now holds the record as the fastest album to reach this milestone in history.
The Most Single-Day Spotify Song Streams
The opening track of “The Tortured Poets Department” titled “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone, broke Spotify’s record for the most streams in a single day for one song.
Spotify’s Most Pre-Saved Countdown
Before the release of “The Tortured Poets Department“, its countdown page on Spotify broke the streaming service’s record for the most pre-saves in history. The countdown started on March 28, two weeks before the album’s release date, and fans could watch as each second ticked down. Additionally, Spotify continuously updated the tab with links to Taylor Swift’s merchandise and cryptic videos of her printing lyrics from the album with a typewriter.
Most Single-Week Vinyl Sales
Out of “Tortured Poets” 1.5 million first-week sales, 700,000 were vinyl copies, breaking Taylor Swift’s own record for the largest sales week for an album on vinyl in the modern era. This surpassed the 693,000 vinyl copies sold of ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ in its first week in 2023. Before its release, Swift announced four vinyl variants of Tortured Poets, each containing the 16 songs on the album’s main tracklist plus one bonus song.”
Biggest Pop Album on Apple Music
“The Tortured Poets Department” broke Apple Music’s record for the biggest pop album of all time by first-day streams shortly after its release.
Most Single-Day Spotify Song Streams
The opening track of “The Tortured Poets Department,” titled “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone, broke Spotify’s record for the most streams ever garnered by one song in a day.
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