artist stats Taylor Swift: The Receipts | 2023 update!

[GuusLima]

Norway:

 

cardigan — Gold (30,000)
willow — Gold (30,000)
exile — Gold (30,000)

 

folklore — Platinum (20,000)

evermore — Gold (10,000)

[Temporal]

US Album Activity

Lover - 3.61M

folklore - 3.02M

evermore - 1.64M

Fearless (Taylor's Version) - 0.89M

Red (Taylor's Version) - 0.61M

[nooniebao]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Fifteen]

pretty amazing tbh 

REDTV could cross 4M ww in the long run

[Squall]

if we go by Billboard units (so without counting pre-release units), Lover is definitely coming for 4M this year:

 

2019: 1,918,000

2020: 848,300

2021: 660,000 

 

Total: 3,426,000

 

The longevity

[ithinkheknowsoutsold]

22 hours ago, Squall said:

if we go by Billboard units (so without counting pre-release units), Lover is definitely coming for 4M this year:

 

2019: 1,918,000

2020: 848,300

2021: 660,000 

 

Total: 3,426,000

 

The longevity

In overall US SPS, Lover stands at:

 

2019: 2,191,000

2020: 876,000

2021: 661,000

 

Total: 3,728,000

 

At its current rate, Lover will be at 4M units before even May, and could top 5M total SPS by the end of next year. Its probably going to end up being the best selling female album released in 2019 at this rate, considering Billie Eilish's When We All Asleep, Where Do We Go? has seen a big decline in consumption compared to this point last year, while Lover has seen a big surge.

 

 

[ithinkheknowsoutsold]

On 8/17/2021 at 11:48 AM, ithinkheknowsoutsold said:

Total US pure sales:
Lover: 1,334,000
Folklore: 1,459,000
Evermore: 685,000

Total US SPS:
Lover: 3,445,000
Folklore: 2,785,000
Evermore: 1,458,000

Based on their current weekly stats, Lover will top 4M in total US activity in July 2022, Folklore will top 3M in total US activity in November 2021, and Evermore will top 2M total US activity in May 2022. Taylor will therefore become the first female artist to have her first seven studio albums reach quadruple platinum status in the US, the first to have her first eight albums reach triple platinum status, and the first to have her first nine albums reach multi-platinum status.

Update to this:

 

Total US pure sales:
Lover: 1,411,000
Folklore: 1,568,000
Evermore: 813,000

Fearless (Taylor's Version): 521,000

Red (Taylor's Version): 621,000

 

Total US SPS:
Lover: 3,728,000
Folklore: 3,148,000
Evermore: 1,787,000

Fearless (Taylor's Version): 1,016,000

Red (Taylor's Version): 1,137,000

 

Based on their current weekly stats, Lover will top 4M in total US activity in June 2022, Folklore will top 4M in total US activity in February 2023, and Evermore will top 2M total US activity in April 2022. Hard to predict what Fearless TV and Red TV would do, but it's not unrealistic to expect them to finish the year with 1.5M and 2M total activity.

Edited January 8, 2022 by ithinkheknowsoutsold

[Squall]

11 hours ago, ithinkheknowsoutsold said:

In overall US SPS, Lover stands at:

 

2019: 2,191,000

2020: 876,000

2021: 661,000

 

Total: 3,728,000

 

At its current rate, Lover will be at 4M units before even May, and could top 5M total SPS by the end of next year. Its probably going to end up being the best selling female album released in 2019 at this rate, considering Billie Eilish's When We All Asleep, Where Do We Go? has seen a big decline in consumption compared to this point last year, while Lover has seen a big surge.

 

 

Yeah I messed up the 2019 numbers, that HDD article stopped the count on November 21st 2019  

[Squall]

10 hours ago, ithinkheknowsoutsold said:

Update to this:

 

Total US pure sales:
Lover: 1,411,000
Folklore: 1,568,000
Evermore: 813,000

Fearless (Taylor's Version): 521,000

Red (Taylor's Version): 621,000

 

Total US SPS:
Lover: 3,728,000
Folklore: 3,148,000
Evermore: 1,787,000

Fearless (Taylor's Version): 1,016,000

Red (Taylor's Version): 1,137,000

 

Based on their current weekly stats, Lover will top 4M in total US activity in June 2022, Folklore will top 4M in total US activity in February 2023, and Evermore will top 2M total US activity in April 2022. Hard to predict what Fearless TV and Red TV would do, but it's not unrealistic to expect them to finish the year with 1.5M and 2M total activity.

Also, for Reputation, if I didn't mess up:

 

2017: 2,337,000
2018: 939,000
2019: 457,000
2020: 314,800
2021: 370,000

 

Total: 4,418,000

 

Also, since pre-release units aren't included, the Lover/reputation "total actvity" numbers (the ones used by the RIAA for certifications) are probably higher, aren't they?

Edited January 8, 2022 by Squall

[simmnfierzig]

12 hours ago, ithinkheknowsoutsold said:

Update to this:

 

Total US pure sales:
Lover: 1,411,000
Folklore: 1,568,000
Evermore: 813,000

Fearless (Taylor's Version): 521,000

Red (Taylor's Version): 621,000

 

Total US SPS:
Lover: 3,728,000
Folklore: 3,148,000
Evermore: 1,787,000

Fearless (Taylor's Version): 1,016,000

Red (Taylor's Version): 1,137,000

 

Based on their current weekly stats, Lover will top 4M in total US activity in June 2022, Folklore will top 4M in total US activity in February 2023, and Evermore will top 2M total US activity in April 2022. Hard to predict what Fearless TV and Red TV would do, but it's not unrealistic to expect them to finish the year with 1.5M and 2M total activity.

Thank you 

The older ones are probably harder to update

 

2M seems pretty low for Red at the end of the year. I'm hopeful it can do more than that 

And possibly pass evermore this year or next 

Edited January 8, 2022 by simmnfierzig

[ithinkheknowsoutsold]

9 hours ago, Squall said:

Also, for Reputation, if I didn't mess up:

 

2017: 2,337,000
2018: 939,000
2019: 457,000
2020: 314,800
2021: 370,000

 

Total: 4,418,000

 

Also, since pre-release units aren't included, the Lover/reputation "total actvity" numbers (the ones used by the RIAA for certifications) are probably higher, aren't they?

These numbers do include pre-release units though. Without pre-release units, Reputation would be at around 4,168,000 and Lover would be at 3,463,000 units. Lover's RIAA units are therefore accurate, but Reputation's RIAA units are over 5M since RIAA takes into account all shipments and not just sales, and Reputation has quite a lot of still unsold shipments owing to the release of the Target magazine 'bundles' in its biggest sales weeks.

8 hours ago, simmnfierzig said:

Thank you 

No worries!

8 hours ago, simmnfierzig said:

The older ones are probably harder to update

Unfortunately they are, otherwise I would've done them a while ago. Maybe Billboard will be kind enough in the future to give us total albums SPS instead of just pure sales when they do their Ask Billboard responses.

8 hours ago, simmnfierzig said:

2M seems pretty low for Red at the end of the year. I'm hopeful it can do more than that 

And possibly pass evermore this year or next 

I'd like to see it do more, but Taylor's last album released in November, Reputation, did around 939,000 units in its second year, and it had a massive stadium tour as well as a big hit in the form of Delicate to its name that year. Red TV likely won't have that, so its units should be lower. To compensate for that, it's gonna have better vinyl shipments and much stronger streaming, so around 800,000 to 1,000,000 units for this year seems reasonable.

[Cloröx]

Taylor Swift's Top 15 most viewed music videos on YouTube (as of January 18):

 

01. Shake It Off - 3,134,160,806

02. Blank Space - 2,917,003,996

03. Bad Blood - 1,472,641,567

04. Look What You Made Me Do - 1,305,241,484

05. You Belong With Me - 1,273,367,596

06. I Don't Wanna Live Forever - 930,215,144

07. Wildest Dreams - 796,113,141

08. Style - 691,775,240

09. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - 680,809,146

10. Love Story - 617,439,586

11. 22 - 601,088,467

12. I Knew You Were Trouble - 487,929,997

13. Delicate - 466,956,546

14. ME! - 379,095,444

15. Everything Has Changed - 371,755,668

Edited January 18, 2022 by Cloröx

[JorgeM]

20 minutes ago, Cloröx said:

Taylor Swift's Top 15 most viewed music videos on YouTube (as of January 18):

 

01. Shake It Off - 3,134,160,806

02. Blank Space - 2,917,003,996

03. Bad Blood - 1,472,641,567

04. Look What You Made Me Do - 1,305,241,484

05. You Belong With Me - 1,273,367,596

06. I Don't Wanna Live Forever - 930,215,144

07. Wildest Dreams - 796,113,141

08. Style - 691,775,240

09. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - 680,809,146

10. Love Story - 617,439,586

11. 22 - 601,088,467

12. I Knew You Were Trouble - 487,929,997

13. Delicate - 466,956,546

14. ME! - 379,095,444

15. Everything Has Changed - 371,755,668

It’s a pity that IDWLF views are split in three channels, it would be her Sixth 1 billion video 

[Cloröx]

Taylor Swift's Top 20 most streamed songs on Spotify (combined all official versions including remixes as of January 16):

 

01. I Don't Wanna Live Forever - 1,196,011,073

02. Love Story - 718,486,623

03. Blank Space - 702,954,221

04. Shake It Off - 698,878,123

05. Look What You Made Me Do - 690,982,274

06. Lover - 658,860,400

07. ME! - 618,373,820

08. You Need To Calm Down - 611,486,123

09. Wildest Dreams - 588,040,436

10. Delicate - 580,317,697

11. I Knew You Were Trouble - 532,496,144

12. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - 468,616,348

13. All Too Well - 436,236,463

14. You Belong With Me - 433,637,760

15. Willow - 396,531,396

16. Ready For It? - 388,672,314

17. Cardigan - 387,144,773

18. Exile - 345,722,423

19. Bad Blood - 326,933,266

20. The Man - 321,257,702

 

Edited January 26, 2022 by Cloröx

[JawBreaker]

On 1/9/2022 at 2:41 AM, ithinkheknowsoutsold said:

and Reputation has quite a lot of still unsold shipments owing to the release of the Target magazine 'bundles' in its biggest sales weeks.

But wait werent they already accounted for when they certified it 3x platinum in December 2017? Cuz it obviously didnt move 3m units in just a month. 

[simmnfierzig]

16 minutes ago, JawBreaker said:

But wait werent they already accounted for when they certified it 3x platinum in December 2017? Cuz it obviously didnt move 3m units in just a month. 

Um yes... But they arent included in the 4.2M units number 

 

Not like anybody was counting units since it was certified 3x platinum

[ithinkheknowsoutsold]

25 minutes ago, JawBreaker said:

But wait werent they already accounted for when they certified it 3x platinum in December 2017? Cuz it obviously didnt move 3m units in just a month. 

Reputation was at ~2,040,000 units the day it was certified 3x platinum, so the shipments must've counted that week. It's at 4,432,000 units in the US right now without taking into account the shipments, and with them, it should easily go above 5x platinum eligibility. Therefore the RIAA units could be anywhere between 5.2M and 5.6M as of now.

[JawBreaker]

3 hours ago, simmnfierzig said:

Um yes... But they arent included in the 4.2M units number 

 

Not like anybody was counting units since it was certified 3x platinum

 

3 hours ago, ithinkheknowsoutsold said:

Reputation was at ~2,040,000 units the day it was certified 3x platinum, so the shipments must've counted that week. It's at 4,432,000 units in the US right now without taking into account the shipments, and with them, it should easily go above 5x platinum eligibility. Therefore the RIAA units could be anywhere between 5.2M and 5.6M as of now.

Ohh wow I didnt think of it like that whewwwwwww 

[By the Water]

Y'all need to remember that some of those shipments were eventually sold and counted as sales for Billboard/Nielsen but were already counted by RIAA then

[ithinkheknowsoutsold]

1 hour ago, By the Water said:

Y'all need to remember that some of those shipments were eventually sold and counted as sales for Billboard/Nielsen but were already counted by RIAA then

The keyword here is 'some'. A lot of those shipments remain unsold, since after 2017 Reputation has sold only ~400,000 copies in the US, whereas Big Machine and Taylor thought the album would do around 2M units in the first week alone, meaning they overestimated the demand and shipped way more copies than needed. Even if they shipped only 500,000 copies in the four years after the first week, there remain several hundreds of thousands of unsold copies available in the US, more than enough to take it over 5M RIAA units.  

[Cloröx]

On 1/18/2022 at 8:33 PM, Cloröx said:

Taylor Swift's Top 20 most streamed songs on Spotify (combined all official versions including remixes as of January 16):

 

01. I Don't Wanna Live Forever - 1,196,011,073

02. Love Story - 718,486,623

03. Blank Space - 702,954,221

04. Shake It Off - 698,878,123

05. Look What You Made Me Do - 690,982,274

06. Lover - 658,860,400

07. ME! - 618,373,820

08. You Need To Calm Down - 611,486,123

09. Wildest Dreams - 588,040,436

10. Delicate - 580,317,697

11. I Knew You Were Trouble - 532,496,144

12. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - 468,616,348

13. All Too Well - 436,236,463

14. You Belong With Me - 433,637,760

15. Willow - 396,531,396

16. Ready For It? - 388,672,314

17. Cardigan - 387,144,773

18. Exile - 345,722,423

19. Bad Blood - 326,933,266

20. The Man - 321,257,702

 

Taylor Swift's Top 20 most streamed songs on Spotify (combined all official versions including remixes as of January 23):

 

01. I Don't Wanna Live Forever - 1,198,658,735 (+2,647,662)

02. Love Story - 721,790,496 (+3,303,873)

03. Blank Space - 708,570,368 (+5,616,147)

04. Shake It Off - 702,684,133 (+3,806,010)

05. Look What You Made Me Do - 693,044,146 (+2,061,872)

06. Lover - 662,788,534 (+3,928,134)

07. ME! - 619,973,039 (+1,599,219) 

08. You Need To Calm Down - 613,291,532 (+1,805,409)

09. Wildest Dreams - 595,772,073 (+7,731,637)

10. Delicate - 582,357,133 (+2,039,436)

11. I Knew You Were Trouble - 536,582,723 (+4,086,579)

12. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - 472,128,674 (+3,512,326)

13. All Too Well - 448,898,430 (+12,661,967)

14. You Belong With Me - 437,171,820 (+3,534,060)

15. Willow - 400,494,403 (+3,963,007)

16. Cardigan - 390,033,487 (+2,888,714)

17. Ready For It? - 389,976,040 (+1,303,726)

18. Exile - 349,435,822 (+3,713,399)

19. Bad Blood - 329,663,172 (+2,729,906)

20. The Man - 322,626,822 (+1,369,120)

 

Lover's singles age like milk except the song itself 

Screaming at Wildest Dreams, classic behavior 

Edited January 26, 2022 by Cloröx

[Cloröx]

On 1/25/2022 at 11:07 PM, Cloröx said:

Taylor Swift's Top 20 most streamed songs on Spotify (combined all official versions including remixes as of January 23):

 

01. I Don't Wanna Live Forever - 1,198,658,735 (+2,647,662)

02. Love Story - 721,790,496 (+3,303,873)

03. Blank Space - 708,570,368 (+5,616,147)

04. Shake It Off - 702,684,133 (+3,806,010)

05. Look What You Made Me Do - 693,044,146 (+2,061,872)

06. Lover - 662,788,534 (+3,928,134)

07. ME! - 619,973,039 (+1,599,219) 

08. You Need To Calm Down - 613,291,532 (+1,805,409)

09. Wildest Dreams - 595,772,073 (+7,731,637)

10. Delicate - 582,357,133 (+2,039,436)

11. I Knew You Were Trouble - 536,582,723 (+4,086,579)

12. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - 472,128,674 (+3,512,326)

13. All Too Well - 448,898,430 (+12,661,967)

14. You Belong With Me - 437,171,820 (+3,534,060)

15. Willow - 400,494,403 (+3,963,007)

16. Cardigan - 390,033,487 (+2,888,714)

17. Ready For It? - 389,976,040 (+1,303,726)

18. Exile - 349,435,822 (+3,713,399)

19. Bad Blood - 329,663,172 (+2,729,906)

20. The Man - 322,626,822 (+1,369,120)

 

Lover's singles age like milk except the song itself 

Screaming at Wildest Dreams, classic behavior 

Taylor Swift's Top 20 most streamed songs on Spotify (combined all official versions including remixes as of January 30):

 

01. I Don't Wanna Live Forever - 1,201,318,533 (+2,659,798)

02. Love Story - 726,400,291 (+4,609,795)

03. Blank Space - 714,460,368 (+5,890,000)

04. Shake It Off - 706,649,766 (+3,965,633)

05. Look What You Made Me Do - 695,152,804 (+2,108,658)

06. Lover - 667,064,270 (+4,275,736)

07. ME! - 621,640,463 (+1,667,424) 

08. You Need To Calm Down - 615,178,417 (+1,886,885)

09. Wildest Dreams - 603,617,493 (+7,845,420)

10. Delicate - 584,531,794 (+2,174,661)

11. I Knew You Were Trouble - 540,650,729 (+4,068,006)

12. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - 475,586,733 (+3,458,059)

13. All Too Well - 460,970,746 (+12,072,316)

14. You Belong With Me - 440,830,689 (+3,658,869)

15. Willow - 404,477,144 (+3,982,741)

16. Cardigan - 393,041,464 (+3,007,977)

17. Ready For It? - 391,390,358 (+1,414,318)

18. Exile - 353,235,416 (+3,799,594)

19. Bad Blood - 332,604,969 (+2,941,797)

20. The Man - 324,121,557 (+1,494,735)

 

[The Music Industry]

4 hours ago, Cloröx said:

Taylor Swift's Top 20 most streamed songs on Spotify (combined all official versions including remixes as of January 30):

 

01. I Don't Wanna Live Forever - 1,201,318,533 (+2,659,798)

02. Love Story - 726,400,291 (+4,609,795)

03. Blank Space - 714,460,368 (+5,890,000)

04. Shake It Off - 706,649,766 (+3,965,633)

05. Look What You Made Me Do - 695,152,804 (+2,108,658)

06. Lover - 667,064,270 (+4,275,736)

07. ME! - 621,640,463 (+1,667,424) 

08. You Need To Calm Down - 615,178,417 (+1,886,885)

09. Wildest Dreams - 603,617,493 (+7,845,420)

10. Delicate - 584,531,794 (+2,174,661)

11. I Knew You Were Trouble - 540,650,729 (+4,068,006)

12. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - 475,586,733 (+3,458,059)

13. All Too Well - 460,970,746 (+12,072,316)

14. You Belong With Me - 440,830,689 (+3,658,869)

15. Willow - 404,477,144 (+3,982,741)

16. Cardigan - 393,041,464 (+3,007,977)

17. Ready For It? - 391,390,358 (+1,414,318)

18. Exile - 353,235,416 (+3,799,594)

19. Bad Blood - 332,604,969 (+2,941,797)

20. The Man - 324,121,557 (+1,494,735)

 

Lover the song is doing so good

[nooniebao]

 

 

 

 

 

[Cloröx]

On 2/1/2022 at 8:02 PM, Cloröx said:

Taylor Swift's Top 20 most streamed songs on Spotify (combined all official versions including remixes as of January 30):

 

01. I Don't Wanna Live Forever - 1,201,318,533 (+2,659,798)

02. Love Story - 726,400,291 (+4,609,795)

03. Blank Space - 714,460,368 (+5,890,000)

04. Shake It Off - 706,649,766 (+3,965,633)

05. Look What You Made Me Do - 695,152,804 (+2,108,658)

06. Lover - 667,064,270 (+4,275,736)

07. ME! - 621,640,463 (+1,667,424) 

08. You Need To Calm Down - 615,178,417 (+1,886,885)

09. Wildest Dreams - 603,617,493 (+7,845,420)

10. Delicate - 584,531,794 (+2,174,661)

11. I Knew You Were Trouble - 540,650,729 (+4,068,006)

12. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - 475,586,733 (+3,458,059)

13. All Too Well - 460,970,746 (+12,072,316)

14. You Belong With Me - 440,830,689 (+3,658,869)

15. Willow - 404,477,144 (+3,982,741)

16. Cardigan - 393,041,464 (+3,007,977)

17. Ready For It? - 391,390,358 (+1,414,318)

18. Exile - 353,235,416 (+3,799,594)

19. Bad Blood - 332,604,969 (+2,941,797)

20. The Man - 324,121,557 (+1,494,735)

 

Taylor Swift's Top 20 most streamed songs on Spotify (combined all official versions including remixes as of February 6):

 

01. I Don't Wanna Live Forever - 1,203,935,638 (+2,617,105)

02. Love Story - 730,926,047 (+4,525,756)

03. Blank Space - 720,421,824 (+5,961,456)

04. Shake It Off - 710,645,399 (+3,995,633)

05. Look What You Made Me Do - 697,211,416 (+2,058,612)

06. Lover - 671,310,820 (+4,246,550)

07. ME! - 623,264,350 (+1,623,887) 

08. You Need To Calm Down - 617,002,774 (+1,824,357)

09. Wildest Dreams - 611,302,691 (+7,685,198)

10. Delicate - 586,620,219 (+2,088,425)

11. I Knew You Were Trouble - 544,575,646 (+3,924,917)

12. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - 478,921,728 (+3,334,995)

13. All Too Well - 471,979,941 (+11,009,195)

14. You Belong With Me - 444,431,186 (+3,600,497)

15. Willow - 408,343,316 (+3,866,172)

16. Cardigan - 395,936,990 (+2,895,526)

17. Ready For It? - 392,713,559 (+1,323,201)

18. Exile - 356,829,719 (+3,594,303)

19. Bad Blood - 335,537,846 (+2,932,877)

20. The Man - 325,665,910 (+1,544,353)

 

 

Wildest Dreams is rising so fast 

If Taylor didn't boycott Spotify earlier, I believe both Shake It Off and Blank Space would have 1.5B+ streams each, Wildest Dreams at 1B+ meanwhile Bad Blood and Style at 700M+ each 

Based on current rate, I expect Style to make into Top 20 within next 4-6 weeks and replace The Man 

Edited February 15, 2022 by Cloröx