charts discussion Taylor 122M CSPC; Fearless 20M, rep 10M, Lover 9M

[By the Water]

#	COVER	ALBUM	SALES*				STREAMS			TOTAL CSPC
			STUDIO ALBUMS	OTHER LPS	PHYSICAL SINGLES	DIGITAL SINGLES	LAST VERIFIED	AUTO UPDATE	DAILY INCREASE
1		Taylor Swift	6,615,000	493,000	6,000 (20,000)	2,623,000 (17,490,000)	914,000 (07/27/22)	915,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 740 LD: 740	10,652,000
2		Holiday Collection	1,345,000	0	0 (0)	126,000 (840,000)	45,000 (07/27/22)	45,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 10 LD: 10	1,516,000
3		Fearless	9,965,000	1,503,000	21,000 (71,000)	4,913,000 (32,760,000)	4,283,000 (07/27/22)	4,292,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 4,660 LD: 4,640	20,694,000
4		Speak Now	6,335,000	319,000	14,000 (45,000)	2,758,000 (18,390,000)	2,395,000 (07/27/22)	2,400,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 2,680 LD: 2,670	11,826,000
5		Red	7,230,000	1,507,000	10,000 (33,000)	4,508,000 (30,060,000)	6,029,000 (07/27/22)	6,042,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 6,730 LD: 6,700	19,297,000
6		1989	10,495,000	1,021,000	9,000 (30,000)	4,871,000 (32,480,000)	6,716,000 (07/27/22)	6,729,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 6,660 LD: 6,690	23,125,000
7		Reputation	3,470,000	1,068,000	5,000 (15,000)	684,000 (4,560,000)	4,975,000 (07/27/22)	4,984,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 4,580 LD: 4,570	10,211,000
8		Lover	2,070,000	1,139,000	14,000 (45,000)	259,000 (1,730,000)	5,520,000 (07/27/22)	5,530,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 5,160 LD: 5,150	9,012,000
9		Folklore	2,275,000	998,000	11,000 (38,000)	67,000 (450,000)	3,765,000 (07/27/22)	3,774,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 4,330 LD: 4,300	7,125,000
10		Evermore	1,255,000	507,000	0 (0)	52,000 (350,000)	2,479,000 (07/27/22)	2,484,000 (07/29/22)	Av.: 2,590 LD: 2,550	4,298,000
11		Orphan	0	103,000	9,000 (30,000)	1,923,000 (12,820,000)	2,361,000 (07/27/22)	N/A	N/A	4,378,000
12		Features	0	0	7,000 (22,000)	115,000 (770,000)	320,000 (07/27/22)	N/A	N/A	800,000
*Pure sales figures updated on 07/27/22. 'Av.' stands for Average, 'LD' for Last Day.

 

By 2013, Fearless had sold so much that it was poised to remain her career peak. It continues to perform like a blockbuster, now up to 20.7 million.

By 2016, monster smash 1989 had moved ahead of its immaculate predecessors. It seems likely to held this top spot, as it keeps going incredibly strong, and the reissue has yet to come. It’s up to 23.1 million units overall.

It is also fighting with Ed Sheeran‘s X to be the biggest album from 2014, a battle that it was losing for years due to the insane success of the British singer lately, but the diva is impressively reversing the situation, eating back her deficit. It’s now close enough to jump over it with the upcoming reissue.

 

Fearless too is climbing historical rankings, as it blew away Beyoncé‘s I Am… Sasha Fierce some months ago to become the runner up from 2008 behind Lady Gaga‘s The Fame.

 

Red sprinted its way up to 19.3 million, claiming well over 4 million sales since the release of Taylor’s Version in November 2021. This climb concludes on two huge achievements.

The album is now 2012’s biggest ahead of Bruno Mars and Imagine Dragons‘ classics. It is also passing Eminem‘s 3rd top seller, Recovery. It means no other artist from this millennium owns a top 3 as solid as she does.

Both Taylor Swift and Speak Now have gone up to 10.7 million and 11.8 million equivalent album sales, respectively, an immense total for anyone.

Then comes reputation which just turned into one more 10 million seller for the artist. After the strong first week led by her fan base and multiple marketing gimmicks, the album collapsed fast, faster than expected.

It has been able to sustain its appeal fairly well in the mid-run though, and even improves its performances with time thanks to its songs going viral.

Its success is in the same league as the one of Taylor Swift and Speak Now especially once we consider it had much less years to amass sales.

We can also point out how difficult it is to hit 10 million many times, ones your casual listeners are already satisfied with plenty of hits from you.

In fact, Taylor Swift is the only female singer with 6 10-million sellers this millennium – she was already the only one with 5. Overall, she ties Eminem who owns 6 as well.

Lover will join the party sooner than later, now up to 9.0 million. It is one more album that only needs time to grow.

One year ago, we wrote that “although there is still a long way, it isn’t impossible to see all her albums up to Lover reach 10 million at some point.”, even when one is optimistic, Taylor Swift does her magic and performs even better.

folklore is still quite recent, and while it lacks hits, the total sales are already very healthy at 7.1 million.

Evermore scored 4.3 million units to date. While the decreasing trend is negative, the way the artist manages to get her albums climbing forever grants strong numbers in the long run.

What’s safe to say is that Taylor Swift retains her superstar aura, granting her strong sales still for her upcoming releases, along with an immensely valuable back catalog.

She continues to record roughly a million sales per month, which is unreal. What about the total to date though? Taylor Swift adds for 122.86 million equivalent album sales.

She has left behind Coldplay and Rihanna to become the biggest music act to debut in 2000 or later.

Only 4 other female singers own 3 albums at 19.3+ million. Madonna, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and Celine Dion.

Only 3 other female singers own 6 albums at 10+ million. Madonna, Mariah Carey and Celine Dion.

Yes, she is on that league now. And she is still only 32. Phew.

[Klein]

7 minutes ago, By the Water said:

Only 4 other female singers own 3 albums at 19.3+ million. Madonna, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and Celine Dion.

Only 3 other female singers own 6 albums at 10+ million. Madonna, Mariah Carey and Celine Dion.

Yes, she is on that league now. And she is still only 32. Phew.

It's this part for me! 

 

And Lover is coming for 10M next year at that rate.

[wastedpotential]

Oh wow 

The biggest artist from this century did that 

And to think that Taylor Swift (Aretha's Version), Speak Now (Aretha's Version), 1989 (Aretha's Version), and reputation (Aretha's Version) are still coming 

Red coming to be her 3rd album over 20M and Lover coming to be her 7th over 10M IMMINENTLY 

 

 

[wastedpotential]

2 minutes ago, Klein said:

And Lover is coming for 10M next year at that rate.

It was at 6.58 in their previous update in May 2021. At the rate things are going (~5k per day), it'll be at 10M in less than 200 days, assuming that there are no catalogue boosts in the meantime 

[Yog]

3 minutes ago, Klein said:

It's this part for me! 

 

And Lover is coming for 10M next year at that rate.

And about to surpass that awful  puta album, the better album won in the end ?

[State of Grace.]

She has left behind Coldplay and Rihanna to become the biggest music act to debut in 2000 or later.

 

 

folklore already +7M

[Holy Ground]

She's really in a different league now wow  biggest artist who debuted this century!!

[Steve Johnson]

Biggest artist who debuted this century. No one is even close. 

[gustavothehuman]

Legend 

Not me stanning the biggest woman and band of the century 

Edited July 31, 2022 by gustavothehuman

[JawBreaker]

So rep "collapsed faster than expected" but I dont remember them writing that about the 15+15 album which is sitting below rep on the charts currently 

[My Tears Ricochet]

Puta stomping 

Red will be her 3rd 20M seller soon

Folklore should reach 10M sometime next year

Everbore may never touch 10M, or atleast not anytime soon. 

[Steve Johnson]

You all praising every album except my fav 1989. 1989, the best pop album of the century. 

[Klein]

3 minutes ago, My Tears Ricochet said:

Folklore should reach 10M sometime next year

Lover will, but folklore will need a few more years.

[LosingHimWasBlue]

Imagine if they got the real number for her Asia stats. 

[My Tears Ricochet]

1 minute ago, Klein said:

Lover will, but folklore will need a few more years.

Oop, I'm bad at math. Hopefully MirrorbAllah will get her Don't blame me moment and Folklore will reach the 10M mark sooner

[LosingHimWasBlue]

9 minutes ago, Steve Johnson said:

You all praising every album except my fav 1989. 1989, the best pop album of the century. 

folklore, speak now, 1989

are truly her essential albums.

 

[Klein]

2 minutes ago, My Tears Ricochet said:

Oop, I'm bad at math. Hopefully MirrorbAllah will get her Don't blame me moment and Folklore will reach the 10M mark sooner

Stream august tomorrow for good karma. 

[Cloröx]

27 minutes ago, Yog said:

And about to surpass that awful  puta album, the better album won in the end ?

Won't happen considering Puta TV is coming to add another millions units 

[Steve Johnson]

13 minutes ago, LosingHimWasBlue said:

Imagine if they got the real number for her Asia stats. 

They even reduced QQ numbers for 1989. 1989 should be atleast 25 million+. 

Read the comments in the Taylor Swift section of chartmasters. 

[The Music Industry]

She will have 7 10M+ albums before the year ends and folklore will eventually make it 8. This is simply insane 

[Hunter_13]

She's insane 

[Yog]

1 hour ago, Cloröx said:

Won't happen considering Puta TV is coming to add another millions units 

And Lover will evenly catch up to that, as it’s been shown numerous times GODer is more consistent 

[PoisonedIvy]

2 hours ago, By the Water said:

She has left behind Coldplay and Rihanna to become the biggest music act to debut in 2000 or later.

Only 4 other female singers own 3 albums at 19.3+ million. Madonna, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and Celine Dion.

 

Only 3 other female singers own 6 albums at 10+ million. Madonna, Mariah Carey and Celine Dion.

Yes, she is on that league now. And she is still only 32. Phew.

All of this  

 

Red right at the precipice of 20M

rep reaching 10M

Lover coming for 10M

folklore already at 7M

 

She’s insane. The biggest artist of this Millenium 

[Fifteen]

folkmore, speak now and 1989

 

[Rev8]

3 hours ago, By the Water said:

Fearless too is climbing historical rankings, as it blew away Beyoncé‘s I Am… Sasha Fierce some months ago

Yea, no way it's bigger than IASF

the strength they gave to streaming kind of ruined their formula

 

BTS is just above 110m (in a soon update) inb4 swifties back me up when they pass her, before dragging me here tho

Edited July 31, 2022 by Rev8