charts discussion Taylor Swift: 11.3 M sold across her last 4 albums.

[TheArgonaut]

Folklore
2020: 1.839.000
2021: 1.185.000
2022: 549.000
T: 3.573.000

 

Lover
2019: 1.553.000
2020: 1.153.000
2021: 629.000
2022: 503.000
T: 3.838.000

 

Evermore
2021: 1.618.000
2022: 449.000
T: 2.067.000

 

Fearless TV
2021: 811.000
2022: 290.000
T: 1.101.000

 

Red TV
2022: 1.727.000
 

Edited August 24, 2022 by TheArgonaut

[Delusional]

Wtf I didn’t know folklore was so close to Lover, with only one single too 

 

Poor evermore btw, her best album lost

[Arrows]

Is US Billboard units?

[MingYouToo]

32 minutes ago, Delusional said:

Wtf I didn’t know folklore was so close to Lover, with only one single too 

 

Poor evermore btw, her best album lost

It truly was a commercial and critical repeak for her. Folklores numbers are just so watered down because she gave zero craps about its post release rollout.

 

If Exile and August were given a chance to be full singles trust itd be at least 5XP now.

[Headlock]

45 minutes ago, Delusional said:

Wtf I didn’t know folklore was so close to Lover, with only one single too 

 

Poor evermore btw, her best album lost

It really can't be overstated how massive Folklore was for Taylor's career, not only commercially but critically and culturally. It made a lot of people give Taylor a chance again after the 2016 fiasco.

[Fastlane]

15 minutes ago, Headlock said:

the 2016 fiasco.

What is it?

[ErnieSwift]

7 minutes ago, Fastlane said:

What is it?

The Kim and Kanye drama and Taylor being branded a “liar” even though she was the one telling the truth.

[TheArgonaut]

59 minutes ago, Arrows said:

Is US Billboard units?

Yes!

[Wolf Alice]

3 minutes ago, TheArgonaut said:

Yes!

You should add it to the OP if the character limit allows!

[UnusualBoy]

This is quite impressive, she's sold 11 million in 3 years in US with just 4 albums  

[youreyesgocold]

Every time I see numbers like this I am still shocked at her pull 

 

Also, wow I knew Red TV was a success but it pulling more than evermore and Lover in their first years??? Not to mention it hasn’t even been a full year since it’s release! That’s insane 

 

[MardinBeksloy]

And This is 15 years into her career  

[Michael196]

evermore is hands down album of the decade for me, but as much as I love it... how did it make as much as folklore this year and more than Lover...?

[LeMésTragique]

The effortless domination  She's truly in the league of her own.

[brenda-walsh]

2 hours ago, Headlock said:

It really can't be overstated how massive Folklore was for Taylor's career, not only commercially but critically and culturally. It made a lot of people give Taylor a chance again after the 2016 fiasco.

it truly was the rebrand she needed. not a big fan of hers, but made me respect her a lot more and glad she went back to her roots while also serving something new

[TheArgonaut]

21 minutes ago, Michael196 said:

evermore is hands down album of the decade for me, but as much as I love it... how did it make as much as folklore this year and more than Lover...?

I made a typo there! It's actually 449k units!

[PoisonedIvy]

Legendary 

[SwiftLover]

So in other words;

 

Lover - 4X platinum 

Folklore - 4X platinum  

Evermore - 2X platinum

Fearless TV - 2X platinum 

Red TV - 3X platinum 

 

15 million RIAA units in 3 years not counting her back catalogue 

[Michael196]

2 hours ago, TheArgonaut said:

I made a typo there! It's actually 449k units!

I expected the gap to be bigger but really happy that it isn’t, evermore deserves everything!

 

also... Ever since the masters fiasco I’ve read countless posts on here that she’s never going to remotely match what she lost, and yeah she already peaked with them but that doesn’t say that she’s not going to continue dominating and racking numbers...

she did this from the us only, and only from one proper era, two surprise passion projects and two re recordings of decade old diamond and almost diamond albums...

in three years and her streaming power has been increasing by ~150% every year since 2020

Edited August 24, 2022 by Michael196

[1989]

She’s insane, truly on a different level than everyone else.