charts discussion HDD FINAL: 'Midnights' 1,537,699 (1,119,401 pure)

[XIAN]

the american economy

[Cruel Summer]

Biggest debuts in the US during the Soundscan era:

 

1 | 2015 | 25 | Adele | 3,378,000
2 | 2000 | No Strings Attached | *NSYNC | 2,416,000
3 | 2001 | Celebrity | *NSYNC | 1,880,000
4 | 2000 | The Marshall Mathers LP | Eminem | 1,760,000
5 | 2000 | Black & Blue | Backstreet Boys | 1,591,000
6 | 2002 | The Eminem Show | Eminem  | 1,322,000
7 | 2000 | Oops!... I Did It Again | Britney Spears | 1,319,000
8 | 2014 | 1989 | Taylor Swift | 1,287,000
9 | 2017 | Reputation | Taylor Swift | 1,216,000
10 | 2012 | Red | Taylor Swift | 1,208,000

 

I think she can make it as high as #6, with #5 being a stretch.

 

Probably on track to knock herself out of the top ten though, poor Red 

[1989]

This is absolutely insane. No words at this point, honestly…

[Zoe_]

800k in the first day?

 

 

WTF??????

[Ms. Togekiss]

59 minutes ago, Blade Runner said:

 

 

She's just out of this world. 

I hit play on this video without realizing dear reader had just started playing so I was so confused as to why she was saying smash repeatedly over a soft piano 

[WonderstruckFR]

Peaking after 16 years and ending everyone, the power that she has is scary  

[Klein]

The power she has is beyond insane at this point. 

[Ms. Togekiss]

just when we thought that 1989 would be her peak and she's about to dwarf that number she will probably get close to it in pure sales and jump past it with SPS. She should clear 1,3M units EASY

 

 

Seeing how reputation did 700k first day and "only" sold 500k the rest of the week (and considering how front loaded it was) I can see midnights selling 1M pure copies but watch her blow past that too 

[Headlock]

The way I snorted when I saw the title, like she’s destroying even Swiftie’s highest expectations 

[Cruel Summer]

1 minute ago, Headlock said:

The way I snorted when I saw the title, like she’s destroying even Swiftie’s highest expectations 

I honestly thought for a little while that she'd do 750k in her first week - and that was SPS 

[Ms. Togekiss]

 

 

[omrimayo]

After the sad news about Sputnik weird review at least we got the songs combined on AM now!

 

[Rep2000]

24 minutes ago, Ms. Togekiss said:

 

 

Extremely stable, which is a very good sign moment

[Ger]

1 hour ago, chiliam said:

Hi fellow Swiftie, when u update the tread in the OP, kindly also add the page number for each update, so we can keep track of this legendary thread.

Thank you.

Good idea. Done, you're welcome dear!

[Jude]

800K PURE SALES in 24 hours? WTF.

[ALA]

People on twitter are so clueless. I've seen multiple people saying Rihanna can do these #s when Rihanna has never been an album seller

[Trainwreck]

1 hour ago, Brando said:

1.5m is almost on lock at this point 

What in the mother **** bye I- this is like unreal wtf the ****

[fridayteenage]

19 minutes ago, ALA said:

People on twitter are so clueless. I've seen multiple people saying Rihanna can do these #s when Rihanna has never been an album seller

first year sales: Rihanna — Anti 603k copies

first year sea: Rihanna— Anti 944k

 

[Saintlor]

2 hours ago, Holy Ground said:

Didn't 25 break this? Or do you mean the record for 2nd biggest female week?

Completely forgot this. My mind was stuck in 2014 when we were wondering if Taylor would snatch this record  

[hungrymuffin]

i dont know what to say anymore she always seems to do the impossible

[FAN]

Lmao and I remember when evermore was dragged because Taylor allegedly lost her power post-bundles

[Holy Ground]

First day of midnights (Spotify) 
-
France — 1.412 million 
Italy — 1.304 million ( biggest female intl.)

first day of folklore (Spotify) 
-
France — 60k 
Italy — 61k

 

WOW 

[BnPac]

She's unbelievable. 

[OnlyManInTheWorld]

Been a stan for 12 years and seen a lot from her, but even I can’t believe she’s doing this

[awong918]

there's no way