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1.3M SPS in 3 days already. Yea she’s def clearing 1.5M. No way she only does like 150k SPS over the last 3 days 

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HDD is definitely underestimating her. Though I do hope her team saves some copies to ship next week if there are any left

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All those pure sales :jonnycat:

Her purse must be

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If she already did 1.3 million, then she's doing 1.6 million for the full week

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Yeah I see her getting about 155k more SEA alone through the end of the week so 1.5m is on lock :jonny5:

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Undoubtedly on her way to being the most successful female artist of all time :jonny5: 

These earth-shattering numbers for a fairly mediocre album by her standards... just imagine what she'd post with a stellar album with a pre-release hit single :jonny6:

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8 minutes ago, PoisonPill said:

Undoubtedly on her way to being the most successful female artist of all time :jonny5: 

These earth-shattering numbers for a fairly mediocre album by her standards... just imagine what she'd post with a stellar album with a pre-release hit single :jonny6:

I actually think the lack of the pre-release single helped catapult this album in terms of success. Everyone just went in to consume the album. Whereas with other highly-expected albums the lead single will generally absorb all the streams on launch week. As an example, look at 30. When it was released, most of the streams were going to EOM because that was the ubiquitous single everyone already knew before the album dropped. With Midnights, people didn’t know anything and so they just went into the album blind and I think that basically distributed the streams across the album which is why so many of the songs are set to chart. 
 

I’m curious if other artists adopt this strategy of announcing an album, do PR stunts to build up excitement, and then drop the whole thing with no proper single? It would only really work with an established act, probably. But it’s an interesting strategy I’m sure others will try to adopt. 

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7 minutes ago, Bloo said:

I actually think the lack of the pre-release single helped catapult this album in terms of success. Everyone just went in to consume the album. Whereas with other highly-expected albums the lead single will generally absorb all the streams on launch week. As an example, look at 30. When it was released, most of the streams were going to EOM because that was the ubiquitous single everyone already knew before the album dropped. With Midnights, people didn’t know anything and so they just went into the album blind and I think that basically distributed the streams across the album which is why so many of the songs are set to chart. 
 

I’m curious if other artists adopt this strategy of announcing an album, do PR stunts to build up excitement, and then drop the whole thing with no proper single? It would only really work with an established act, probably. But it’s an interesting strategy I’m sure others will try to adopt. 

Any artist with a fanatical fanbase could do what Taylor did, but just to a lesser extent. She basically pre-sold the album for 2 months based on imagery and her name alone. The artist has to be sure the album isn't going to be critically panned, though, otherwise it's better to release a strong single ahead of time and let it carry the album on release.

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On 10/24/2022 at 8:29 PM, MingYouToo said:

ur an idiot her first week LITERALLY nearly TRIPLED her last studio effort. Even with RED TV she DOUBLED her numbers first day so YES it adds up. Its not just 'streaming grew' u fucktard, her streaming DOUBLED the same way her physical sales DOUBLED. idiot.

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I would love to know how many unique buyers there are. 

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Some users will never log in again:jonny5:

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1 hour ago, Virtual_Insanity said:

I would love to know how many unique buyers there are. 

I would love to know how you're coping since she effortlessly outsold your fave in 1 day :celestial:

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3 hours ago, vasymollo said:

Any artist with a fanatical fanbase could do what Taylor did, but just to a lesser extent. She basically pre-sold the album for 2 months based on imagery and her name alone. The artist has to be sure the album isn't going to be critically panned, though, otherwise it's better to release a strong single ahead of time and let it carry the album on release.

This has nothing to do with what I said?

 

Regardless, the reality is that very few people have ever had anything close to the fanbase Taylor has because it isn’t easy to acquire. Pretending this is a trivial accomplishment on her part is just delusion.

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On 10/24/2022 at 8:29 PM, MingYouToo said:

ur an idiot her first week LITERALLY nearly TRIPLED her last studio effort. Even with RED TV she DOUBLED her numbers first day so YES it adds up. Its not just 'streaming grew' u fucktard, her streaming DOUBLED the same way her physical sales DOUBLED. idiot.

lmfaoooooo

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55 minutes ago, Virtual_Insanity said:

I would love to know how many unique buyers there are. 

Idk I remember she broke the record for unique Spotify streamers tho :ohwow:

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Adele's 30 isn't the standard anymore Midnights is :redface:

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7 minutes ago, Rv1709 said:

Her week 2 drop with be Inchresting 

Yes I do find it interesting that even dropping by 85% would still grant her a second week bigger than any other woman’s first.

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4 minutes ago, WeFoundTrouble said:

Yes I do find it interesting that even dropping by 85% would still grant her a second week bigger than any other woman’s first.

The fact Taylor haters have to wait a whole week to find something to drag tho like take your L and go :cm:

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"Anyone" being able to pull a 1.4 million+ debut in 2022 is a new one I didn't think I'd ever bear witness to. 

 

Midnights has the biggest pure sales debut since 2015 (which was the biggest debut of all time), is on track for the biggest streaming week for any album ever, and its lead single is breaking a new streaming record every day. She's sixteen years in and this is her biggest album debut ever.

 

What domino hasn't fallen? If it hasn't clicked for you yet, I'm not sure it ever will.

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58 minutes ago, Rv1709 said:

Her week 2 drop with be Inchresting 

Seethe 

 

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OT: Legendery, beautiful HARD WORKING queen. Others cannot relate :heart2::clap3:

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On 10/25/2022 at 2:29 AM, MingYouToo said:

ur an idiot her first week LITERALLY nearly TRIPLED her last studio effort. Even with RED TV she DOUBLED her numbers first day so YES it adds up. Its not just 'streaming grew' u fucktard, her streaming DOUBLED the same way her physical sales DOUBLED. idiot.

:ahh:

 

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Do we know her vinyl sales? Harry’s House did 188,000 so I feel Taylor could easily be at 500.000.

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2 minutes ago, Robert said:

:ahh:

 

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Do we know her vinyl sales? Harry’s House did 188,000 so I feel Taylor could easily be at 500.000.

Billboard reported she already passed 500k vinyl.

 

9 hours ago, WonderstruckFR said:

Billboard announces more than 1,3M SPS after 4 days, already crossed a million pure sales

 

According to initial reports to Luminate, the album, which was released on Oct. 21, has earned more than 1.3 million equivalent album units in the U.S. through its first four days of release (through Oct. 24). Of that sum, traditional album sales comprise more than 1 million across all available formats (multiple digital album download, CD, vinyl and cassette variants). Vinyl LP sales for the title have surpassed 500,000.

https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-midnights-sales-record-breaking-start-1235159835/

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6 minutes ago, Klein said:

Billboard reported she already passed 500k vinyl.

 

The music industry :jonny:

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1 hour ago, bluebirdsforever said:

"Anyone" being able to pull a 1.4 million+ debut in 2022 is a new one I didn't think I'd ever bear witness to. 

 

Midnights has the biggest pure sales debut since 2015 (which was the biggest debut of all time), is on track for the biggest streaming week for any album ever, and its lead single is breaking a new streaming record every day. She's sixteen years in and this is her biggest album debut ever.

 

What domino hasn't fallen? If it hasn't clicked for you yet, I'm not sure it ever will.

It's not breaking the Certified Lover Boy weekly streaming record in the US.

 

Global is pretty much impossible to estimate. She will smash the Spotify record, sure. 

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