official chart H100: Taylor breaks record by debuting 10 tracks in the top 10, all tracks in top 50

[Obsession]

Truly the music industry

[PoisonedIvy]

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Third-Biggest Streaming Week Ever: Midnights logs the third-largest streaming week ever for an album, by total on-demand official streams. It also captures the biggest streaming week for a non-R&B/hip-hop album and any album by a woman. The Nos. 1 and 2 biggest streaming weeks were logged by the debut frames of Drake’s Scorpion (745.92 million) and Certified Lover Boy (743.67 million), respectively.

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Previously, Swift’s biggest streaming week for an album was tallied by the first week of Red (Taylor’s Version), with 303.23 million in 2021.

2022’s Top-Selling Album: With 1.140 million sold, Midnights is easily 2022’s top-selling album already. Previously, 2022’s top-seller — adding up all sales generated through the year — was Harry Styles’ Harry’s House, with 633,000 copies sold through Oct. 27. (In terms of total equivalent album units, Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti is 2022’s biggest album, with 2.911 million units earned.)

 

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Breaking down Midnights’ first-week sales of 1.140 million, physical sales comprise 980,000 (575,000 on vinyl, 395,000 on CD and 10,000 on cassette) and digital album downloads comprise 161,000.

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Biggest Sales Week Since Swift’s Own reputation: The 1.140 million sales number for Midnights marks the largest sales week for any album since Swift’s own reputation debuted with 1.216 million copies sold (chart dated Dec. 2, 2017).

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Swift Has Five Albums With Million-Plus Sales Weeks: Midnights is the 22nd album to sell at least 1 million copies in a single week since Luminate began tracking music sales in 1991. In total, there have been 24 instances — by 22 different albums — in which an album sold at least 1 million copies in a week. One of those albums, Adele’s 25, sold more than 1 million in three separate weeks. Swift is the only artist with five different albums to each sell at least 1 million copies in a single week in the Luminate era — Midnights, reputation, 1989, Red, and Speak Now.

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New Modern-Era Vinyl Sales Record: Midnights handily breaks the modern-era record for single-week vinyl album sales in the U.S. with 575,000 vinyl LPs sold. That’s the largest week for an album on vinyl since Luminate began tracking music sales in 1991. It surges past the previous high, set earlier this year, when Harry’s House debuted with 182,000 vinyl copies (week ending May 26, 2021).

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Midnights is also already 2022’s top-seller on vinyl year-to-date. Previously, the year’s top-seller on vinyl was Harry’s House, with 377,000 sold through the year.

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Midnights’ 395,000 in CD sales is the largest sales week for an album on CD since reputation launched with 507,000 copies sold.

Stomp after stomp after stomp after stomp after stomp after stomp

[Brando]

575k on vinyl

Previous record: 182k 

 

 

[ariananext]

whew   is this her best first week? 

[touch]

This is HERstory!

[Lil Mxnster]

These numbers are absolutely insane in 2022! Only Taylor Swift could do it! LEGEND! 

[anti-bitch]

2 minutes ago, Brando said:

So Drake's two albums had a 200m higher streaming debut. There's still so much room for her to grow for future eras 

There's also room for Drake to grow. His streams from Apple Music must be crazy.

[cruelhprince]

1.6M 16 years after debuting + in the streaming era  she''s on her own league

[Folklore89sm]

Very proud of our girl 

[Brando]

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Midnights arrived after months of pre-release promotion and pre-orders — and its sales figure is bolstered by an array of available versions and variants of the album. It is available to purchase in a standard digital album (both clean and explicit); a deluxe digital album (clean and explicit, each with seven additional songs); an iTunes-exclusive version with a bonus spoken word track (clean and explicit); four standard CD editions (each with a different cover, both clean and explicit); four vinyl LP editions (each with a different cover and colored vinyl); and a cassette tape. Target is also selling an exclusive “Lavender” edition of the album on CD and colored-vinyl LP, with the CD boasting three bonus tracks.

Why is BB serving OTH this era. There were literally only 5 extra versions

 

[Squall]

4 minutes ago, By the Water said:

7th overall

Eminem did it in 10 days though

[PoisonedIvy]

3 minutes ago, anti-***** said:

There's also room for Drake to grow. His streams from Apple Music must be crazy.

He's on a downward slope after CLB's lack of dominance -- it has decent longevity, but nothing like Views and Scorpion -- and Honestly Nevermind's decrease. I'm sure he's not -over- but I think he's past his streaming peak.

Edited October 30, 2022 by WeFoundTrouble

[Squall]

1 minute ago, Brando said:

Why is BB serving OTH this era. There were literally only 5 extra versions

 

They are so mad  SEETHE BILLBOARD  

[Brando]

 

 

6 minutes ago, By the Water said:

7th overall

list them plz

[simmnfierzig]

4 minutes ago, ariananext said:

whew   is this her best first week? 

It's 300k bigger than 1989, yes

[PoisonedIvy]

3 minutes ago, Brando said:

Why is BB serving OTH this era. There were literally only 5 extra versions

 

The ******* callousness of pointing out "Clean and Explicit Digital Versions" as if every artist that puts out an explicit album doesn't automatically get a clean version too  Let alone even counting "digital releases" as a "Variant" instead of just another format for the album's release :Rip: 

Edited October 30, 2022 by WeFoundTrouble

[State of Grace.]

Isn't it the 6th biggest debut ever though?

 

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 | 2022 | Midnights | Taylor Swift | 1,578,000

7 | 2002 | The Eminem Show | Eminem | 1,322,000

8 | 2000 | Oops!... I Did It Again | Britney Spears | 1,319,000

9 | 2014 | 1989 | Taylor Swift | 1,287,000

10 | 2017 | Reputation | Taylor Swift | 1,216,000

 

11 | 2012 | Red | Taylor Swift | 1,208,000

[TaylenaStan]

3 minutes ago, Brando said:

Why is BB serving OTH this era. There were literally only 5 extra versions

 

''It is available to purchase in a standard digital album (both clean and explicit)''

The way people act this counts as different versions, when EVERY album is available as clean and explicit on iTunes etc 

[Trainwreck]

Absolutely unbelievable, her power is unmatched and the fact that it just keeps growing stronger each era is amazing 

 

[simmnfierzig]

Biggest opening weeks:

 

1. 25 3.378.000
2. No Strings Attached 2.416.000
3. Celebrity 1.880.000
4. Marshall Mathers LP 1.760.000
5. Black & Blue 1.591.000
6. Encore  1.582.000 
7. Midnights 1.578.000

[Beyonnaise]

The way after Lover it seemed like she would never hit 1 million in a week again because nobody else ever would, and over three years later she nearly hit 1.6

 

A "Surprise *****, I bet you thought you'd seen the last of me" moment

 

[Ms. Togekiss]

7 minutes ago, Brando said:

Why is BB serving OTH this era. There were literally only 5 extra versions

 

yeah whoever is on the editors board must be a OTH cuz they have been FUMING all week 

[PoisonedIvy]

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Swift now ties Barbra Streisand for the most No. 1 albums among women. Swift is also the sixth act with more than 10 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 since the chart began regularly publishing on a weekly basis in 1956. She joins The Beatles (who lead with a record 19 No. 1s), Jay-Z (14), Drake, Bruce Springsteen and Streisand (each with 11).

It's annoying that Drake will most likely get a #1 album after next week and move one spot ahead of her again.  

Edited October 30, 2022 by WeFoundTrouble

[ariananext]

4 minutes ago, simmnfierzig said:

It's 300k bigger than 1989, yes

Insane, I wonder how it will look compared to 1989 when all it's said and done

[Hunter_13]

19k TEA means she sold 190k song downloads right? 

 

Insane