charts discussion HDD: 'TORTURED POETS' to debut at #1 with 2.60M units | 1.92M pure sales & 671k SEA

[UnusualBoy]

4 hours ago, ForgottenSoul said:

I wonder if this will be her peak? Who knows. 

It seems likely, the only way she could debut higher is that if she takes a break to build up some hype otherwise it'll be really hard to get these numbers again.

[Cruel Summer]

1 minute ago, wastedpotential said:

nnn and if I said I haven't moved from where I was before release 

Well I don't wanna speak that one into existence because as soon as I agree that's out the door given my luck  

[wastedpotential]

1 minute ago, Cruel Summer said:

Well I don't wanna speak that one into existence because as soon as I agree that's out the door given my luck  

Oh wait good point yeah I fear they're overestimating here

 

Spoiler

but seriously this reads to me like they got the number Billboard is about to release about activity to date and it's in the 2.3 neighborhood

 

and I can speak from personal experience that I still have several copies of this album sitting in her warehouse, so the gap in predictions is likely just... waiting to be shipped, especially since this is really over performing SEA estimations 

 

 

[bjorn]

2.3 only? thats far from Adeles record 

[JohnWayneHolland]

She used all the tricks in the book and still couldn't break Adele's record

 

 

[itsjem]

Whatever number it will it's actually a nutty number in 2024... and the thing that makes it so much more impressing is that she has debuted with over 1M copies other SIX times (not counting TTPD) in a span of 14 years. So consistently high forever, it's so crazy

[itsjem]

Uh-oh the asylum has opened its doors again with the people hiding behind 25 number

 

The funniest thing to me is that everytime I read one of those comments I know they are dying inside

 

[wastedpotential]

nnn it'll be so interesting to calculate how many debut weeks from other artists can be fit into this 2.3M+ figure, and how that stacks Taylor up against her peers.

 

For instance, *TF/M+BTW+ARTPOP+Joanne+ASIB+Chromatica+Jazz mixtapes is what... a combined 2.4M? Wouldn't it be crazy if this album did more than that in one week? 

 

 

*EDIT: Just realized that for my example I counted The Fame and The Fame Monster as two separate debuts, and that's often not done in these kinds of chart conversations. If we remove TFM's debut from the tally (and really, since we combine them everywhere else, I think that's a numeric necessity), then Gaga's combined career debut figure is already in the 2.28M range. It's just so fascinating to me how that compares here with TTPD. 

 

Edited April 22 by wastedpotential

[Taylor fanboy]

7 minutes ago, JohnWayneHolland said:

She used all the tricks in the book and still couldn't break Adele's record

 

 

Sure tricks*

 

 

I don't think so Ms.

 

Edited April 22 by Taylor fanboy

[vuelve88]

7 minutes ago, JohnWayneHolland said:

She used all the tricks in the book and still couldn't break Adele's record

 

 

Maybe she should have sold the album for 99 cents  

[MidnightsAtPeace]

11 minutes ago, JohnWayneHolland said:

She used all the tricks in the book and still couldn't break Adele's record

 

 

hiding behind adele's decade old numbers when you stan lady gaga whose last studio album didn't crack 300k with tour bundles and thongs is craaaazyy 

[liquiddiamonds]

the fact people need to use adele's record to drag these numbers IS INSANE lol

[Raspberries]

20 minutes ago, JohnWayneHolland said:

She used all the tricks in the book and still couldn't break Adele's record

 

 

She had less vinyl variants than your fave Gaga's last album and is doing nearly 10x more than that album did

 

 

In fact, she's moving more units in 1 week than that album has moved in 4 years 

 

 

[Taylor fanboy]

32 minutes ago, JohnWayneHolland said:

She used all the tricks in the book and still couldn't break Adele's record

 

 

Is it just me or am I seeing

 

or maybe a little

 

 

 

[Ms. Togekiss]

42 minutes ago, JohnWayneHolland said:

She used all the tricks in the book and still couldn't break Adele's record

 

 

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[Ms. Togekiss]

I hope somehow she crosses 2M pure sales and becomes the second highest debut with SPS

[Jude]

You must be out of your mind or just a lame troll to drag these numbers.

[fridayteenage]

42 minutes ago, vuelve88 said:

Maybe she should have sold the album for 99 cents  

Inspired billboard to change their rules

The  forerunner for bts

[Dear Reader]

10 minutes ago, Ms. Togekiss said:

that being their last post and then get dragged through the mud right after is sending me 

[skizzo]

What a queen! I wonder if TS12 will even overtake it

 

I actually believe Rep TV might become bigger than 1989 TV cause she just keeps making her fanbase larger and larger with each release

[okgo]

those are insane numbers

 

[Taylor fanboy]

1 minute ago, skizzo said:

What a queen! I wonder if TS12 will even overtake it

 

I actually believe Rep TV might become bigger than 1989 TV cause she just keeps making her fanbase larger and larger with each release

I think there's an on-going purge within the fanbase after those MC reviews.

 

I wish whichever TV next, an ounce of luck.

[Gaia]

43 minutes ago, liquiddiamonds said:

the fact people need to use adele's record to drag these numbers IS INSANE lol

I agree but Swifties were literally trying to belittle 25 and Adele DAILY so you're essentially asking for it. I've seen too many comments saying TTPD is more "impressive" which it's not.

[cat1867]

1 hour ago, UnusualBoy said:

It seems likely, the only way she could debut higher is that if she takes a break to build up some hype otherwise it'll be really hard to get these numbers again.

Taking breaks kills instead of building hype in the streaming age.

 

If she announces a new album with a bright aesthetic after the eras tour is over, she might be able to repeak.

 

 

[MonsterNavy]

2.3m is crazy in 2024

crazy in 2015

and crazy in 2001