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

[cuteboyzay]

Although I'm not a huge Taylor fan watching her debut weeks are always fun lmao!

 

I know this is gonna do NUMBERS. It's highkey a gag. I just wish the quality of the music translated to the sales. 
 

Even if she comes close to Adele's record. It'll never feel as good given her countless variants and her fans buying 5 versions of the same album. With Adele, it was truly mayhem. And didn't feel as calculated. It's still so impressive that she can sell like this though.

Edited April 19 by cuteboyzay

[omrimayo]

IF there was a physical Double album she would have broke the Adele record but she can't do it without.

[Shelter]

She wants that Adele record, huh. 31 tracks 

[Gelato]

probably hideously wrong but I'm trying to make a model to predict album first week numbers, I was estimating maybe 1.6 or 1.7 million before the second disc was revealed, so I could definitely see her doing crazy numbers now

[WildHeart]

11 minutes ago, Shelter said:

She wants that Adele record, huh. 31 tracks 

Some try with 27 tracks, some try with 31 tracks. Let's hope she doesn't fail like others 

[Shelter]

4 minutes ago, WildHeart said:

Some try with 27 tracks, some try with 31 tracks. Let's hope she doesn't fail like others 

I really get to you, don't I. My shadow 

 

 

[WildHeart]

4 minutes ago, Shelter said:

I really get to you, don't I. My shadow

You have bigger impact on swifties than your fave has on GP for sure

[MP3]

Which album is her biggest debut in the US ?

[Blue Monday]

48 minutes ago, WildHeart said:

Some try with 27 tracks, some try with 31 tracks. Let's hope she doesn't fail like others 

Some try with good music, though unfortunately that's not the case here. 

 

[WildHeart]

Just now, Blue Monday said:

Some try with good music, though unfortunately that's not the case here. 

 

If ATRL's top music critic Blue Monday says so 

[RideOrDie]

7 minutes ago, MP3 said:

Which album is her biggest debut in the US ?

midnights? 

[Klein]

8 minutes ago, MP3 said:

Which album is her biggest debut in the US ?

1 minute ago, RideOrDie said:

midnights? 

1989 TV with 1,653,000 units. 

[Popboi.]

8 minutes ago, MP3 said:

Which album is her biggest debut in the US ?

 

1 minute ago, RideOrDie said:

midnights? 

1989 (Taylor's Version) with 1.65 million. Midnights did 1.58m

[RideOrDie]

4 minutes ago, Klein said:

1989 TV with 1,653,000 units. 

 

4 minutes ago, Popboi. said:

 

1989 (Taylor's Version) with 1.65 million. Midnights did 1.58m

**** i forgot the behemoth that was 1989 

[MP3]

11 minutes ago, Klein said:

1989 TV with 1,653,000 units. 

 

11 minutes ago, Popboi. said:

 

1989 (Taylor's Version) with 1.65 million. Midnights did 1.58m

Is it realistic that TTPD outsold 1989 in its first week? It would be a total smash if yes

[Klein]

1 minute ago, MP3 said:

 

Is it realistic that TTPD outsold 1989 in its first week? It would be a total smash if yes

I think the real question is by how much will TTPD outsell 1989 TV. 

[Popboi.]

7 minutes ago, MP3 said:

 

Is it realistic that TTPD outsold 1989 in its first week? It would be a total smash if yes

I don't think anyone questions that, the real question like Klein said, how much higher can she possibly get. Beating 25 seems impossible though.

[Green]

37 minutes ago, MP3 said:

 

Is it realistic that TTPD outsold 1989 in its first week? It would be a total smash if yes

 

2.5 - 2.6 million sounds realistic based on the hype

 

2 million is locked for sure

[Lose My Breath]

I expect this will do 2 million +, the release just feels huge

[Blue Monday]

46 minutes ago, WildHeart said:

If ATRL's top music critic Blue Monday says so 

And I DO 

 

[Cruel Summer]

I feel like such a clown saying this, but I think the 1m-2m range prediction is a little bit of a classic HDD lowball.

[woohoo]

5 minutes ago, Cruel Summer said:

I feel like such a clown saying this, but I think the 1m-2m range prediction is a little bit of a classic HDD lowball.

I think 2 million is a lock with the double album now. I'm not even entertaining the Adele record breaking though. I'd say 2.5 max after seeing their numbers now. 

[SwiftLover]

the 25 record isn't happening in the streaming age, bfr  3.45M is INSANE

 

 

 

That would only happen IF

 

break/match Drake's Scorpion record of 745M US streams to just clear 500K+ SEA.  (Midnights did 549M)

Then sell at least 2.9M pure

 

It isn't happening

 

 

 

[family.guy123]

30 minutes ago, SwiftLover said:

 

 

break/match Drake's Scorpion record of 745M US streams to just clear 500K+ SEA.  (Midnights did 549M)

 

 

 

 

 

… she hasn't done this yet? 

[45seconds]

There is no way she is breaking the Adele record. It's impossible at this point.