Member LoginMember Login - User registration - Setup as front page - Add to favorites - Sitemap 'The Tortured Poets Department' gets largest streaming week ever !

'The Tortured Poets Department' gets largest streaming week ever

Time:2024-05-21 17:09:40 source:Global Gaze news portal

NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift continues to dominate in the week following the release of her 11th album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” The 31-track album has hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, tying Swift with Jay-Z for second-most No. 1 albums at 14. Only The Beatles, with 19 No. 1 albums, have had more.

The double album has amassed 2.61 million equivalent album units, according to Luminate, the industry data and analytics company. A shocking 1.91 million of those units come from traditional album sales — people purchasing downloads, CDs, cassettes and vinyl. Vinyl accounts for 859,000 units sold, the highest number of vinyl sales in modern history.

It is the top-selling album of 2024, eclipsing Beyoncé's “Cowboy Carter,” which sold 228,000 units. (But streaming was a boon: “Cowboy Carter” hit 407,000 equivalent album units, a combination of pure album sales and on-demand streams, earned in the U.S. in its first week.)

Related information
  • Shohei Ohtani's first walk
  • New Cybertruck owners are re
  • HKFP Lens: Hong Kong press group announces winners of annual news photo contest
  • The best views in Britain? Three
  • Inquiry slams UK authorities for failures that killed thousands in infected blood scandal
  • Apple users are still discovering hidden new features inside iPhone's iOS17
  • 'Forget the Algarve!' Travel experts reveal breathtaking lesser
  • Will the Bank of England cut interest rates soon? This is Money podcast
Recommended content
  • Biden says Brown v. Board of Education ruling was about more than education
  • Tale of the state pension underpaid for 20 YEARS: This is Money podcast
  • Xi Jinping arrives in Hong Kong for July 1 celebrations, makes first visit to city since 2017
  • Your state pension might NOT increase by the full 8.5% this month
  • Mohammad Mokhber: Who is Iran’s acting president?
  • How to sort your pension and Isa before the tax year ends: This is Money podcast