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.)
Young Boys seals 6th Swiss soccer league title in 7 years after rallying from firing coach Wicky
Brewers' Rhys Hoskins leaves game with injury after hitting a second
Germany 'considers conscripting all 18
Jordan Leasure has become a high
GameStop, AMC stocks surge as Roaring Kitty returns
China sees thriving fruit trade with Mekong River countries
I was 'brokefished' by my friend for £400
Curfew is imposed in New Caledonia after unrest wracks French island territory in south Pacific
The government wants to buy their flood
Giancarlo Stanton proves he's King of Swing in MLB's latest metric advancements