Taylor Swift has broken the single-week streaming record in the US and beamed up to a historic debut on the Billboard 200 with 'The Tortured Poets Department.'
The pop singer wrote a shocking 31-song collection for her new album while preparing to return on 'The Eras Tour.'
"What do you MEAN," she immediately responded to the headline published by Billboard, which she shared on Sunday.
As previously reported, Swift not only has the best-selling album of 2024 so far and her 14th No. 1 album of all time with TTPD, but she also had the most extraordinary streaming week in history, the second-biggest week for any album in terms of units earned, the third-largest sales week in the modern era, and the greatest vinyl sales week in the modern era.
In its first week of release, TTPD grossed 2.61 million equivalent album units in the US.
"My mind is blown," Swift posted on her social media accounts (X, formerly Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook) on Sunday afternoon.
"I'm completely floored by the love you've shown this album. 2.6 million ARE YOU ACTUALLY SERIOUS?? Thank you for listening, streaming, and welcoming Tortured Poets into your life. Feeling completely overwhelmed."
Furthermore, she wrote on her social media, along with some behind-the-scenes photos from the making of the album, including snapshots with Post Malone and Florence Welch, that she was so fired up to return to the tour.
Traditional album sales (buying CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, and digital download albums) comprised 1.914 million of TTPD's 2.61 million sums.
On the other hand, SEA units made up 683,000 (or 891.37 million on-demand official streams), and TEA units made up 14,000.
