Fans Rejoice in Delight at Taylor Swift’s Billboards Chart Topping Album 'The Tortured Poets Department' Celebrates Consecutive 7th Week

Published 06/09/2024, 9:53 PM EDT

Artists have a year, Taylor Swift is having a decade. Her latest album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, the 11th studio album from the megastar, has cemented its place in music history with back-to-back 31 hits. The album's record-breaking streak began shortly after its release, when it became Spotify's most-streamed album in a single day, with over 300 million streams. With that, Swift also became the most streamed artist on Spotify in a single day, further solidifying her dominance in the music world.

As reported recently by Pop Crave, the album spent its seventh consecutive week at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. With 148,000 units sold in the latest tracking week, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ shows no signs of slowing down, solidifying Swift's position as a leading force in the music industry. The album's success continued on Amazon Music, where it broke the record for the most streamed album on the day of release, amounting to a total of 11 records breached. 

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The album's 31 tracks have also reached a staggering 1 billion streams on Spotify, faster than any other album in history. Furthermore, the album's vinyl sales have also made history, with 859,000 copies sold in the latest tracking week, setting a record for the most vinyl LPs sold by a single album in one week in the modern era. The 14-times-grammy winner now holds the top four spots for the biggest vinyl sales weeks in the modern era. 

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As the album continues to break records, it is clear that Taylor Swift's reign shows no signs of slowing down. Fans, meanwhile, went over the top to see their favorite reach heights of success. 

Fans bask in delight as Taylor Swift's Chart-Topping Streak Continues

Die-hard Swifties have undoubtedly reached Cloud 9 celebrating the album’s continued success. They are, in fact, so accustomed to the everyday ritual of breaching records, that to some it has now become tiring. Another user remarked how the songstress has single-handedly taken over the pop industry. “She ends all pop girls always,” said the fan referring to Swift. 

Another user joked how Swift must be having billboards on speed dial for having broken so many records. 

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A couple of others continued their collective fangirling over Taylor Swift, associating her with labels such as “undefeated”. Rubbing off a cold shoulder with her haters, another user commented how Swift always succeeds in eliminating our haters. All in all, Taylor Swift continues her unrelenting chart dominance, and she is nowhere near the end. 

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Shraddha Suman

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Shraddha Das is a Content Lead and the Sub Group Head at Netflix Junkie. Captivated by the power of storytelling and the written word at a young age, which led her to pursue a career in journalism at the Esteemed KIIT School of Journalism and Mass Communication, in Orissa. She has over 1500 articles to her name.

Edited By: Aliza Siddiqui

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