QuoteTaylor Swift's 'Midnights' Blasts in at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart With Biggest Week for an Album in 7 Years
Taylor Swift achieves her 11th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart (dated Nov. 5) as Midnights arrives with the biggest week for any album in nearly seven years. The set launches with 1.578 million equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 27, according to Luminate. The last album to tally a larger week was the debut frame of Adele's 25, when it bowed with 3.482 million units (Dec. 12, 2015-dated chart).
Swift now ties Barbra Streisand for the most No. 1 albums among women. Swift is also the sixth act with more than 10 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 since the chart began regularly publishing on a weekly basis in 1956. She joins The Beatles (who lead with a record 19 No. 1s), Jay-Z (14), Drake, Bruce Springsteen and Streisand (each with 11).
Midnights is already the year's top-selling album by overall sales through the year, and tallies the largest sales week for an album since her own reputation debuted in 2017, the third-largest streaming week ever for an album, and the biggest sales week for a vinyl album in the modern era (since Luminate began tracking music sales in 1991).
Of Midnights' 1.578 equivalent album units earned, album sales comprise 1.140 million, SEA units comprise 419,000 (equaling 549.26 million on-demand official streams of the set's 20 total tracks) and TEA units comprise 19,000.
Third-Biggest Streaming Week Ever: Midnights logs the third-largest streaming week ever for an album, by total on-demand official streams. It also captures the biggest streaming week for a non-R&B/hip-hop album and any album by a woman. The Nos. 1 and 2 biggest streaming weeks were logged by the debut frames of Drake's Scorpion (745.92 million) and Certified Lover Boy (743.67 million), respectively.
Previously, Swift's biggest streaming week for an album was tallied by the first week of Red (Taylor's Version), with 303.23 million in 2021.
2022's Top-Selling Album: With 1.140 million sold, Midnights is easily 2022's top-selling album already. Previously, 2022's top-seller — adding up all sales generated through the year — was Harry Styles' Harry's House, with 633,000 copies sold through Oct. 27. (In terms of total equivalent album units, Bad Bunny's Un Verano Sin Ti is 2022's biggest album, with 2.911 million units earned.)
Breaking down Midnights' first-week sales of 1.140 million, physical sales comprise 980,000 (575,000 on vinyl, 395,000 on CD and 10,000 on cassette) and digital album downloads comprise 161,000.
Biggest Sales Week Since Swift's Own reputation: The 1.140 million sales number for Midnights marks the largest sales week for any album since Swift's own reputation debuted with 1.216 million copies sold (chart dated Dec. 2, 2017).
Swift Has Five Albums With Million-Plus Sales Weeks: Midnights is the 22nd album to sell at least 1 million copies in a single week since Luminate began tracking music sales in 1991. In total, there have been 24 instances — by 22 different albums — in which an album sold at least 1 million copies in a week. One of those albums, Adele's 25, sold more than 1 million in three separate weeks. Swift is the only artist with five different albums to each sell at least 1 million copies in a single week in the Luminate era — Midnights, reputation, 1989, Red, and Speak Now.
Further, now with five, Swift remains the only act with at least three different albums that hit the million-sales weekly threshold. Three acts have a pair of albums that each managed a million-plus sales week: Backstreet Boys, Eminem and *NSYNC.
New Modern-Era Vinyl Sales Record: Midnights handily breaks the modern-era record for single-week vinyl album sales in the U.S. with 575,000 vinyl LPs sold. That's the largest week for an album on vinyl since Luminate began tracking music sales in 1991. It surges past the previous high, set earlier this year, when Harry's House debuted with 182,000 vinyl copies (week ending May 26, 2021).
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QuoteTaylor Swift Makes History as First Artist With Entire Top 10 on Billboard Hot 100, Led by 'Anti-Hero' at No. 1
Taylor Swift scores one of the most historic weeks in the 64-year history of the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, as she becomes the first artist to claim the survey's entire top 10 in a single frame.
Swift surpasses Drake, who logged nine of the Hot 100's top 10 for a week in September 2021.
Leading the way for Swift on the Hot 100, "Anti-Hero" launches at No. 1, marking her ninth career leader.
All 10 songs in the Hot 100's top tier are from Swift's new LP Midnights, which, released Oct. 21 on Republic Records, blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with the biggest week for any release in seven years.
Swift also surges past Drake and The Beatles for the most titles from the top of the Hot 100 in a single week, as her monopoly of the top 10 bests those acts, each of whom infused the top five for a week each in 2021 and 1964, respectively.
Meanwhile, as Swift adds 10 new Hot 100 top 10s, she now boasts the most top 10s among women in the chart's history, with 40 (surpassing Madonna's 38). Among all acts, she trails only Drake (59 top 10s).
Plus, Midnights becomes the first album ever with as many as 10 Hot 100 top 10s, besting the nine from Drake's Certified Lover Boy in 2021.
Here's a rundown of Swift's unprecedented week on the Hot 100.
Top 10: Streams, Airplay & Sales
As Swift swoops in with a clean sweep of the Hot 100's top 10, here's a look at the songs' official streams, radio airplay and sales in the U.S. in the Oct. 21-27 tracking week that drove their chart debuts:
Rank, Title: Streams / Airplay Audience / Sales:
No. 1, "Anti-Hero": 59.7 million streams / 32 million in airplay audience / 13,500 sold
No. 2, "Lavender Haze": 41.4 million / 2.4 million / 2,800
No. 3, "Maroon": 37.6 million / 471,000 / 2,900
No. 4, "Snow on the Beach," feat. Lana Del Rey: 37.2 million / 615,000 / 2,600
No. 5, "Midnight Rain": 36.9 million / 449,000 / 2,200
No. 6, "Bejeweled": 35.5 million / 1.6 million / 16,100
No. 7, "Question...?": 31 million / 425,000 / 21,400
No. 8, "You're on Your Own, Kid": 34.1 million / 498,000 / 1,500
No. 9, "Karma": 33 million / 1.9 million / 3,400
No. 10, "Vigilante Shit": 32.2 million / 424,000 / 6,400
https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-all-hot-100-top-10-anti-hero-1235163664/
The album sucks, I couldn't even finish
but nice
"Bejeweled" is my mess/low key anthem and it made me wanna give Taylor's album a chance . I've never dug into a Taylor alber before
The album is actually fuckin amazing
I was listening last night and it def had me in a zone
Super cohesive. Every song sounds the same, but in the best way possible
Quote from: heated on October 31, 2022, 01:23:03 PM"Bejeweled" is my mess/low key anthem and it made me wanna give Taylor's album a chance . I've never dug into a Taylor alber before
The album is actually fuckin amazing
I was listening last night and it def had me in a zone
Super cohesive. Every song sounds the same, but in the best way possible
Okay lemme get in
Quote from: Nine on October 31, 2022, 01:21:25 PMThe album sucks, I couldn't even finish
but nice
Nnnnn ok?!?!!
I'm honestly convinced Taylor paid those music critics on Metacritic because the way everyone was giving it at least 9/10 and calling it an instant classic
:omf:
The album was boring af. But congrats to her.
i mean its taylor. she is a cis gendered skinny blonde and blue eyed white female. this isnt really a huge feat for her. also she has like 25 versions of the album out. im sure most the songs will fall out the top 10 next week.
Y'all... she outsold Adele & Drake combined
30: 839k
Certified Lover Boy: 613k
1,452,000
Midnights: 1,578,000
:guys:
Quote from: Young on October 31, 2022, 01:26:02 PMQuote from: heated on October 31, 2022, 01:23:03 PM"Bejeweled" is my mess/low key anthem and it made me wanna give Taylor's album a chance . I've never dug into a Taylor alber before
The album is actually fuckin amazing
I was listening last night and it def had me in a zone
Super cohesive. Every song sounds the same, but in the best way possible
Okay lemme get in
its a nice balance of generic pop and edge
i think she found a nice sweet spot with this alber
not super blond happy poppy
but not "GRR!!! look yall ! i likes tah fight!" ...
like that try-hard "look at wat u made me do" single she had out.
I don't understand how such a BASIC bitch sells so much
Oh, and bye "Super Freaky Grandma"!
Good for Tay Tay! Not one of her best imo. I like 3 songs.
The album fckin sucks
I listened to the whole thing and couldn't even remember one song after
All her music sounds the same. Her success if baffling to me honestly.
Her fans don't play chile. They gone put the money where their mouth is everytime
Damn... so Bey definitely ain't getting AOTY again, huh?
Quote from: Georgina Sparks on October 31, 2022, 07:55:49 PMDamn... so Bey definitely ain't getting AOTY again, huh?
eligibility period ended Sept 30 hun
and Shitney ain't getting those braincells back
vegetable self
Quote from: Nine on October 31, 2022, 07:59:28 PMand Shitney ain't getting those braincells back
vegetable self
Damn
:omgwatshappening: