'Taylor Swift Earns 11th No. 1 Album, Achieves Biggest
11th No. 1 Album, Achieves Biggest
On the
eve of the 11th month of the year, Taylor Swift has achieved her 11th No
— the
largest week for any album in nearly seven years, as noted by Billboard
Swift is
now tied with Barbra Streisand as the female artist with the most No
1 albums
on the chart, joining the Beatles (19), Jay-Z (14), and Drake, Bruce Springsteen, and Streisand (all with 11)
She also becomes
the only artist to have five albums debut with over 1 million units sold in
21, is
already the year’s top-selling album by overall sales; she beats her own record for the
Three hours
after its release, “Midnights” was followed up with a deluxe version, aka the “3am Edition,”
The CD
edition, which was also available with four different covers and interior artwork, logged 395,000 in sales —
record for
single-week vinyl sales, selling 575,000 vinyl LPs of “Midnights
” (By comparison,
Harry Styles’ “Harry’s House” achieved top vinyl-seller status in its first week with 182,000 copies
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