Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department reached the top of the charts for the fifth consecutive week.
This Sunday marked the fifth consecutive week that the 34-year-old superstar’s 11th studio album has held the No. 1 position atop the chart. Billboard List of 200 albums.
TTPD is the first album to spend its first five weeks atop the charts since Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time held the spot for 12 consecutive weeks following the country artist’s March 2023 release.
He previously released the tracklist for the critically acclaimed double album on April 19 and added several of its songs to his setlist for the European leg of The Eras Tour.
This comes as she concluded her two-day stay in Lisbon, Portugal, and fan-shot footage showed her performing a medley from her new album, including the title track, live for the first time.
Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department reached the top of the charts for the fifth consecutive week
This Sunday marked the fifth consecutive week that the 34-year-old superstar’s 11th studio album has held the No. 1 position atop the Billboard 200 albums chart.
The Department of Tortured Poets has earned 378,000 equivalent album units in the United States alone, according to a report from Luminate.
It also scored the fifth-biggest week for any album since Adele’s 25 measured 1.193 million units after its release in January 2016.
Album equivalent units are made up of track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). One album equivalent unit is equal to one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported streams, or 1,250 paid subscription streams.
Of all her chart-topping albums, Swift continues to hold the spot for the longest time a solo artist has held the number one spot.
With Sunday’s report, Swift secured the 74th week of her career atop the Billboard 200, further extending her record as a solo artist.
The Tortured Poets Department is their sixth album to reach number one on the charts.
She is currently tied with Jay-Z for the number one spot among solo artists.
It was also revealed that the first weekly earnings report totaled a 45 percent increase in unit sales since launching six new digital album download variants, as well as a new CD and restocks of previous deluxe editions.
The Department of Tortured Poets has earned 378,000 equivalent album units in the United States alone. He previously released the tracklist for the critically acclaimed double album on April 19 and added several of the songs from it to his setlist for the European leg of The Eras Tour.
It was also revealed that the first weekly earnings report totaled a 45 percent increase in unit sales since launching six new digital album download variants, as well as a new CD and restocks of previous deluxe editions.
When the album debuted in April, TTPD landed a whopping 14 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts.
Their album was streamed over a billion times in the days following its initial release, reached number one on the Billboard 200, and also saw its lead single Fortnight feat. Post Malone tops the Hot 100, her twelfth number one.
Following in Swift’s footsteps in second place, Billie Eilish’s new release, Hit Me Hard and Soft, follows close behind with 339,000 equivalent album units, marking the 20-year-old singer’s biggest week of her career so far. the moment.
The Fortnight singer’s fifth week at the top of the charts comes amid reports she has booked a £3.3million cottage in the Cotswolds, where she will stay during the UK leg of her tour.
It was also revealed that her NFL player boyfriend, Travis Kelce, “will be joining her for a getaway.”
“Taylor has booked the cottage while she is in the UK,” a source told The Sun.
“She wants a place to relax away from the tour and the countryside is her happy place,” the source revealed to the outlet.
Of all her chart-topping albums, Swift continues to hold the spot for the longest time a solo artist has held the number one spot. She is currently tied with Jay-Z for the number one spot among solo artists.
The Fortnight singer’s fifth week at the top of the charts comes amid reports she has booked a £3.3million cottage in the Cotswolds, where she will stay during the UK leg of her tour. It was also revealed that her NFL player boyfriend, Travis Kelce, “will be joining her for a getaway.”
The Bad Blood hitmaker will kick off her UK tour in Edinburgh on June 7, followed by Liverpool, Cardiff and a series of live concerts in London until August. It is also said that her tour will boost the economy by almost £1 billion with her 15 shows.
“Taylor loves dressing up in sequins on stage, but outdoors she feels more comfortable in muddy boots.”
The Bad Blood hitmaker will kick off her UK tour in Edinburgh on June 7, followed by Liverpool, Cardiff and a series of live concerts in London until August.
His tour is also said to boost the economy by almost £1bn with its 15 shows, although fans are struggling with rising Airbnb prices during the dates.
The average cost per night in Edinburgh is about £769 per night, but the weekend before is £237.88, which is a 223 per cent increase over the weekend of their tour dates, according to TheMirror.
