Taylor Swift is no stranger to shattering records, and she set several new milestones with The Tortured Poets Department. Her latest album topped the Billboard 200 chart with the largest streaming week ever, while 14 of its songs topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
With 2.61 million album-equivalent units during its debut week, Tortured Poets scored the second-largest week for any album on the Billboard 200 chart, behind Adele’s 25. It sold a staggering 859,000 vinyl copies alone, and also scored the largest streaming week in the chart’s history, with 891.37 million official streams across 31 songs.
Tortured Poets is Swift’s 14th album to hit No. 1 in the US, helping her tie Jay-Z’s record for the most chart-topping albums among soloists. It also scored the biggest sales week for any vinyl album in the modern era, the largest sales week of Swift’s career, and third-largest on the Billboard 200 chart overall.
Tortured Poets did just as great on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where 14 of its songs claimed the top spots for the first time in history. By doing so, they brought Swift’s total of the top ten hits to 59, making her the first female artist to cross the 50-songs mark. Its lead single “Fortnight” ft. Post Malone debuted atop the chart, helping Swift tie Ariana Grande’s record for most No. 1 debuts among women.
