Taylor Swift's "Mind Is Blown" After Debuting At No 1 On Billboard 200 With The Tortured Poets Department
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The Tortured Poets Department features 16 tracks, including four bonus ones
Pop sensation Taylor Swift is surprised by the success of her album The Tortured Poets Department as the album made a colossal entry at No 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It sold a staggering 2.61 million albums and streaming units in its debut week in the US, as reported by Billboard on Sunday. According to Billboard, traditional album sales accounted for 1.91 million units in the week ending April 25, encompassing digital downloads, CDs, and cassettes, with an additional 859,000 units from vinyl sales. Impressively, the album also garnered 891.34 million on-demand official streams. My mind is blown. I'm completely floored by the love you've shown this album.2.6 million ARE YOU ACTUALLY SERIOUS?? Thank you for listening, streaming, and welcoming Tortured Poets into your life. Feeling completely overwhelmed.I was already so fired up to get back to the tour… pic.twitter.com/L7lS7WTa2Y
Taylor Swift reacted to the big news by sharing behind-the-scenes pictures from a recording studio on X (formerly Twitter) and wrote, “My mind is blown. I'm completely floored by the love you've shown this album. 2.6 million ARE YOU ACTUALLY SERIOUS?? Thank you for listening, streaming and welcoming ‘Tortured Poets' into your life. Feeling completely overwhelmed. I was already so fired up to get back to the tour but you doing THIS?? May 9 can't come soon enough."
The Tortured Poets Department not only secured the largest streaming week for an album ever but also marked the biggest sales week for an album on vinyl in the modern era. Furthermore, it stands as the best-selling album of 2024 thus far.
