Taylor became the first artist in history to accomplish this feat with her previous studio album Midnights in the fall of 2022 TTPD's lead single Fortnight is poised to become the strongest Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit in nearly 3 years Fortnight is expected to earn over 500,000 units in the United States at the end of the first tracking week, the first single since 2021 to achieve this feat TTPD is headed for a 2.4 million debut week with over 1,800,000 in pure units, 700,000 of which are vinyl.  Taylor is headed for her 12th Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit, tying her w ..read more

Quote Industry prognosticators are now fearlessly predicting that Taylor Swift's latest Republic rocket, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, will soar into the rarefied air of 2 million+ in first-week activity. As you probably know, the new set was expanded to 31 tracks mere hours after its arrival in an "ANTHOLOGY" edition that will inevitably supercharge the already-frenzied consumption underway by Swifties. POETS quickly blew past Spotify and Amazon Music records for single-day album streams; expect more records to be set very soon. So if 2m is ..read more

I think there's an obvious winner, but I'm seeing a lot of comparisons and want to break it down the right way. Fortnight vs. Lavender Haze The Tortured Poets Department vs. Maroon MBOBHFT vs. Anti-Hero Down Bad vs. Snow On The Beach So Long, London vs. YOYOK But Daddy I Love Him vs. Midnight Rain Fresh Out The Slammer vs. Question...? Florida!!! vs. Vigilante Shit Guilty As Sin? vs. Bejeweled Who's Afraid Of Little Old Me? vs. Labyrinth ICFH (NRIC) vs. Karma loml vs. Sweet Nothing ICDIWABH vs. Mastermind TSMWEL vs. The Great War The Alchemy vs. BTTWS Clara Bow vs. Paris The Black Dog vs. Hig ..read more

Quote Industry prognosticators are now fearlessly predicting that Taylor Swift's latest Republic rocket, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, will soar into the rarefied air of 2 million+ in first-week activity. As you probably know, the new set was expanded to 31 tracks mere hours after its arrival in an "ANTHOLOGY" edition that will inevitably supercharge the already-frenzied consumption underway by Swifties. POETS quickly blew past Spotify and Amazon Music records for single-day album streams; expect more records to be set very soon. So if 2m is ..read more

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Quote Industry prognosticators are now fearlessly predicting that Taylor Swift's latest Republic rocket, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, will soar into the rarefied air of 2 million+ in first-week activity. As you probably know, the new set was expanded to 31 tracks mere hours after its arrival in an "ANTHOLOGY" edition that will inevitably supercharge the already-frenzied consumption underway by Swifties. POETS quickly blew past Spotify and Amazon Music records for single-day album streams; expect more records to be set very soon. So if 2m is ..read more

Taylor Swift Reveals ‘The Tortured Poets Department’s First Single & Drops Fan Challenge Quote "A message for the message for the department," the pop star teased in her YouTube Shorts video. We’re no longer a fortnight away from the release of The Tortured Poets Department, which means it’s the perfect time for Taylor Swift to confirm the set’s lead single. The pop superstar revealed Thursday (April 18) on Instagram that the Post Malone-assisted “Fortnight” will serve as the lead single from her forthcoming album. “The first single from The Tortu ..read more

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Taylor Swift Reveals ‘The Tortured Poets Department’s First Single & Drops Fan Challenge Quote "A message for the message for the department," the pop star teased in her YouTube Shorts video. We’re no longer a fortnight away from the release of The Tortured Poets Department, which means it’s the perfect time for Taylor Swift to confirm the set’s lead single. The pop superstar revealed Thursday (April 18) on Instagram that the Post Malone-assisted “Fortnight” will serve as the lead single from her forthcoming album. “The first single from The Tortu ..read more

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