Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ LP Makes History BooksTAYLOR SWIFT’S MIDNIGHTS LANDS AS THE BIGGEST ALBUM OF THE DECADE & BIGGEST DEBUT OF HER CAREER WITH NEARLY 1.6M TOTAL CONSUMPTION IN THE US AND 3M WORLDWIDEMIDNIGHTS #1 ON THE BILLBOARD 200, ALBUM SALES CHART AND AROUND THE WORLDTAYLOR SWIFT’S NEW ALBUM SHATTERS RECORDS WORLDWIDEOFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY Republic Records ‘Midnights’ debuts at #1 around the World: Taylor Swift becomes the only artist to have five albums debut with over 1 million units sold in their first week in US Nielsen history ‘Midnights’ Surpasses 1 Billion Global Album Streams in under one week, a new career high Taylor Swift Now the #1 Best Selling Artist By Total Album Units in the US in 2022 ‘Midnights’ over 1 million US pure album sales in one week, first album to achieve this since her own ‘reputation’ (2017) ‘Midnights’ breaks record for biggest first week global Spotify streams for any album in five days of release ‘Midnights’ biggest first week global streams for any album in Amazon Music history ‘Midnights’ Breaks record for biggest vinyl sales week for any album in Nielsen era Breaks the all-time record for most single day streams for an artist catalog in global Spotify history (228 million) Becomes Most Streamed Female Artist in Spotify history, first to cross 35 billion across all credits ‘Midnights’ Breaks Record for Highest First Week US Streams for any album in 2022 Ties Barbra Streisand as the female artist with the most #1 albums in Billboard 200 history (11). Becomes first female artist to have 11 albums debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 Extends record as female artist with the most weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 ‘Midnights’ #1 best-selling album of the year by any artist in US pure sales after 1 day of release ‘Midnights’ #1 best-selling album of the year by any artist in US vinyl sales after 1 day of release ‘Midnights’ first 1 million debut in the post-bundling era No. 1 best-selling artist of the year in US pure album sales, first over 1 million Extends record as the artist with the most weeks at #1 on the Billboard Artist 100 (51 weeks) ‘Midnights’ surpasses ‘1989’ as the biggest US album debut in Taylor Swift’s career Spotify: ‘Midnights’ Breaks Record For Biggest Album Debut in Spotify History (186 million streams) ‘Midnights’ Breaks Record For Biggest Album Debut in US Spotify History (88 million streams) “Anti-Hero” Debuts at #1 on the Global Spotify chart with 17.39 million streams. Biggest chart debut in history. “Lavender Haze” Debuts at #2 on the Global Spotify chart with 16.4 million streams. Second biggest chart debut in history. “Snow On the Beach” f. Lana Del Rey Debuts at #3 on the Global Spotify chart with 15.03 million streams. Third biggest chart debut in history. “Snow On the Beach” f. Lana Del Rey Breaks Record For Most First Day Streams For An All-Female Collaboration with 15 million streams “Maroon” Debuts at #4 on the Global Spotify chart with 14.4 million streams. Fourth biggest chart debut in history. “You’re On Your Own, Kid” Debuts at #5 on the Global Spotify chart with 12.84 million streams. Fifth biggest chart debut in history. Taylor Swift now holds the top 5 biggest global streaming single debuts in chart history. Taylor Swift breaks the all-time record for most single day streams for an artist catalog in Spotify history (228 million) ‘Midnights’ over 100 million streams in each of first four days of release, only album to ever achieve this ‘Midnights’ fastest album to ever reach 500 million streams, taking less than four days to reach this milestone Taylor Swift Becomes the Most Streamed Female Artist in Spotify history, first to cross 35 billion across all credits “Anti-Hero” Debuts at #1 on the US Spotify chart with 7.786 million streams. Biggest single day streams in history. “Lavender Haze” Debuts at #2 on the US Spotify chart with 7.644 million streams. Second biggest single day streams in history. “Maroon” Debuts at #3 on the US Spotify chart with 6.8 million streams. Third biggest chart debut in history. “Snow On the Beach” ft. Lana Del Rey Debuts at #4 on the US Spotify chart with 6.179 million streams. Fourth biggest single day streams in history. Taylor Swift now holds the top 4 biggest single day streaming peaks in US chart history.
Extends record most #1 hits on US iTunes among all artists (56) Three #1 hits on US iTunes from ‘Midnights’, all self-replacing at top spot “The Great War” “Bigger Than The Whole Sky” “Anti-Hero” Two #1 hits on Apple Music from ‘Midnights’ “Lavender Haze” and “Anti-Hero” both peak at #1 both US and Global Simultaneously occupy the entire top 10 all-genre songs both US and Global ‘Midnights’ biggest first day streams for a Pop album in Apple Music history ‘Midnights’ biggest first day streams for any album in Dolby Atmos in Apple Music history
‘Midnights’ biggest first day global streams for any album in history (7.97 million) ‘Midnights’ biggest first week global streams for any album in history ‘Midnights’ biggest first day Alexa requests for any album in history
◦ Smashes Modern Era Best Selling Vinyl Week in Australia, Canada, UK ◦ Biggest Vinyl Week by an International Artist in 2022 in Germany
◦ All Time D2C Sales Record for Universal Music in Brazil, Canada, Mexico, UK, Australia, Germany, ◦ Captured #1-13 on the Global Spotify Chart and in the UK, Canada, Philippines, Ireland, New Zealand and Singapore on release ◦ #1 Spotify Album Chart Globally and in 30 Markets UK Australia Canada Germany Brazil New Zealand Ireland Philippines Spain Norway
Source Republic Records
October 30, 2022 3:00pm ET by Pressparty |