Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets' Posts a Huge Second Week on the Chart
Taylor Swift's album maintains dominance on the Billboard chart, showcasing strong performance in traditional and streaming consumption.
Taylor Swift's second-week album sales are second only to Adele's decade-old record, indicating sustained popularity and listenership.
The music industry sees a mix of genres in the top album chart positions, with artists like Morgan Wallen, Future, and Noah Kahan making appearances. [ more ]
Taylor Swift Ties Jay-Z for Most Solo Billboard No. 1 Albums
Taylor Swift's album 'The Tortured Poets Department' had the largest streaming week and topped the charts. It also had the largest vinyl sales for the modern era. [ more ]
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Adele maintains historic record over Taylor Swift despite TTPD's success
Adele's album 25 still holds the record for the biggest debut in Billboard 200 history, surpassing Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department. [ more ]
Taylor Swift set a new record this week with, well, records. The vinyl kind.
Taylor Swift's album Tortured Poets Department broke her own records by selling over 700,000 physical albums and becoming the first to surpass one billion Spotify streams in a week. [ more ]
Beyonce Becomes First Black Woman to Hit No. 1 on Country Albums Chart
Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 407,000 equivalent album units.
Beyoncé challenges stereotypes by embracing country music, breaking into the genre, and topping the country airplay chart as the first Black woman. [ more ]
'60 Songs That Explain the '90s': Breaking the Myth of Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson's album Dangerous, released in 1991, was still a commercial success despite selling fewer copies than his previous albums Thriller and Bad.
Michael Jackson's sales were declining in terms of pure sales from Thriller to Bad to Dangerous, but he was still considered one of the biggest pop stars of all time. [ more ]