Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Division has topped the Billboard 200 album chart as soon as once more.
The pop star’s eleventh studio album, first launched on April 19, had its greatest gross sales since its second week of launch after Goal solely launched a bodily version of the TTPD: The Anthology deluxe album over Thanksgiving weekend. The expanded version scored 405,000 equal album items within the week ending December 5, per a Billboard report on Sunday, December 8.
These numbers give TTPD its greatest week of gross sales since its second week when it scored 439,000 equal album items. After all, the album debuted atop the Billboard 200 again in April, with a complete of two.61 million items (1.914 million conventional copies and 891.34 million on-demand streams) tallied throughout all platforms in its first week of launch.
TTPD’s return to the highest of the summit marks its sixteenth nonconsecutive week at No. 1 and makes it the third longest-charting No. 1 by a lady. Solely Adele’s 21 (24 weeks) and The Bodyguard (20 weeks) soundtrack carried out by Whitney Houston have spent extra weeks on the prime.
The chart-topping album has been buoyed by the success of Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour, which got here to a conclusion on Sunday at BC Place in Vancouver after almost two years. The tour started in March 2023 and has spanned 5 continents and 149 reveals.
Throughout Sunday’s remaining efficiency, Swift, 34, thanked followers for “being part of essentially the most thrilling chapter of my life so far — my beloved Eras Tour.”
Her administration crew mentioned by way of X, “To all of the followers who took half in experiencing the enjoyment that #TSTheErasTour has introduced us over the previous two years. We noticed you spend hours designing your costumes, buying and selling friendship bracelets, singing and dancing nonstop to the complete setlist, spreading like to everybody, and welcoming every metropolis into our shared traditions.”
“Whereas the tour has come to an finish, your smiles, tears, and friendships will final a lifetime. Keep in mind to carry on to the recollections — they’ll maintain on to you. 🫶,” the put up concluded.
Swift’s collaboration with Goal over Thanksgiving additionally scored her big e-book gross sales. The star’s The Eras Tour E book, additionally launched on November 29, bought almost 1 million copies in its first week of sale. That makes it the most important e-book launch of 2024 up to now.
“We knew the discharge of Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour E book and The Tortured Poets Division: The Anthology could be an enormous, big second for Goal consumers and Taylor Swift followers in every single place, however seeing the record-breaking response unfold during the last week has been an absolute thrill,” Rick Gomez, the manager vice chairman and chief industrial officer at Goal, mentioned in a press launch on Friday, December 6. “I’m extremely happy with Goal’s partnership with Taylor and the way in which our groups labored collectively to make this yr’s Black Friday and Cyber Week unforgettable for thus many individuals.”