Taylor Swift is officially No. 1 – to no one’s surprise! The Tortured Poets Department made a massive No.
1 debut on the Billboard 200 albums chart dated May 4, resulting in her 14th No. 1 album, via Billboard. She ties Jay-Z for the most No.
1s among soloists in the nearly 70-year history of the chart. Only The Beatles, with 19 No. 1s, have more. Keep reading to find out more… The Tortured Poets Department debuted with a total of 2.61 million equivalent album units in its first week.
Traditional album sales (purchases of digital download albums, CDs, vinyl and cassettes) comprise 1.914 million of that sum, with vinyl sales alone representing 859,000.
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