Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Taylor Swift might be spending another week at No. 1 on the album chart soon.
But if so, it won’t be with her blockbuster studio album from last year, “The Tortured Poets Department.” Rather, it would be “Lover (Live From Paris),” a new vinyl version of which the singer put up for sale in her webstore Tuesday morning, resulting in a near-instant sellout.
Fans exulted when a notice went out via social media and email that a new pressing of the extremely rare album was being made available until this Friday night at midnight, “or while supplies last.” Not everyone got to partake in the joy, though — did only did supplies not last for three-and-a-half days, they were depleted in less than an hour.
Even with the release selling out before most fans even knew it went on sale, it could still have a shot at No. 1, if Swift sleuths are correct in believing that somewhere between 100,000 and 150,000 copies went on sale and immediately sold through in the U.S.
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