Taylor Swift shatters vinyl sales record with ‘Evermore’

nypost.com:

according to Billboard.It sold more than 40,000 copies just three days after its May 28 release — already surpassing the biggest single-week sales record since MRC Data began tracking in 1991.The title had previously been held by Jack White’s “Lazaretto,” which sold 40,000 copies in the week after it launched in June 2014.It’s likely sales of “Evermore,” Swift’s ninth studio album, will continue to soar through the end of the tracking week on Thursday.The 31-year-old singer’s chartbusting comes amid a broader vinyl comeback.

Sales of vinyl LPs and 45s grew 23 percent in 2020, from the year prior, according to data released by the Recording Industry Association of America in February.It also marked the single-largest year for US vinyl album.