Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ breaks sales records worldwide

Taylor Swift’s album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ just made history by selling the most vinyl copies in a single week, achieving the incredible feat in just three days.

During the weekend, fans bought a whopping 700,000 LP copies of Swift’s album, breaking her previous record set by ‘1989’ (Taylor’s Version), which sold 693,000 copies in a week last October.

Billboard shared the news, highlighting Taylor Swift’s ongoing success in the vinyl market.
Back in October 2022, Swift’s album ‘Midnights’ also made waves by selling 570,000 copies in a week on vinyl.

These records are specific to the ‘modern era’ since 1991, when SoundScan started tracking sales across different formats. While there might have been albums selling more than 700,000 vinyl copies per week in the past, we didn’t have data like this back then.

Still, Taylor Swift’s incredible achievements in LP sales are unmatched in recent history.