Taylor Swift responded to the news on Sunday about her latest album, Section of tortured poetsas big as her fans expected.
according to paintingNow 14, Swift is tied with Jay-Z for the No. 1 spot on charts by a solo artist after the album rose to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated May 4). She is bettered only by The Beatles, who have 19 votes.
Section of tortured poets It also represents the most streams in a week for an album ever — at least since 2014, when Billboard started measuring units. The publication described the debut as “huge”, including an “astonishing” number of vinyl sales totaling 859,000.
Shortly after the news broke, Swift said “her mind is blown” and “I'm absolutely blown away by the love you've shown this album.”
“What do you mean,” Swift initially posted in response to A.J painting After announcing her achievements on Xformerly Twitter.
The singer then added that she was “absolutely blown away” by the numbers, including 2.61 million equivalent album units sold in the US alone in the week ending April 25.
A stunned Swift wrote: “Are you really serious??”
Adding some behind-the-scenes photos of the album process, including photos with Post Malone and Florence Welch, Swift concluded by promising that she was ready to get back to work after a two-month hiatus.
“Thank you for listening, broadcasting and welcoming Tortured poets In your life. Feeling completely exhausted. I was already so excited to get back on tour but would you do this?? May 9th can't come soon enough.
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