Taylor Swift flies over the American " charts ". Folklore , his eighth record, rocketed to No. 1 on the Billboard charts. With 846,000 copies sold in just one week, the American singer signs - by far - the best start of the year. She outclasses rapper Juice Wrld, whose posthumous album Legends never die, released in July, had totaled 508,000 sales in one week.
Surprise album
According to AP, the last album to date to have been such a success when it was released is Lover , by ... Taylor Swift, released in August 2019. At 30, the American singer thus becomes the first artist, including seven different albums. sell at least 500,000 copies in a week.
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On July 23, the star took her fans by surprise when she told them about the existence of Folklore just hours before its release. The album is the result of a collaboration with the folk group Bon Iver, who co-wrote some of the tracks and sings on one of them, Exile . Taylor Swift, who made his scales in country, also worked with Aaron Dessner, co-founder and multi-instrumentalist of indie rock band The National.
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With almost 290 million listenings on demand in a week for folklore titles , the singer breaks another record: this year, an album signed by a female artist has never reached such audiences on streaming platforms. As for the clip of Cardigan , the album's flagship track, it has already totaled more than 40 million views on YouTube.