It's Taylor Swift's world , and right now , we are all living gloriously in it. Swift has only gone and done it again. 1989 becomes Swift's 4th US Number 1 album , and even more impressively , her third consecutive album to bypass 1million sales in its first week. Swift becomes the first act in US chart history to achieve such a milestone.
The critically acclaimed 1989 shifted a whopping 1.322million copies in just a week. Previous album Red shipped 1.208million copies in 2012. In 2010 , Speak Now , sold 1.047million copies in its first week.
1989 becomes the fastest selling album in the US in over 12 years. Not since Eminem back in June 2002 with The Eminem Show , has a single album shifted so many copies in its first week. Eminem sold the same amount back in that pre-iTunes era.
However , Britney Spears 2000 sophomore album Oops..I Did It Again , remains the fastest selling female album in American chart history.
Swift's 1989 , is now the biggest selling album by an artist in the USA this year after only a week. A remarkable achievement given the decline in digital and physical sales of music. And the continued plagues of illegal downloading. In fact , Swift or any other artist may never reach this milestone again in the modern era.
Taylor Swift has made genuine music history this week. The only album to sell more than her this year is the Frozen soundtrack which has sold more than 3million copies since last November.
Right now , Swift is riding a critical and commercial wave at the age of 23. Its an incredible feat. And with next years 1989 World Tour to come , Swift may have staked a huge claim to the throne of the new Queen of Pop.
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