It’s Monday, April 29th, and Taylor Swift hits another record on the Billboard 200 with the release of her double album ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’ She makes a huge debut at No. 1, securing her 14th chart topping album. The Hot 100 is in, who takes the cake? Keep watching to find out. Rihanna is at it again teasing her new album and what type of tracks could potentially be on it. Jess Glynne takes us behind the photo, WILLOW stopped by the Billboard studio to share more about her upcoming album and more!
Tetris Kelly:
Taylor Swift makes a historic debut with ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’ The album does a complete takeover on The Hot 100, Rihanna teases R9 leaving fans wanting more and we give you a preview of our chat with WILLOW Smith. Welcome to a brand new week of Billboard News we’ve got a lot to get into, so let’s start with our top story. To no one’s surprise Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ made a huge debut on the Billboard 200, it broke some other records too. Taylor herself reacted to the huge news posting on Twitter, “My mind is blown. I’m completely floored by the love you’ve shown this album.” The album debuted at No. 1 on the chart is the superstars 14 chart topping album. That makes her tied with Jay-Z for the most No. 1 albums for solo artist in the nearly 70 year history of the chart. Only The Beatles are ahead with 19 No. 1 albums. The album launch with 2.61 million equivalent album sales and over 891 million official streams with 1.9 million traditional album sales, it’s instantly the top selling album of 2024. To put that number into context, the second biggest selling album counting weekly sales from January to now is Beyonce ‘Cowboy Carter’ with 228,000 copies total. Taylor does it again. Taylor Swift breaking records who would have guessed? Here’s this week’s chart. Taylor Swift’s the ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ has done a complete takeover.
Keep watching to learn more!