Taylor Swift has just marked the history of the American rankings: the singer occupies this Monday all the Top 10 of the most listened to songs in the United States last week. Each of these ten songs is taken from midnightstheir tenth studio album, released on October 21.
This is the first time an artist has achieved this feat since the launch 64 years ago of the Billboard Hot 100, which reveals the ranking of the 100 most popular titles from across the Atlantic each week. Thus surpasses Drake, who occupied 9 places in the Top 10 with his album certified lover boy in September 2021.
anti hero, the first single from the album, ranks first. He thus becomes the ninth number 1 in the career of Taylor Swift.
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A triumph also made possible by streaming and the dematerialization of music. Until recently, only singles could reach the Billboard Hot 100, as they were the only tracks from albums that could be purchased individually. But at the time of digitization, each title sees its streaming listening counted and converted into equivalent sales.
In addition, these ten new songs make her the female artist who has positioned herself in the Top 10 the most times, surpassing Madonna (40 songs against 38). All genres combined, she is second only to Drake and the 59th Top 10 from her. midnights it is the first album in history to see ten of its tracks ranked in the Top 10.
Because one record leads to others, midnights It ranks first on the Billboard 200, which ranks album sales. Its 1.5 million and equivalent sales in the US in one week make it the best start to an album in seven years, in 2015, the year Adele sold more than 3 million copies of her 25 in America in seven days.
Source: BFM TV
