Taylor Swift’s latest album Midnights has debuted at the number 1 spot of Billboard 200 chart this week nearly 1.6 million units moved in the first week.
The singer also sold more than 1 million pure units in the first week, the highest number since the bundle rules were changed in 2020. She has shattered several records while moving such a big number in week 1. Midnights has also broken the record for biggest 1st week in global Spotify streams for any album in 5 days of release, and Taylor has now become the most streamed artist in Spotify history: 35 billion streams across all credits.
Below are some of the milestones the album has achieved according to her label, Republic Records.
- Taylor Swift becomes the only artist to have five albums debut with over 1 million units sold in their first week in US Nielsen history
- ‘Midnights’ Surpasses 1 Billion Global Album Streams in under one week, a new career high
- Taylor Swift Now the #1 Best Selling Artist By Total Album Units in the US in 2022
- ‘Midnights’ over 1 million US pure album sales in one week, first album to achieve this since her own ‘reputation’ (2017)
- ‘Midnights’ breaks record for biggest first week global Spotify streams for any album in five days of release
- ‘Midnights’ biggest first week global streams for any album in Amazon Music history
- ‘Midnights’ Breaks record for biggest vinyl sales week for any album in Nielsen era
- Breaks the all-time record for most single day streams for an artist catalog in global Spotify history (228 million)
- Becomes Most Streamed Female Artist in Spotify history, first to cross 35 billion across all credits
- ‘Midnights’ Breaks Record for Highest First Week US Streams for any album in 2022
- Ties Barbra Streisand as the female artist with the most #1 albums in Billboard 200 history (11).
- Becomes first female artist to have 11 albums debut at #1 on the Billboard 200
- Extends record as female artist with the most weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200.
- ‘Midnights’ #1 best-selling album of the year by any artist in US pure sales after 1 day of release
- ‘Midnights’ #1 best-selling album of the year by any artist in US vinyl sales after 1 day of release
- ‘Midnights’ first 1 million debut in the post-bundling era
- #1 best-selling artist of the year in US pure album sales, first over 1 million
- Extends record as the artist with the most weeks at #1 on the Billboard Artist 100 (51 weeks)
- ‘Midnights’ surpasses ‘1989’ as the biggest US album debut in Taylor Swift’s career
On Spotify:
- ‘Midnights’ Breaks Record For Biggest Album Debut in Spotify History (186 million streams)
- ‘Midnights’ Breaks Record For Biggest Album Debut in US Spotify History (88 million streams)
- “Anti-Hero” Debuts at #1 on the Global Spotify chart with 17.39 million streams. Biggest chart debut in history.
- “Lavender Haze” Debuts at #2 on the Global Spotify chart with 16.4 million streams. Second biggest chart debut in history.
- “Snow On the Beach” f. Lana Del Rey Debuts at #3 on the Global Spotify chart with 15.03 million streams. Third biggest chart debut in history.
- “Snow On the Beach” f. Lana Del Rey Breaks Record For Most First Day Streams For An All-Female Collaboration with 15 million streams
- “Maroon” Debuts at #4 on the Global Spotify chart with 14.4 million streams. Fourth biggest chart debut in history.
- “You’re On Your Own, Kid” Debuts at #5 on the Global Spotify chart with 12.84 million streams. Fifth biggest chart debut in history.
- Taylor Swift now holds the top 5 biggest global streaming single debuts in chart history.
- Taylor Swift breaks the all-time record for most single day streams for an artist catalog in Spotify history (228 million)
- ‘Midnights’ over 100 million streams in each of first four days of release, only album to ever achieve this
- ‘Midnights’ fastest album to ever reach 500 million streams, taking less than four days to reach this milestone
- Taylor Swift Becomes the Most Streamed Female Artist in Spotify history, first to cross 35 billion across all credits
- “Anti-Hero” Debuts at #1 on the US Spotify chart with 7.786 million streams. Biggest single day streams in history.
- “Lavender Haze” Debuts at #2 on the US Spotify chart with 7.644 million streams. Second biggest single day streams in history.
- “Maroon” Debuts at #3 on the US Spotify chart with 6.8 million streams. Third biggest chart debut in history.
- “Snow On the Beach” f. Lana Del Rey Debuts at #4 on the US Spotify chart with 6.179 million streams. Fourth biggest single day streams in history.
- Taylor Swift now holds the top 4 biggest single day streaming peaks in US chart history.
On Apple Music and iTunes:
- Extends record most #1 hits on US iTunes among all artists (56)
- Three #1 hits on US iTunes from ‘Midnights’, all self-replacing at top spot
- “The Great War”
- “Bigger Than The Whole Sky”
- “Anti-Hero”
- Two #1 hits on Apple Music from ‘Midnights’
- “Lavender Haze” and “Anti-Hero” both peak at #1 both US and Global
- Simultaneously occupy the entire top 10 all-genre songs both US and Global
- ‘Midnights’ biggest first day streams for a Pop album in Apple Music history
- ‘Midnights’ biggest first day streams for any album in Dolby Atmos in Apple Music history
On Amazon:
- ‘Midnights’ biggest first day global streams for any album in history (7.97 million)
- ‘Midnights’ biggest first week global streams for any album in history
- ‘Midnights’ biggest first day Alexa requests for any album in history
Around the World:
- Biggest Debut Week of 2022
- Australia
- Canada
- China (Western Artist)
- Germany (International Artist)
- Ireland
- New Zealand
- Taiwan (International Artist)
- UK
- Taylor Swift’s Biggest Consumption Week EVER
- France, Germany, Italy, Poland, UK
- Vinyl
- Smashes Modern Era Best Selling Vinyl Week in Australia, Canada, UK
- Biggest Vinyl Week by an International Artist in 2022 in Germany
- D2C
- All Time D2C Sales Record for Universal Music in Brazil, Canada, Mexico, UK, Australia, Germany,
- Spotify
- Captured #1-13 on the Global Spotify Chart and in the UK, Canada, Philippines, Ireland, New Zealand and Singapore on release
- #1 Spotify Album Chart Globally and in 30 Markets
- UK
- Certified GOLD in Two Days
- “Anti-Hero” Biggest Spotify UK Debut for an International Artist
- Pre-Orders Topped her Biggest Market Debut Week (1989)
- First Time Taylor secures BOTH #1 Album & #1 Single (“Anti-Hero”)
- Marks 9th Consecutive #1 Album
- Biggest Debut Album of 2022
- Biggest Debut Album by an International Artist Since 2011 (Lady Gaga ‘ Born This Way’)
- Biggest Week 1 Streams by an International Artist
- First and Only Female Artist to have 9 UK #1 albums this Century – 2nd Most #1 Albums by a Female after Madonna (12)
- Australia
- Certified GOLD in Week 1
- Triple Killer – #1 Album, Single “Anti-Hero” & Airplay Debut – First Time in Market History
- #1 Airplay Debut “Anti-Hero” (First Time in Market History)
- Marks 10th #1 Album
- Most Album Streams in a Week in ARIA Chart History
- Highest Selling Album on the ARIA Album Chart since 2017 (Reputation)
- Biggest Vinyl Debut Ever
- ‘Anti-Hero’ marks 9th #1 ARIA Single
- Midnights Claims the Most Singles to ever Debut in the Top 10 (9 total, 13 of Top 14)
- 4 of Taylor’s Albums including Midnights are in the Top 20 Album Chart and 7 in the Top 50
- Canada
- Certified GOLD in Pre-Orders & Physical Ship before release
- All-Time Record for Most Streams for any Album in 24 Hours on Spotify
- All-Time Record for Most Streams for any Single in 24 Hours on Spotify (“Anti-Hero”)
- All-Time Record for Most Streams for any Single in a week (“Anti-Hero”, 6.8M)
- On pace to Debut #1-13 Singles on Official Canadian Consumption Chart
- “Anti-Hero” Certified GOLD in Five Days
- Germany
- Taylor’s First #1 Album in Market
- Biggest 2022 Album Debut by a Solo Artist
- Pre-Orders Topped her Biggest Market Debut Week (Reputation)
- Biggest Streaming Album Debut Week of 2022
- Brazil
- Certified GOLD in Two Days
- All-Time Record for Most Streams for any Album in 24 Hours on Spotify (8.1M)
- All-Time Record for Most Streams for an International Album in a Week on Spotify (34.1M)
- All-Time Record for most Streams for any Single by an International Artist in a Week on Spotify (“Anti-Hero”, 4.1M)
- All-Time Record for most Streams for any Single by an International Artist in 24 Hours on Spotify (“Anti-Hero”)
- New Zealand
- Midnights debuts #1, marking 11th Consecutive #1 Album
- Anti-Hero debuts #1 on the singles chart. Songs from Midnights occupy the Top 4 positions on the singles, the maximum allowed by chart rule
- Ireland
- Marks 8th #1 Album – extends run as the Female Artist with the Most #1 Albums this Millennium
- 2nd Consecutive Double #1 (Album & #1 Single (“Anti-Hero”))
- First time achieving #1 Album and Top 3 Singles
- Biggest Debut Album Since 2017 (Ed Sheeran ‘Divide’)
- Biggest Debut Album of 2022
- Outsold Rest of Top 20 Album Chart Combined
- 6 of Taylor’s Albums have Re-Entered the Top 40 Album Chart
- Philippines
- Certified GOLD in Debut Week
- 6 Songs from Midnights Broke Previous Single Day Spotify Streaming Record
- All-Time Record For Most Streams For Any Single in 24 Hours on Spotify (“Anti-Hero”, 1.09M)
- “Anti-Hero” & “Lavender Haze” Exceed 1M Daily Streams on Spotify – First Time Ever
- Biggest Debut Album Week of ALL-TIME on Spotify
- Spain
- Most Streamed Album by an Anglo-Artist in One Day on Spotify (2.8M)
- Norway
- Biggest Album Debut by a Female Artist in 2022
