

(Not that Positions didn't do well, it's just the closest comparison I could think of in terms of a recent pop release. It's actually highly impressive that it was the 5th biggest debut week of the year given Billboard's new rules and the lack of bundles.Ĭompare it to Positions, for example, which is from the same label, followed Ariana's biggest album cycle yet, was not a surprise drop, was preceded by a #1 lead single, had three collectible physical copies available and debuted with 175,000 units. 2017 Taylor Swift Look What You Made Me Do Reputation 2,050,000 12. 2006 Taylor Swift Our Song Taylor Swift 2,370,000 10. This is 329,000 units for a surprise, digital-only (during this first week, at least) side B project. Taylor Swift sings 'If I was a man, I'd be The Man' on a song that arrives just as Lover, her seventh studio album, starts to get underway.It's not bragging if it's true. 2014 Taylor Swift Bad Blood 1989 2,380,000 9.


Katherine McPhee Over It Funk Generation Mix J/RCA (remixed by: Mike Rizzo. Honoring the music of Taylor Swifts discography from Taylor Swift to 1989, is a jukebox musical that centers around a group of college campers who compete. It's her 2nd album this year, a surprise drop, coming less than 5 months after her previous one, it's not launching a new era but simply continuing an ongoing (and highly successful) one, and most importantly- there were no physical copies. 7 Billboard Top40/Pop Radio Play: Taylor Swift Teardrops On My Guitar. Taylor Swift fans have all seen those paparazzi photos of her walking around New York City apartment. I can't think of any other mainstream album from an A-list artist that would serve as a proper comparison here in order for us to point to it and gauge whether or not Evermore is measuring up. Taylor Swift and her kitten, Olivia Benson, are seen on Sept. 329,000 looks low if you're comparing it to her previous records, but everything about the release of Evermore makes it a total outlier in Taylor's discography.
