May 03, 2024
Taylor Swift broke global streaming records with her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department.
Released on April 19, the album gathered an unmatched 1.76 billion streams worldwide in its first week.
The album, quickly topped the So High School hitmaker's own previous record set by her Midnights album, which reached 1.1 billion streams in October 2022.
The Tortured Poets Department, features a deluxe version with 31 songs, and it has not only set a new benchmark in the music industry but also underscored Swift's dominance on the global stage.
According to Luminate report, this release marked the biggest global streaming week since the launch of the Billboard Global 200 in September 2020, which tracks consumption in over 200 territories, including the U.S.
Additionally, the album's track, Fortnight featuring Post Malone, debuted at the top of the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S., drawing 176.8 million streams and 27,000 downloads worldwide.