The one insane fact you need to know about Taylor Swift’s new albumLOVING Taylor Swift’s new album? You’re not the only one. The country queen-turned-popstar’s fifth effort, 1989, was released yesterday, and early sales figures in her home country of the US suggest that Tay-Tay may just single-handedly saved the music biz for 2014. There’s no denying the American music industry is in a slump: just last week, US media outlets brought the sobering news that no artist’s album had gone platinum (for sales of more than 1 million copies) in 2014. That could be about to change very soon: based on early sales figures, American chart experts Billboard are predicting Taylor’s new album will finish its first week on sale as the country’s best-selling artPundits are expecting sales of around 900,000 in the next seven days. Just take a moment to process that: if these predictions prove accurate, Taylor Swift will have sold more albums in seven days than any other artist or band — including Beyonce, Katy Perry, Coldplay and Pharrell — has done in the last 300 days. At this point, Taylor’s closest competitor for year’s best-selling artist album is ’Yonce, who’s sold just under 787,000 copies of her self-titled album since January 1. At the rate she’s going, Swifty should surpass that number by this weekend. It’s not just the general music-buying public lapping up Taylor’s album. Her bevy of famous mates are also tweeting their appreciation for the new record:ist album of 2014 (the Frozen soundtrack is the best-selling album overall). Pundits are expecting sales of around 900,000 in the next seven days.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:48:09 +0000
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