Taylor Swift Outsold Every Other Album on the Billboard 200 Combined

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Brittany Hodak, writing at Forbes:

Reputation sold north 1.2 million units in its first measured week. The other 199 albums on the Billboard 200 combined sold only 723,000 units when streaming consumption and song sales are excluded (only four tracks from reputation are available on streaming services). That means for every 10 albums sold last week, more than six of them were Reputation.

When streaming and digital track sales are included, Reputation still accounts for more than a third of all music consumption in the United States last week.
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That's amazing. I can't wait for this thing to get up on streaming.

 

Is this the most impressive musical sales achievement of all time? Because it sure seems impressive.

 

LOL that's epic. She got a big reputation.

 

Is it fair to say Taylor Swift is the biggest artist in music? Based on this I think so.

I think delaying putting the album on streaming services was also a good move.

 

I don't think that's even a question. I don't know any other artist besides Adele who can sell like this.

 

That’s unreal. She has ultimate bragging rights forever now.

 

Too bad the album is a dud (imo)

 

pretty decent review imo

 

Ehhh, I've had better

 

Album is pretty solid. Good for her

 

Yeah I can’t tell you how much I hate it. Can’t put it into words. I’m prob stuck in the past but I like 2009-2014 taylor.
What do I know though look at those sales

 

Good for her but this can't be good for the music industry at large.

 

It's almost like the gap between the 1% and everyone else is growing wider...

 

That is insane. I try to explain to friends how big Taylor is and they kind of laugh me off but those numbers are undeniable.

 

Wow

 

Where is that guy who claimed he didn’t know any Taylor Swift fans in real life so there was no way she’d sell this many records?

 

He'll be back when Run the Jewels sell 1.2 million copies in a week.

 

Pretty stellar marketing I guess.

 

And I remember my older brother being super into country music and psyched about this new artist who was only 16. It's so weird thinking about Taylor Swift before she was a household name.