Taylor Swift album ‘Folklore’ breaks Spotify, Apple Music streaming records

Chris Willman Music WriterTaylor Swift’s “Folklore” spent an expected second week atop the album chart in the U.S. Its second frame saw 139,700 album units being added to its tally, following a first-week debut of 852,700.

Taylor Swift’s new album, Folklore, came out on Friday, August 7, fans got one extra song that was not included on the digital release.Naturally, Swifties immediately began decoding the lyrics to the bonus track, “The Lakes,” with many surmising that it is about the Grammy winner’s boyfriend, Joe Alwyn.

Taylor Swift's Folklore has been released on CD three days earlier than planned in the UK. 

Chris Willman Music WriterTaylor Swift’s “Folklore” may well go down in the lore of 2020 as the album with the biggest debut of the year. Although there are still five months to go, “Folklore” scorched any competition that has appeared so far this year, with album units of 852,700 pushing it to No.

Taylor Swift is topping charts and how! The Cardigan singer-songwriter debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with her latest studio album folklore, the chart company revealed this weekend on August 2.

Taylor Swift achieved her seventh number 1 album on the Billboard 200 for her latest release, “Folklore.” Swift, 30, dropped her surprise eighth studio album on July 24 with only a few hours notice. The singer didn’t release any singles in advance of the project in order to campaign for the top spot, in contrast to her past six albums.

eighth studio album, which she announced roughly 15 hours before its surprise release, also generated more than 500 million streams across various platforms throughout its debut week. Republic Records, Swift’s music label, announced earlier this week that the album sold over 1.3 million copies in its first 24 hours alone.“Folklore”’s performance has already broken records in the United States and worldwide.

Eli Countryman Taylor Swift’s latest album, “Folklore,” has sold over 2 million copies worldwide in one week, already solidifying its place as one of 2020’s top-selling albums.Swift’s eighth studio album, which she announced roughly 15 hours before its surprise release, also generated more than 500 million streams across various platforms throughout its debut week.

The art of surprise has sent Taylor Swift straight to the top of this week’s Official Albums Chart as Folklore debuts at Number 1.

Despite releasing Folklore in the middle of summer, Taylor Swift pretty much wrote the perfect album for rainy days, curled up in comfy clothes, sipping your cosiest brand of tea. It’s no wonder Swift decided to make actual cardigans (to match her new song “Cardigan”) and send them to some of her famous friends.

Folklore merch in the mail, along with the sweet note from Swift herself. Just ask Whitney Cummings, who was not sent the “cream cable knit cardigan with black matte buttons, dark gray trim, light gray star embroidery” in the mail.

Blake Lively had nothing but praise for Taylor Swift‘s Folklore as fans wondered whether or not the album revealed the name of her and Ryan Reynolds‘ third child.“Thank you @taylorswift and @aarondessner @jackantonoff @boniver & #williambowery. Can we all please crawl inside that piano with you and live in this album,” the Gossip Girl alum, 32, wrote in an Instagram Story after Swift, 30, dropped her eighth record on Friday, July 24.

Taylor Swift's latest album, titled Folklore, has sold over 1.3 million copies globally in 24 hours, according to Republic Records. On Spotify it was streamed 80.6 million times, breaking the record for first-day album streams by a female artist.

Taylor Swift made Natalia Bryant's day. The singer graciously gifted Swifties with a brand new album, , on Friday — and then gifted a special few with a cardigan inspired by the record's first single. Among the celebs Swift sent a cardigan to was Kobe and Vanessa Bryant's daughter Natalia.

Blake Lively is a big fan of Taylor Swift's latest album. Swift dropped her new record, , on Friday, and soon after, Lively took to her Instagram Story to sing the GRAMMY winner's praises.

Taylor Swift, or Bowery themself, the answer to that question seems to be the equivalent of the shrug emoji.

Taylor Swift’s surprise new album Folklore sold more than 1.3 million copies worldwide within 24 hours of release, her record label said.