Taylor Swift‘s status as one of Pop’s most potent titans looks set to be re-affirmed with new album ‘Folklore.’
The surprise set arrived with just a few hours notice yesterday and serves as the singer’s eighth studio album.
Arriving 11 months after preceding effort ‘Lover,’ all eyes are on the LP’s commercial performance. Especially given the large sums the singer is renowned for selling.
Well, there’s no need to wonder. Because the first week sales predictions are in.
Join us below…
Per Hits Daily Double, the ‘Cardigan’ led LP is on-course to premiere atop of the Billboard 200 with:
650,000
[Sales Plus Streaming]
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450,000
[Pure Sales]
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The figures mean Swift will earn the year’s top sales debut, besting the 444,000 record set by The Weeknd with ‘After Hours.’
It’s notable that the sum represents a slight dip from the 867,000 start of ‘Lover.’ But, between the current health climate and the fact the numbers are still colossal, this is still a win on every front.
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QUEEN 👑
Congrats to her. Its a really good time to release an album like this while waiting on her postponed World Tour.
Exactly 😍😍😍
Baby Taylor in a lane on her own
Yassssss😍😇👑
Smh…. I wish people will rather donate money 💰 to their communities instead Of keep sending checks to this already billionaire Queen. Music isn’t that good either
Yes, Taylor. Demolish Lady Gaga’s sales! 🤣😂 She thought chromatica would be the biggest female album of 2020…WRONG! It’s her worst album and was only saved because of “c_um on me”. We love to see a nasty attitude b_tch flopping. Stream boring folklore to eclipse lady Gaga
CxM ON Me??? 😂😂
Your name is not Susan.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iHJ0_ci8xbk
More like Karen
“cardigan” is also set for #1 debut on Billboard Hot 100. ❤️
Sooo is Katy pushing her album back now? I doubt she’s still smiling 🤣😂 And it’s clear orlando isn’t going to marry her because of her nasty attitude. She needs to retire and move to Oklahoma.
If it were any other name…
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lmaoo yonce will be lucky if her next album sells 45k with streaming lmfaooooooo
And no one is even talking about her Black is King movie since Taylor dropped this album yesterday 🤣🤣🤣
Yea right that’s all that is talked about – lies on your end .
🤣😆😝🤳🏼
Sold worse than lover, that was considered a flop.
The decline.
I’m scared
And yet it’s still the biggest first week sales… Since you guessed it… Her last album. No one else is doing more.
Even Beyonce LionKing only sold 13k and her homecoming is 25k in first week
You should save this comment for the *finalized* sales, not for the prediction 🤦🏻♂️.
Who the f*** is buying this dribble?
Her loyal fans. Swifties fan base are huuuuu——ggggggg——eeeeee
I did
👑 Queen Taylor 👑
She is one of the only few ones that sell this big.
With this current climate, this is huge. No one is selling pass 300k with pure sales anymore except Taylor, Adele and Beyonce
Not Beyonce, maybe Adele
Yes to Adele. Probably not for Beyonce seeing how her recent albums EIL and the Gift did.
“Taylor Swift “- 6x Platinum
Fearless” is verified Diamond in US
Speak Now- 6x Platinim
Red- 7x Platinum
1989- is currently 9x PlatinuM
reputation- 3x Platinum
Lover- 2x Platinum
Folklore- TBD
Beyoncé never had big sales like this soo overrated
People call Taylor generic and all, but whether you like it or not she’s gonna go down as one of the greatest sellers ever. She’s really bout to have her second diamond album with 1989.
Big Machine has no incentive to update the certifications of her old albums, unfortunately 1989 is gonna stall at 9X platinum, just like how Sony stopped updated the certifications for Mariah’s old albums once she left the label.
Exactly. She is also huge seller in Asia especially China, Philippines, Korea, Japan
Also she is popular in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Latin America
I’m a huge Taylor fan but this album is Garbage compared to all her other awesome projects .
Then you’re not really a “genuine” fan
I feel like “Folklore” is such a return to Taylor’s beautiful ability to tell a story about a very specific feeling/moment through a lens of “this is the most important thing that will ever happen in my whole life” which is so relatable.
I agree with you. I was thinking the same thing🥰
405k insomniacs bought this. 💤
Lol 😝 I don’t think so. The album is cute and unique
Most of y’all on here are so fake. Stanning for sales when you probably don’t even own a Taylor Swift album. Yall just use her to go against other artists.
Anyway. Good for Taylor. She has a loyal fanbase. I haven’t listened to an album of hers since 1989 and don’t plan on listening to this one.
@G.. – hahaha!
And this was out of nowhere. This is huge. The numbers will probably keep growing.
Despite her boring song and single AND past big number debuts, she’s INDIE so this is definitely a WIN!
CONGRATULATIONS!
Best selling Foreign Musicians in China
1. Going to Powerfully Burst R1SE 3,024,887
2. Lit Lay 2,344,383
3. Jay Chou’s Bedtime Stories Jay Chou 1,983,638
4. Wow Li Yuchun 1,844,935
5. Lover Taylor Swift 1,734,608
6. Reputation Taylor Swift 1,668,271
7. 1989 Taylor Swift 1,660,102
8. New World Hua Chenyu 1,635,823
9. Kwon Ji Yong G-Dragon 1,495,666
10. Lose Control Lay 1,252,799
11. To the Nines Nine Percent 1,246,861
12. Liu Xing Li Yuchun 1,241,237
13. NaMan Lay 1,161,379 [25]
14. Message in a Bottle JJ Lin1,024,860
15. Lay 02 Sheep Lay 991,545
16. 2Don’t Mess Up My Tempo Exo 933,151
17. No. 13 – A Dancing Van Gogh Stefanie Sun 927,263
18. Winter Special Gift Lay 888,303
19. The War Exo 869,241 [32]
20. Mirrors Jackson Wang 814,915
21. Changes Justin Bieber 753,226
22. More Than Forever Nine Percent 744,077
23. The Wind Rocket Girls 101 725,864
24. Kill This Love BLACKPINK 690,358
25. Antares Kris Wu 607,044
26. 2018 L.O.V.E. Eason Chan 601,298
27. Ge Ge Bu Ru Chen Linong 570,640
28. Ugly Beauty Jolin Tsai 559,804
29. Map of the Soul: Persona BTS 527,076
30. Prism Katy Perry 521,330
31. 2018 Kamikaze Eminem 482,229
32. Adele 25. 468.991
33. Ariana Grande Sweetener 451,251
34. Ariana Grande Thank U Next 448.772
35. Rihanna Anti. 444,221
Who cares about China????? They started the c v**** 🦠 sh#t and they should be paid for what they did. Trumps is gonna get their nasty communism a:s:s.
Wow Damn Taylor occupies three albums in top 10. I see Katy , Ari and Riri in lower charts. 😂
IFPI Top 10 Global Recording Artists of 2019
Taylor Swift
Ed Sheeran
Post Malone
Billie Eilish
Queen
Ariana Grande
BTS
Drake
Lady Gaga
10. The Beatles
Source: https://m.hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=320229&title=TAYLOR-TOPS-IFPI-BEST-SELLERS-LIST