5 years ago today, Taylor Swift gave Swifties all around the world a heart attack by surprise announcing her 8th studio album folklore!
The album's on-demand first-day streams were 72 million in the US! 'folklore' sold over 500,000 units, including 400,000 sales, in its first 3 days, becoming the first album to do so since Swift's own 'Lover'. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and topped it for eight weeks, becoming the longest-reigning number-one album of 2020. Opening with 846,000 units, consisting of 615,000 pure sales and 289.85 million streams, it marked the largest sales and streaming weeks of 2020. Its first-week sales alone were enough to make it the year's best-selling album. It is hailed as her best work and made Taylor Swift the first woman to win Album Of The Year 3 times!
(July 23, 2020)
