Taylor Swift (proper) couldn’t fairly beat Adele’s report. (Getty)
On the subject of songs about heartbreak, Adele has proved her unrivalled victory within the race in opposition to Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Division.
Following the discharge of Swift’s divisive eleventh album, the singer already tied with Madonna for probably the most number-one albums within the UK by a feminine artist. Nevertheless, the singer didn’t beat Adele’s historic report for the largest debut in Billboard 200 historical past.
Nonetheless, The Tortured Poets Division amassed an enormous 2.6 million models shifted (streams and gross sales) upon opening within the US, in keeping with Billboard. That quantity has solely been crushed by the “Simple On Me” singer and outspoken supporter of Swift, who launched her album 25 at primary on the Billboard 200 with 3.48 models shifted in 2015.
Again then, Adele’s feat was nearly totally made up of gross sales alone, because the soul singer’s third full-length album bought 3.38 million copies of the album throughout the first week.
Following the album’s launch on 19 April, The Tortured Poets Division marked the primary album to obtain over 200 million streams on Spotify in sooner or later. The album even surpassed Swift’s final album, the Grammy history-making Midnights, which beforehand held the report for the most-streamed album on Spotify in a single day, with 185 million streams.
The Eras Tour celebrity has even managed to seize 12 number-one albums in her 18-year discography. The Tortured Poets Division is already 2024’s fastest-selling album thus far and has already hit the highest spot within the UK this week, in keeping with Official Charts.
Regardless of Swift’s newest undertaking garnering staggering streaming numbers, the report has additionally fiercely divided critics, with some calling it an “instantaneous traditional” and others dubbing it “underwhelming and clunky”.
As for the content material matter, followers have speculated that the album particulars the demise of her relationship with The 1975 frontman Matty Healy. Their relationship got here to mild in Might 2023, however appeared to return to an finish in July of the identical yr, in keeping with studies.
Listeners imagine that a number of songs within the album – together with “Fortnight” that includes Submit Malone, and “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” – and even her complete discography generally could possibly be in regards to the “It’s Not Residing (If It’s Not With You)” hitmaker.