Taylor Swift is coming for an enormous Madonna report following the discharge of The Tortured Poets Division. (Getty)
Taylor Swift might quickly sit alongside Queen of Pop Madonna as the feminine artist with probably the most primary albums within the UK, following the discharge of her divisive eleventh album, The Tortured Poets Division.
The report, which shouts out queer boygenius member Lucy Dacus and rumoured bisexual actress Clara Bow, smashed streaming information over the weekend.
Following its launch on Friday (19 April), The Tortured Poets Division turned the primary album to obtain greater than 200 million streams on Spotify in someday.
It beat Swift’s final album, 2022’s Midnights, which beforehand held the report for most-streamed album on Spotify in a single day, with 185 million streams.
If the brand new album ascends to the highest spot within the UK charts this Friday, 26 April, Swift will match Madonna’s report as the feminine artist with probably the most primary albums, in keeping with Vegas Insider.
Madonna at the moment has 12 primary albums within the nation, whereas Swift has 11.
Swift’s try at tying Madge’s report has been vastly helped by the re-release of her albums Fearless and Converse Now, each of which didn’t hit primary initially, however did of their re-released “Taylor’s Model” codecs.
Nonetheless, the monumental music star has managed to bag 11 primary albums in 18 years, versus Madonna’s 12 quantity ones in 40 years.
The Tortured Poets Division is already 2024’s fastest-selling album up to now and is heading in the right direction to hit the highest spot within the UK this week, in keeping with Official Charts.
With the re-release of her 2017 album Popularity reportedly set for launch this yr, it seems more and more seemingly that Swift will surpass Madonna’s historic report altogether.
Whereas the 34-year-old songstress is more likely to match Madonna’s report within the UK this Friday, she seems set to beat it in Australia.
Each Madonna and Taylor Swift have had 12 primary albums within the nation, but Swift will nearly definitely make that 13 this week.
Within the US, each artists’ dwelling nation, Swift has already blown Madonna out of the water on the primary albums entrance. The “Anti-Hero” star at the moment has 13 primary albums (seemingly 14 by the top of the week), whereas Madonna has simply 9.
Swift might additionally quickly develop into the artist with probably the most primary albums of all time in Eire, breaking her tie with Bruce Springsteen, as each at the moment have ten information which have ascended to the highest of the charts.
Regardless of The Tortured Poets Division has receiving staggering streaming numbers, the report has additionally fiercely divided critics, with some calling it an “prompt traditional” and others dubbing it “underwhelming and clunky”.