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Post by Paio Lukp on Jul 11, 2023 16:19:43 GMT -5
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Post by Choco on Jul 11, 2023 16:39:06 GMT -5
She's the music industry.
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Post by korbel16 on Jul 11, 2023 16:55:53 GMT -5
700k for a re-recording ? ? ? there’s no one like her…
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Post by kimberly on Jul 11, 2023 16:58:37 GMT -5
folklore almost re-entering Top 10... seems unlikely this week but we can keep hoping
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Post by Paio Lukp on Jul 11, 2023 17:42:36 GMT -5
Taylor Swift’s Re-Recorded ‘Speak Now’ Already Has 2023’s Biggest Week After 4 Days of Release The set earned more than 575,000 equivalent album units in its first four days in the U.S., according to initial reports to Luminate.
Taylor Swift’s third re-recorded album, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), has earned over 575,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in its first four days of release (July 7-10), according to initial reports to Luminate — marking the biggest week for any album in 2023. Of that sum, album sales comprise over 400,000 copies – the largest sales week for an album this year, too.
Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) is a re-recorded version of Swift’s 2010 No. 1 Billboard 200 studio album Speak Now. The 22-track re-recorded edition includes new recordings of the original album’s 14 standard tracks, along with bonus cuts and previously unreleased “From the Vault” recordings. Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) follows Swift’s re-recorded Red and Fearless albums, released in 2021. Both debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
If Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) debuts at No. 1 on the July 22-dated Billboard 200 chart (which reflects the tracking week ending July 13), Swift’s count of No. 1 albums will rise to 12, surpassing Barbra Streisand (with 11 leaders) for the most No. 1 albums among female artists. Swift would also tie Drake for the third-most No. 1s among all acts, with only The Beatles (19) and Jay-Z (14) ahead of them. (The Billboard 200 began publishing on a regular, weekly basis in March 1956.) The top 10 of the July 22-dated Billboard 200 chart is scheduled to be announced on Sunday, July 16.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album.
2023’s previous largest week, by equivalent album units earned, was tallied by Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time, which launched with 501,000 units in the week ending March 9, as reflected on the Billboard 200 chart dated March 18. The year’s largest sales week was held by the debut frame of Stray Kids’ 5-STAR with 235,000 copies sold in the week ending June 8, as reflected on the June 17-dated charts.
Sales: With over 400,000 sold in only four days, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) already has the largest sales week for any album since Swift’s own last studio album, Midnights, debuted with 1.14 million copies sold last year (week ending Oct. 27, 2022; as reflected on the Nov. 5-dated Billboard charts).
Vinyl sales comprise over half of Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’s sales – as the three-LP set has sold over 225,000 copies on wax. The latter marks the second-largest sales week for a vinyl album in the modern era (since Luminate began electronically tracking sales in 1991). It is second only to the first week of Midnights’ vinyl LP, with 575,000 sold in its opening frame. Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) is available in three color variants on vinyl – orchid marbled, violet marbled and a Target-exclusive lilac marbled color.
The remainder of Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) sales is comprised of CDs, digital album download purchases and cassette tape sales.
Streaming: The collected 22 songs on Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) generated more than 200 million on-demand official streams in the U.S. July 7-10, according to Luminate. The most-streamed tune on the album, by audio on-demand official streams, is the “from the vault” cut “I Can See You (Taylor’s Version),” with over 13 million on-demand official audio streams in those four tracking days.
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Post by Caviar on Jul 11, 2023 20:00:50 GMT -5
It’s laughable that people here thought she’d do less than 500k since there was no ATW! She’s literally on tour right now selling stadiums! I expect 1989 TV to easily clear 1 million.
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Post by Mayman on Jul 11, 2023 20:15:58 GMT -5
It'll be interesting to see if she does give 1989 a full out release like she did with Midnights. With Fearless there was no vinyl available on release, with Red there was not enough vinyl available on release, and now with Speak Now she didn't do any signed copies, the first time she hasn't for an album since I believe Reputation.
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Post by musiclife on Jul 11, 2023 22:49:42 GMT -5
It’s laughable that people here thought she’d do less than 500k since there was no ATW! She’s literally on tour right now selling stadiums! I expect 1989 TV to easily clear 1 million. Exactly! Nobody is doing it like her.
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Post by HEADOFTHEPACK on Jul 11, 2023 22:59:55 GMT -5
She is just out of control. Wild.
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Jul 11, 2023 23:41:31 GMT -5
Lord have mercy she has power🤷🏾
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Jul 12, 2023 16:07:59 GMT -5
700k was my exact prediction for the past few months too! Haha I am so happy to see her continued success! 700k for a re-record of a 13yo album! Who else? ❤️ Too bad she's not a rapper because being album to open huge with the same album twice would be one hell of a bar! lol
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Post by imbuemyblue on Jul 12, 2023 16:25:52 GMT -5
Something to consider: It seems like Taylor will blow past 10 million albums sold in a single year. I think she was over 5 million last week and will be near or over 6 million this week.
Who was the last person to do this? I'm guessing Adele in 2015. Do we know what her exact total was that year across her discography?
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Post by 85la on Jul 12, 2023 21:00:49 GMT -5
Something to consider: It seems like Taylor will blow past 10 million albums sold in a single year. I think she was over 5 million last week and will be over 6 million this week. Who was the last person to do this? I'm guessing Adele in 2015. Do we know what her exact total was that year across her discography?
I'm assuming you mean overall SPS units? In 2015, I know Adele sold a little over 7 million pure of 25, and not sure what her other albums sold and if her overall SPS units pushed her past 10 million that year. If not that year, you might have to go all the way back to 2000 in the days of NSYNC/Backstreet Boys/Britney Spears.
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Post by imbuemyblue on Jul 13, 2023 1:38:07 GMT -5
I'm assuming you mean overall SPS units? In 2015, I know Adele sold a little over 7 million pure of 25, and not sure what her other albums sold and if her overall SPS units pushed her past 10 million that year. If not that year, you might have to go all the way back to 2000 in the days of NSYNC/Backstreet Boys/Britney Spears. Yes, sorry, I meant SPS. For some reason I thought Adele had done more (as if doing 7.4 mil in 6-7 weeks is unimpressive, hahaha), but I think I was thinking of the final number. It would seem Adele did not do 10 mil SPS that year then, when factoring in her prior two albums. So Taylor may end up being the first artist to 'sell' 10 million albums (apples to oranges for pure vs. SPS, but still) in a single calendar year in over 20 years. Pretty damn impressive. Edit to add: No one has ever done 10 mil in pure sales in the Soundscan era. NSYNC came extremely close with 9.9 mil for 'No Strings Attached'. Factoring in other albums, they undoubtedly crossed 10 mil in 2000, while Britney likely achieved this that same year with 'Oops' selling 7.9 mil and 'BOMT' still going strong. BSB would have cleared the 10 mil mark the year prior, with 'Millennium' in around 9.4 mil. In my estimation, these are the only artists to achieve this in the Soundscan era.
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Post by ificanthaveyou on Jul 13, 2023 2:10:05 GMT -5
700k was my exact prediction for the past few months too! Haha I am so happy to see her continued success! 700k for a re-record of a 13yo album! Who else? ❤️ Too bad she's not a rapper because being album to open huge with the same album twice would be one hell of a bar! lol Yup you posted on my polling thread that she would do 700k. Okay Raven Baxter 👏🏽
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Post by kimberly on Jul 13, 2023 2:58:24 GMT -5
700k was my exact prediction for the past few months too! Haha I am so happy to see her continued success! 700k for a re-record of a 13yo album! Who else? ❤️ Too bad she's not a rapper because being album to open huge with the same album twice would be one hell of a bar! lol Yup you posted on my polling thread that she would do 700k. Okay Raven Baxter 👏🏽 to be fair you asked for pure sales in that poll, and she most certainly isn't doing 700k. Raven must be a lil rusty. Choco was pretty accurate though: Pure sales? I'd say 450k.
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Post by ificanthaveyou on Jul 13, 2023 3:44:04 GMT -5
Yup you posted on my polling thread that she would do 700k. Okay Raven Baxter 👏🏽 to be fair you asked for pure sales in that poll, and she most certainly isn't doing 700k. Raven must be a lil rusty. Choco was pretty accurate though: Pure sales? I'd say 450k. Lol ooop I totally forgot about it being pure sales. Here’s hoping the final number is closer to that 😅
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Post by 85la on Jul 13, 2023 11:52:09 GMT -5
I'm assuming you mean overall SPS units? In 2015, I know Adele sold a little over 7 million pure of 25, and not sure what her other albums sold and if her overall SPS units pushed her past 10 million that year. If not that year, you might have to go all the way back to 2000 in the days of NSYNC/Backstreet Boys/Britney Spears. Yes, sorry, I meant SPS. For some reason I thought Adele had done more (as if doing 7.4 mil in 6-7 weeks is unimpressive, hahaha), but I think I was thinking of the final number. It would seem Adele did not do 10 mil SPS that year then, when factoring in her prior two albums. So Taylor may end up being the first artist to 'sell' 10 million albums (apples to oranges for pure vs. SPS, but still) in a single calendar year in over 20 years. Pretty damn impressive. Edit to add: No one has ever done 10 mil in pure sales in the Soundscan era. NSYNC came extremely close with 9.9 mil for 'No Strings Attached'. Factoring in other albums, they undoubtedly crossed 10 mil in 2000, while Britney likely achieved this that same year with 'Oops' selling 7.9 mil and 'BOMT' still going strong. BSB would have cleared the 10 mil mark the year prior, with 'Millennium' in around 9.4 mil. In my estimation, these are the only artists to achieve this in the Soundscan era.
I'm also not entirely sure how realistic it is of Taylor reaching 10 million units this year. She's likely not releasing any more albums, so if all her discography continues selling at its current pace (with maybe only slight dropoffs), I guess it's a possibility.
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Post by Choco on Jul 13, 2023 12:09:17 GMT -5
The US leg of the tour is ending soon so I wouldn't expect Taylor to keep the same level of numbers afterwards.
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Jul 13, 2023 12:49:04 GMT -5
Yup you posted on my polling thread that she would do 700k. Okay Raven Baxter 👏🏽 to be fair you asked for pure sales in that poll, and she most certainly isn't doing 700k. Raven must be a lil rusty. Choco was pretty accurate though: Pure sales? I'd say 450k. lol. I didn't even see the pure sales part of that poll, but I didn't just predict the 700k in that poll anyway, but in the album's thread too several times months ago, but ok sis for the trivial correction and unwarranted, unneeded shade as always. I'm just gonna stick with my prediction for Speak Now (Taylor's Version) from a few months ago: Didn't the Red re-release open with like 600k? Idk. I think Speak Now (Taylor's Version) has a lot more hype behind it than Fearless did and she's at her height again commercially. Is it too ambitious to think both SN & 1989 could hit 1 milli debut week? I'll be conservative and say Speak Now (Taylor's Version) could debut with 700k.
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Post by kimberly on Jul 13, 2023 13:06:13 GMT -5
to be fair you asked for pure sales in that poll, and she most certainly isn't doing 700k. Raven must be a lil rusty. Choco was pretty accurate though: lol. I didn't even see the pure sales part of that poll, but I didn't just predict the 700k in that poll anyway, but in the album's thread too several times months ago, but ok sis for the trivial correction and unwarranted, unneeded shade as always. I'm just gonna stick with my prediction for Speak Now (Taylor's Version) from a few months ago: okay? I wanted to highlight the correct prediction from his poll thread. take a seat. speaking of unneeded and trivial...
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Jul 13, 2023 13:11:05 GMT -5
lol. I didn't even see the pure sales part of that poll, but I didn't just predict the 700k in that poll anyway, but in the album's thread too several times months ago, but ok sis for the trivial correction and unwarranted, unneeded shade as always. okay? I wanted to highlight the correct prediction from his poll thread. take a seat. 2143311642642"] Girl you sure are good at playing dumb. I won't have a seat when you were being petty and giving me attitude like you always do on this forum when I haven't done a single thing to you. If it were just a one time thing I would just let it go, but it's many over time and it's getting old. I kindly ask you not to quote or refer to me any further since blocking you doesn't do any good. Thanks have a good day.
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Post by kimberly on Jul 13, 2023 13:13:54 GMT -5
okay? I wanted to highlight the correct prediction from his poll thread. take a seat. 2143311642642"] Girl you sure are good at playing dumb. I won't have a seat when you were being petty and giving me attitude like you always do on this forum when I haven't done a single thing to you. If it were just a one time thing I would just let it go, but it's many over time and it's getting old. I kindly ask you not to quote me any further since blocking you doesn't do any good. Thanks have a good day. sis I haven't even quoted you in the first place, your posts are still blocked for me 😂 I was responding to someone else and added a joke about the pop culture reference he made. you chose to take it personally and be a victim. I guess that's to be expected from a swiftie. the audacity to be wrong and cry about the minor correction is sending me.
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Jul 13, 2023 13:17:36 GMT -5
Girl you sure are good at playing dumb. I won't have a seat when you were being petty and giving me attitude like you always do on this forum when I haven't done a single thing to you. If it were just a one time thing I would just let it go, but it's many over time and it's getting old. I kindly ask you not to quote me any further since blocking you doesn't do any good. Thanks have a good day. sis I haven't even quoted you in the first place, your posts are still blocked for me 😂 I was responding to someone else and added a joke about the pop culture reference he made. you chose to take it personally and be a victim. I guess that's to be expected from a swiftie. You quoted his post referring to me, referencing me, throwing shade, when you know you don't like me for whatever reason (oh because I'm a Taylor fan +$76#7$+$) which is exactly what I said before. And before any mod says that I should have taken it to the dms, I have. I have tried. Like I said Kimberly, just kindly stop referring to me altogether or quoting me. I don't want to be associated with you in anyw way. And I wasn't wrong in my prediction like I clearly proved, not that it even matters it's just a prediction, but thanks for the input as always. This is the very last post I will make on the matter as I don't want to derail this thread any further , just everyone has their tipping point. Congrats to Taylor for another huge win!
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Post by Baby Yoda Hot100Fan on Jul 13, 2023 13:34:32 GMT -5
okay? I wanted to highlight the correct prediction from his poll thread. take a seat. speaking of unneeded and trivial... Seems a way a last ditch effort to pad the final numbers. The deluxe digital album is $5.99 which is less than half of the original digital album ($12.99). Her webstore has the counter to indicate the time remaining to get it.
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Post by kimberly on Jul 13, 2023 13:35:53 GMT -5
sis I haven't even quoted you in the first place, your posts are still blocked for me 😂 I was responding to someone else and added a joke about the pop culture reference he made. you chose to take it personally and be a victim. I guess that's to be expected from a swiftie. You quoted his post referring to me, referencing me, throwing shade, when you know you don't like me for whatever reason (oh because I'm a Taylor fan +$76#7$+$) which is exactly what I said before. And before any mod says that I should have taken it to the dms, I have. I have tried. Like I said Kimberly, just kindly stop referring to me altogether or quoting me. I don't want to be associated with you in anyw way. And I wasn't wrong in my prediction like I clearly proved, not that it even matters it's just a prediction, but thanks for the input as always. This is the very last post I will make on the matter as I don't want to derail this thread any further , just everyone has their tipping point. Congrats to Taylor for another huge win! let's not rewrite history... you took to my inbox, apologized about being negative towards me, and we had a nice, mutually respectful conversation. I thought we were cool after that but I guess not! oh well. I did not even expect a response from you when I was merely joking about someone else's mention of Raven, let alone a whole load of other crap. hope ur okay, sending you love and peace. Hey girl! I tried messaging you the other day but you rightfully had me blocked I think. Lol I just remember us having bad blood at some point and knowing me it likely was due to my attitude at some stage here and my own idiotic stanish behavior and just wanted to say I am sorry for any and every negative way I was toward you and came across at times. I would cite specific incidents but [redacted personal detail]. For what it is worth I always enjoyed you as a poster tbh and I hate having rifts or any negativity between people....especially people I genuinely like. So I just wanted to say I am genuinely sorry and hope you forgive me.
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Jul 13, 2023 13:36:04 GMT -5
Seems a way a last ditch effort to pad the final numbers. The deluxe digital album is $5.99 which is less than half of the original digital album ($12.99). Her webstore has the counter to indicate the time remaining to get it. Sales from her first week count til when, Friday?
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Post by Baby Yoda Hot100Fan on Jul 13, 2023 13:38:39 GMT -5
^Until midnight EST tonight. Either that or 11:59:59 PM.
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Jul 13, 2023 13:45:20 GMT -5
let's not rewrite history... you took to my inbox, apologized about being negative towards me, [ First of all, the fact that you release private dms without my consent on a public forum with private information is completely tasteless. That's number one. Second of all, I remember sending you that, absolutely. I had just gotten out of the hospital after suffering from a coma and sepsis nearly dying twice and you were giving me attitude continually under my posts when I was in recovery and trying to find some sense of escape from what I was dealing with via talking music on this forum that I have been a member of for 16 years. Truthfully I couldn't remember why you always had this attitude toward me or why you never liked me, and COVID had whipped away a good chunk of my memories, but I know I can be a passionate fan sometimes, and a lot of people dislike passionate fans so I figured it was that. I couldn't even cite a reason because I couldn't genuinely think of one and because truthfully I was just going through a lot and didn't need the extra stress of arguing with you online too while I was trying to just find community, so I just took the initiative and apologized so whatever it was that I had done, if I had come at you some way without me knowing or if I had rubbed you the wrong way, you might leave me alone. That was me trying to be the bigger person, regretfully. Still after me doing all that and you saying yourself that "we were all cool" you kept making nasty quips and snarky remarks to my posts from time to time until now when you called me rusty as some sarcastic remark I finally just had had enough. It is what it is. At the end of the day I just want you to personally leave me alone completely and let me enjoy this forum without unneeded stress or attitude. It's not that big of a request. I am not going to keep this going, but I wasn't about to allow private dms to be leaked without my side being known. With all that said I apologize to other members of the forum for all the mess in this thread. If I felt taking it to the dms would have changed anything (as it clearly didn't before) I would have. This really will be my last response to all this. Back to the topic at hand.
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Post by thegreatdivine on Jul 13, 2023 14:03:37 GMT -5
Why are the two main Swifties on the sight having a go at each other? More love and peace, please ♥️.
As for Taylor releasing a deluxe version of her album at the last-minute to get fans to panic buy and boost her numbers, is anyone really surprised? She's made it clear how obsessed she is with putting up the biggest numbers and being seen as the biggest artist. It's whatever at this point, really. Good for her.
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