Taylor Swift Reacts to ‘Tortured Poets’ Debut at 2.6 Million Units

Taylor Swift took to social media on Sunday to react to information that The Tortured Poets Division debuted to 2.61 million models, the very best of any album since Adele’s 2015 launch, 25.

“My thoughts is blown,” Swift wrote on Instagram beneath a carousel of polaroids from the recording course of. “I’m utterly floored by the love you’ve proven this album.”

Billboard reported Sunday that Tortured Poets debuted at No.1, marking Swift’s 14th chart-topping album in her profession, which ties Jay-Z for probably the most No.1s amongst solo artists in historical past.

The album, launched April 19, launched with 2.61 million equal album models within the U.S., with vinyl gross sales representing 859,000 of that quantity. The document hit 1.9 million complete conventional album gross sales, which means it secured itself because the top-selling album of 2024, far forward of Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter (the second-most bought) with 228,000.

“Thanks for listening, streaming, and welcoming Tortured Poets into your life,” Swift continued. “Feeling utterly overwhelmed.”

Swift will now return to performing her Eras Tour subsequent month, with the primary present again in Paris on Might 9. In her publish, the singer-songwriter wrote that the day “can’t come quickly sufficient.”

Final week, Tortured Poets turned Spotify‘s most-streamed album in a single week, passing 1 billion streams solely 5 days after its launch. On the day of its launch, it turned the primary album in Spotify historical past to notch greater than 300 million streams in a single day. Swift additionally holds the document because the most-streamed artist in a single day, breaking her earlier document for 1989 (Taylor’s Model) from Oct. 27.