I figured it'd be big, but I really didn't think it's be THIS big!!
Taylor Swift's latest album Speak Now sold a staggering 1,047,000 copies in its debut week, becoming just the third female artist to sell over a million albums in their debut week.
Now I know Swift is a megastar, I love her and her music, but what surprises me is that Speak Now didn't have a monster first single. "Mine" debuted high on the charts (#3), but has not been as big of a hit as her previous pop crossovers. But she still managed to sell a CRAP load of records!!
This is the first time an artist has sold over a million records since Lil Wayne did in 2008 with The Carter III, and it's only the 16th time an album has sold a million copies in a week.
Needless to say, with the music industry in the crapper, this is GREAT news; people will still flock to buy BIG records from BIG artists such as Swift, giving hope to those who still buy CD's.
Swift now has the second biggest opening week by a female artist ever, ahead of Norah Jones'2004 Feels Like Home (1,022,000), but well behind Britney Spears' gargantuan selling Oops!...I Did it Again, which shifted 1,319,000 back in 2000.
Congrats T Swift!!!
(Image courtesy of gossipcenter.com)
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