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Taylor Swift shines through album Folklore


04 August 2020  

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KATHMANDU: Taylor Swift’s album Folklore,has broken several chart records in its first week on sale during coronavirus pandemic.

On Spotify, it achieved 80.6m streams in a single day, the highest-ever tally for a female artist.

In the US it sold 846,000 copies, making it the best-selling record of the year after just seven days on sale.

Swift also becomes the first artist in US chart history to have seven albums sell more than 500,000 copies in a single week; and the first female artist to have seven albums debut at number one.

Her single Cardigan also entered the Hot 100 at number one, making her the first person ever to debut at the top of the album and singles chart in the same week.

As well as topping the US Billboard chart, Folklore has reached the summit in the UK, Finland, Australia, Norway, New Zealand and Belgium.

The success of the record also gave Swift three top 10 singles in the UK, with Cardigan entering the charts at six, followed by the Bon Iver duet Exile at eight, and Folklore’s opening track The 1 at number 10.

(With inputs from Agencies)

 

Publish Date : 04 August 2020 07:28 AM

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