The numbers are in for the week. The number 1 album? Taylor Swift’s redo of “1989.”
Swift’s album dropped 85% in sales from its stunning opening week at 1.5 million. But it still nosed out Jung Kook’s “Golden” album by 38,000 copies.
The BTS singer came in at 202K vs. Swift’s 240K.
All the hoopla about Jung Kook is just that, I’m afraid. If he were a real phenom, “Golden would have glowed.
One thing both acts have in common: their fans wanted CDs, LPs, and downloads more than they wanted to stream the albums. That’s good news since that’s where the real money is in the music biz (see my Beatles story).
Swift has 9 albums on the top 50 this week. Jimmy Buffet’s posthumous record, called “Equal Strain on All Parts,” sold around 53,000 copies — the average number for beloved legacy acts releasing late in career albums.
