Taylor Swift is wrapping up a second, crazy week on the album “The Tortured Poets Department.”
Hitsdailydouble.com says “Poets” sold 455,000 copies including streaming. Of that, 125,000 are actual CDs, LPs, and downloads.
That would put Taylor’s total at 3 million copies, with 1 million in hard sales. This week, the streaming exceeded the so called physical numbers.
A whole generation has now been served Taylor Swift music. They’ve been influenced by it, will always remember it, quote it, and try to play it on some instrument.
Everyone wants to know, Will it last? Some of it will, yes. Not the endless volumes of break up songs. But a few things will stick and one day — aside from the inevitable box sets with more lost tracks and demos, B sides, and extra lyrics — there will be a Greatest Hits with 12 songs. And those songs will outlast the balance of it all. “Lover,” “Anti-Hero,” “Blank Space,” “Shake it Off,” “You Have to Calm Down,” “Betty,” “Love Song,” and “All Too Well” will make the grade. And, I guess, “Fortnight.”
