UPDATED Kanye West will probably not like this news.
His “Vultures 2” album came in at 82,845 albums.
That’s around 60,000 fewer than Taylor Swift’s “Tortured Poets Department.” Swift finishes at number 1 with a four month old album while West is a distant second.
It probably doesn’t help that “Vultures 2” was offered for free on West’s website. After a strong start at number 1, “Vultures 2” is at number 4 on iTunes. It’s available for streaming and downloading, but there’s no physical product.
“Vultures 2” has also not given birth to any single tracks. The album has no streaming of individual songs.
The crazier part of this story is that Swift sold almost three times as many albums as West. His were from downloads. Hers were from downloads and CDs, and LPs.
Kanye knows he’s not going to the Grammys next winter. But maybe he’ll turn up and protest Swift winning Album of the Year yet again. So far, that seems to be the story of the 2025 Grammys, same as the 2024 Grammys. And many others.
