Singer Taylor Swift created history after all 10 songs from her new album Midnights appeared in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. She broke Drake’s 2021-record after nine songs from the rapper’s album Certified Lover Boy were on the top 10 list. Swift’s album, which was released on October 21, 2022, sold more than a million copies in just one week becoming an all-time hit.
Midnights has become such a sensation now that reports claim that Swift broke a total of 73 different records with the album. Among them is opening at number one in 14 states and one billion album streams in just one week of release – a new career high for the 32-year-old.
What are they? Let’s take a look.
1. Taylor Swift is the first performer in US Nielsen history to have five albums that debut with more than 1 million copies sold in their first week.
2. In less than a week, Midnights has surpassed 1 billion global album streams, setting a new career high.
3. With more over 1 million US pure album sales in one week, Swift is currently the #1 best-selling artist in the US by total album units in 20224 Midnights, the first album to do so since her own notoriety (2017)
4. Within five days of its release, Midnights breaks the record for the most Spotify streams worldwide in a single week.
5. Midnight received the most number of global streams in any album’s debut week in Amazon Music history.
6. Midnights sets a Nielsen era record for the highest vinyl sales week for any album.
7. Midnights breaks all-time record for the number of streams in a single day for an artist repertoire on Spotify worldwide (228 million)
8. Swift surpasses 35 billion streams across all credits to become the most streamed female artist in Spotify history
9. Midnights smashes the record for any album’s first week of US streaming in 2022
10. Swift is tied with Barbra Streisand for the most #1 albums in Billboard 200 history among female artists (11)
11. Swift becomes the first female artist to have albums that are Billboard 200’s #1-selling albums
12.Swift extends her record for the most weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 charts with the singles
13. After one day of sales, Midnights is the year’s best-selling album by any artist in the US
14. One day after its release, Midnights became the year’s best-selling vinyl record in the US, by any artist
15. Midnight made the post-bundling era’s first 1 million debut.
16. The year’s top-selling artist in the US for pure album sales, with the first million albums sold
17. Maintains the artist record for the most weeks at the top of the Billboard Artist 100 (51 weeks)
18. Midnights tops 1989 as Taylor Swift’s biggest-ever US album debut
19. All songs in the Top 10 of the Billboards Hot 100 chart
Records Broken on Spotify
19. Midnights sets a Spotify record for the largest album premiere ever (186 million streams)
20. Midnights sets a new US Spotify record for the largest album debut (88 million streams)
21. With 17.39 million streams, “Anti-Hero” debuts at the top of the global Spotify list. largest ever chart debut.
22. With 16.4 million streams, “Lavender Haze” enters the Global Spotify chart at #2. The second-largest debut on a chart in history.
23. With 15.03 million streams, “Snow On the Beach” featuring Lana Del Rey starts at #3 on the global Spotify chart. third-largest debut ever on a chart.
24. With 15 million plays, “Snow On the Beach” featuring Lana Del Rey sets a new record for the most first-day streams for an all-female duet.
25. With 15 million plays, “Snow On the Beach” featuring Lana Del Rey sets a record for the most first-day streams for an all-female duet.
26. With 14.4 million streams, “Maroon” enters the global Spotify chart at #4. fourth-largest debut ever on a chart.
27. With 12.84 million streams, “You’re On Your Own, Kid” debuts at #5 on the global Spotify chart. fifth-largest debut on a chart in history.
28. Taylor Swift currently has the top 5 most significant global streaming single debuts in chart history (see number 28).
29. Taylor Swift surpasses Spotify’s all-time record for the number of streams in a single day for an artist repertoire with 29. (228 million)
30. Midnights is the only album to ever reach 100 million streams in each of its first four days of release.
31. Taylor Swift surpasses 35 billion streams across all credits to become the most streamed female artist in Spotify history.
32. With 7.786 million streams, “Anti-Hero” debuted at #1 on the US Spotify list. largest streams on a single day in history.
33. With 7.644 million streams, “Lavender Haze” debuted at #2 on the US Spotify list. largest single-day streaming in history, second.
34. With 6.8 million streams, “Maroon” debuts at #3 on the US Spotify list. third-largest debut ever on a chart.
35. Featuring Lana Del rey, “Snow On the Beach” with 6.179 million streams the US Spotify list at position #4. History’s fourth-largest single-day streaming.
36. The top 4 highest single-day streaming peaks in US chart history are currently all held by Taylor Swift.
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Apple and iTunes records
37. Extends record most #1 hits on US iTunes among all artists (56)
38. Three #1 hits on US iTunes from ‘Midnights’, all self-replacing at top spot: “The Great War”, “Bigger Than The Whole Sky”, “Anti-Hero”
39. Two #1 hits on Apple Music from Midnights
40. “Lavender Haze” and “Anti-Hero” both peak at #1 both US and Global
41. Simultaneously occupy the entire top 10 all-genre songs both US and Global
42. Midnights biggest first day streams for a pop album in Apple Music history‘
43. Midnights biggest first day streams for any album in Dolby Atmos in Apple Music history
On Amazon:
Midnights biggest first day global streams for any album in history (7.97 million)
Midnights biggest first week global streams for any album in history
Midnights biggest first day Alexa requests for any album in history
Around the World:
Biggest Debut Week of 2022
— Canada
— China (Western Artist)
— Germany (International Artist)
— Ireland
— New Zealand
— Taiwan (International Artist)
— UK
Taylor Swift’s Biggest Consumption Week EVER
— France, Germany, Italy, Poland, UK
Vinyl sales
Smashes modern era best selling vinyl week in Australia, Canada, UK
Biggest vinyl week by an international artist in 2022 in Germany
D2C
All-time D2C sales record for Universal Music in Brazil, Canada, Mexico, UK, Australia, Germany,
Spotify
Captured #1-13 on the Global Spotify Chart and in the UK, Canada, Philippines, Ireland, New Zealand and Singapore on release
#1 Spotify album chart globally and in 30 markets
UK Certified Gold in two days
“Anti-Hero” biggest Spotify UK debut for an international artist
Pre-orders topped her biggest market debut week (1989)
First time Swift secures BOTH #1 album & #1 single (“Anti-Hero”)
Marks 9th consecutive #1 albumBiggest debut album of 2022
Biggest debut album by an international artist Since 2011 (Lady Gaga’s Born This Way)
Biggest week 1 streams by an international artistFirst and only female artist to have 9 UK #1 albums this century
2nd most #1 albums by a female after Madonna (12)
Australia
Certified Gold in week 1
Triple Killer – #1 album, single “Anti-Hero” & airplay debut – first time in market history
#1 airplay debut “Anti-Hero” (First time in market history)— Marks 10th #1 album
Most album streams in a week in ARIA chart history
Highest selling album on the ARIA album chart since 2017 (reputation)
Biggest vinyl debut ever
“Anti-Hero” marks 9th #1 ARIA single
Midnights claims the most singles to ever debut in the top 10 (9 total, 13 of top 14)
— 4 of Swift’s albums including Midnights are in the top 20 album chart and 7 in the top 50
Canada
Certified Gold in pre-orders & physical ship before release
All-time record for most streams for any album in 24 hours on Spotify
All-time record for most streams for any single in 24 hours (“Anti-Hero”)
All-time record for most streams for any single in a week (“Anti-Hero”, 6.8M)
On pace to debut #1-13 Singles on official Canadian consumption chart
“Anti-Hero” certified Gold in five days
Germany
Swift’s first #1 album in the market
Biggest 2022 album debut by a solo artist
Pre-orders topped her biggest market debut week (reputation)— Biggest streaming album debut week of 2022
Brazil
Certified Gold in two days
All-time record for most streams for any album in 24 hours on Spotify (8.1M)
All-time record for most streams for an international album in a week on Spotify (34.1M)
All-time record for most streams for any single by an international artist in a week on Spotify (“Anti-Hero”, 4.1M)
All-time record for most streams for any single by an international artist in 24 hours on Spotify (“Anti-Hero”)
New Zealand
Midnights debuts #1, marking 11th consecutive #1 album
“Anti-Hero” debuts #1 on the singles chart.
Songs from Midnights occupy the Top 4 positions on the singles, the maximum allowed by chart rule.
Ireland
Marks 8th #1 Album
Extends run as the female artist with the most #1 albums this millennium
2nd consecutive double #1 album & #1 single (“Anti-Hero”)— First time achieving #1 album and top 3 singles
Biggest debut album since 2017 (Ed Sheeran’s Divide)— Biggest debut album of 2022
Outsold rest of the top 20 album chart combined
6 of Swift’s albums have re-entered the top 40 album chart
Philippines
Certified Gold in debut week
6 songs from Midnights broke previous single day Spotify stream record
All-time record for most streams for any single in 24 hours on Spotify (“Anti-Hero”, 1.09M)
“Anti-Hero” & “Lavender Haze” exceed 1M daily streams on Spotify – first time ever
Biggest debut album week of ALL-TIME on Spotify
Spain
Most streamed album by an anglo-artist in one day on Spotify (2.8M)
Norway
Biggest album debut by a female artist in 2022
