Taylor Swift sells 500K+ copies of "folklore" in its first three days

[Spicechinodiva]

Taylor Swift has sold over 500,000 units of her new album folklore in just three days. The album already surpassed the biggest week of 2020 for any album, previously set by Juice WRLD’s Legends Never Die (497K).

This isn't counting the limited week of physical pre-orders which ends Thursday at 11:59 PM EST. 

In 2014, Barbara Walters said it best, and this just proves her comments were valid and accurate.

"Taylor Alison Swift is the music industry."

She's half way to a million! Let's place bets. I think she's gonna outdo Lovers numbers because she has won over fans that normally don't check for her at all with this album. 
 

 

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[car]

I really don’t get it... 

[TheySayImCrazy18]

Good For Her!  

[Jordan Miller]

Slayingggggg. The album grows on me more and more. I don't normally love this type of sound, but IDK this one just got me. 

[Blackout2006]

Great! guess its heading for a 650K debut!

[Exaholic]

[Adriannn]

TAYLOR QUEEN 

[Ewan Manefeldt]

It might reach 800K to 850K by Thursday eve. 

[Mmmm Papi]

And meanwhile, on the other thread, a lot of people guessed 280-400k was probably how much Taylor's album was going to sell within the first week and a lot of people disagreed and said "you guys are being way to generous! I'm pretty sure it's lower than 200k 😂"

 

 

Oh boy how wrong was that... 

 

 

[bitbitboi]

This is what LOVE does. Not music. Her fanbase is mostly rich white girls like her. The US is full of that. This is not life changing for anyone but them in their own little circle.

[ThisMeowBiteback]

I definitely appreciate her artistry & it’s really just the music that does it for me. Her videos & performances are meh, but the music that she writes is really outstanding! 

[TSmidnighTS]

TAYLOR STAYS WINNING. I told y'all she is coming for that 1Mil. Plus she is going to keep selling limited edition random versions of the album and then it'll sell a ton again. 

Ugh. Her mind. 

[redacted statement]

I read that "Lover" had sold about 570k-ish in its first three days, so the Good Sis is definitely on track. Especially considering "Lover" had months of pre-orders and actual physical versions in stores. Surprise folk album did that!!! 

[HoneyStyle]

It's far from my fave Swifty album but I'm so happy for her!

[RadicalOptimism]

And she’s 14 years into her career. This is her pre BJ era and she’s showing no signs of stopping 

[Urbanney]

It also broke records on Apple Music for most streams in 24 hours (35.47 million). It got 79.4 million plays in 24 hours on Spotify too.

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[thisforumwhacknow]

I am not a fan of her voice or performance style at all... But she is definitely smart, business-minded, and one of the best pop songwriters of this generation. On top of all that, she really makes an effort - despite being a weak singer, she still sings live, and has improved her vocals over the years. Congrats, Taylor - well deserved!

[Groundbreaking]

The slayage!  Let's wait for Kanye, what he does to say about it.  also, good for her! 

[maquisl]

Ok, so my predictions were wrong   Maybe around 900k now?

Anyway, this album is perfect so she deserves it 

[Blackout2006]

1 hour ago, InTheZone4Life said:

TAYLOR STAYS WINNING. I told y'all she is coming for that 1Mil. Plus she is going to keep selling limited edition random versions of the album and then it'll sell a ton again. 

Ugh. Her mind. 

She is not coming 1 million get over it. She is just going to hit sales below lover,her dominance is being slowly challenged