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Originally posted by revel8
Congrats to Taylor, selling 1.287 million copies of 1989 in week 1!
That makes 1989 the highest selling album released in 2014 after just one week, the next highest is Coldplay on 745k after 5.5 months.
Taylor is the only artist to have 3 albums debut with 1 million + selling weeks.
The biggest opening weeks for albums ever in the US (Soundscan era)
Pos, Act, Album, Week 1 sales, Release Year
1 N'Sync, No Strings Attached 2,416m 2000
2 N'Sync, Celebrity 1,880m 2001
3 Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP, 1,760m 2000
4 Backstreet Boys, Black and Blue 1,591m 2000
5 Britney Spears, Oops I Did It Again 1,319m 2000
6 Taylor Swift, 1989 1,287m 2014
7 Taylor Swift, Red 1,208m 2012
8 50 Cent, The Massacre 1,141m 2005
9 Backstreet Boys, Millenium 1,134m 1999
10 Lady *, Born This Way 1,108m 2011
11 Usher, Confessions 1.096m 2004
12 Garth Brooks, Double Live 1.085m 1998
13 Limp Bizkit, Chocolate Starfist 1.055m 2000
14 Taylor Swift, Speak Now 1.047m 2010
15 Norah Jones, Feels Like Home 1,022m 2004
Taylor has 3 albums in the Top15, the only artist to have done so. She also matches N'Sync, Backstreet Boys and Eminem with 2 albums in theTop 10. You can clearly see how the top selling albums are all when the market was at it's biggest in 2000-2001. 2014 market is probably less than 1/3 of the size of the peak period.
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Not the #10 having that asterisk I think Taylor could possibly do it a 4th time in 2016 as well.
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Originally posted by atishvaze
I just feel she is gonna have a huge drop this week.
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I hope not. I want her to get the #1 female this year
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Originally posted by Safe&Sound
Why she's always being #2?
Frozen will block her from being #1 on BB 200 year-end chart, right?
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She can still get #1 female if she sells 2.2M by the end of the month
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Originally posted by Dingdong123
I predict around 340k for 1989. Hopefully with Blank Space starting smash 1989's drop will soften a bit.
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That would be ideal
1.2M
.35
=1.6M give or take
3rd week
4th week
Black Friday...if she can somehow sell 300k+ with $5.99 sales.
2.2/3M should solidify it but it will be tight. She should have released on the 21st or something that would have secured it.
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Originally posted by Icannot
I think '1989' will barely scrap 2 million by the end of the year.
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I hope not. I hope it's coming for 2.5-2.7M by then
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Originally posted by AlienTing
yas break that Legend M's record
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Not on my watch. Most likely will purchase my copy to prevent that...
Really coz of what muddy said? 
Do you guys have full video?
I think it may not sell like Red but still it will pass 2.5M by year end. She won't have any weeks below 100K till the start of new year