GWR 2024 Look Inside - Flipbook - Page 18
ARTS & MEDIA
IN THE MIDNIGHTS HOUR: SWIFT IN SUPERLATIVES
Taylor Swift set or extended a host of records after releasing
Midnights on 21 Oct 2022. Here are just a few of them…
Record
Most Top 10 hits on the US Hot 100 (female)
Total
40
Most cumulative weeks at No.1
on the US albums chart (female)
60 weeks
Most debuts at No.1
on the US albums chart (female)
11
Most No.1s
on the US Digital Song Sales chart
24
Most streamed act
on Spotify in 24 hours
Most day-one streams
of an album on Spotify (female)
Most streamed album
on Spotify in one week
Most streamed album
on Amazon Music in 24 hours
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Most American Music Awards (AMAs)
On 20 Nov 2022, Taylor Swift extended her
haul of AMA gongs to 40. She picked up
six statuettes from six nominations at the
50th annual ceremony, held in Los Angeles,
California, USA. Michael Jackson (USA,
1958–2009) holds the men’s title – 26.
FIRST ACT TO DEBUT AT POSITIONS 1–10
SIMULTANEOUSLY ON THE US HOT 100
On 5 Nov 2022, Taylor Swift (USA) locked down
the entire Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 with
tracks from her No.1 album Midnights. Her feat
surpassed rapper Drake’s previous record of nine
Top 10 new entries on 18 Sep 2021.
Midnights shot to No.1 on 5 Nov 2022,
posting 1.140 million pure album sales – and
1.578 million album‑equivalent units – across
all formats. At the vanguard of a vinyl
renaissance, Midnights is also the USA’s
fastest-selling vinyl album in one
week – shifting 575,000 copies
– since comprehensive
tracking began in 1991.
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the most millionselling weeks on the
US albums chart
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