It has already been a year since Taylor Swift released her record-breaking eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department. Announced during the 2024 Grammy Awards, the album once again showcased Swift’s unparalleled dominance in both sales and streaming, with songs exploring themes of love, loss, and fame. Shortly after unveiling the standard edition, the 35-year-old expanded the project with The Anthology version, offering fans a total of 31 tracks. The album’s impact was immediate, shattering numerous records — many of which Swift had already set with her previous release, Midnights. As we celebrate the first anniversary of The Tortured Poets Department, here are six records that only Taylor Swift could break.
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• First album in Spotify history to surpass 300 million streams in a single day, with 313.7 million filtered streams.
• First album to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify within a week of release.
• “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone became Spotify’s most-streamed song in a single day, with 25.2 million streams.
• Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 2.61 million album-equivalent units, marking the largest sales week for any album since Adele’s 25 in 2015.
• All 31 tracks from the album charted on the Billboard Hot 100, with Swift occupying the entire top 14 positions—a first in chart history.
• Sold 859,000 vinyl copies in its first week, the highest for any album in the modern era.
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