Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department’ makes Billboard Hot 100 debut
Updated | By Poelano Malema
"Thank you for listening, streaming, and welcoming Tortured Poets into your life."
Taylor Swift is celebrating the success of her latest album, 'The Tortured Poets Department'.
Last week, the album reached a billion streams on Spotify. Read more about it here.
Yesterday, Billboard announced that Swift claimed a top 14 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, which was led by ‘Fortnight’ with Post Malone.
Swift took to Instagram to celebrate how well her album was received.
"My mind is blown. I’m completely floored by the love you’ve shown this album," she wrote on Instagram.
She added that she was feeling overwhelmed.
"2.6 million ARE YOU ACTUALLY SERIOUS?? Thank you for listening, streaming, and welcoming Tortured Poets into your life. Feeling completely overwhelmed," she wrote.
The singer added that the success of her album has fuelled her up for her tour.
"I was already so fired up to get back to the tour but you doing THIS?? May 9th can’t come soon enough," she wrote.
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The album was the most-streamed album on Spotify in a day after its release on Friday, 19 April.
It is Swift's 11th studio album and has 31 songs.
The music video for ‘Fortnight’ with Post Malone was released on April 20 and has already been watched 47-million times.
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