Taylor Swift Makes Global Music History Once Again

Taylor Swift has extended her record-setting 2022 performance with the debut of her tenth studio album Midnights on October 21.

In its first eight weeks, the LP achieved more than six million album equivalent units worldwide.

It cements her in music history as the only artist ever to have five albums with over one million units during release week.

The landmark album moved almost 1.6 million copies during its debut week: the first to sell over a million physical albums since 2015.

Universal Music Group Chairman & CEO, Sir Lucian Grainge, said:

"Taylor is a multidimensional creative force whose achievements place her among the most accomplished artists in the history of music.

"We are thrilled and honoured to partner with her across so many aspects of her career."

The eleven-time GRAMMY winner broke streaming, physical and vinyl album sales milestones around the world as the critically acclaimed Midnights became the fastest-selling album of her career.

In addition, Swift became the first artist in history to capture the entire top-10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart.

The artist has a whopping 36.6 billion combined streams of her music and 22.4 million album-equivalent units to-date in 2022.