Now, as you may know that Taylor Swift's 1989 album spends a
third consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, according to
Billboard, making it only the second album to spend three weeks atop the list
in 2014. Only the Frozen soundtrack, which racked 13 nonconsecutive weeks at
No. 1, spent longer at the top. Great for a Taylor Swift album.
1989 sold 312,000 copies in the week ending Nov. 16 -- down
just 22 percent in its third frame -- according to Nielsen SoundScan. It's the
first album to sell more than 300,000 copies in its first three weeks since
Beyonce's self-titled effort in December 2013. Beyonce debuted at No. 1 with
617,000 (from only three days of sales), then spent a second (374,000) and
third week (310,000) at No. 1.
1989's total sales now stand at 2 million. It continues to
rank as 2014's second-largest-selling album, behind the Frozen soundtrack (3.25
million). They are the only two albums to sell a million copies in 2014.
It's likely that Taylor Swift will step aside next week for a new
No. 1: One Direction's Four. The latter could sell over 420,000 in the week
ending Nov. 23, according to industry forecasters. This will make 1989 the
smallest number of consecutive number 1 weeks for all the Taylor Swift albums
with just 3. But wait, that’s not all.
Taylor Swift makes Hot 100 history with Blank Space. That’s
right, Blank Space has peaked at number 1 on Hot 100 chart this week. In fact,
over on the Digital Songs chart, Taylor Swift's Blank Space bumps up to No. 1,
selling 328,000 downloads (up 100 percent).
Taylor Swift makes history on the Billboard Hot 100, where
her single Blank Space blasts from No. 13 to No. 1. As the song dethrones her
prior smash, Shake It Off, after four weeks atop the chart, Swift becomes the
first woman in the Hot 100's 56-year history to succeed herself at the top
spot.
Blank Space, released on Big Machine Records and promoted to
radio by Republic Records, takes over at No. 1 following the Nov. 10 release of
its official video.
So you know what that means? It's Wednesday, the day that
the sales/airplay/streaming-based Hot 100 is tallied, and we've got some blank
spaces (baby) … let's see whose names get written in the chart's top 10 and
more.
With her coronation, Taylor Swift tallies her third Hot 100 No. 1,
following Shake It Off (which falls to No. 3) and 2012's three-week leader We
Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.
Taylor Swift is, amazingly, the first woman in the Hot 100's
history to succeed herself at No. 1. She's just the 10th act to do so overall,
following the Beatles, who scored three toppers in a row (I Want to Hold Your
Hand, She Loves You and Can't Buy Me Love) in 1964; Boyz II Men (1994); Puff
Daddy (as he was then billed) (1997); Ja Rule (2002); Nelly (2002); OutKast
(2004); Usher (2004); T.I. (2008); and the Black Eyed Peas (2009). (Puff Daddy
and Ja Rule each doubled up thanks to a lead and featured role.)
Thanks to Shake It Off and Blank Space, Taylor Swift is the
only artist with two Hot 100 No. 1s this year. This will make Shake It Off and
Blank Space Taylor Swift’s 10th overall US number 1 single and 11th overall US number 1 single respectively. The other US number 1 Taylor Swift
singles include Our Song (US Hot Country Songs), Should’ve Said No (US Hot
Country Songs), Love Story (US Adult Contemporary, US Hot Country Songs, US
Mainstream Top 40), You Belong With Me (US
Adult Contemporary, US Hot Country Songs), Mine (US Adult Contemporary), Sparks
Fly (US Hot Country Songs), Ours (US Hot Country Songs), We Are Never Ever
Getting Back Together (US Billboard Hot 100 ,US Hot Country Songs), and I Knew
You Were Trouble (US Adult Top 40, US Mainstream Top 40).
Plus, parent album 1989 earns the increasingly rare honor of
seeing its first two singles top the Hot 100. The album is the first to send
its first two singles (officially promoted to radio) to the top since Macklemore
& Ryan Lewis's The Heist (Thrift Shop, Can't Hold Us) last year. It's the
first by a woman since Adele's 21 (Rolling in the Deep, Someone Like You) in
2011-12.
And, with its 13-1 vault, Blank Space logs the biggest jump
to the apex since Miley Cyrus's Wrecking Ball swung 22-1 on Sept. 28, 2013,
also after the release of its official (and oh-so-buzzed-about) video. (Shake
If Off became just the 22nd single in Hot 100 history to debut at No. 1, while
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together flew 72-1 following its first full week
of retail availability after it initially charted from early airplay.) How did Blank Space rocket to the top of the Hot 100? Its video arrival spurs the
song's No. 1 debut on the Streaming Songs chart with 19.2 million U.S. streams
in the week ending Nov. 16, according to Nielsen BDS. (Of the sum, almost all
is from clicks for the clip on Vevo on YouTube.) It's the second-highest weekly
streaming total this year; Nicki Minaj's Anaconda snared 32.1 million, after
its video premiere, as well, on the Sept. 6 chart.
The Blank Space video's premiere likewise drives sales, as
the track returns for a second week atop Digital Songs (2-1; 328,000 downloads
sold, up 100 percent).
While still fairly new at radio, Blank Space is moving fast:
in its second week on Radio Songs, it bounds 23-9 with a 42 percent increase to
70 million in all-format audience, according to BDS. Just three songs since
2006 have reached the Radio Songs top 10 in two weeks or less … and Shake It
Off and Blank Space are two of them (two weeks each); Lady Gaga's Born This Way
launched at No. 6 in 2011.
All the activity leads to Blank Space earning the Hot 100's
top Digital and Airplay Gainer awards.
As Taylor Swift claims the Hot 100's top rank (becoming the
1,040th No. 1 in the chart's history), Meghan Trainor's former eight-week Hot
100 No. 1 All About That Bass holds at No. 2. It slips 1-3 after eight weeks
atop Digital Songs (126,000, down 34 percent); stays at No. 2 on Streaming
Songs, which it led for nine weeks (11.9 million, down 3 percent); and drops
4-5 on Radio Songs (95 million, down 20 percent), which it ruled for three
frames.
After spending its first 12 weeks on the Hot 100 at either
No. 1 or 2 (four at the former), Shake It Off falls 1-3. As on the Hot 100, Blank
Space replaces Shake It Off atop Streaming Songs (where it reached No. 1 last
week).
Now, if only Avril Lavigne should bring back number 1 peaks
in general much like Taylor Swift did if it wasn’t for Sony Music, RCA and Epic
Records. Why America Avril Lavigne number 1s only have Let Go singles and
Girlfriend? Why can’t Avril Lavigne songs in general be huge in America like My
Happy Ending (despite the song peaked at number 1 on Mainstream Top 40 chart)
and Here’s To Never Growing Up? Avril Lavigne is suppose to make more number
singles after 2007’s Girlfriend. But no, RCA and bratty songs ruined number 1
Avril Lavigne singles after 2002. Avril Lavigne should’ve been perfect artist for
among more number 1 singles, but Sony Music blew it. I guess the only way is
inventions. So, if Avril Lavigne’s sixth album’s lead single is a different
Avril Lavigne single rather than a radio unfriendly bratty single and make it
similar to Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off except it’s an angry rock anthem single,
then it will be a big win for Avril Lavigne and number 1 singles. So what AL
can do is to move to Universal Music Group after resigning Sony Music and have
her making her first rock album. OK, rant over. Back to Taylor Swift. Shall we?
With Blank Space becoming her 11th number 1
single in the US, it’s time for Taylor Swift to team up with MTV for a Taylor
Swift MTV marathon coming this December. We’re all exciting to see more Taylor
Swift on MTV this Christmas. It should have all the Taylor Swift music videos
including her first music video from 2006 for Tim McGraw along with Highway
Don’t Care and the music video for The Last Time. So make it happen, MTV and
Taylor Swift. Next up, Out Of The Woods and later, Bad Blood, her 2015 Christmas EP and her 2016 great hits album. Can't wait. :D
So what do think about Blank Space peaked at number 1 on Hot
100?
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