Matt42 Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 Wow. It’s official. Midnights will debut with higher numbers than 1989. That’s absolutely unreal. She is absolutely unreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannybruck Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 UK numbers for the midweeks. Arctics did exceptionally well but just can't compete with her streaming power. 1 Taylor Swift - Midnights (140,590) [114,429 physicals, 5,857 downloads, 20,304 streaming] * 2 Arctic Monkeys - The Car (104,874) [97,888 physicals, 2,155 downloads, 4,831 streaming] * 3 Loyle Carner - hugo (9,387) [7,740 physicals] * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettredmayne Posted October 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 (edited) She is on Jimmy fallon tonight Also 2nd video out tonight midnight est Edited October 24, 2022 by brettredmayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superscally Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 2 hours ago, Matt42 said: Wow. It’s official. Midnights will debut with higher numbers than 1989. That’s absolutely unreal. She is absolutely unreal. No. Her fans are unreal. The album isn't that good. A solid enough offering, but the chart position has got sod all to do with quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip997 Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 1 minute ago, Superscally said: No. Her fans are unreal. The album isn't that good. A solid enough offering, but the chart position has got sod all to do with quality. Exactly, the hype is off the scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernSoul52 Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 Don't hugely give a toss about the US numbers - this is a message board site dedicated, by and large, to British festivals after all - but those British ones are absolutely incendiary. It's Ed Sheeran's = cleared in three days, it's more than the first week of Harry's House, it might even have a crack at hauling down ABBA's Voyage, if physicals continue to shift. (It will likely fall short of Adele and 30, mind you.) And to top it all, it's twice - already! - the sales of Red (Taylor's Version). Won't lie, those figures have absolutely blown me away. Still think the record's a seven out of ten, mind you, but to those who are head over heels in love with it, good on you. Always grand to find tunes you dig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewayiam Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 2 hours ago, jannybruck said: UK numbers for the midweeks. Arctics did exceptionally well but just can't compete with her streaming power. 1 Taylor Swift - Midnights (140,590) [114,429 physicals, 5,857 downloads, 20,304 streaming] * 2 Arctic Monkeys - The Car (104,874) [97,888 physicals, 2,155 downloads, 4,831 streaming] * 3 Loyle Carner - hugo (9,387) [7,740 physicals] * Taylor's album is so far up and above Arctic's though it's crazy! Can't compete with her but it's just a much better offering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettredmayne Posted October 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 Bejeweled is the 2nd video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparx Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 I think a part of the success of this album is down to the huge critical success of the Folklore/Evermore era. Through the pandemic Taylor was the artist putting out the best quality work IMO and used the opportunity to really reframe her career. I think that momentum has peaked here, and the promo work on Midnights has been incredible on top. Few if any make an album launch as big an event as Taylor, she’s the master. I think the record being a critical hit has helped keep the streaming numbers strong too. Utter triumph really. I’m actually surprised it’s taken off to this degree though, i didn’t think she’d get back to 1989 levels but here we are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred quimby Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 2 hours ago, Superscally said: No. Her fans are unreal. The album isn't that good. A solid enough offering, but the chart position has got sod all to do with quality. Same as it ever was really. Remember when I would look at the charts and always been the same hasn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chazwwe Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 When people talk about Stans being insane this is what they're refering to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprefan Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, Matt42 said: Wow. It’s official. Midnights will debut with higher numbers than 1989. That’s absolutely unreal. She is absolutely unreal. Half are vinyl sales. Thats.... Not good. Again, she pushed past a ton of small artists to get that all pressed. Silently killing small artists/labels for no damn reason but to set a few sales records. Expect tons of copies in secondhand stores in a year. Same thing happened to Billie on her last record. Edited October 24, 2022 by Suprefan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseboy11 Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 32 minutes ago, Suprefan said: Half are vinyl sales. Thats.... Not good. Again, she pushed past a ton of small artists to get that all pressed. Silently killing small artists/labels for no damn reason but to set a few sales records. Expect tons of copies in secondhand stores in a year. Same thing happened to Billie on her last record. Adele did similar as well didn’t she? Some vinyl releases were delayed for ages because she had all the presses booked up. It sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprefan Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Mouseboy11 said: Adele did similar as well didn’t she? Some vinyl releases were delayed for ages because she had all the presses booked up. It sucks. She did, but not on this scale. Same for the other. Harry sold 150k in one week which was just a bit over of Olivia and Adele which did 100k+. Nobody is trying to press half a million records for one release. This is like Warner Brothers constantly repressing Rumours cause they know itll sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hotchilidog Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 The Bejeweled video is another smasher and if we do not get Speak Now TV after all the Easter eggs in this wonderful film I shall be very disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparx Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 She was pretty funny on Jimmy Fallon. They always seem to have such great chemistry. Not sure I’ve seen a chat show audience go as mental for so long as when she confirmed the tour. Bejewelled is a belter. Feels like the new Gorgeous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernSoul52 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 Absolutely knows how to work a television crowd, I'll give her that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettredmayne Posted October 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 New merch in store , just ordered the your’e on your own kid T-shirt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt42 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 22 hours ago, jparx said: i didn’t think she’d get back to 1989 levels but here we are! Surpassed 1989. This is the biggest release of her career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCountryGirl Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) Have seen some Easter Egg speculation that "Exile ends - 3 ... 2" pocketwatch in the Bejeweled video either hints to the release of Speak Now TV, or ... the start of a tour. Much as I would love the latter to be the case, a tour starting in March seems pretty soon, considering its not even announced yet. Not that there would be any trouble shifting tickets 🤷🏻 Or, we could be waiting another few months even to get an announcement. OR we clowning 🤡 Edited October 25, 2022 by WestCountryGirl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparx Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Matt42 said: Surpassed 1989. This is the biggest release of her career. Absolutely incredible stuff. Read earlier she’s the first person since herself in 2017 to shift a million physical copies in the first week? I think that was the stat, apologies if slightly off! Taylor’s career, creatively, is as good as it’s ever been, but I did think her general popularity had waned ever so slightly and people like Adele were just clear of her in that mega bracket. But here we are, she’s back on top of the world with her TENTH record. Remarkable that she’s managed to get back to, and surpass, her previous heights almost a decade later. Not many acts have done that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred quimby Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 Still not got my vinyl 😔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circus92 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Matt42 said: Surpassed 1989. This is the biggest release of her career. On numbers maybe, but 1989 will always remain her masterpiece. This review pretty much nails it - “But true Taylor fans know that, while Folklore and Evermore contained wonderful examples of Swift’s craft as a songwriter and lyricist, the masterpiece in her oeuvre remains 1989, released in 2014, when she was just 24 years old. That album, her generation’s Thriller, or Like a Prayer, is now established as a pop classic. (And no, not because of Ryan Adams’ creepy cover version). Hitching Eighties pop to Nineties electronica, then blazing down the Springsteen highway in a tank top and blue jeans, 1989 was American pop like they’ve hardly made it since that same year: histrionic, widescreen, catchy as a coronavirus.” https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/a41711408/taylor-swift-midnights-review/ Edited October 25, 2022 by circus92 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livvy13 Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 9 hours ago, WestCountryGirl said: Have seen some Easter Egg speculation that "Exile ends - 3 ... 2" pocketwatch in the Bejeweled video either hints to the release of Speak Now TV, or ... the start of a tour. Much as I would love the latter to be the case, a tour starting in March seems pretty soon, considering its not even announced yet. Not that there would be any trouble shifting tickets 🤷🏻 Or, we could be waiting another few months even to get an announcement. OR we clowning 🤡 I've seen similar relating to the pocket watch although the one I saw was saying 12 2 2nd December is a Friday so possibly an announcement/Speak Now TV released then ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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