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1 on Billboard Taylor Swift said her “mind is blown” after her newest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” hit record streaming numbers on top of selling nearly 2 million physical records. The album hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 200 chart after it was released last week. Her album marked a banner week for vinyl sales, with 859,000 vinyl units sold. That’s the largest single-week vinyl sale for an album in the modern era, according to Billboard.
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