Taylor Swift’s 'The Tortured Poets Department' may have leaked—but it's already breaking records


by Fast Company

Fast Company— The Tortured Poets Department saw a big membership boost Wednesday night as the much-anticipated new album by Taylor Swift allegedly leaked online. While Swift and her label have not commented on whether the files were legitimate, clips of that audio that were posted to X (formerly Twitter) have been taken down due to copyright violations. For most artists, that sort of piracy could potentially do significant harm to sales, but Swift operates on a level where she makes her own rules. Ignoring...

Deadline—Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ Continues To Break Spotify Records. Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department has set yet another Spotify record, becoming the most-streamed album in a single day, reportedly exceeding 200 million streams. Swift now has the top three most-streamed albums in a single day, with previous records held by Midnights and 1989 (Taylor’s Version). Swift also surprised fans with the release early […]

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Daily Mail—Taylor Swift fans use clues to work out the exact dates she recorded songs on record-breaking album The Tortured Poets Department. Taylor Swift fans have been hard work since the release of The Tortured Poets Department earlier last week - with some figuring out dates that she recorded tracks off the album.