What is Record Store Day, and how is Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' involved?


by The Columbus Dispatch

The Columbus Dispatch— Taylor Swift shocked the world by making 'The Tortured Poets Department' a double album. and now she's got another treat for fans on Record Store Day.

FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV—KC shops ride wave of Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets’ into ‘Record Store Day’. Lots of tired Swifties out there on Friday after staying up late to hear the pop icon’s latest release, a double album dropping overnight.

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 […]

Fox Business—Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' will be boon for independent record stores. Taylor Swift released her highly anticipated eleventh album Friday, and it is expected to be a boon for record stores. The pop star's "The Tortured Poets Department" (TTPD) album made its official debut overnight, roughly 2½ months after she revealed her plans to release it. Adrian Lee, purchaser for The Sound Garden in Baltimore, told FOX Business Friday the store has "had a number of people interested in purchasing" all four exclusive vinyl variants of Swift’s new album and "ended up with...