Folklore – 1st album of 2020 to sell a million copies in the US

Oct 26, 2020 | 10:31 AM

Taylor Swift’s foklore is having a great month. The album returned to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for an eighth nonconsecutive week (on the chart dated October 31st) and it became the first album of 2020 to sell a million copies in the U.S.

Folklore, released on July 24th, is Swift’s ninth album to sell at least 1 million copies in in the US.

 

Fast Facts

  • Folklore completed “the longest consecutive run at #1 since 2016” with six straight weeks atop the Billboard 200.
  • Taylor Swift has achieved 48 cumulative weeks at No. 1 across all of her chart-topping albums which marks a record amongst women
  • Swift stands out as the only artist to have seven albums each sell at least 500,000 copies in a single week (Fearless, Speak Now, RED, 1989, reputation, Lover and folklore).