"Folklore" (Folklore) has become Swift's most acclaimed album since his debut.
The eighth solo album "Folklore" (Folklore) suddenly released by Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift) has broken many record records in its first week.
Swift became the new album that she created during the epidemic lockdown. BBC music reporter Mark Savage (Mark Savage) reported that the genre of "Legend" is no longer the popular music of the first three albums.
On the music streaming platform Spotify, the album was played 80.6 million times in one day, the highest number of albums played by a female singer since the establishment of the streaming platform.
In the United States, the album sold 846,000 copies in just seven days, making it the best-selling album so far in 2020.
She also became the first singer on the American music charts to sell 500,000 copies of seven albums in a week. It is also the first female singer with seven albums to be the champion.
The single "Cardigan" (Cardigan) from this album also entered the top 100 singles champion, making her the first musician to be the number one on the album and singles charts in the same week.
In addition to topping the billboard charts in the United States, the album has won top-selling titles in the United Kingdom, Finland, Australia, Norway, New Zealand and Belgium.
In Ireland, Swift now has five championship albums, surpassing other female singers of the 21st century, such as Madonna and Beyoncé.
This album is on the British music pop chart, with three singles in the top ten.
"Clean the lead bloom"
Swift mentioned the source of inspiration in a post on social networking sites: "This album is the product of my imagination that has been used during the quarantine period...This new album has injected all my ingenuity, dreams, fear and inspiration. Now it’s your turn to pass it on."
Born in 989, debuted at the age of 16, broke the record at the age of 20 and became the youngest Grammy (Grammy Awards; Taiwan translation of "Grammy", Hong Kong translation of "Grammy") the highest award "Annual Album" winner, Swift One Every move is the focus of the media.
This year, Swift talked about his past anorexia symptoms for the first time in the Netflix documentary "Miss Americana." She said that she used to be afraid of losing a model student. The image of a "good lady" could not express political opinions. She also thought that it was normal to wear the smallest clothes, and she had the experience of being hungry and dizzy at any time.
She also mentioned in the documentary that she always let everyone see her best in the past, and her friends are all violent big names and supermodels. It was only later that Swift began to protect her privacy and return her figure to normal. Healthy posture, and start to stay away from the spotlight.
The new album has returned to a more independent music style, which seems to imply that she is tired of luxury fame and returned to the original intention of music.
BBC music reporter Mark Savac reported that the album was mainly produced by Aaron Dessner of the alternative rock band "The National" (The National), and won the highest rating ever for Swift's album. Scored an average of 89 points on Metacritic reviews.
The famous music review magazine "NME" gave it a four-star rating. The magazine commented: "This album makes people feel fresh, far-sighted, and most importantly honest... The glamour she has used in the past five years has been left behind, with simpler, softer melody and desired music. return."
Variety magazine called the album "a soft but rich story", although the New York Times called the 16-song album occasionally "suffocating" because Desner, as a producer, Let the female singer "like dragging her pace in a raincoat, the pace slowed down, but also weakened her vitality."
The BBC music reporter pointed out that the record release plan was so secret that the employees of the record company did not know its existence until a few hours before the release. In this way, album piracy can be prevented.
When a physical CD is released this weekend, the album's sales may climb for the second time. Vinyl records will not be available until November.
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