14K so far is great considering it's just 1 day of streams

I estimated she did 8K on streaming on day 1

 

and looking at todays streams, I estimate another 5.5k from streams on day 2

Edited July 26, 20204 yr by Bjork

I can’t get over how solid and strong this is.

 

 

yep I think I'm at the point I've accepted this is my favourite Taylor album ever. which is just insane, considering most of her albums are in my top 10 of all time. I cannot take it off repeat for even a single second, I literally don't want to do anything apart from just listen to this on repeat. a masterpiece :heart:

I've heard it enough times since my last ranking so here's my new order!! :heart: I think everything is a 10/10 for me by this point. Peace is def the weakest. 13-15 are also a lil behind the others. TIMT is a tiny bit behind the top 11. I think the top 11 are already up there with my all time faves omg. my tears ricochet is the massive grower over the last couple days, I full on weeped to it earlier <3 exile keeps hitting even more!! that lower half of the top 10 is a nightmare to order cos the fact two of those songs have to be bottom half on an album is insane ahh.

 

also guys remember to rate in the folklore first impressions rate which is only open until Friday!! (& plz more people vote and comment in all the polls and stuff goin on rn!! <3)

 

My album ranking:

1. (1) epiphany

2. (3) cardigan

3. (2) seven

4. (9) my tears ricochet

5. (4) the last great American dynasty

6. (10) exile

7. (8) betty

8. (5) august

9. (6) the 1

10. (7) mad woman

11. (12) mirrorball

12. (11) this is me trying

13. (14) illicit affair

14. (15) invisible string

15. (13) hoax

16. (16) peace

As expected, a few of the songs are growing a lot the more I listen.

 

The run of 'seven', 'august' and 'this is me trying' is my favourite moment on the album! 'exile' is of course great too!

exile up to 21 on UK iTunes now!! (which is 4 places above cardigan :o)

19,580 sales.

I wonder if it could hit 40k if it does an average of ~4.5k on Monday/Tuesday/Wed + ~6.5k on Thurs with streaming boost

 

monday is the day I'm missing Lover's daily sales on but I'm guessing it did around ~7k so Folklore doing 5.2k is great without physicals!!

 

sales breakdown: folklore vs lover:

 

Saturday - Lover = 16,867 (9,173 physical, 7,694 digital), folklore = n/a

 

Sunday:

lover - 23.1k (11,036 physical, 8,600 digital, 3,544 streaming) --> lover did 906 digital sales on Saturday

folklore - 14,329 (breakdown unknown)

 

monday:

lover - ? (anyone know?)

folklore - 19,580

 

Tuesday:

lover - 36,000

 

Wednesday:

lover - 40,033

 

Thursday:

lover - 43,900

 

Friday:

lover - 53,015

UK midweeks:

 

04. cardigan

07. exile (ft. Bon Iver)

09. the 1

 

I think exile should be good for top 10 now, esp with it increasing on sales & staying stable on spot!! I wasn't expecting the 1 that low already so I'm worried it's gonna miss the top 10 :cry: it'll def be overtaken by the current #10 but I think it has a chance of staying above #11 (it sold more than the song currently 11th sold yesterday!)

Finally got round to listening a good few times, and it keeps growing with every listen. Now that I can tell all the songs apart I’m pretty sure my faves are; My Tears Ricochet, TLGAD, the 1, seven, August, exile, Betty and this is my trying. The only two I’m meh on are the last 2 that feel quite unnecessary and make the album quite long but overall a massive success even if I still kinda prefer pop Taylor

This is honestly one of my favourite albums in the last few years and definitely my favourite of hers. I’m still shook every time I listen.

from the insider that dropped the folklore + cardigan hint last month:

 

I know most haven't heard it yet, but for me "The Lakes" is the perfect closing track. It starts out with a 20 second intro which reminds me of 1940s music. The song is like acoustic poetry which takes my mind to the place seen in the album cover. In the chorus, Taylor sings "Take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die. I don't belong." She adds "Those Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry. I'm setting off." I am assuming she is referring to Windermere Lake in England's Lake District. Kind of makes me want to go visit the area in person to see the natural beauty there. I call this song an album-ending masterpiece.

 

 

omg I'm READY. :cry: also confirmed to be produced by Jack Antonoff!

"exile" is going to be sent to US Triple A radio and it's impacting this radio format next week.

I really want to hear the lakes.

August is the one I’m returning to the most often, I feel like I’ve known it forever.

Taylor Swift’s new album Folklore has earned more than 500,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in its first three days of release, according to initial reports to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. The set was released with little advance notice on Friday, July 24.

Per those reports, Folklore has, in just its first three days, already surpassed the biggest week of 2020 for any album, captured earlier this month by the arrival of Juice WRLD’s Legends Never Die, which launched with 497,000 units in the week ending July 16. The last album to garner at least 500,000 units in a week was Swift’s previous LP, Lover, which bowed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart dated Sept. 7, 2019, with 867,000 units earned in the week ending Aug. 29, 2019.

(from billboard)

 

JESUS. f***ING. HELL. OMG. :cheeseblock: :cheeseblock:

 

OVER 500K ALREADY OMG. :cheeseblock:

 

the biggest opening of the year in the US already omg. :cheeseblock:

 

I'm so proud :cheeseblock:

 

EDIT: OMG +400k is pure sales as well :o 700k+ is surely happening overall then with the amount it'll sell/especially stream over the week

I cannot believe we didn't even know this existed as little as a week ago :lol:

I cannot believe we didn't even know this existed as little as a week ago :lol:

It still feels like a dream. A week ago I wondered if we'd get another Lover single. I thought if not, Taylor might release a new single in autumn, but not a few days later.

 

I'm still not over how good this album is! :wub: I've had so many songs as my favourite but I think 'epiphany' is definitely one of my favourites now after paying attention to the lyrics and reading about some of the meaning. :cry: :heart:

It still feels like a dream. A week ago I wondered if we'd get another Lover single. I thought if not, Taylor might release a new single in autumn, but not a few days later.

ikr I still can't believe this is real!! :lol: I did have a suspicion we we're getting something but I thought it'd be a one-off new single or a big name feature or a big name collab leading to a lover deluxe at best!!

 

I'm still not over how good this album is! :wub: I've had so many songs as my favourite but I think 'epiphany' is definitely one of my favourites now after paying attention to the lyrics and reading about some of the meaning. :cry: :heart:

yasssss, it hits so much harder with the lyrics and meaning behind the song :heart: