Release of The Tortured Poets Department

The release of Taylor Swift's eleventh studio album, _The Tortured Poets Department_, marked a pivotal moment in the music industry. The album achieved unprecedented success, becoming the first to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify within a single week. In its debut week, it sold 2.6 million units in the United States, setting a new record for first-week sales. This album also solidified Swift's dominance on the charts, as she became the first artist to occupy the top 14 positions on the Billboard Hot 100 and the top 10 on Australia's ARIA Singles Chart. The lead single, "Fortnight," featuring Post Malone, contributed to this success by becoming Swift's 12th number one song on the Hot 100. Furthermore, _The Tortured Poets Department_ spent 17 weeks at the top of the Billboard 200, marking Swift's longest-running number-one album on this chart.