This just in: people really like Taylor Swift. As if the gushing reviews for her new album didn’t make that clear enough, consider the early sales figures: It is already on pace, after barely one day of release, to move 1,000,000 copies in a week. This would make “1989” just the 19th record to EVER sell one million copies in seven days since Nielsen SoundScan started tracking sales in 1991. It would also make the album the first in 2014 to do so, while making Swift the first singer to have three separate million-selling weeks. In 2010, “Speak Now” moved 1.05 million copies and “Red” then sold 1.21 million two years later. If “1989” crossed the one million plateau, Swift will notch the biggest sales week for an album since… her very own “Red” in 2012. So clearly Swift being absolutely EVERYwhere these days – from closing down Hollywood Boulevard to perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live… to appearing on The Voice last night – hasn’t made folks sick and/or tired of Taylor Swift. Quite the opposite, in fact. It’s merely helped proved one very simply fact: This is Taylor Swift’s universe. The rest of us are merely existing within it. 11 Fun Facts About Taylor Swift! 1. Her First Job Was Knocking Bugs Out of Christmas Trees We’re guessing she prefers singing.
