{"id":278669,"date":"2019-08-26T07:15:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T13:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1067812"},"modified":"2019-08-26T07:15:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T13:15:25","slug":"taylor-swifts-lover-surpasses-a-star-is-born-as-2019s-top-selling-album-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/taylor-swifts-lover-surpasses-a-star-is-born-as-2019s-top-selling-album-in-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift&#8217;s Lover Surpasses A Star Is Born as 2019&#8217;s Top-Selling Album in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-meta\" readability=\"8.3529411764706\">\n<p class=\"entry-meta\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"><span class=\"entry-meta__author\"><span class=\"u-lc\">by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/authors\/elyse-dupre\">Elyse Dupre<\/a><\/span> | <span class=\"entry-meta__time\">Mon., Aug. 26, 2019 6:15 AM<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-detail-social-icons\" class=\"cs-container\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" data-omniture-info=\"{ &quot;pagename&quot; : &quot;news:news:music:articles:1067812:taylor-swifts-lover-surpasses-a-star-is-born-as-2019s-top-selling-album-in-the-us&quot;, &quot;widgetType&quot; : &quot;share:social&quot;, &quot;pageType&quot; : &quot;text-blocks&quot; }\">\n<ul class=\"cs-list clear\">\n<li class=\"cs-fb cs-item\">\n<p><span class=\"cs-sharetext\">Share<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"cs-ts cs-item\">\n<p><span class=\"cs-sharetext\">Tweet<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"email-bttn-article-detail-social-icons\" class=\"cs-email cs-item\">\n<p><span class=\"cs-sharetext\">Email<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-0\" class=\"video--dock post-content post-content--grouped\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-dock=\"parent\">\n<div data-dock=\"item\">\n<p>move<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"dock__close dock__button dock__button--hidden hidden\" data-dock=\"button\" data-hook=\"dock-close\">close<\/a><\/p>\n<div data-dock=\"shadow\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"video__container video__container--dock\" data-js=\"video-embed\" data-video-id=\"293689\" data-video-scope=\"video_293689\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" data-autoplay=\"true\">\n<div class=\"vilynx_wrapper\" data-hook=\"vilynx-video_293689\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eonlinethumbs-a.akamaihd.net\/images\/521\/410\/pop_20190823_highlight_a_293689_560x315_1591589955888.jpg\" class=\"video__placeholder-img\" data-hook=\"img-video_293689\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dock__title hidden\" data-dock=\"title\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><em>Now Playing<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Up Next<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift Drops 18 Track &#8220;Lover&#8221; Album and Music Video<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-0\" class=\"post-content text-block clearfix post-content--groupedn-txt\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"42.175306314797\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"26.838831291235\">\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot to love about <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/taylor_swift\">Taylor Swift<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s new album.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Even though the 29-year-old artist just released <em>Lover<\/em> on Friday, it&#8217;s already the top-selling album in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/business\/chart-beat\/8528297\/taylor-swift-lover-top-selling-album-2019-so-far\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Billboard<\/em><\/a>, citing Nielsen Music data, the seventh studio album approached 500,000 sales through its second day of release on Saturday. As a result, it&#8217;s reportedly passed the year-to-date sales of <em>A Star Is Born<\/em>, which was 2019&#8217;s previous top-seller. Per <em>Billboard<\/em>, the soundtrack featuring <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/lady_gaga\">Lady Gaga<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/bradley_cooper\">Bradley Cooper<\/a><\/strong> sold 444,000 copies through the week ending on Aug. 22 and has sold 1.148 million copies since its release on Oct. 5, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Swift is beating her own personal records. According to <em>Billboard<\/em>, <em>Lover<\/em> has already had the biggest sales week of any of her albums since the 10-time Grammy winner released <em>reputation<\/em>, which sold 1.216 million copies in its first week. The publication reports that <em>Lover<\/em>&#8216;s first-week sales are aided by the set&#8217;s release in four collectible deluxe editions at Target, as well as by various bundles sold via T.Swift&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cta-1\" class=\"post-content cta clearfix\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"3\">\n<div data-vilynx-id=\"293687\" class=\"column cta__video vilynx_enabled\" data-hook=\"cta-vilynx\" data-url=\"\/videos\/293687\/taylor-swift-absolutely-plans-on-re-recording-albums\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/eonlinethumbs-a.akamaihd.net\/images\/517\/7\/pop_20190822_highlight_b_293687_560x315_1590681667530.jpg?fit=inside|192:192&amp;output-quality=90\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column cta__text--video\" data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-cta\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"3.0967741935484\">\n<h2 class=\"cta__title\">Watch<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/videos\/293687\/taylor-swift-absolutely-plans-on-re-recording-albums\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taylor Swift &#8221;Absolutely&#8221; Plans on Re-Recording Albums<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" class=\"post-content text-block clearfix post-content--groupedn-txt\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"51.830578512397\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"2.7520661157025\">\n<p>Haven&#8217;t had a chance to listen to the full album yet? For a deep dive on the lyrics, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1066468\/taylor-swift-s-lover-album-lyrics-decoded-paper-rings-church-bells-and-a-london-boy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations, Taylor!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-3\" class=\"post-content\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Don&#8217;t miss <em>E! 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