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Taylor Swift Is Already Shattering Records with 'Midnights,' and It Hasn’t Even Been Out a Week · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. When Taylor Swift releases
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Speaker 1: an album, it typically becomes one of, if not the
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Speaker 1: best performing albums of the year within days of its release,
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Speaker 1: and her latest Midnight's no exception. In fact, after only
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Speaker 1: three days, it's already become the best selling album of
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Speaker 1: two across all formats, sliding past Harry Styles Harry's House,
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Speaker 1: and in that same span of time, it had already
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Speaker 1: become the best selling final record in the modern era
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Speaker 1: as well, moving more than half a million physical units.
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Speaker 1: It's an almost inconceivable number in a streaming era. Before
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Speaker 1: the week is over, Midnights is expected to set several records,
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Speaker 1: but we don't know until Friday what they will be.
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Speaker 1: As it stands, it's likely the album will debut at
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Speaker 1: number one on the Billboard two hundred, which would make
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Speaker 1: at her eleventh album to do so. Remarkable feat that's
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Speaker 1: direct from Hollywood,