The release topped the all-genre albums chart at iTunes within 36 minutes of release, and first-day sales alone topped 262k albums, according to label sources.
Worldwide, Red reached #1 at iTunes on the first day of release in 32 countries, including the
With Red, Taylor has set a new record for the most rapid accumulation of 50 Top 100 hits in history, reaching the milestone only six years and one month after her 2006 chart debut, topping Aretha Franklin’s record, with her stretch of just over 14 years and six months.
Red has also received critical acclaim. Rolling Stone calls her “a turbine of artistic and ambition and superstar drama… a 16-song geyser of willful eclecticism.” Entertainment Weekly raves, “Sublime…Red should be required listening.” The L.A. Times says: “Red burns with confidence. She seems to have crossed some sort of emotional threshold to the assured words and music of a star… There are no bumps on Red...only clean, perfectly rendered American popular music.” The Washington Post called the album “another winner… She connects with clear, concise, relatable love songs that are thrown like punches and steeped in everyday details.”
THE COUNT: COLDPLAY IS HOT, COUNTRY'S COOKIN' IN THE U.K.
The latest tidbits from the bustling live sector (3/29a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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