It’s Thursday April 18th and this is a complete Taylor Swift takeover, ahead of the release of her new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department,’ the superstar announced the lead single “Fortnight,” breaks a record on Spotify for most pre-saves for her new album and we take you inside the ‘Tortured Poets Department’ Spotify library that happened in Los Angeles this week. Billboard explains Taylor Swift’s record-breaking Billboard chart history, Alek Olsen remains on top of the TikTok chart, we look back at the Isley Brothers’ going to No. 1 with “It’s Your Thing” and more!
Tetris Kelly:
Ahead of Taylor’s new album, she’s totally taking over. We bring you inside her exclusive pop up, explained some of her biggest achievements, run down the Tiktok Billboard Top 50 and take a look back at the Hot 100 in 1969.
Rania Aniftos:
Happy Thursday I’m Rania Aniftos for Billboard News. It’s April 18th and we’ve got a lot to get through so let’s jump into our lead stories.
Tetris Kelly:
With broken records, new challenges and major rebrands it’s a total Taylor takeover. Here are the details. Taylor Swift announced the first single off ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ will be “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone after already announcing the music videos coming Friday as well. And she also teased a “Fortnight” challenge set to kick off with the album tomorrow. With the announcement, Taylor gushed about Post Malone saying, “I’ve been such a huge fan of Post because of the writer he is, his musical experimentation and those melodies he creates that just stick in your head forever. I got to witness that magic come to life firsthand when we work together on “Fortnight.” Well fans are definitely excited for the album. Spotify posted on IG saying it became the most pre-saved album countdown page in the streamer’s history. And they aren’t the only ones that are going to blast the new album when it drops at midnight. iHeart Radio announced the rebrand for the release calling themselves iHeart Taylor,
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