Taylor Swift Secures 2019's Biggest First-Week U.S. Sales With 'Lover'

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Collecting 35,000 more sales than Jonas Brothers' 'Happiness Begins' managed back in June, the latest album from the 'Me!' hitmaker clocks in at 450,000 sales in its first 24 hours.

August 26, 2019

AceShowbiz - Taylor Swift's new album "Lover" has landed the year's biggest first-week sales in America in just a day.

The release dropped on Friday (August 23) and clocked in at 450,000 sales in its first 24 hours - over 35,000 more sales than ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas' band the Jonas Brothers managed in their first week back in June, with "Happiness Begins".

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Lover will debut at number one on the Billboard 200 next weekend (September 01), with an estimated 700,000 sales, landing Taylor her sixth U.S. number one.

The album notches up the biggest sales week for any album since Swift's "Reputation" debuted at number one with over 1.2 million copies sold in November, 2017.

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