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Taylor Swift Sweeps the Charts with a Record-setting Release Week
It was less a case of whether Taylor Swift would be adding to her tally of #1 Albums and Singles Chart appearances this week, and more about which records she might trouble in the process.
First-ever Aotearoa vinyl-only charts published
Recorded Music NZ marks a milestone in vinyl’s revival with the release of a one-off set of Official Aotearoa Music Vinyl Charts, launched alongside The Long Play, a new podcast exploring "the warped history of vinyl in Aotearoa" from Charlotte Ryan and The Spinoff.
Olivia Dean Does The Double – #1 ON SINGLES & ALBUMS TOP 40
Aotearoa is turning out to be the global cheerleader for UK artist Olivia Dean as the 26-year-old Londoner locks her first international chart double, topping both the Album and Singles Top 40 this week.
Taylor Swift Sweeps the Charts with a Record-setting Release Week
It was less a case of whether Taylor Swift would be adding to her tally of #1 Albums and Singles Chart appearances this week, and more about which records she might trouble in the process. The Life Of A Showgirl becomes the artist's 15th #1 album, extending the record she already held for most Album Chart-toppers, and going Gold the week of release – a rare occurrence in the modern streaming-driven era.
Swift matches another of her own records over on the Singles Chart, where ‘The Fate Of Ophelia’ claims the #1 spot, leading a total of nine tracks in the Top 10. This has happened only once before, and it was also by Swift – back on release of The Tortured Poets Department in April last year. Then it was Hozier who denied her the Top 10 clean sweep, this time it's Olivia Dean, who does it by hanging in at #5 with ‘Man I Need’.
