TTPD‘s fifth week atop the charts got here the identical week that Billie Eilish launched her third album, Hit Me Arduous and Comfortable, which wound up at quantity two. That week, TTPD received 378,000 equal album models whereas HMHAS received 339,000 equal album models. Taylor’s numbers included 210,000 album gross sales (up 413% from the earlier week), whereas Billie received 191,000. That week, Taylor additionally launched six new digital album obtain variants, a brand new CD variant, and a restock of beforehand obtainable CD editions, together with a signed model. Nearly all of Taylor’s album gross sales had been CDs, whereas Billie’s had been vinyl. Taylor did even have extra streams than Billie: 166,500 in streaming equal albums in comparison with 146,000.
