Taylor Swift could not stop ILIT's progress and still successfully set a new record

Taylor Swift's 7-year comeback with an album with BLACKPINK left everyone in awe; It just couldn't stop the outstanding progress of "NewJeans' little sister" on the music charts.

At 11:00 a.m. April 19 (Vietnam time), Taylor Swift officially released studio album No. 11 - The Tortured Poets Department with a total of 16 tracks. The music fever called Taylor Swift quickly "swept" social media. While fans still haven't "enjoyed" all 16 new songs, the "music industry" suddenly released 15 more songs after just 2 hours.

On social networks, some comments said they felt "stupid" after listening to a total of 31 songs in Taylor Swift's new album. The album's size makes everyone even more surprised.

Amid the powerful comeback of "Snake Queen", ILLIT was able to bomb the music charts, making everyone admire. Evidence is that on the latest US Billboard chart (lasting until April 27), the group's debut mini album "Super Real Me" and title song " Magnetic" have won impressive positions.

Accordingly, "Magnetic" ranked 3rd and 6th on the "Global" chart (excluding the US region) and "Global 200" charts, respectively, maintaining the song's performance for 4 consecutive weeks. This achievement is notable in a competitive context, including the return of famous "Pop stars" like Taylor Swift.

Furthermore, "Super Real Me" also made waves on the "World Albums" and "Heatseekers Albums" charts, occupying the 5th and 10th positions respectively for three consecutive weeks. In particular, ILLIT was also ranked 28th on the "Emerging Artists" list during the same period.

In Japan, the "little sister group NewJeans" also achieved unprecedented success on the Oricon charts. "Magnetic" secured the 2nd position on the "Weekly Streaming Chart", gathering 11.67 million views in one week. This is the third consecutive week that ILLIT has surpassed 10 million views, becoming the first foreign female artist to achieve this achievement.

The cumulative views of "Magnetic" on Oricon are 40,622,581, the highest among foreign female artists on the "Weekly Streaming Chart". In addition to its international achievements, the song also dominated major domestic music charts in Korea, achieving a "perfect all-kill" when topping the daily charts of Melon, Bugs, Genie Music, Naver Vibe and Flo.

It can be seen that, despite Taylor Swift's return and the controversy surrounding Min Hee Jin's comments, ILLIT still continues to conquer the audience with its charm.

"Magnetic", with its theme of pursuing love, resonated strongly with teenage fans around the world, further cementing the position of the "little sister group NewJeans" as a rising Kpop phenomenon. .

As for Taylor Swift, she also did not lose to ILLIT when "The Tortured Poets Department" became the most listened to album in a week on Spotify, according to Variety. The platform also added that the album has surpassed one billion streams since its release.

Most especially, the singer born in 1989 broke his own record when the previous achievement belonged to the album "Midnights" released in October 2022. At that time, Spotify only confirmed that this album set a record without giving a specific number.

In addition, "The Tortured Poets Department" also set a series of achievements on the Spotify platform. Accordingly, the single "Fortnight", featuring Post Malone, became the most played song of the day since its release. The above series of achievements helped Taylor Swift become the artist with the most streams in a day.

Currently, overall reports on sales and streams are not available yet because units like Luminate are doing statistics and analysis. However, writer Chris Willman from Variety predicts that "The Tortured Poets Department" will easily surpass the 2 million album unit mark.

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