Taylor Swift '1989' Passes Huge Sales Milestone

This week, 1989 crosses over the 5 million sales threshold with 5.015 million copies sold, Billboard reports, thanks to modest sales of 26,000 units and a No. 3 position on the Billboard 200. 1989 has spent its entire Billboard 200 journey in the top 10 since it was released in October 2014; 11 of those weeks were at No. 1.

After just 36 weeks on the charts, 1989 is the fastest album to reach this milestone since the release of Usher's Confessions in August 2004. That album sold 5 million copies after 19 weeks.The last album to reach 5 million in sales was the unstoppable juggernaut 21 by Adele, which reached the sales mark after 42 weeks on sale in December 2011.

The 5 million sales figure is just the latest figure that Swift broke with her fifth studio album. The music video for the album's fourth (and most recent single) "Bad Blood," which featured dozens of cameos from Swift's pack of BFFs, unseated Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" with the most VEVO views in 24 hours.

Earlier this week, Swift broke another VEVO record with 1989's second single "Blank Space." That single's music video was the fastest clip to reach one billion views on the streaming service.

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