Taylor Swift shatters records on Spotify with Fortnight
- By Web Desk -
- Apr 22, 2024
Songstress Taylor Swift has set another record after “Fortnight”, one of her songs in her latest album, became the most streamed song in a single day on Spotify.
The singer’s music album “The Tortured Poets Department” has also become the first on Spotify to have 200 million streams in a single day while the company later revealed that first-day streams actually surpassed 300 million, Variety reported.
“On April 19th, 2024, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT became Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day, and Taylor Swift became the most-streamed artist in a single day in Spotify history,” the company shared on Instagram.
The same day, “Fortnight” the album’s Post Malone-featuring first single, set the record for most-streamed song in a single day surpassing Adele’s “Easy on Me” (set in 2021).
“On April 19th, 2024, Taylor Swift’s ‘Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)’ became Spotify’s most-streamed song in a single day,” Spotify stated in another post on Instagram.
It is pertinent to mention that Swift broke her own record for the most-streamed singer in a single day. Her previous record came when she dropped 2023’s “1989 (Taylor’s Version).”
Earlier, the album caught the attention of the gaming industry after Taylor Swift mentioned Grand Theft Auto.
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Among the tracks, Swift also released a song titled “So High School,” which highlights the singer’s relationship with the Kansas City Chiefs tight-end Travis Kelce.
Swift, in her song, compared her relationship with Kelce to a high school couple, however, one specific line caught the attention of the gamers in which she mentioned the game.