Taylor Swift: Midnights becomes the biggest album of 2022 after a week

Taylor Swift sets new records with her 10th studio album

On the day of its release, it broke the global Spotify record for the most streams of a single album in one day

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It had the biggest first week of any album this year, nearly doubling the number of previous title-holder, Harry House

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The song directed by Swift was met with controversy over a scene in which she stepped on her bathroom scales, which displayed the word "fat"

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Swift has previously discussed having a disordered relationship with food and body image

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Midnights is Swift's first album of original material since 2020, when she released the surprise albums Folklore and Evermore

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Midnights is Swift's first album of original material since 2020, when she released the surprise albums Folklore and Evermore

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Midnights finds this most forensic chronicler of the heart reflecting on her past, wondering what might have been different

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