https://www.stereogum.com The original new music blog. Wed, 20 Mar 2019 03:28:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.stereogum.com/1715106/1989-will-become-2014s-first-platinum-album-in-its-first-week/news/ https://www.stereogum.com/1715106/1989-will-become-2014s-first-platinum-album-in-its-first-week/news/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2014 13:45:26 +0000 http://www.stereogum.com/?p=1715106 no 2014 albums had yet gone platinum, we speculated that Taylor Swift's 1989 would be the first to do so. And indeed, Billboard is projecting that Swift's latest will easily sell a million copies this week. That will make it Swift's third straight album to go platinum in its first week,… ]]> When we learned that no 2014 albums had yet gone platinum, we speculated that Taylor Swift's 1989 would be the first to do so. And indeed, Billboard is projecting that Swift's latest will easily sell a million copies this week. That will make it Swift's third straight album to go platinum in … More »]]> https://www.stereogum.com/1715106/1989-will-become-2014s-first-platinum-album-in-its-first-week/news/feed/ 9