Billboard is shutting down fan rumors about Taylor Swift’s latest No. 1

Taylor Swift is accused of manipulating charts by releasing additional versions The department of tortured poets – but Billboard is here to set the record straight.

“In the tracking week ending August 15, Tortured Poets sold nearly 10,000 digital album downloads of all varieties across all retailers (including its online store, the iTunes Store and others),” shared the socket on Sunday, August 18, announcing that TTPD had officially spent its 15th week at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart, beating Chappell Roan‘S The rise and fall of a Midwestern princess.

Billboard’s statement came after Swift released a new digital album variant of TTPD on Thursday, August 15, which included the new song “The Prophecy (Long Story Short – Live From Lyon),” a live version of a song from The Department of Martyred Poets: The Anthology. This variant was only sold on Swift’s website for a period of six hours.

Since TTPDApril’s first release, Swift, 34, has surprised fans with several digital album variants. While some feature live versions of her songs, recorded on the assembly line Eras tourothers have recorded demos of it TTPD traces.

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Some critics have speculated that Swift continues to release said digital variants to preserve them TTPD topped the charts, but Billboard noted that the original version of TTPD still generates the most sales.

“Even if Poets had not sold a single digital album in its final tracking week, it would still have been No. 1 on the Billboard 200,” Billboard’s statement continued. “The number 2 title, Chappell Roan’s The rise and fall of a Midwestern princessfollows poets with 13,000 units.

Swift hasn’t publicly responded to the discourse surrounding her Billboard chart success, but the numbers speak for themselves. The outlet noted this on Sunday TTPD took over the number 1 position by selling 85,000 equivalent album units in the United States.

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Roan is one of many artists fans believe have been affected by Swift’s continued dominance on the charts. Earlier this summer, Billie Eilish And Charli XCX fans speculated that Swift kept their respective albums, Hit me hard and soft And Brat, of reaching the number 1 spot.

In addition to releasing the live version of “The Prophecy,” Swift also made headlines on August 15 for a new digital album variant with a retitled version of “thanK you aIMee.” This time, instead of emphasizing ‘KIM’ – which is what is reportedly being referred to Kim Kardashian – said the singer with ‘thank You aimEe’, apparently with a wink Kanye ‘Ye’ West.