Just days after the release of Taylor Swift's new CD "Red", records are not just being broken...they are being shattered.  Here are a few highlights for you:

  • The CD topped the all-genre Top Albums chart at iTunes within 36 minutes of release on Monday (October 22nd)
  • First day sales at iTunes alone topped 262,000 albums.
  • Taylor scored 13 of the Top 20 songs on iTunes, with the song "Everything Has Changed" taking the Number One position on the all-genre Top
    Songs chart.
  • Thus far, Red has sold 4.5 million song downloads at iTunes in the
    U.S. alone.
  • At Target, Taylor's 2010 Speak Now album had the highest one-week
    sales in the retailer's history. Red has now set their record for first
    day sales and is on pace to exceed Speak Now's one week results.
  • Worldwide, Red reached Number One at iTunes on the first day of
    release in 32 countries, including the UK, Australia, Singapore, Brazil, Canada,
    Italy, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, Denmark, Venezuela, Thailand, and Ireland.
  • With Red, Taylor has set a new Billboard record -- for the most
    rapid accumulation of 50 Hot 100 hits in history, reaching the milestone just
    six years and one month after her 2006 chart debut. Aretha Franklin
    previously held the record, with a stretch of just over 14 years and six months,
    and Taylor is one of only five women in the 54-year history of the chart to
    reach this milestone. Other women on that short list include Aretha, Madonna,
    Connie Francis
    and Dionne Warwick.
  • AND FINALLY...The crowd at Taylor's Times Square Concert on Tuesday (October 23rd) was the largest in the history of Good Morning America...and I've got the video for you below...