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Taylor Swift's '1989' Becomes Top-Selling Album Of The Year Surpassing Frozen

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(Photo : Reuters) Actress and singer Taylor Swift attends the premiere of "The Giver" in New York August 11, 2014.

Move over Princess Anna and Princess Elsa From Frozen, Taylor Swift has taken over the throne as her album "1989" eventually became the top-selling album of the year.

According to Billboard, Swift's album sales surpassed Frozen's album sales in the last week of 2014.

Approximately 9 weeks after its release, Swift's album sold 3.66 million copies thus surpassing Frozen's sales of 3.53 million.

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The soundtrack album for the movie Frozen remained at the #1 spot in the top selling album of the year until the last week of 2014.

Swift's album, "1989" was in the #1 spot for the 7th time in the U.S. Billboard Top 200 chart.

By December 28, the overall earnings were 430,000. That includes 326,000 album copies and 1 million songs in total.According to Nielsen Soundscan's figures, the first song which was in the chart topping album was "Shake It Off".

It was launched in August, along with her new album. The music video which featured Swift dancing in several styles also caught the eye of the audience aside from its catchy tune.

According to a source, Swift doesn't hold any streaming sales a new Billboard formula. Despite the fact that it can be easily release via online through easy internet access.

She is believed to be one of the actresses who are against popular streaming sites such as Spotify.

The revamped standards of Billboard included 200 counts/10 songs downloaded to be equal to one album unit. Whereas 1,500 online streams also equates to one album unit.

The new formula is purposely used to enhance better representation of music consumption. With the evolution of internet, streaming and downloads have become more prevalent because of their convenience. This results in decline in album sales as compared to the previous decade.

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