Taylor Swift smashed multiple Spotify records with the first-day performance of Midnights (Republic). The album earned 88m streams in the U.S. its first day while achieving 185m global streams.

Among the records Swift now holds on Spotify:

Midnights' 185m global streams is the biggest album debut of all time (a record previously held by Drake's Certified Lover Boy).
Midnights had the biggest U.S. debut of all time and the most single-day streams ever for an album, with 88m (previously achieved by Drake).
"Anti-Hero" is now the biggest chart debut of all time on Spotify, with 17.4m streams its first day.
"Anti-Hero" became the biggest chart debut ever in the U.S. and earned the most U.S. single-day streams of all time, with 7.78m (previously held by Drake f/Lil Baby's "Girls Want Girls").
Swift became the most-streamed artist in a single day, surpassing the record achieved by Bad Bunny earlier this year.
Swift now holds the top 5 biggest debuts of all time: #1, "Anti-Hero," 17.39m; #2, "Lavender Haze," 16.42m; #3, "Snow on the Beach," 15m; #4, "Maroon," 14.4m; and #5, "You're on Your Own, Kid," 12.8m
Swift holds the four biggest global chart debuts in Spotify history: #1, "Anti-Hero"; #2, "Lavender Haze"; #3, "Maroon"; and #4, "Snow on the Beach."

For reference, check out the all-time-biggest single-day performances on Spotify below.

Biggest single day stream peaks of all-time on the global Spotify chart:
#1 Easy On Me, @Adele 19.75M
#2 All I Want For Christmas Is You, @MariahCarey 17.42M
#3 Anti-Hero, @taylorswift13 17.4M
#4 Lavender Haze, Taylor Swift 16.4M
#5 As It Was, @Harry_Styles 16.1M
— chart data (@chartdata) October 22, 2022