Taylor Swift Sells 1.2 Million Albums in First Week! Watch Her Awkward Celebratory Rap!

You have to check out this adorable Instagram clip

By Brett Malec Nov 05, 2014 6:06 PMTags

It's safe to say Taylor Swift had a great week!

The 24-year-old singer's latest album 1989 sold a whopping 1.287 million albums in just one week, according to Nielsen Soundscan. 1989 is the only album this year to sell more than a million copies in the first week.

T.Swift celebrated the record-breaking achievement by—wait for it—rapping! The pop star took to Instagram Tuesday to share an adorably awkward (and impressive) video of herself rapping to Kendrick Lamar's song "Backseat Freestyle."

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"Industry experts predicted 1989 would sell 650k first week. You went and bought 1.287 million albums. AND IT'S GOT ME LIKE," she captioned the video, which features her surprisingly good rhyming skills. Too cute.

As for Swift's amazing album sales, 1989 is the first album to sell that many copies since Eminem's The Eminem Show in 2002! And it's not even her first record to sell more than a million. Swift's Red sold 1.208 million in 2012 and her Speak Now album sold 1.047 million in 2010.

Just days after releasing 1989 the other week, Swift announced her big The 1989 World Tour! The tour kicks off in Louisiana on May 20, 2015 and will hit North America and Europe before heading to Australia in December 2015.

Congrats, Taylor!