Taylor Swift's claims fastest-selling album of the decade title with '1989'

Taylor Swift's hit album has become the fastest selling record of the last decade.

According to data from Nielsen Music, the record has sold over 5 million units since its release 36 weeks ago, knocking previous album on the spot, Usher's 'Confessions' to second place, Variety magazine reported.

Usher's album had reached 5 million in 19 weeks in 2004.

'1989' also outdoes Adele's '21,' which has sold 11.1 million copies to date, and had hit the 5 million mark in late 2011 in 42 weeks. Adele's blockbuster album.

Earlier this week, Swift's music video for single 'Blank Space' had become the fastest video to top 1 billion views on Vevo.