Taylor Swift tops iTunes chart with 8 seconds of white noise

American singer Taylor Swift topped the Canadian iTunes music chart by accidentally publishing 8 seconds of white noise instead of a song. reports The National Post .

The track, titled Track 3, by Taylor Swift, appeared in the Canadian iTunes store on October 21. It was tied to the singer's new album 1989, which is scheduled for release on October 28, so it used the same cover.

Within minutes of being posted, the $1.29 recording shot to number one on the store's top sales list, despite being only eight seconds of white noise. A characteristic sound was played when listening to both the preview of the song and its full version.

According to the media, the publication of the track was a simple technical problem: it was quickly removed from sale. Nevertheless, many netizens noted how enormously popular the singer has achieved: fans who are ready to buy anything with the name Swift easily brought white noise to first place among the full-fledged tracks of other musicians.

this is a true fact: eight seconds of white noise is topping the iTunes Canada chart because it has @TaylorSwift13 's name attached

— Kelley Dunlap (@kelleylocke) October 21, 2014

Even Taylor Swift's silence is golden http://t.co/x84J5bIEu9

— 2014 News (@Daily2014News) October 22, 2014

In addition, many jokes about the revolution in pop music appeared online.

"Track 3" in all its white noise glory is Taylor Swift's "Revolution No. 9." Game changing. Pop music will never be the same.

— Hunter Schwarz (@hunterschwarz) October 22, 2014

And that the short and indistinct track talks about the first sex with a guy.

We heard that Taylor Swift's "Track 3" is a song about every guy's first time. It's 8 seconds long, totally silent & released accidentally.

— Flight Facilities (@flightfac) October 22, 2014

Copies of the strange recording have already appeared on YouTube, so anyone can check it out.

A similar incident occurred in May, when the Michigan band Vulfpeck released an entire album of silence. However, unlike Swift, this was done intentionally: the band asked their fans to help them with money for the tour.

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