Taylor Swift reaches 100 total weeks at No. 1 on Billboard 200... First solo artist
Taylor Swift has become the first solo artist to spend a total of 100 weeks at No. 1 on the US Billboard main album chart, the Billboard 200.
Taylor Swift has become the first solo artist to spend a total of 100 weeks at the top of the US Billboard main album chart, the 'Billboard 200'.
According to the chart for the 17th announced by Billboard on the 11th (local time), Swift's studio album 'The Life of a Showgirl' takes No. 1 with 93,000 units.
This album is at No. 1 for the 14th week on a non-consecutive basis. Combining the 15 albums she has sent to the top so far, Swift has filled a total of 100 weeks at No. 1 on the 'Billboard 200'.
The previous record for a solo artist was 67 weeks by Elvis Presley. If expanded to all artists, The Beatles' 132 weeks precede Swift.
'The Life of a Showgirl' returned to the top after releasing a deluxe edition with four additional unreleased songs on the 25th of last month. In the previous chart, it jumped from No. 21 to No. 1, and the newly added song 'Patient Zero' also recorded No. 1 on the Billboard main single chart, the 'Hot 100'.
Among Swift's albums, the work that held No. 1 for the longest on the 'Billboard 200' is 'The Tortured Poets Department', which recorded 17 weeks. 'The Life of a Showgirl' follows it with 14 weeks currently.
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