Taylor Swift breaks Elvis Presley’s record for most weeks at No. 1 by solo artist as her 1989 (Taylor’s Version) tops the charts
- The latest chart-topper, announced Sunday, marks 68 cumulative weeks with Swift at the top, while her 1989 (Taylor’s Version) achieved its fifth consecutive No. 1 position.
- Swift’s 2022 Midnights album is also in the top 10
- The Beatles hold the record for most weeks atop the Billboard charts for any artist – solo or group – with 132 weeks
Taylor Swift ended her banner year with a bang as she broke Elvis Presley’s record for most weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart by a solo artist.
The latest chartannounced on Sunday, marks 68 cumulative weeks with Swift at the top as her 1989 (Taylor’s Version) earned her fifth consecutive No. 1 position.
The Grammy winner’s 2022 album Midnights is also in the top 10.
The Beatles hold the record for the most weeks at the top of the album chart of any act, whether solo or in a group, with a total of 132 weeks.
The news comes as Taylor caps off an incredible 2023 that saw her break the record for most #1 albums by a woman with the release of both Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) and 1989 (Taylor’s Version). Her Eras Tour was the first to raise $1. billion and her Eras Tour film achieved the highest box office opening for a concert film.
Taylor Swift ended her banner year with a bang as she broke Elvis Presley’s record for most weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart by a solo artist; seen in March
The latest chart-topper, announced Sunday, marks 68 cumulative weeks with Swift at the top, while her 1989 (Taylor’s Version) achieved its fifth consecutive No. 1 position; Presley in 1968
Sunday’s top 10 albums were rounded out by Michael Buble’s 2011 Christmas album, Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday, Nat King Cole’s seasonal album, Morgan Wallen’s 2023 One Thing at a Time, Drake’s For All the Dogs, A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector, Mariah Careyights’ Christmas Album and Pentatonix’s Greatest Christmas Hits were bookends to Taylor’s Midnights.
1989 (Taylor’s Version) rose from number two two weeks ago, selling 136,000 equivalent album units in the United States for the week ending December 21.
These sales are up 25% from the week before, which may be due to various holiday promotions.
1989 spent its first two weeks at the top of the charts – November 11 and 18 – before returning to the top of the charts on December 9.
Taylor Swift’s 1989 and Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday also swapped places two weeks ago, with Pink Friday dropping one spot to #2.
1989 (Taylor’s Version) also marks the biggest debut of any album, based on unit sales, since Adele’s 25 in 2015. Billboard reported.
All of the Bad Blood singer’s thirteen full-length studio albums and re-recorded projects, starting with 2008’s Fearless, which was her second studio album, through 2023’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version), have debuted at number one.
When the Karma hitmaker released the re-recorded 1989 album, she wrote on Instagram: “I was born in 1989, first reinvented in 2014, and a part of me was reclaimed in 2023 with the reissue of this album. love so much.
The news comes as Taylor caps off an incredible 2023, in which she broke the record for most No. 1 albums by a woman with the release of both Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) and 1989 (Taylor’s Version).
1989 (Taylor’s Version) rose from number two two weeks ago, selling 136,000 equivalent album units in the United States for the week ending December 21; seen in March
“Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine the magic you would cast over my life for so long.”
She continued, “This moment is a reflection of the forest we’ve wandered through and all this love between us still glows in the darkest darkness.
‘It is with gratitude and great amazement that I present to you my version of 1989. He has been waiting for you. Taylor.’