It’s been over two months since Taylor Swift dropped her latest studio album The Tortured Poets Department, but its chart domination is far from over. Her latest LP just tallied its tenth consecutive week atop the Billboard 200 chart, setting several major milestones in the process.
Due to the lack of strong competition on the Billboard 200 chart this week, Tortured Poets returned to No. with 115,000 equivalent album units earned. It defeated Gracie Abrams’ sophomore album The Secret of Us to rise to the top for its tenth consecutive week.
Tortured Poets is Swift’s third album to spend at least 10 weeks at No. 1, joining 1989 and Fearless. This makes her only the fifth act in the history of the Billboard 200 chart to spend at least 10 weeks at No. 1 with three separate albums. She joins in the ranks of Whitney Houston, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, and The Kingston Trio, making history as the first artist to achieve this feat this century.
The Tortured Poets Department hit the shelves on April 19, and it was accompanied by a companion album The Anthology. Its longevity on the chart can largely be credited to Swift’s decision to release several variants of the album featuring limited-edition bonus-track versions of its song.
