Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) ends up at its fifth nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The singer has also made chart history after previously tying the king of rock and roll, Elvis Presley, last week for most weeks at number 1 by a solo artist.
Swift’s total weeks at number one on the Billboard 200, accounting for all thirteen of her chart-topping releases, now climb to 68 weeks, officially surpassing Elvis for the most weeks at number 1 by a soloist. He stood 67 weeks at number one across ten chart-topping albums spanning 1956-2002. Only The Beatles have more weeks at number one, with 132 weeks on top, across 19 number 1 albums in 1964-2001.
Swift’s first number one album was her second studio album Fearless, which spent 11 weeks atop the list in late 2008 and early 2009. She followed it with the chart-toppers Speak Now with six weeks at number one from 2010 to 2011, Red with seven weeks at number one from 2012 to 2013, 1989 with seven weeks from 2014 to 2015, Reputation with four weeks at number one from 2017 to 2018, Lover with one week at number one in 2019, Folklore with eight weeks at number one from 2020 to 2021, Evermore with four weeks at number one from 2020-21, Fearless (Taylor’s Version) with two weeks at number one in 2021, Red (Taylor’s Version) with one week at number one in 2021, Midnights with six weeks at number one from 2022 to 2023, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) with two weeks at number one in 2023 and 1989 (Taylor’s Version) with five weeks at number one in 2023 through the start of 2024.
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