On the ultimate day of the 12 months, Taylor Swift added another accolade to her lengthy record of accomplishments n 2023: She now holds the report for many weeks for a solo artist at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
1989 (Taylor’s Model) topped the rating this week, giving Swift 68 weeks atop the album chart and surpassing The King himself, Elvis Presley.
The achievement caps a 12 months stuffed with them: Taylor Swift The Eras Tour turned the very best grossing live performance movie of all time, with over $250M worldwide. Her tune “Merciless Summer season,” from a four-year-old album, hit No. 1 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart. She discovered romance with Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ tight finish Travis Kielce. And The Eras Tour itself was the highest-grossing music occasion of the 12 months, making her a billionaire.
Solely The Beatles have extra weeks at No. 1 now than Swift, with 132 weeks on high throughout 19 No. 1 albums from 1964-2001. Sixty-eight weeks is a good distance from 132, however at the least Swift and her followers have one thing left to look ahead to.
