Taylor Swift goes a little further into music history: with The life of a dancershe becomes the solo artist with the most number 1 albums on the Billboard 200, surpassing Drake and Jay-Z. With 15 number one albums, she is second only to the Beatles, who have 19.
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In his first week, the pop singer managed to sell just 4.002 million equivalent album units in the US (physical, digital and streaming sales). The life of a dancer.
Of this amount, 3,479,500 came from pure album sales. According to Billboardthese figures represent the album's highest weekly totals in both equivalent units and net sales.
Streaming for Swift's new album totaled 522,600 units, equating to 680.9 million official streams.
Previously, the modern era weekly records were held by Adele, and her album 25 released in 2015. A total of 3.482 million units were sold, including 3.378 million net sales.
After The life of a dancer etc. 25the next four best-selling albums for the week belong to Taylor Swift (Department of Martyred Poets, 1989 (Taylor version), Midnight, Reputation).
Artists with the most No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200
19 – The Beatles
15 – Taylor Swift
14 – Drake, Jay-Z
11 – Eminem, Future, Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, Kanye West
10 – Elvis Presley
9 – Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney, Madonna, The Rolling Stones
15 Taylor Swift Albums That Topped the Billboard 200
- Fearless (2008)
- Speak Now (2010)
- Red (2012)
- 1989 (2014)
- Reputation (2017)
- Beloved (2019)
- Folklore (2020)
- Evermore (2020)
- Fearless (Taylor version) (2021)
- Red (Taylor version) (2021)
- Midnight (2022)
- Speak Now (Taylor's Version) (2023)
- 1989 (Taylor's version) (2023)
- Department of Martyred Poets (2024)
- The life of a dancer (2025)
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