Taylor Swift Sets New Billboard Record With 7 Albums On Top Album Sales Chart
Seven must be Taylor Swift's lucky number because seven out of her 10 albums were listed on Billboard's Top Album Sales chart dated Saturday.
The American singer-songwriter led the Jan. 6-dated chart with her latest release, "1989 (Taylor's Version)." Her albums "Midnights," "Lover," "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)," "Evermore," "Folklore" and "Fearless (Taylor's Version)" also occupied the second, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth and 10th spots, respectively.
Meanwhile, the third, fifth and ninth spots on the Top Album Sales chart were occupied by Stray Kids' "Rockstar," Olivia Rodrigo's "Guts" and ATEEZ's "The World EP.Fin: Will."
👑| Billboard's Top Album Sales chart. pic.twitter.com/tj2VwF7gQA
— The Swift Society (@TheSwiftSociety) January 4, 2024
Taylor's milestone marked the first time "any act has concurrently claimed as many titles in the region" since Billboard's Top Album Sales chart launched in 1991, per Billboard.
The Jan. 6-dated chart reportedly reflected the album sales in the United States during the final tracking week of 2023 (Dec. 22 to 28).
Sixty-five percent of Taylor's total album sales at the time were from vinyl purchases. Fans reportedly bought vinyl copies of the singer's albums, including those not included in the top 10.
Surprise!! 1989 (Taylor’s Version) is on its way to you 🔜! The 1989 album changed my life in countless ways, and it fills me with such excitement to announce that my version of it will be out October 27th. To be perfectly honest, this is my most FAVORITE re-record I’ve ever done… pic.twitter.com/JFYOWhBxhj
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 10, 2023
Taylor's chart-topper "1989 (Taylor's Version)" is currently No. 1 on Billboard's 200 albums chart dated Jan. 13 after earning nearly 64,000 equivalent album units, according to Luminate, per Billboard.
Morgan Wallen's "One Thing at a Time," "Drake's "For All the Dogs" and Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday 2" followed "1989 (Taylor's Version)" at the second to fourth spots on the latest Billboard 200 chart, respectively.
Taylor's other albums, "Midnights," "Lover" and "Folklore," charted at No. 5, 6 and 10. SZA's "SOS," Noah Kahan's "Stick Season" and Zach Bryan's self-titled album occupied the seventh to ninth spots.
Um ok this is unreal?? I just wanted to say to anyone who listened to my music this year, anywhere in the world, thank you. Getting named Spotify’s Global Top Artist in 2023 is truly the best birthday/holiday gift you could’ve given me. We’ve seriously had THE MOST fun this year… pic.twitter.com/HZVkjvxp2D
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) November 29, 2023
Meanwhile, in terms of Spotify records, Taylor Swift was declared as Spotify's Global Top Artist in 2023.
"I just wanted to say to anyone who listened to my music this year, anywhere in the world, thank you. Getting named Spotify's Global Top Artist in 2023 is truly the best birthday/holiday gift you could've given me," the singer wrote in her thank you tweet last November 2023.
As a sign of gratitude, she made "You're Losing Me (From The Vault)" available for online streaming at the time.
