Taylor Swift Tallies Record-Extending 95th Week at No. 1 on Artist 100 Chart
Taylor Swift spends a record-extending 95th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated Jan. 27), continuing her reign as the top musical act in the U.S. thanks to 10 charting albums on the Billboard 200 and two songs on the Billboard Hot 100.
1989 (Taylor’s Version) leads Swift’s titles on the Billboard 200, at No. 5 with 50,000 equivalent album units earned Jan. 12-18, according to Luminate. It spent six weeks at No. 1 beginning in November.
Here’s a recap of Swift’s current Billboard 200-charting albums:
No. 5, 1989 (Taylor’s Version)
No. 8, Folklore
No. 10, Lover
No. 11, Midnights
No. 22, reputation
No. 25, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)
No. 26, Evermore
No. 28, Red (Taylor’s Version)
No. 57, Fearless (Taylor’s Version)
No. 63, 1989
This is the first week that Midnights has not ranked in the Billboard 200’s top 10 since it debuted on the chart dated Nov. 5, 2022. It logged 64 consecutive weeks in the region, making it the third-longest-running top 10 album this century, after Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album (137 total weeks in the top 10) and Adele’s 21 (84).
On the Hot 100, Swift charts her former four-week No. 1 “Cruel Summer” at No. 3 and former one-week leader “Is It Over Now (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)” at No. 17.
Kali Uchis re-enters the Artist 100 at No. 2, a new high, thanks to her new album Orquídeas. The set debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 69,000 units, becoming her highest-charting album, and second top 10.
Ariana Grande returns to the Artist 100 at No. 5, as her new single “Yes, And?” debuts at No. 1 on the Hot 100, becoming her eighth leader.
Elsewhere in the Artist 100’s top five, 21 Savage vaults 35-3, as his new album American Dream launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and Morgan Wallen falls 2-4.
The Artist 100 measures artist activity across key metrics of music consumption, blending album and track sales, radio airplay and streaming to provide a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.
Xander Zellner
Billboard