Taylor Swift Breaks Records, Surpassing the Legendary Elvis Presley!

With the success of her newly released album “The Tortured Poets Department”, Taylor Swift set many new records with world music.

Last night, on the homepage of the prestigious music channel Billboard, the new weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart was announced.

Taylor Swift attracted attention when a total of 14 songs from the album “The Tortured Poets Department” occupied all 14 top spots on the chart.

With this achievement, Taylor officially became the first and only artist in history to occupy the entire TOP 10 Billboard Hot 100 twice.

The first time the female singer achieved success with the album Midnights (released in 2022), and this time with The Tortured Poets Department.

At the same time, she is also the first female artist in history to have more than 50 songs in the TOP 10 on this chart with 59 songs.

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Taylor Swift thanks fans after setting a new record. Photo: Billboard

Below Billboard’s post announcing her achievement, Taylor Swift thanked her fans for helping her achieve the unprecedented record: “We have surpassed ourselves. This is unbelievable.” “.

Along with this success, Taylor Swift’s 11th album “The Tortured Poets Department” became the top-selling album of the week to date.

This achievement gives the female artist the 14th No. 1 Billboard album in her career (including Taylor’s Version albums), ranking with Jay-Z to become the 2 solo artists with many albums. ranked No. 1 on Billboard in history.

Previously, out of the 15 albums Taylor Swift has ever released (including 11 original studio albums and 4 re-recorded albums), only her self-titled debut album failed to reach the top spot on the chart. (No. 5 position in 2008).

Taylor Swift’s first album to achieve this achievement, starting the series of dominating the No. 1 position on the Billboard chart is Fearless – the album ranked the same year, considered the 4th biggest album in Billboard 200 history.

1440 on X: "Taylor Swift passes Elvis Presley for the most weeks spent atop  the Billboard 200 album chart by a solo artist, as Swift's "1989 (Taylor's  Version)" stays at No. 1.
Taylor Swift surpassed many big names to set a new record. Photo: Nguyen Dat

Not stopping there, Taylor Swift also became the solo artist with the most weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 70 weeks.

The remaining positions are all big names: “King of Rock and Roll” Elvis Presley (67 weeks), “country music legend” Garth Brooks (52 weeks), “Mr. King of Pop” Michael Jackson (51 weeks) and “diva” Whitney Houston (46 weeks).

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