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According to Variety’s latest report, when “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” topped the chart for the fifth time in the last week of 2023, Taylor Swift set a new record with a total of 68 weeks at the top of the chart. ranked the most Billboard 200 album. Before Taylor Swift, the holder of this record was Elvis Presley and Elvis reigned at this record for a very long time.

Although Swift set a new personal record, the highest record among all artists still belongs to The Beatles. This legendary group has albums that have spent 132 weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 chart. Meanwhile, Presley – with 67 weeks – is in second place among solo artists and third place among all artists. artist.

“1989 (Taylor’s Version)” sold 98,000 album-equivalent units in the week ending December 28 of 2023. According to Luminate and as reported by Billboard, this is nearly half of the buying season. Peak shopping during the holiday season, marking a decrease of 28% compared to the previous week. Of those 98,000 copies, 61,000 sold the entire album. This is explained as being driven by a surge in last-minute Christmas gift purchases.

In the top 10 of the album chart, well ahead of leader Swift, is Michael Buble’s 2011 Christmas album. Buble’s album moves up two spots to No. 2, Nicki Minaj’s “Pink Friday” slips one spot to No. 3, Nat King Cole’s seasonal album at No. 4 (historic peak to date ), Morgan Wallen’s 2023 blockbuster “One Thing at a Time” maintained 5th place, Drake also maintained 6th place with “For All the Dogs”, “A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector ” at number 7 (another historic peak).

Mariah Carey’s Christmas album is at No. 8, Swift’s 2022 release “Midnights” is at No. 9 and Pentatonix’s “Greatest Christmas Hits” is at No. 10 (also the highest for to date for this album).

It can be said that with the latest achievement achieved in the last week of 2023, America’s one-time Country Music Princess has closed a truly jubilant year.