Ta
ylor Swift
is now tied with
Michael Jackson
for most weeks at number one on the
Billboard 200
albums chart.
Thanks to Swift’s recently released album,
Evermore —
and including her eight other chart-topping albums — she now has a total of 51 weeks in the top spot, which places her alongside the King of Pop for
fourth-most weeks at number one
, according to the publication.
Ahead of the superstars are
Garth Brooks
, with 52 weeks at number one,
Elvis Presley
with 67, and
The Beatles
, with an impressive 132 weeks.
Evermore
, which was released on December 11, secured its first two weeks atop the
Billboard
200 albums chart for charts dated December 26 and January 2 before dipping to the number two spot for the January 9 chart. It then rose to the top again for the chart dated January 16, marking its third non-consecutive week in that position.
Evermore
is Swift’s ninth studio album, and the second of two surprise albums she dropped in 2020. Five months prior to its release, Swift dropped
folklore
, which also captured the number 1 spot on multiple
Billboard
charts and broke several records.
By Danielle Long
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