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Taylor Swift has dominated the Billboard 200 more than any other musician so far this year. Just when it looked like she might be done running the show after a historically long winning streak, the singer returns to the summit once again.
The Tortured Poets Department vaults to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for another stay on top this week. Swift’s latest full-length has now ruled the all-genre ranking of the most-consumed albums in the country for 13 nonconsecutive frames, including this latest one.
Swift’s new blockbuster jumps from No. 4 to the top spot, enjoying quite the leap to the summit. The title has been living in fourth place for the past two frames, but this week has turned out to be particularly quiet, both for just-dropped titles and holdovers. The Tortured Poets Department benefits from a lack of competition, rather than a huge uptick in purchases and streams.
In the past tracking week, The Tortured Poets Department moved another 71,000 equivalent units. That’s a fairly small sum for the No. 1 album in the U.S., but in more relaxed periods, favorites can pull ahead and snag another turn on top when competition isn’t fierce.
As it finds its way back to No. 1, The Tortured Poets Department extends its lead as Swift’s longest-running leader on the Billboard 200. 1989 and Fearless are tied for the honor of being her second-longest-running champions, as both managed 11 frames on top.
The Tortured Poets Department spent its first 12 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It was able to hold off new releases from the likes of Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, and Gunna, among others, which all made a play for the penthouse. In doing so, she managed the second-longest-run at No. 1 on the chart from a title’s debut, matching Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time.
Eminem was the first musician to kick Swift from the Billboard 200’s highest rung. The rapper’s new set The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) debuted at No. 1 with a huge starting sum, forcing The Tortured Poets Department to step down. The following frame—last time around—K-pop favorites Stray Kids replaced the hip-hop staple with their latest EP Ate.
