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Taylor Swift has been leading the vinyl resurgence for the past several years. The format started growing in popularity more than half a decade ago, and it shows no sign of slowing down. While many artists have managed impressive sales sums with wax records, none have enjoyed as much success with vinyl as Swift has.
This week, Swift is back on top of the Vinyl Albums chart in America. The singer’s latest full-length The Tortured Poets Department surges back to No. 1 on Billboard’s list of the bestselling titles on the format. Last time around, it sat down at No. 10, so it enjoys quite the leap.
The Tortured Poets Department has now ruled the Vinyl Albums chart for four nonconsecutive periods. It’s been living on the ranking for 16 weeks, so that means that exactly one-fourth of those frames have been spent in charge of the tally.
As she finds her way back to the summit, Swift also closes out the Vinyl Albums chart. This week, she bookends the roster, as she appears both at No. 1 and at No. 25, in last place on the 25-spot tally.
Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) ranks among the bestselling projects on vinyl in the U.S. once again. The former leader reappears on the list at No. 25, earning a thirty-seventh turn on the ranking.
It’s not odd for Swift to occupy more than one space on the Vinyl Albums chart. In fact, it’s a very common sight—as is seeing her in the No. 1 spot. It is, though, an unusual bit of coincidence that she would fill both the highest and lowest positions at the same time.
In addition to her two aforementioned placements, another one of Swift’s bestsellers appears on the Vinyl Albums chart this frame. Folklore slips outside the top 10, tumbling from No. 4 to No. 13.
