Once again, there's only one name in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 this week: Taylor Swift.
Swift repeated – and surpassed – her own 2022 feat by claiming the top 14 spots on the singles chart. She previously cracked the top 10 after the debut of her 2022 album, “Midnights,” the first artist to do so.
With the release this month of “The Tortured Poets Department,” there was never a question whether Swift would dominate the charts, only whether she could break her own previous records. She did so comfortably, with the Post Malone collaboration “Fortnight” leading the Hot 100 en route to album sales equivalent to 2.61 million in the US.
Among the many records Swifts set this week, “Fortnight” is her 12th No. 1 on the Hot 100, ranking her sixth all-time. He now has 59 top 10 singles and placed 32 songs on the Hot 100 this week (all 31 from the deluxe version of “The Tortured Poets Department,” plus previous single “Cruel Summer”), each of which is the most ever achieved by a woman in history. the history of the graph.
With “Poets,” she tied with Jay-Z for the most number one hits among solo artists in the Hot 100's seven-decade history. Only the Beatles, with 19 number one hits, surpass her so far.
The Hot 100 is a combination of streaming services across all genres in the US (both official audio and video), radio airplay, and sales data. This last figure was especially impressive for Swift, as “Poets” sold 859,000 vinyl LPs among 1.914 million album sales (vinyl, CDs, downloads and cassettes) in its first week, while the deluxe edition's 31 songs generated 891.34 million views in the first week. .
Swift recently won album of the year at the Grammys for “Midnights,” becoming the most lauded artist in the Recording Academy's most acclaimed category. Swift's record-breaking Eras tour kicks off again on May 9 in Paris with a whole new era to add to the setlist.
