Taylor Swift ends Kanye West's streak as number one


Taylor Swift ends Kanye West's streak of reaching number one on Billboard

By Taylor Swift The Department of Tortured Poets ended Kanye West's streak of 11 number-one albums.

According to TMZSwift's latest release was what ended West's streak on Sunday.

According BillboardWest's career has been derailed by a torrent of anti-Semitic comments since the fall of 2022, and he sold an estimated 107,000 equivalent album units in his first week.

Additionally, according to the publication, the album was West's 13th to occupy one of the top two spots on the list in his career, while Swift's Department of tortured poets topped the chart this week with sales of 142,000 equivalent album units in the US during the week ending August 8, 2024.

It is worth mentioning that the album has held the top spot for 14 weeks since its release in April.

According to Daily MailBefore Swift, Morgan Wallen One thing at a time had passed 19 weeks in a period spanning from March 2023 to March 2024.

Furthermore, the last female artist to achieve the feat was Adele, who with her album 21, which was at number one for 24 weeks between 2011 and 2012.

For those who don't know, this week marked the 83rd time in Taylor Swift's career that she has topped the chart. Billboard 200with the late Elvis Presley in second place among solo artists with 67 weeks in total.

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