Taylor Swift makes Billboard history with 100 weeks at No. 1

Taylor Swift has made Billboard chart history by spending a cumulative 100 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming the first solo artist to reach the milestone and joining The Beatles as the only acts to achieve the feat.

Her latest achievement comes as The Life of a Showgirl secures its 14th week at the top of the chart, earning 93,000 equivalent album units during the latest tracking period. The album returned to the summit the previous week with 173,000 units, extending its impressive commercial run.

Swift’s latest success further strengthens her position among the most successful artists in Billboard 200 history. Across her discography, The Tortured Poets Department remains her longest-running No. 1 album, with 17 weeks at the top. The Life of a Showgirl follows with 14 weeks, while Fearless and 1989 each spent 11 weeks at the summit.

With three additional weeks needed to equal the record set by The Tortured Poets Department, Swift’s latest album still has an opportunity to climb further in her personal chart rankings.

The album’s performance has also benefited from the release of The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, an expanded edition featuring four additional tracks. The release reportedly generated 40.5 million global Spotify streams within its first 24 hours, setting a record for a deluxe album debut on the platform.

For the additional material, Swift reunited with longtime collaborators Max Martin and Shellback after travelling to Sweden approximately a year after the original album’s release.

The original album had already made a remarkable impact upon its debut in the United States. It opened with 4.002 million equivalent album units, including 3,479,500 pure album sales and 680.9 million streams, establishing a record-breaking weekly consumption total on the Billboard 200 at the time.

Elsewhere on the latest chart, Drake’s HABIBTI climbed 114 places to return to its peak at No. 2, earning 71,000 equivalent album units following the release of its FOMO edition.

The Beatles’ Rubber Soul also returned to the chart’s top five, landing at No. 4 with 58,000 units after a Super Deluxe reissue. Originally released in 1965, the album spent six weeks at No. 1 in 1966.

Meanwhile, Mac Miller’s The Divine Feminine made a notable comeback, climbing 149 positions to reach No. 10 with 32,000 units. The album’s 10th-anniversary reissue renewed interest in the 2016 release, which originally peaked at No. 2.

Swift’s latest milestone highlights the enduring commercial strength of her music, while the chart’s other major movements demonstrate how reissues and expanded editions continue to bring established albums back into the spotlight.