Taylor Swift
Singer is more successful than Elvis Presley
Taylor Swift has now been in the charts longer than Elvis Presley.
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With 68 weeks at number one on the Billboard 200, Taylor Swift has surpassed previous record holder Elvis Presley.
Taylor Swift (34) has made chart history again: The singer is now in the fifth week with her album “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” at number one on the Billboard 200 charts.
This means she is now more successful than Elvis Presley (1935-1977): The total number of weeks she has spent at number one on the Billboard 200 charts – with all her 13 releases – climbs to 68 weeks with her latest success, surpassing Presley. The “King” was the soloist who had spent the most weeks at number one so far. With his ten albums he sat on the throne for a total of 67 weeks. Only the Beatles were more successful – they spent a total of 132 weeks at the top with 19 number one albums.
It will probably take a while for Swift to catch up. The pop star has worked a long time for his current success. Their first number one album was “Fearless”, which was released at the end of 2008 and stayed at the top of the charts for eleven weeks. This was followed by the albums “Speak Now”, which was number one for six weeks, “Red”, which was number one for seven weeks, “1989”, which stayed at the top again for eleven weeks and “Reputation”, which stayed there for four weeks. “Lover” stayed at the top for a week. “Folklore” lasted eight weeks and “Evermore” lasted four.
Copyright dispute gave Swift a few more number one weeks
Eventually, after a copyright dispute with her former label, Swift began re-recording her albums and re-releasing them with the moniker “Taylor’s Version.” So she lasted another two weeks with “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)”, one with “Red (Taylor’s Version)”, another two with “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” and another five with “1989 (Taylor’s Version)”. charts. “Midnights” was also released in 2022, which also claimed first place for six weeks.