Taylor Swift makes music history as latest album storms the charts

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Taylor Swift has become the first artist to have a dozen number one albums in the UK in the 21st century.The pop sensation, 34, achieved this feat with her latest album, the Tortured Poets Department, which she dropped last week as a surprise "secret" double album, subtitled the Anthology, featuring fifteen bonus tracks.Taylor's previous chart-toppers include Red, 1989, Reputation, Lover, Folklore, Evermore, Fearless (Taylor's Version), Red (Taylor's Version), Midnights, Speak Now (Taylor's Version) and 1989 (Taylor's Version).

And now the Grammy Award winner's newest album has been added to the list, according to the Official Charts Company.The album, rumoured to contain nods to her ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn, reportedly became the first to achieve more than 300 million streams in a single day on Spotify upon its release on April 19, reports the Mirror.

Spotify was buzzing with excitement last week as it declared: "Spotify's most-streamed album in a single day, and Taylor Swift became the most-streamed artist in a single day in Spotify history." They followed up with even more thrilling news: "History made!

On April 19, 2024, Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department was the first album in Spotify history to have over 300M streams in a single day." According to PA, Swifties have been streaming non-stop, catapulting the album to a whopping 270,000 UK chart units based on Official Charts Company figures.This smashes her own record of 204,000 in just seven days set by Midnights in 2022.