Taylor Swift Reigns as Queen of The Billboard Charts

metroweekly.com:

Billboard charts, but this week is different.It’s special for her, as it ranks as one of her most impressive showings yet, which is really saying something.

The LGBTQ favorite is back at No. 1 almost everywhere, ruling once again like no one else in the music industry can.Swift’s new album 1989 (Taylor’s Version) debuted at No.

1 on the Billboard 200, the weekly ranking of the top-consumed full-lengths in America. The set arrived with 1.653 million album-equivalent units, between pure sales and streaming equivalents.

That’s not just a big number, it’s historic. 1989 (Taylor’s Version) now stands as the biggest debut of Swift’s career.It beats her recent album, Midnights, which broke that same record about a year ago.