Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’ on 13th week at Number One

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Taylor Swift‘s ‘The Tortured Poets Department‘ has returned to Number One on the Billboard 200 chart, marking its 13th week in the top spot.Initially, the album spent its first 12 weeks on the chart at Number One, then fell briefly to Number Four for two weeks.

It’s now returned to pole position for the 13th consecutive week – which Swifties will appreciate, given 13 is famously Swift’s lucky number.It’s a new record for Swift, whose previous offerings ‘Red’ and ‘1989’ spent 11 total weeks at Number One.‘THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT’ by Taylor Swift returns to #1 on the Billboard 200 for a 13th week with 71k units.

pic.twitter.com/Qls1hsoYEo— Pop Base (@PopBase) August 4, 2024Billboard 200: #1(+3) @taylorswift13, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT 71,000 (5,165,000 units since release). *re-peak; thirteenth week at #1*— chart data (@chartdata) August 4, 2024It seems like the ‘Anti-Hero’ singer is also priming for a 14th week at Number One by strategically releasing another limited-time-only variation of ‘The Tortured Poets Department’.

On this occasion, it’s with a “First Draft Phone Memo” version of ‘My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys’, available for 24 hours.Fans have speculated the release was timed in an effort to block both Charli XCX and Billie Eilish from charting with their recently released albums, ‘Brat‘ and ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft‘.When both artists teamed up on ‘Guess’, Swift released another variant of the album, as fans predicted she would.