Taylor Swift Is the First Female Artist to Simultaneously Score 10 Albums on the Billboard 200 on 2 Occasions
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UPDATE (May 2, 2023): Once again, Taylor Swift has scored 10 albums on the Billboard 200 chart. This now makes her the first female artist in history to achieve this milestone on two separate occasions.
Thanks to Record Store Day, one of the albums included on the Billboard 200 is the exclusive vinyl release of Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions, which dropped on April 22.
Keep scrolling to see the placement of the 10 LPs on the Billboard 200.
No. 3, Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
No. 4, Midnights
No. 10, Lover
No. 12, Folklore
No. 21, 1989
No. 22, reputation
No. 27, Red (Taylor’s Version)
No. 29, Evermore
No. 41, Fearless (Taylor’s Version)
No. 66, Speak Now
ORIGINAL STORY (February 28, 2023): Taylor Swift has broken another record. For the first time in her career, the "Anti-Hero" singer has 10 albums charting on the Billboard 200 chart. She's the fifth act to reach this achievement since 1963.
Currently, the following albums appear on the Billboard 200 chart: Midnights (No. 3), Folklore (No. 28), Lover (No. 41), 1989 (No. 50), Red (Taylor’s Version) (No. 56), Lover: Live From Paris (No. 58), reputation (No. 100), Evermore (No. 103), Fearless (Taylor’s Version) (No. 172), Speak Now (No. 192).
Recently, Swift made headlines for becoming the first artist to win the IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year Award three times. The award "recognizes the year’s best-selling act across physical sales, downloads and streaming worldwide, making Swift the most successful artist in the award's 10-year history," according to Billboard.
For more, keep scrolling to see which acts have simultaneously had at least 10 albums on the Billboard 200 since 1963.
Taylor Swift -- March 4, 2023 (10 albums)
Prince -- May 28, 2016 (13)
Prince -- May 21, 2016 (10)
Prince -- May 14, 2016 (19)
David Bowie -- Jan. 30, 2016 (10)
The Beatles -- March 1, 2014 (13)
Whitney Houston -- March 10, 2012 (10)
The Beatles -- Dec. 4, 2010 (14)
The Beatles -- Jan. 9, 2010 (11)
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