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Taylor Swift Breaks Elvis Presley’s Record For Most Weeks At #1 On Billboard 200 By A Solo Artist

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – SEPTEMBER 12: Taylor Swift accepts the Best Direction award for “Anti-Hero” onstage during the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for MTV)

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This year Taylor Swift released both Speak Now (Taylor's Version) and 1989 (Taylor's Version), breaking the record for most #1 albums by a woman. Her Eras Tour was the first to gross $1 billion and its accompanying Eras Tour film had the highest box office opening for a concert movie. Now Swift has broken another record, surpassing Elvis Presley for most weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart by a solo artist.

The latest chart, announced today, marks 68 cumulative weeks with Swift at the top, across all her LPs. 1989 (Taylor's Version) remains in the #1 spot, with 2022's Midnights in the top 10 as well.

The Beatles hold the record for all acts (solo or group) atop the album chart with 132 weeks.

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