Published 19:04 IST, September 7th 2020
Taylor Swift's 'Folklore' breaks yet another record after topping the charts for six weeks
Taylor Swift's Folklore broke yet another record after the album spent six No.1 consecutive weeks on the Billboard Top 200 chart. Read to know more about it
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Pop sensation Taylor Swift's eight studio album Folklore has been breaking several records ever since its surprise release on July 24, 2020. w, newly released album has mand to break yet ar record as it went on to become first-ever album in four years to maintain top spot on Billboard Top 200 chart for six consecutive weeks. milestone was earlier acquired by Drake in 2016 with release of his album titled Views.
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Taylor Swift joins Whitney Houston for most cumulative . 1 weeks
Ever since miss Tay Tay dropped her latest album titled Folklore, it has been dominating Billboard 200 charts. record-breaking album mand to successfully hold . 1 position on charts for six weeks straight. With six consecutive weeks at . 1, Folkore dethroned rapper Lil Baby's album My Turn to top charts for most weeks this year.
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Furrmore, eighth studio album of Taylor Swift has most weeks in a row atop list in four years after Drake's Views topped charts for first nine weeks and thirteen n-consecutive weeks back in 2016.
In dition to that, Folklore also became album by any woman or n-R&B/Hip-Hop album to spend most weeks atop list after ele's 25, which topped charts for 10 n-consecutive weeks between December 2015 to March 2016. 25 h tched first seven weeks at . 1, followed by Folklore which spent first six weeks at . 1.
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With recent success, 30-year-old's cumulative weeks atop list reaches 46, which has tied late Whitney Houston's record of bagging most weeks at . 1 spot by a female artist ever.
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Houston h four .1 albums at charts. After Taylor and Whitney, Hello singer ele has next most weeks atop list with two albums, titled 21 and 25. However, all-time topper with most weeks at . 1 is rock band Beatles with a whopping 132 cumulative weeks at . 1. Meanwhile, Swift previously bagged top spots with albums including 1989, Fearless, Red and Speak w.
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19:04 IST, September 7th 2020