Taylor Swift ’s The Tortured Poets Department hits an 11th consecutive and total week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated July 13) — tying 1989 and Fearless as her longest-leading No. 1 albums.
The last album by a woman to spend 11 weeks at No. 1 was 1989 , which notched 11 nonconsecutive weeks atop the list in 2014-15. If Poets reaches a 12th week at No.
1, it will be the first album by a woman with at least 12 weeks at No. 1 since Adele’s 21 rang up 24 nonconsecutive weeks on top in 2011-12. The Tortured Poets Department earned 114,000 equivalent album units in the U.
S. in the week ending July 4 (down 1%), according to Luminate. The album debuted atop the chart dated May 4 and has yet to yield the No.
1 slot. The Tortured Poets Department is the first album by a woman to spend 11 weeks in a row at No. 1 since the Whitney Houston-led soundtrack to The Bodyguard strung together 13 straight weeks at No.
1 (of its total 20 nonconsecutive weeks atop the list) from December 1992 to March 1993. Also in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200 chart, Megan Thee Stallion collects her sixth top 10 as Megan bows at No. 3, while Beyoncé ’s chart-topping Cowboy Carter gallops 50-10 following the release of a deluxe vinyl edition.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate.
Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equival.
