Taylor Swift has long been a powerhouse on Billboard’s charts, dating all the way back to her 2006 debut single, “Tim McGraw.” In recent years, the superstar has reached unprecedented heights, thanks to her latest original material and rerecorded versions of her earlier albums.
Swift’s most recent rerecord, 1989 (Taylor’s Version), became her 13th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 in November 2023, extending her record for the most leaders among solo women. To date, only The Beatles and Jay-Z have more, with 19 and 14, respectively. In its opening week, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) sold 1.359 million copies in the U.S., according to Luminate. It became her record-extending sixth album to sell at least 1 million copies in a single week, after Speak Now (1.046 million; Nov. 13, 2010), Red (1.208 million; Nov. 10, 2012), 1989 (1.286 million; Nov. 15, 2014), Reputation (1.216 million; Dec. 2, 2017) and Midnights (1.14 million; Nov. 5, 2022).
Among Swift’s other album achievements: the most albums to sell 500,000 copies in a single week in the Luminate data era (1991-present) (10); the most vinyl albums sold in a week (693,000, for 1989 [Taylor’s Version]); and the most albums on the Billboard 200 in a single week among women (11).
Swift’s Billboard Hot 100 accolades are just as impressive. She leads all women for the most top five, top 10, top 20 and top 40 hits, as well as overall chart appearances. Plus, she’s the only artist in history to claim all 10 spots of the top 10 at the same time (Nov. 5, 2022, all from Midnights).
As Swift continues to achieve more history, here’s a look at all the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 chart records that she’s broken in her career, through the charts dated April 20, 2024.
It’s worth noting that, as streaming has become more prominent in recent years, certain acts have been able to achieve impressive Hot 100 feats after releasing high-profile albums. The model contrasts with prior decades, when acts generally promoted one single at a time in the physical-only marketplace and on radio. That shift in consumption helps explain why artists have been able to increase their total number of career entries and top 10s over short spans in recent years.
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Most Top Five Hot 100 Hits Among Women
31. Drake has the most top five debuts among all acts, with 41.
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Most Top 10 Hot 100 Hits Among Women
49. Overall, only Drake has more, with 77.
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Most Top 20 Hot 100 Hits Among Women
85. Overall, only Drake has more, with 134.
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Most Top 40 Hot 100 Hits Among Women
138. Overall, only Drake has more, with 203.
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Most Total Hot 100 Hits Among Women
232. Overall, only Drake has more, with 329.
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Most Top Five Hot 100 Debuts Among Women
20. Drake has the most top five debuts among all acts, with 31.
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Most Top 10 Hot 100 Debuts Among Women
38. Drake has the most top 10 debuts among all acts, with 61.
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Most Top 20 Hot 100 Debuts Among Women
70. Drake has the most top 20 debuts among all acts, with 110.
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Most Top 40 Hot 100 Debuts Among Women
115. Drake has the most top 40 debuts among all acts, with 169.
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Most Songs in the Top Five of the Hot 100 Simultaneously (shared)
Five, on the Nov. 5, 2022-dated chart. The Beatles became the first act to blanket the entire top five of the chart on April 4, 1964, and Drake matched the feat on Sept. 18, 2021.
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Most Songs in the Top 10 of the Hot 100 Simultaneously
10, on the chart dated Nov. 5, 2022 after releasing Midnights. She’s the only artist in history to claim the entire top 10 in a single week.
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Most Songs in the Top 20 of the Hot 100 Simultaneously Among Women
14, on Nov. 5, 2022 after releasing Midnights. Drake is the only other act to claim more top 20 spots simultaneously. He claimed 15 of the top 20 on Nov. 19, 2022.
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Most Songs in the Top 40 of the Hot 100 Simultaneously Among Women
20, on Nov. 11, 2023 after releasing 1989 (Taylor’s Version). Drake holds the overall record with 22 concurrent top 40 hits on Oct. 21, 2023, after releasing For All The Dogs.
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Most Songs on the Hot 100 in a Single Week Among Women
26, on the chart dated Nov. 27, 2021. Morgan Wallen holds the overall record for the most single-week entries, with 36 on March 18, 2023 after releasing One Thing At A Time.
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Most No. 2-Peaking Hits Among Women
Nine, with “You Belong With Me,” “Today Was a Fairytale,” “I Knew You Were Trouble.,” “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker),” with Zayn, “Me!” featuring Brendon Urie, “You Need To Calm Down,” “Lavender Haze,” “Karma,” featuring Ice Spice, and “Now That We Don’t Talk (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault).” Drake holds the overall record, with 10 No. 2-peaking hits.
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Longest No. 1 Hot 100 Song
“All Too Well (Taylor’s Version),” at 10 minutes and 13 seconds. It debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated Nov. 27, 2021.
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Only Woman to Replace Herself at No. 1 on the Hot 100
Swift’s “Blank Space” ended the two-week run of “Shake It Off” atop the Hot 100 dated Nov. 29, 2014. She replaced herself again on the Nov. 11, 2023-dated chart, when “Is It Over Now (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” paused the two-week run of “Cruel Summer” at No. 1. The only other acts to supplant themselves at No. 1: The Beatles, Boyz II Men, Puff Daddy, Ja Rule, Nelly, OutKast, Usher, T.I., The Black Eyed Peas, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber, Drake and BTS.
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Most Top 10 Hot 100 Hits from One Album
10, with Midnights.
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Most No. 1 Albums on the Billboard 200 Among Women
13. Chronologically, she has reached No. 1 with Fearless (2008), Speak Now (2010), Red (2012), 1989 (2014), reputation (2017), Lover (2019), Folklore (2020), Evermore (2020), Fearless (Taylor’s Version) (2021), Red (Taylor’s Version) (2021), Midnights (2022), Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (2023) and 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (2023). Among all acts, she’s tied with Drake for the third-most overall, after The Beatles (19) and Jay-Z (14).
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Most Cumulative Weeks Spent at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Among Women
69 weeks, combining all 13 of her No. 1 albums. Only the Beatles have spent more total weeks at No. 1, with 132.
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Most Albums in the Top Five of the Billboard 200 Simultaneously Among Women
3, on Dec. 9, 2023, with 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (No. 1), Midnights (No. 3) and Folklore (No. 5). The only other artists to chart three albums in the top five at the same time is Prince on May 14, 2016, Herb Alpert on June 11 and 18, 1966, and the Beatles on May 2, 1964.
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Most Albums in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 Simultaneously (Shared)
Five, on Dec. 9, 2023, with 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (No. 1), Midnights (No. 3), Folklore (No. 5), Lover (No. 6), and Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (No. 10). Since the chart combined its previously separate mono and stereo album rankings in 1963, there is only one other instance of an artist charting at least five albums in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 in a single week: Prince charted five in the top 10 on May 14, 2016, after his death.
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Most Albums in the Top 25 of the Billboard 200 Simultaneously
Eight. Swift has achieved this feat five separate times, and for the first time on July 22, 2023.
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Most Albums in the Top 100 of the Billboard 200 Simultaneously Among Women
10, on a handful of occasions, but for the first time on May 6, 2023. There has only been one other instance—since 1963, when the chart combined stereo and mono titles—of an artist charting at least 10 albums in the top 100 in the same week: Prince landed 15 in the top 100 of the Billboard 200 on May 14, 2016, after his death.
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Most Albums on the Billboard 200 in a Single Week Among Women
11, for six consecutive weeks from July 22-Aug. 26, 2023. Only Prince and The Beatles have charted more albums simultaneously in a single week since 1963, when the chart combined stereo and mono titles. Prince charted 19 on May 14, 2016, in the first week after his death, and then 13 on May 28, 2016. The Beatles charted 14 on Dec. 4, 2010, and then 13 on March 1, 2014, and 11 on Jan. 9, 2010.
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Only Woman to Earn Three No. 1 Albums on the Billboard 200 in a Calendar Year
In 2021, Evermore, Fearless (Taylor’s Version) and Red (Taylor’s Version) all spent time at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. (Though Evermore debuted at No. 1 in 2020, it still spent three weeks on top in 2021.) Similarly, in 2023, Midnights, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) and 1989 (Taylor’s Version) all spent time at No. 1. Only The Monkees have amassed more in a calendar year, with four in 1967. The other acts to score three in one year: Elvis Presley, The Kingston Trio, The Beatles, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Elton John, Garth Brooks and the Glee Cast.
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Only Woman to Earn New No. 1 Albums on the Billboard 200 in Five Consecutive Calendar Years
Swift tallied new No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 in 2019 (with Lover), 2020 (Folklore and Evermore), 2021 (Fearless (Taylor’s Version) and Red (Taylor’s Version)), 2022 (Midnights) and 2023 (Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) and 1989 (Taylor’s Version)). She’s the only woman to score new No. 1s in five consecutive calendar years in history. The only other acts with at least five years in a row of new No. 1s are The Beatles (seven years, 1964-70), Drake (five years, 2015-19), Jay-Z (five years, 2000-04) and Paul McCartney (five years, 1973-77).
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Most Albums to Sell 1,000,000 Copies in a Single Week in the Modern Era
Six of Swift’s albums have sold at least 1 million copies in a single week. Since Luminate began tracking music sales in 1991, only 23 different albums have sold at least 1 million copies in a single week. Of those 23 albums, Swift has the most, with six. In order: Speak Now (1.046 million; Nov. 13, 2010), Red (1.208 million; Nov. 10, 2012), 1989 (1.286 million; Nov. 15, 2014), reputation (1.216 million; Dec. 2, 2017), Midnights (1.14 million; Nov. 5, 2022), and 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (1.359 million; Nov. 11, 2023).
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Most Albums to Sell 500,000 Copies in a Single Week in the Modern Era
Since Luminate began tracking music sales in 1991, 10 of Swift’s albums have sold 500,000 copies in a single week – all in their opening weeks. In order: Fearless (592,000 copies sold, as reflected on the chart dated Nov. 29, 2008), Speak Now (1.046 million; Nov. 13, 2010), Red (1.208 million; Nov. 10, 2012), 1989 (1.286 million; Nov. 15, 2014), reputation (1.216 million; Dec. 2, 2017), Lover (679,000; Sept. 7, 2019), Folklore (615,000; Aug. 8, 2020), Midnights (1.14 million; Nov. 5, 2022), Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (507,000; July 22, 2023) and 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (1.359 million; Nov. 11, 2023).
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Largest Streaming Week for a Non-R&B/Hip-Hop Album
549.26 million on-demand official U.S. streams (audio and video combined) generated by Midnights in the Oct. 21-27, 2022, tracking week, according to Luminate. That’s the highest streaming sum for an album in one week both for a non-R&B/hip-hop album and among female artists. It’s also the third-largest streaming week (through July 22, 2023) among all albums, after the opening weeks of Drake’s Scorpion (745.92 million; July 14, 2018) and Drake’s Certified Lover Boy (743.67 million; Sept. 18, 2021).
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Largest Week for a Country Album (by Equivalent Album Units Earned)
Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) debuted with the largest week, in terms of equivalent album units earned, for a country album since the Billboard 200 began ranking titles by units in December of 2014. The set started with 716,000 equivalent album units (July 22, 2023).
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Most Vinyl Albums Sold in a Week (in the Modern Era)
1989 (Taylor’s Version) sold 693,000 vinyl copies on the chart dated Nov. 11, 2022. That’s the most for an album in a single week since Luminate began tracking music sales in 1991.
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