Swift becomes first artist to get 12 No1 UK albums in 21st century It dozen get better..
TAYLOR Swift has become the first musician to claim 12 No1 UK albums in the 21st century.
The 14-time Grammy winner, 34, achieved the milestone following her latest release,
The Tortured Poets Department.
On the day it came out on April 19, the album became the first in Spotify history to achieve more than 300 million streams in a day. It has now secured the biggest opening week in seven years.
The album has shifted 270,000 UK chart units, according to
Official Charts Company data. The feat eclipses her previous record of 204,000 in seven days with 2022 album Midnights.
TTPD has had the biggest opening week since Taylor’s friend Ed Sheeran released his 2017 record Divide, which logged
more than 670,000 sales and streams in its first seven days. Taylor is now tied with Madonna as the female artist with the most UK No1 albums.
And the American got her dozen in 12 years, two years faster than The Beatles. But they have a total of 16 – the most ever.
In another feat, Taylor has achieved her third UK chart double for the third year in a row.
Her single Fortnight, featuring rapper Post Malone, has soared to No1 in the singles chart alongside her album.
In 2022, she secured a chart double with Midnights and its lead single Antihero. The same happened again in 2023 with 1989 and her re-recorded version of Is It Over Now?
Two more of her singles are in the top five this week, the album’s title track at No3 and Down Bad at No4.
Also celebrating album success this week are UB40 after debuting at No5 with UB45 – their highest charting in 31 years.
The band’s Robin Campbell said: “We’re pinching ourselves at being back in the top five – what a moment.”