Taylor Swift's "The Tortured Poets Department" has notched 12 weeks atop the chart this year, joining a handful of albums with impressive streaks.
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Taylor Swift's sophomore album spent 11 weeks at No. 1 and was certified diamond by the RIAA. It is known as the most-awarded country album of all time.
Prior to "Fearless," the top-charting album of the millennium was Usher's "Confessions," which reigned at No. 1 for nine weeks.
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Adele's sophomore LP spent a whopping 24 weeks at No. 1, the biggest nonconsecutive sum for any album by a woman.
"21" won album of the year at the Grammys and was later crowned the top-performing album in the history of the Billboard 200.
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"Frozen" spent 13 weeks at No. 1, the most of any film soundtrack since "Titanic" in 1998.
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Swift's fifth studio album spent 11 weeks at No. 1 and went on to win album of the year at the Grammys, becoming Swift's second win after "Fearless." (She has since won four times, more than anyone else in history.)
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Adele's third album spent 10 weeks at No. 1. It also won album of the year at the Grammys, beating Beyoncé's "Lemonade."
Young Money
Drake's fourth studio album spent 13 weeks at No. 1, besting Adele's "25" for the top-charting album of 2016.
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Morgan Wallen's second studio album spent 10 consecutive weeks at No. 1, becoming just the third album in history to spend its first 10 weeks atop the chart, joining Whitney Houston's "Whitney" (1987) and Stevie Wonder's "Songs in the Key of Life" (1976).
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Bad Bunny's fourth studio album spent 13 weeks at No. 1.
"Un Verano Sin Ti" was ranked among Business Insider's best albums of 2022 and nominated for album of the year at the Grammys, but lost to "Harry's House" by Harry Styles.
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SZA's sophomore album spent 10 weeks at No. 1.
"SOS" was the first R&B album by a woman to achieve the feat since Mariah Carey's self-titled debut in 1991.
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Morgan Wallen's third studio album spent 19 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1, surpassing "Un Verano Sin Ti" for the most weeks atop the chart this decade.
It's also the biggest country album in the history of the Billboard 200; Garth Brooks previously held the record with "Ropin the Wind," which reigned for 18 weeks in the early '90s.
Wallen's commercial success has come in spite of a string of controversies, which include canceling concerts at the last minute, using a racial slur on video, and partying without a mask during the pandemic.
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Swift's 11th studio album has spent its first 12 weeks at No. 1, the longest post-release run by a female artist since Houston's "Whitney."
"The Tortured Poets Department" joins Wallen's "One Thing at a Time" and Wonder's "Songs in the Key of Life" as the only three albums to spend their first 12 weeks in the chart's top position. (Wonder holds the record with a 13-week streak.)
