Taylor Swift has continued to break records, moving ahead of Elvis Presley this year to become the solo artist with the most weeks at the top of the charts.
Billboard reports that Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department this week entered its 12th week at the top of the charts.
This took her total career weeks at number one to 81. She is now well clear of Presley’s 67 weeks logged between 1956 and 2002, having moved ahead earlier this year.
She still has a way to go to reach the overall leaders The Beatles with 132 weeks at the top, recorded between 1964 and 2001.
The following artists have been at the top of the Billboard charts for 30 or more weeks.
- Maria Carey (30 weeks).
- The Eagles (30).
- Eminem (34).
- Prince (35).
- Drake (36).
- Harry Belafonte (37).
- The Monkees (37).
- Fleetwood Mac (38).
- Rolling Stones (38).
- Elton John (39).
- Adele (40).
- Whitney Houston (46).
- The Kingston Trio (46).
- Michael Jackson (51).
- Garth Brooks (52).
- Elvis Presley (67).
- Taylor Swift (81).
- The Beatles (132).
