Milestone 10th week atop Billboard 200 Chart for '1989'

Taylor has done it again and made history yet again. What for this time you ask?
Well let me explain below.


In the week ending Feb 1st, '1989' jumped 2-1 up from the number 2 spot on the Billboard 200 Chart to reclaim the top spot for a record equalling 10th non-consecutive week since the albums release just over 3 months ago.

The history making part you ask? Well, '1989' gives Taylor her 2nd album to stay at the top of the Billboard 200 Charts for at least 10 weeks after her sophomore album Fearless stayed atop the chart for 11 weeks in 2008/2009.

'1989' steps back into the No. 1 spot with an equivalent 101,000 album units which include traditional album sales, track equivalent albums and streaming equivalent albums. Taylor follows Whitney Houston as the only woman to achieve such a feat and have multiple albums lodge 10 weeks or more atop the Billboard 200 chart after Houston did so in 1986, 1987 and 1992/1993.

In total, only 7 acts including Taylor and Houston have made it to 10+ weeks atop the Billboard 200 chart which includes The Beatles and Elvis Presley.

You can read more about the chart topping feat along with the others who make up the top 10 HERE.

I can easily see Taylor going for an 11th week atop the charts and with the Grammys and 1989 world tour just round the corner even more weeks atop the charts seems likely. This could easily give Taylor her most successful album yet.

UPDATE: Taylor makes it 11 weeks atop Billboard 200 Chart. More info can be found HERE.