Taylor Swift starts the year with a bang. The singer has just broken a record previously held by Elvis Presley, spending 68 weeks at the top of the Billboard album chart as a solo artist. A place that Elvis Presley occupied between 1952 and 2002, for 67 weeks.
But if the artist who electrified the United States with his Eras Tour in 2023 beat the King, he still has a way to go to beat the record of the Beatles, whose albums spent 132 weeks at the top of the Billboard ranking.
Personality of the year
Taylor Swift, however, holds the record for the most number one albums. A position achieved in particular thanks to the re-recording of her albums, after the purchase of her former record company. The album 1989 (Taylor version) Thus, it took first place five times, at the end of 2023.
This album, crucial in his discography, allowed him, at the time of its release in 2014, to establish himself as one of the main faces of pop.
2023 has been a very successful year for Taylor Swift, named person of the year by Time magazine, which usually honors political or business leaders.
Source: BFM TV
