Taylor Swift is the first woman and only the third female artist to have four albums simultaneously in the Top 10 on the US Albums Chart while surpassing a record set by Barbra Streisand and becoming the artist with the most No. 1 albums in the Story.
The 33-year-old’s latest album, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 with 716,000 album-equivalent units — a number that combines physical sales with digital sales and streaming numbers. It’s the biggest week for an album in 2023 and the best since the release of her previous album, Midnights, last October.
Speak Now (Taylor’s version) is joined by Midnights at No. 5, Lover at No. 7, and Folklore at No. 10 in the Top 10. This makes Swift the first woman to have four albums in the Top 10 simultaneously since the charts ascended in 1963 and were the first living act since 1966, when US trumpeter Herb Alpert equaled the same record.
The only other artist to have at least four tracks in the top 10 at the same time is Prince, whose five albums hit the top 10 shortly after his death in 2016.
Swift has also now overtaken Streisand as the artist with the most No. 1 albums in history, with the two women previously tied at 11 each.
Swift albums now make up four of the five biggest debuts of the past five years, with Adele’s 2021 album 30 in fourth, just ahead of Speak Now.