Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” has topped the charts for the fifth consecutive week.
This Sunday marked the fifth straight week that the 34-year-old superstar’s 11th studio album held the number one position on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
“TTPD” is the first album to spend its initial five weeks at the top since Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time,” which held the spot for 12 consecutive weeks after its March 2023 release.
Swift released the critically acclaimed double album on April 19 and added several of its songs to her setlist for the European leg of The Eras Tour.
As she wrapped up her two-day stint in Lisbon, Portugal, fan-taken footage showed her performing a medley from her new album, including its title song, live for the first time.
Close behind Swift, Billie Eilish’s new release “Нit Me Hard and Soft” secured second place with 339,000 equivalent album units — the largest week in Eilish’s career so far. “The Tortured Poets Department” earned 378,000 equivalent album units in the United States alone, according to Luminate.
Swift also achieved the largest fifth-week sales for any album since Adele’s “25,” which measured 1.193 million units after its January 2016 release.
Album equivalent units consist of track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). One album equivalent unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported streams or 1,250 paid subscription streams.
With Sunday’s report, Swift secured her 74th career week at the top of the Billboard 200, extending her record for solo artists.
“The Tortured Poets Department” is her sixth album to reach number one on the charts.
She is currently tied with Jay-Z for the most number ones among solo artists.
It was also revealed that the first weekly gain report showed a 45 percent increase in unit sales after she released six new digital album download variants, a new CD, and restocked previous deluxe editions.
When the album debuted in April, “TTPD” placed 14 songs on the Billboard Hоt 100 singles chart.
Her album was streamed over a billiоn times in the days following its release, hitting number one on the Billboard 200. Her lead single “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone topped the Hоt 100, marking her 12th number one.
Swift’s fifth week at the top of the charts coincides with reports that she booked a £3.3 million cottage in the Cotswolds, where she will stay during the U.K. leg of her tour.
It was also revealed that her NFL player boyfriend Travis Kelce will be joining her for a getaway.
“Taylor has booked the cottage while she is over in the UK,” a source told The Sun.
“She wants a place to unwind away from the tour and the countryside is her happy place,” the insider revealed to the outlet.
“Taylor loves dressing up in sequins on stage but is most at home in muddy boots in the fresh air.”
The “Bad Blооd” hitmaker will kiϲk off her UK tour in Edinburgh on June 7, followed by Liverpool, Cardiff, and several live gigs in London until August.
Her tour is also expected to boost the economy by almost £1 billio𝚗, though fans are struggling with rising Airbnb prices during the dates.
The average cost per night in Edinburgh is roughly £769 during the weekend of her tour, compared to £237.88 the weekend before, marking a 223 percent increase, according to The Mirror.
