Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’ Reclaims No. 1 Spot on Albums Chart
variety.comMichaela Zee Taylor Swift‘s “The Tortured Poets Department” has returned to the top spot on the Billboard 200 (dated Aug. 10), making this the album’s 13th nonconsecutive week at No.
1. (The number 13 is coincidentally the pop star’s lucky number.) Swift’s 11th album, released April 19, spent its first 12 weeks atop the albums chart until Eminem’s “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)” unseated “Tortured Poets” in late July.
Her album fell to No. 4 for two weeks. “Tortured Poets” reclaimed the No. 1 spot after earning 71,000 equivalent album units in the U.S.
in the week ending Aug. 1 (down 3%), according to Luminate. The last album to spend at least 13 weeks at No. 1 was Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time,” Billboard reports, which scored 19 total nonconsecutive weeks at No.
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