Taylor Swifthas topped the Billboard 200 for the second time this year, and eighth time overall, withEvermore.
It arrived less than five months after Swift dropped her first surprise album,Folklore,on July 24.
With this achievement, the singer is getting closer to Barbra Streisand’s record among women of 11 No.
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1 albums on the Billboard 200.
Madonna, with nine, is the only other woman with more albums in the top spot than Swift.
1 albums on the chart this year.
1 just four months and 18 days afterFolkloreopened atop the list dated Aug. 8.
It’s the shortest gap between new No.
1 spots on the Billboard 200 chart by a woman since Olivia Newton-John’sHave You Never Been Mellowwent No.
The last time an act had a shorter wait between No.
In September,Folklorebecame thebest-selling album of 2020after spending six consecutive weeks atop the Billboard 200 chart.
Later that month, Swiftalso surpassedWhitney Houstonfor most cumulative weeks at No.
1 by a woman in the Billboard 200 chart.
Evermoreserves as the “sister record” to its predecessor,according to Swift.
While many fans have speculated that Swift is planning to release athirdsurprise album, the artistdispelled those rumors.
“Jimmy, I’m so tired.
“I’ve tired myself out.
I have nothing left.”
