Taylor Swift's Folklore Just Netted The Artist Her Latest Career Milestone

Earlier this year, Taylor Swift reached a big milestone with her surprise eighth album, Folklore, as soon as she became the first artist in history to debut at the best of both the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and the Billboard 200 album chart. And the accolades keep coming.


On Sunday (September 27), Billboard reported that Folklore has once again become the No. 1 album in the nation, replacing YoungBoy Never Broke Again's Top. In once again assuming the best spot, Folklore celebrates its seventh nonconsecutive week at No. 1 — and Swift herself has bypassed Whitney Houston to be the female artist with the most cumulative weeks at No. 1, across all of her albums. Swift has right now spent 47 weeks at the best of the chart.


Billboard notes how Swift's plan of action of sending signing CD copies of Folklore to smaller, independent record shops — and also her allocating them through her own online store — has paid off. She's also kept busy promoting Folklore even while in a time as soon as the live-music industry is effectively shut down; she performed "Betty" at the 2020 Academy of Nation Music Awards on September 16 and has released "chapters" of songs from the album on social platforms, creating another sort of listening experience.


Swift's first No. 1 album was 2008's Fearless, and each subsequent LP she released hit No. 1 as well. Her new running total of 47 weeks at No. 1 across her discography beats Houston's previous record of 46, which she had contained since 1987.


Billboard points out that Adele is right in back of at 34 weeks — and even despite fans' hopes that a new Adele LP might be in the cards for 2020, the singer shared on Instagram in August that she had "no idea" once her next album might drop.