Taylor Swift's “The Tortured Poets Department” has returned to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated August 10), making this the 13th non-consecutive week the album has held the top spot. (13 is coincidentally the pop star's lucky number.)
Swift's 11th studio album, released on April 19, spent its first 12 weeks at the top of the album chart until Eminem's “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)” dethroned “Tortured Poets” in late July. Her album fell to No. 4 for two weeks.
According to Luminate, “Tortured Poets” reclaimed the top spot after earning 71,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending August 1 (down 3%). The last album to spend at least 13 weeks at No. 1 was Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time,” Billboard reports, which logged 19 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 between March 2023 and March of this year.
Before dethroning Eminen's twelfth studio album, “Tortured Poets,” Swift's album broke Whitney Houston's record for the most consecutive weeks at No. 1 by a female artist. Houston's 1987 album spent its first 11 weeks at the top of the chart before falling.
Elsewhere on the latest Billboard 200 chart, Chappell Roan's “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” reached its best position on the chart yet, rising from No. 8 to No. 4. Meanwhile, Stray Kids dropped from No. 1 to No. 6 with their new album “ATE.”
Wallen's “One Thing at a Time” also took the second spot on the chart, while Zach Bryan's “Great American Bar Scene” took third. Billie Eilish's “Hit Me Hard and Soft” took fifth, and Charli XCX's “Brat” returned to the top 10, rising from 14th to ninth.
