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Taylor Swift Joins an Ultra-Exclusive 15-Week No. 1 Club With 'The Life of a Showgirl'

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Taylor Swift’sThe Life of a Showgirlhas officially logged 15 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, making it just the 30th album in the chart’s 70-year history to reach that mark. It’s her 12th studio album (re-recordings don’t count), and combined withThe Tortured Poets Department‘s 17-week run, she’s now the only artist ever to hit 15-plus weeks at No. 1 with multiple albums.

The company on that list is legendary. TheWest Side Storysoundtrack leads everyone with 54 weeks on top, followed by Michael Jackson’sThrillerat 37 andRumours,CalypsoandSouth Pacificat 31 each. There’s also a fun bit of chart trivia: only Andy Williams, Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd have also reached 15-plus weeks with their 11th studio album, and Swift just joined them.

Fifteen weeks on top is absurd in the streaming era, where most albums get a couple of weeks and then fade. Swift is now comparing her catalog to the biggest blockbuster records ever made, fromThrillertoRumours. Which album from your own collection has had the longest stay on repeat? Tell us in the comments.

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