Taylor Swift Matches One of Whitney Houston’s Most Impressive Feats

Taylor Swift’s new album The Department of Tortured Poets is back on top of the Billboard 200 this year. The track debuted at No. 1 on the most-consumed albums chart in the United States, and has remained there ever since. The pop superstar’s latest album has now topped the chart for nine weeks, making history in the process.

According to Billboard, The Department of Tortured Poets is only the sixth album in U.S. history to debut at No. 1 and spend its first nine weeks there. Swift finds herself in the company of a truly incredible group with this latest feat, as one might expect.

The first title to handle this specific broadcast was Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of LifeThis album spent its first 13 weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 in 1976.

Wonder’s feat would not be matched until 1987. That year, Whitney Houston’s second album, simply titled Whitneyopened at No. 1 then reigned for its first 11 consecutive frames.

Houston and Wonder remained alone in their club for almost 30 years. Drake then joined them in 2016, when his blockbuster Views was propelled to the top of the Billboard 200 and refused to budge for nine weeks.

Only one musician has pulled off this feat twice, and he’s responsible for the two most recent additions to this group, well before Swift. Morgan Wallen Dangerous debuted at the top of the Billboard 200, then reigned for 10 consecutive weeks. He then replicated that success and even improved on it with his follow-up.

Wallen One thing at a time brought the country musician back to the top of the Billboard 200 last year. This title gave him 19 first place positions, although only the first 12 were consecutive. The superstar’s latest two projects are still near the top of the chart.

In a few days, The Department of Tortured Poets will likely become one of the only tracks to spend its first 10 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Right now, it doesn’t appear Swift is facing any serious competition for the throne, and at this point, we not sure how much longer the studio effort will reign.

ForbesTaylor Swift is about to score another chart hitBy Hugh McIntyre