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Taylor Swift Breaks Record with 12th UK No. 1 Album: The Tortured Poets Department's Massive Debut

Taylor Swift has matched Madonna's record of 12 UK No. 1 albums with the release of "The Tortured Poets Department." Swift's album debuted at the top of the chart, and she also has three songs in the Top 5 of the UK singles chart, including a No. 1 hit with Post Malone on "Fortnight." The album had the biggest opening week of sales in the UK in the past seven years, with 207,000 chart sales.
Taylor Swift holds the record for the fifth most number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with 12, surpassed only by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Robbie Williams, and Elvis Presley.

Swift achieved this milestone in just 11 years and six months, faster than any other artist.

Eight of her number-one hits have come since 2020, in part due to her project to re-record her albums from her previous deal with Big Machine Records.

Swift's latest album, "The Tortured Poets Department," a 31-track, two-hour double album, has further solidified her status as a major music star with candid songs about her recent relationships with Joe Alwyn and Matty Healy.

Taylor Swift's album "The Tortured Poets Department" broke several streaming and sales records on Spotify.

It became the most streamed album in a single day and the fastest to reach one billion streams.

Additionally, 22 out of the 50 most streamed songs globally on a specific Thursday were by Swift.

Within three days of its release, Swift sold 700,000 vinyl copies in the US, surpassing the weekly sales record since 1991.
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