She rules for a 39th week.
Taylor Swift logs her 39th overall week at no. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated August 15), thanks to the continued success of their new album Folklore.
The set counts a second week at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 135,000 equivalent album units, according to Nielsen Music / MRC Data, a week after it inflated with 846,000 units, the largest sum of one week for each album since Swift’s last LP Leaver in September 2019.
Meanwhile, 10 songs are from Folklore chart on the latest Billboard Hot 100 (after all 16 tracks of the standard edition of the set debuted in its opening week). “Cardigan” ranks at no. 8, after debuting at no. 1, followed by “The 1” on no. 23 and “exile,” with Bon Iver, at no. 36.
With her 39th frame at the top of the Artist 100, Swift extends her record for most of the time spent at No. 1, dating back to the launch of the 2014 card, Drake finished second with 31 weeks in the lead.
Among other movements of Artist 100 borders Billie Eilish of no. 19 to no. 5, because her new single “My Future” originates at no. 6 on the Hot 100, and Alanis Morissette debuted at no. 12, as their new LP Socks Pretty Forks in the Road opens at no. 16 on the Billboard 200, and on no. 1 on Top Rock Albums, with 23,000 units.
The Artist 100 measures artist activity across key metrics of music consumption, blending album and track sales, radio airplay, streaming and social media interaction to deliver a weekly multidimensional ranking of artist popularity.
