Hot News: Taylor Swift Breaks Yet Another Record In The UK, After A Historical Week On Spotify

Taylor Swift has officially beaten the legendary British band The Beatles to claim the record for the fastest artist to achieve 12 number one positions in the UK.

Her album “The Tortured Poets Department” has had the biggest opening week for an album in the UK in the last seven years, which means Taylor Swift has also overtaken Madonna to become the female artist with the most number one singles in the UK

“No artist has ever achieved 12 number one albums in such a short span of time. Taylor Swift has done it in just 11 years and 6 months, surpassing The Beatles, who held the record for 14 years and 1 month,” said a representative from the Official Charts Company.

Taylor Swift’s first single from the album, “Fortnight,” a collaboration with Post Malone, topped the UK singles chart. “The Tortured Poets Department” also topped the charts in Australia and is set to do the same in the USA.

Immediately after its release on April 19, Spotify and Amazon Music reported that Taylor Swift’s latest album had the most streams in a single day on both platforms.

On April 24, Spotify added that “The Tortured Poets Department” became the most streamed album in a week, surpassing 1 billion streams.

Music journalist and industry expert Mark Sutherland commented, “We’ve moved past the stage where you can be surprised by Taylor Swift’s achievements… Every time you think she has reached a limit, she seems to go even further with her next release. Swift is setting a very high standard in an era where achieving such global fame is much more difficult.” Taylor Swift has been setting significant milestones in the music industry, boosting the local economy with The Eras Tour, which continues next month in Paris and Europe.

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Time magazine honored her as the Person of the Year 2023, citing her musical achievements and broader influence.

Taylor Swift announced “The Tortured Poets Department” in February 2024 at the Grammy Awards, where she won Album of the Year (for the fourth time) for “Midnights,” released in 2022.