
Taylor Swift's Folklore Hits 300 Weeks on Billboard 200
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Taylor Swifts Folklore celebrates 300 weeks on Billboard 200, marking her fourth album to achieve this feat. Despite initial plans for the Lover tour, Swift surprised fans with Folklore, a departure from her usual pop and country sound. The indie, alternative, and Americana-infused album debuted at number one and held the top spot for eight weeks. Swift now dominates the Billboard 200 with eight albums, including recent re-recordings like Red Taylors Version. Folklore continues to climb genre charts, currently at number thirteen on Top Alternative Albums and number twenty-four on Top Rock and Alternative.
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Entertainment & Celebrity News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! — Taylor Swift's Folklore Hits 300 Weeks on Billboard 200. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
On May 2nd, Folk Lord just hit 300 weeks on the Billboard 200, making it Taylor Swift's fourth album to stick around that long. It's sitting at number 101 right now, right in the middle of the pack. Her biggest champ, 1989, has racked up 563 weeks while reputations closing in on 400 and lovers about to hit 350. This all started back in 2020 when the world was locked down from COVID. Swift dropped Folk Lord out of nowhere, just hours after announcing it, scrapping her lover tour plans. She switched up her sound big time, ditching straight pop and country roots for Indy, alternative, and Americana vibes that caught everyone off. Guard. Fans went wild for it, and the industry gave her props for the bold move. That album debuted at number 1 and held the top spot for 8 weeks, her 5th longest run there. With her 15 number 1 albums overall, 2nd only to the Beatles with 19. These days, Folk Lord still climb in genre charts too, steady at number 13 on top alternative
albums for 300 weeks and number, 24 on top rock and alternative. Swift's dominating the Billboard 200 with 8 albums in the mix, including recent heavy hitters like The Tortured Poets Department and The Life of a Showgirl. Her rerecording games stay strong too, with Red Tail is version popping back on top country at number 49. Swift's catalog just keeps proving why she's untouchable on the charts. Pop culture, powered by AI, this is entertainment and celebrity news today. I'm Corey with The Story.
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