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Taylor Swift beats one of the Beatles’ most impressive records
Taylor Swift is back at No. 1 on charts all around the world with her new project The Tortured Poets Department.
The highly-anticipated set debuts atop the albums ranking in the U.K., and as it does, the singer makes history and breaks a record that hasn’t been touched in more than half a century.
The Tortured Poets Department marks Swift’s twelfth No. 1 album in the U.K. According to the Official Charts Company, the superstar has now racked up a dozen leaders on the competitive tally faster than anyone in the history of the country.
Swift earned her first No. 1 album in the U.K. back in 2012. That year, her full-length Red hit the top spot. Eleven and a half years later, she’s snagged her twelfth champion.
Before this week, the record for the fastest accumulation of 12 No. 1 albums in the U.K. belonged to the hometown heroes, The Beatles. Their winning streak began in 1963 and wrapped in 1977–just over 14 years.