Taylor Swift’s Fan-Favorite Album Reaches A Longevity Chart Milestone
Every single one of Taylor Swifts albums has been a success on the charts. Each of her 12 original studio LPs, as well as several re-recordings, have performed well on the Billboard 200, which ranks the most-consumed albums and EPs in the United States each week, and many of them have held on for years. When it comes to the charts and promotional campaigns, none experienced a stranger run than . Originally released in 2019, the pure pop effort narrowly missed out on scoring a No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on two occasions, as both “Me!” with Brendon Urie from Panic! at the Disco and “You Need to Calm Down” peaked at No. 2, stuck behind “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus. Swift had to cease promotion of when the COVID-19 pandemic took over the globe, and that shift allowed her to write and record both and . Years after she stopped pushing , the song “Cruel Summer” began to go viral after it was included in her setlist during The Eras Tour, and Swift and company chose it as a late-in-life single. That track became the albums first leader on the Billboard Hot 100,