Years ago, after platforms like Spotify and Apple Music changed how the human race accesses music, charts in many nations began incorporating streams into their methodologies. It’s not uncommon for popular albums to live on rankings for months or even years at a time, long after sales have largely dropped off, thanks to continued plays on streaming sites. Many younger music stars have benefited the most from this change, as it is their audiences that flock to those game-changing services and keep older collections alive.
Taylor Swift is one of the most successful artists on streaming platforms, and she has scored more long-running successful albums than most musicians can dream of. Yet another title by the singer-songwriter hits a longevity milestone in the United Kingdom that few musical acts will ever reach – but it’s one that she has arrived at with multiple projects.
The Tortured Poets Department Reaches Two Years on the Chart
The Tortured Poets Department, Swift’s second most recent album, celebrates making it to a notable landmark number on two tallies in the U.K. As of this frame, The Tortured Poets Department is up to 104 weeks, exactly two years, on both the Official Albums and Official Albums Streaming charts. The first of those two rosters ranks the most-consumed albums throughout the U.K., with both sales and streaming activity helping determine where a full-length lands. The Official Albums Streaming rundown is centered only around plays on Spotify and its competitors.
Taylor Swift’s Longest-Charting Albums in the U.K.
The Tortured Poets Department is Swift’s eighth release to spend at least two years on the Official Albums chart in the U.K. Her longest-running success story remains 1989, with 381 turns on the tally. Lover has also cracked the 300-frame mark, and Folklore is just two stays away from joining that group.
Here are all of Taylor Swift’s releases that have spent two years or more on the Official Albums chart.
- 1989 – 381 weeks
- Lover – 323 weeks
- Folklore – 298 weeks
- Reputation – 256 weeks
- Evermore – 194 weeks
- Midnights – 157 weeks
- Red (Taylor’s Version) – 142 weeks
- The Tortured Poets Department – 104 weeks
Taylor Swift Keeps Multiple Albums on the U.K. Charts
Only four releases by Swift appear on any chart in the U.K. That would be a coup for many artists, but it represents a relatively quiet period for her.
Of course, The Life of a Show Girl remains her focus, and thus it lands on five rankings, the most among all of her titles. The Life of a Show Girl manages to hold on inside the top 40 on both the Official Albums and Official Albums Streaming lists, but it sits outside of that area on the Official Albums Sales, Official Album Downloads, and Official Physical Albums tallies.
Both The Tortured Poets Department and Folklore appear only on the main ranking of the most-consumed albums and the roster that looks at the most played collections on streaming sites. Fearless (Taylor’s Version) climbs and earns another stay inside the top 10 on the genre-specific Official Country Artists Albums chart.
Taylor Swift’s “Ophelia” and Several Other Singles Decline
All three of Swift’s currently-charting hits in the U.K. come from The Life of a Show Girl, but at the moment, they’re all on the decline. “The Fate of Ophelia” dips to No. 33 on the Official Singles chart, and it’s followed by two more recent promotional cuts from the album. “Opalite” slips from No. 41 to No. 52, while “Elizabeth Taylor,” the most recent single from The Life of a Show Girl, declines to No. 73 at the same time.
