Taylor Swift Creates History With ‘Tortured Poets’
It is a Taylor Swift sweep on Australia’s charts, as The Tortured Poets Division (via Popular) and “Fortnight” blast to No. 1.
Tortured Poets opens at the summit of the ARIA Albums Chart, posted Friday, April 26, for her fortunate 13th chief in these places.
With that final outcome, Swift characteristics the most No. 1 albums for a solo lady artist in ARIA chart record, transferring in advance of Madonna to declare outright 3rd position.
The all-time chief amongst acts with the most chart-topping albums in Australia is Jimmy Barnes with 15 as a solo act (he had one particular extra 5 with Chilly Chisel), followed by the Beatles with 14.
Meanwhile, Swift scoops the chart double with “Fortnight” showcasing Submit Malone opening at No. 1 on the ARIA Singles Chart, for her 12th chief on that tally. With a dozen singles chart leaders, Swift sits 3rd on the all-time listing of artists ideal right here, trailing Elvis Presley (No. 14) and The Beatles (No. 26).
At the extremely very same time, she gets the to commence with artist to sustain the complete best rated ten on the singles chart, and establishes a new mark for the most singles in the big 50, with 29 on the present physique. That lotions the outdated file of 20, established by Drake in 2021 and by herself in 2023.
All 31 tracks from the double album impression the best rated one hundred, with “Robin” the least expensive at No. 55. three extra mature music sit in the very best one hundred (“Cruel Summer season season,” “Anti Hero” and “Lover”), which suggests Swift has extra than a particular person-3rd of all music in the best one hundred (34). The previous file was 32 in one particular week, ARIA reports, held by Michael Jackson and Taylor.
Swift, whose The Eras Tour visited Australia in late 2023 for 7 displays, is the only artist in ARIA record to replace themselves at No. 1 on the nationwide albums tally. She has achieved it 3 instances, which incorporate this thirty day period with Tortured Poets replacing Lover (prior to, in 2023, Communicate Now (Taylor’s Edition) changed Midnights and in March 2024, Lover replaced Midnights).
In accordance to a assertion issued late Friday by Popular Songs Australia, Tortured Poets is the most-sold album on vinyl in ARIA heritage, the market’s most-streamed LP in its opening week, and the greatest album debut due to the reality Adele’s 25 in 2015.
Remarkably, only two of the U.S. pop superstar’s studio or re-recorded albums have failed to attain the summit in Australia — her self-titled debut, Taylor Swift (peaking at No. 33 in 2006) and Fearless (No. two in 2008). Fearless (Taylor’s Variation) did, on the other hand, climb the summit in 2021.
In non TTPD-connected ARIA Chart news, Pearl Jam bows at No. two with Darkish Make any distinction, the Seattle rock legends’ 12th studio album. Pearl Jam has had eight No. 1 albums in Australia: Vs. in 1993, Vitalogy in 1994, No Code in 1996, Make in 1998, Binaural in 2000, Riot Act in 2002, Backspacer in 2009 and Lightning Bolt in 2013. Dim Concern is the followup to 2020’s Gigaton, which peaked at No. three.
