Taylor Swift performs during The Eras Tour in Dublin. Charles McQuillan/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management Taylor Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl" has spent 11 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It tied "Fearless" and "1989" as her second-longest reign atop the chart. "The Tortured Poets Department" holds the record in Swift's catalog with 17 weeks at No. 1. Taylor Swift gave us fair warning in her newest album: "I'm married to the hustle." Swift's 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," not only broke the record for the biggest debut sales week ever, but it also continued to amass sales and streams in the US for months after its release. After seven consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, "Showgirl" returned for another four atop the all-genre album chart, tying "Fearless" and "1989" for Swift's second-longest reign. The impressive tally comes just one year after Swift set a personal-best chart record with "The Tortured Poets Department." Keep reading for a ranking of her 16 studio albums (including both originals and rerecords) based on their Billboard 200 performances. 9. "Taylor Swift" Taylor Swift's debut album, "Taylor Swift," was released in 2006. Taylor Swift Billboard 200 peak: No. 5 Swift's self-titled debut is the only studio album in her catalog that hasn't reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200. "Taylor Swift" debuted at No. 19 and scaled the chart for more than a year, peaking at No. 5 in 2008. 8 (tie). "Lover" Taylor Swift's seventh album, "Lover," was released in 2019. Taylor Swift Billboard 200 peak: No. 1 for one week Swift's seventh studio album was the first one that she owned outright, thanks to her new label contract with UMG. "Lover" was promoted by several singles, including "You Need to Calm Down," "The Archer," and "The Man." Four years later, after Swift kicked off the Eras Tour with "Cruel Summer" near the top of the set list, the fan-favorite song climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained there for four weeks, becoming the album's biggest hit. 8 (tie). "Red (Taylor's Version)" The cover art for "Red (Taylor's Version)" was photographed by Beth Garrabrant. Taylor Swift/UMG Billboard 200 peak: No. 1 for one week The extended tracklist for "Red (Taylor's Version)" included the storied extended cut of "All Too Well," a longtime fan-favorite song in Swift's catalog. "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" was released alongside a short film directed by Swift and promoted by a convention-breaking performance on "Saturday Night Live." It became the longest song to reach No. 1 in the history of the Hot 100. 7 (tie). "Fearless (Taylor's Version)" "Fearless (Taylor's Version)" was released in 2021. Taylor Swift/UMG Billboard 200 peak: No. 1 for two weeks "Fearless" was the first rerecorded album that Swift ever released. The "Taylor's Version" series was inspired by the sale of Swift's masters to Scooter Braun in 2019, which she described as her "worst case scenario" in a passionate open letter. Swift decided to remake and rerelease her first six albums in a bid to reclaim ownership of her life's work. (Braun later sold Swift's masters to a private-equity company.) In addition to faithfully recreating each tracklist, Swift decided to add never-before-heard songs "from the vault" that were written during the album's original creative process but cut from the final product. "I've spoken a lot about why I'm remaking my first six albums, but the way I've chosen to do this will hopefully help illuminate where I'm coming from," Swift explained. "Artists should own their own work for so many reasons, but the most screamingly obvious one is that the artist is the only one who really knows that body of work." "For example, only I know which songs I wrote that almost made the 'Fearless' album," she continued. "Songs I absolutely adored, but were held back for different reasons." Many were skeptical that the "Taylor's Version" project would be embraced by fans, let alone achieve commercial success. Those skeptics were forced to eat their words when "Fearless (Taylor's Version)" began to outpace the original on streaming platforms. According to Billboard, "Fearless (Taylor's Version)" earned more equivalent album sales in its first week of release than "Fearless" earned over the entire next year. Four years later, in May 2025, Swift announced that she bought back her masters from Shamrock Capital, giving her complete control over her musical catalog and rendering her "Taylor's Version" project moot. 7 (tie). "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)" "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)" was released in 2023. Taylor Swift/UMG Billboard 200 peak: No. 1 for two weeks The rerecorded version of Swift's third album featured six songs from the vault, including two duets with Fall Out Boy and Hayley Williams. 6 (tie). "Reputation" The album cover for "Reputation." Taylor Swift Billboard 200 peak: No. 1 for four weeks "Reputation" arrived after an extended period of silence. Swift's longtime feud with Ye (then known as Kanye West) and Kim Kardashian had reached a fever pitch; in response to a massive social media hate campaign, Swift decamped to London and withdrew from the public eye. She returned with a new snake-infested aesthetic and "Look What You Made Me Do," a cheeky lead single that poked fun at her own persona — and quickly rose to No. 1 on the Hot 100. Swift also declined to participate in interviews or media appearances while promoting her sixth album. Instead, she relied on a simple tagline: "There will be no further explanation. There will just be reputation." 6 (tie). "Evermore" Taylor Swift's ninth album, "Evermore," was released in 2020. Taylor Swift Billboard 200 peak: No. 1 for four weeks "Evermore" was surprise-released just five months after Swift's previous album, "Folklore." The two were billed as "sister albums," created under near-identical conditions with the same team of collaborators. "To put it plainly, we just couldn't stop writing songs," Swift explained on social media. "Evermore" was nominated for album of the year at the 2022 Grammys, but lost to Jon Batiste's "We Are." 5 (tie). "Speak Now" Taylor Swift's third album, "Speak Now," was released in 2010. Taylor Swift Billboard 200 peak: No. 1 for six weeks Swift's third album had a lot to live up to, following the blockbuster success of "Fearless." In response to skeptics — who questioned whether the teen phenom was relying too heavily on her collaborators — she decided to write "Speak Now" entirely by herself. Swift is the only songwriter credited on the standard tracklist. 5 (tie). "Midnights" Taylor Swift's 10th album, "Midnights," was released in 2022. Taylor Swift Billboard 200 peak: No. 1 for six weeks Swift's 10th studio album sold over 1 million copies in its debut week, the first to cross that seven-figure threshold since Swift's own "Reputation." (She has now achieved the feat on eight different occasions.) "Midnights" also won album of the year at the Grammys, joining "Fearless," "1989," and "Folklore" in the prestigious group of victors. Swift is the only artist in history to win album of the year four times. 5 (tie). "1989 (Taylor's Version)" "1989 (Taylor's Version)" will be released on October 27, 2023. Taylor Swift Billboard 200 peak: No. 1 for six weeks The rerecorded version of "1989" was released nine years after the original album. Swift added five vault songs to the tracklist, including the fan-favorite closer "Is It Over Now?" 4. "Red" Taylor Swift's fourth album, "Red," was released in 2012. Taylor Swift Billboard 200 peak: No. 1 for seven weeks "Red" is Swift's fourth studio album. It featured a mishmash of Max Martin-produced pop bangers, including "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and "I Knew You Were Trouble," as well as country-rock breakup anthems such as "State of Grace" and "Holy Ground." 3. "Folklore" Taylor Swift's new album cover and additional promo photos were taken by Beth Garrabrant. Taylor Swift/Republic Records Billboard 200 peak: No. 1 for eight weeks "Folklore" marked a sonic departure for Swift, stripping down her favored synth-pop production to reveal introspective reflections and intricate narratives. The pandemic-era album was co-produced by Swift, Jack Antonoff, and Aaron Dessner of The National. It received rave reviews from critics and is widely considered her best work to date. 2 (tie). "Fearless" Taylor Swift's sophomore album, "Fearless," was released in 2008. Taylor Swift Billboard 200 peak: No. 1 for 11 weeks Swift's sophomore effort had the longest run at No. 1 of any album in the 2000s. "Fearless" has since been certified diamond by the RIAA. 2 (tie). "1989" "1989" was released on October 27, 2014. Taylor Swift Billboard 200 peak: No. 1 for 11 weeks Swift's fifth album marked her official pivot from country to pop music, a move that Swift said she had to "really fight — and I mean aggressively fight — to have happen." In addition to its double-digit streak atop the Billboard 200, "1989" yielded several hit singles on the Hot 100, including "Shake It Off," "Blank Space," and "Bad Blood" featuring Kendrick Lamar. 2 (tie). "The Life of a Showgirl" Taylor Swift's 12th album, "The Life of a Showgirl," was released on October 3, 2025. TAS Rights Management Billboard 200 peak: No. 1 for 11 weeks Cowritten and co-produced with Max Martin and Shellback, "The Life of a Showgirl" was described by Swift as a snapshot of "everything that was going on behind the curtain" during the Eras Tour. The album's double-digit reign at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 brought Swift's total sum atop the chart to 97, extending her record among solo artists. Since the Billboard 200 was launched in 1956, only The Beatles have logged more weeks at No. 1 than Swift. 1. "The Tortured Poets Department" Taylor Swift's 11th album, "The Tortured Poets Department," was released in 2024. Taylor Swift Billboard 200 peak: No. 1 for 17 weeks Swift's 11th studio album, "The Tortured Poets Department," did not leave the No. 1 slot for 12 straight weeks after its debut in April 2024, fending off new releases from stars like Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, and Zach Bryan. The uninterrupted reign of "Poets" was rare for a streaming-era release. It became the first album ever by a female artist to spend its first 12 weeks atop the chart, surpassing a record previously held by Whitney Houston's 1987 blockbuster "Whitney." (The all-time record for a consecutive streak among women is held by Carole King's "Tapestry," which spent 15 weeks at No. 1 in 1971.) Swift briefly yielded the top spot to Eminem and Stray Kids before "Poets" notched 13th, 14th, and 15th consecutive weeks atop the chart. The album eventually fell to lower positions, but then in December of that same year, it returned for two more weeks at No. 1 after Swift released physical versions of the album's deluxe version, "The Anthology," for Black Friday. Read the original article on Business Insider