Folklore becomes Taylor Swift's fourth album to spend 300 weeks or more on the Billboard 200, following 1989, Reputation and Lover. PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 23: Taylor Swift attends the Netflix premiere of Miss Americana at Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2020 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Netfilx)
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When Taylor Swift released her album Folklore, it seemed as if the world stopped for a moment. In the midst of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the singer-songwriter was forced to cancel the shows connected to her 2019 full-length Lover, and she remained quiet for the first half of 2020.
Then out of nowhere, the singer-songwriter announced, with only a few hours to go, that she had written and recorded a complete set titled Folklore, and it completely changed the trajectory of her career. While she was already a hugely successful superstar and a critically acclaimed musician, Folklore proved that she was daring enough to try something completely new.
The studio LP was not centered around the country sounds that initially made her a household name, nor the pure top 40 pop she had been focusing on for her last several album cycles. Instead, it was a mix of indie, alternative, and Americana-leaning pop, and fans adored it and the music industry applauded her bold venture.
In the more than half-decade since it arrived, Folklore has remained a standout in her celebrated discography, as well as one of many massive commercial wins. Folklore celebrates hitting a special milestone on Billboard's most competitive albums chart, one which only a handful of her titles have reached in the past.
As of this frame, Folklore has lived on the Billboard 200, the chart company's ranking of the most-consumed albums and EPs in the United States, for 300 weeks. Just as was the case last time around, Folklore sits nearly right in the middle of the 200-space rundown, slipping slightly from No. 98 to No. 101.
As Folklore hits 300 turns on the Billboard 200, it becomes Swift's fourth album to hold on for that long. Her sturdiest project remains 1989 — the original, not 1989 (Taylor’s Version) — which is up to 563 turns on the roster. Reputation only needs four more stints before it becomes her second 400-week charter. Lover, which preceded Folklore, will mark 350 periods on the tally in just two weeks.
ELMONT, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: Taylor Swift attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 11, 2024 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
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Folklore is counted among Swift's 15 No. 1s on the Billboard 200. That is the second-most of all time, behind only The Beatles, as the band claims 19 champions.
With eight weeks at No. 1 to its credit, Folklore remains Swift's fifth-longest-ruling leader on the Billboard 200. It's been beaten by The Tortured Poets Department (17 frames at No. 1), as well as The Life of a Showgirl (12), and both Fearless and 1989, which managed 11 moments in the chart's penthouse.
Many of Swift's currently charting full-lengths appear on just one roster, the Billboard 200, but Folklore can be found on a handful of genre-specific tallies. Folklore is steady at No. 13 on the Top Alternative Albums chart, where it also reaches 300 weeks. It simultaneously dips one space to No. 24 on the Top Rock and Alternative Albums register. On that list, Folklore has appeared 202 times.
Folklore is one of eight Swift albums that can currently be found on the Billboard 200. Most of those full-lengths fail to appear anywhere else, though her two most recent studio efforts, The Life of a Showgirl and The Tortured Poets Department, both climb on the Top Album Sales charts, improving to Nos. 14 and 31, respectively.
Just one set, Red (Taylor’s Version), settles onto a tally other than the Billboard 200. That re-recording of the original blockbuster returns to the Top Country Albums roster at No. 49.
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