Detractors who thought Taylor Swift‘s continued dismantling of monumental Billboard records was set to slow down in 2021 are already being proven wrong – and it’s just January.

In late 2020, Swift surpassed Whitney Houston‘s longstanding record for ‘most weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 (among women)’ when her eighth studio album, ‘Folklore,’ earned its 7th week atop the tally (click here to read more).

As if that wasn’t enough, just weeks later she snatched Mariah Carey‘s record for ‘most weeks inside the top 10 of the Billboard 200 (among women)’ when her albums, ‘Evermore’ and ‘Folklore,’ were both spotted in the the hit list’s #2 and #6 spots respectively.  The feat pushed the 31-year-old to a career cumulative total of 219 weeks in the top 10 at the time, blasting past Carey’s career total of 218.

This week, Swift collected yet another chart triumph.

On the refreshed Billboard 200, Swift occupies four positions: ‘Evermore’ (#4), ‘Folklore’ (#16), ‘Lover’ (#64), and ‘1989’ (#86).

As it pertains to the latter, the 9x Platinum-certified project – best known for its signature hits ‘Shake It Off’ and ‘Blank Space’ – was released October 27, 2014 and remains a force on the albums’ chart over 6 years later.  Marking its 319th week of listing on the refreshed Billboard 200, it has only spent 6 weeks of its chart lifespan absent from the tally.

With its latest appearance, it booted Carole King‘s Diamond-certified LP, ‘Tapestry,’ from the #3 spot on the all-time list of ‘longest-charting albums by women.’  At writing, King’s classic has enjoyed a 318-week run on the Billboard 200.

The only two female albums to have spent more time on the chart than ‘1989’ are Adele‘s 2011-released ’21’ (498 weeks) and Lana Del Rey‘s 2012-released ‘Born to Die’ (377 weeks).

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