. As for Anti-Hero, the lead single was streamed over seven million times this week (most of those probs came from us). As a result, Swift has become the second artist of 2022 to extend her reign over both the albums and singles charts into a second week, after Harry Styles' Harry's House and As It Was combo back in spring. Swift's electronica-style album has seen roaring success since its release two weeks ago, becoming the fastest-selling album of the year so far, overtaking Harry Styles's chart-topping Harry's House, which previously held the 2022 title, according to the Official Charts Company. The Blank Space songstress also overtook Madonna to set a new official chart record by achieving the fastest succession of nine UK number one albums of any female artist. Midnights follows Swift's previous eight UK chart-topping albums, all achieved consecutively: 2012's Red, 2014 release 1989, 2017's Reputation, 2019's Lover, 2020's Folklore, 2020's Evermore and re-recordings Fearless (Taylor's Version) and Red (Taylor's Version), both released in 2021. The Beatles hold the overall record, racking up nine chart-toppers in five years and seven months. And it isn't just the UK charts where Taylor is reigning supr){kind=link}
NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
Taylor Swift’s army of fans have come out in full force once again, as she’s beaten The actual Beatles in chart domination this week.
The American singer-songwriter, 32, achieved a chart double last week, when her single Anti-Hero and tenth studio album Midnights reached the number one spots.
And for a second week running, the Shake It Off hitmaker’s tunes are continuing to dominate, as they’re still sitting pretty at number one.
The pop megastar faced competition from The Beatles with a reissue of Revolver, which stayed number one for seven consecutive weeks back in 1966.