Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl has spent its 10th nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart dated Dec. 27. The album earned 104,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Dec. 18, boosted by sales of new color vinyl variants. This milestone makes Swift the first woman and third act overall to have four albums with at least 10 weeks at No. 1.
Taylor Swift's latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, continues its dominant run on the Billboard 200, holding the top spot for a 10th nonconsecutive week on the chart dated Dec. 27. According to Luminate, the set generated 104,000 equivalent album units in the United States for the tracking week ending Dec. 18, marking an 18% increase from the previous week. This uptick was driven by 55,000 album sales, which kept it steady at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart, alongside 48,000 streaming equivalent albums from 63.06 million on-demand official streams and 1,000 track equivalent albums.
The success stems partly from exclusive color vinyl variants sold via Swift's webstore, which began shipping to customers and spurred renewed interest. This achievement elevates Swift's career total to 96 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, positioning her as the leading solo artist and top American act on the all-time list, behind only The Beatles with 132 weeks.
With this, Swift becomes the first female artist and third overall—after The Beatles and Elvis Presley—to accumulate at least four albums each spending 10 or more weeks at No. 1. Her previous multi-week toppers include The Tortured Poets Department (17 weeks in 2024), 1989 (11 weeks in 2014-15), and Fearless (11 weeks in 2008-09). Notably, The Life of a Showgirl marks her first back-to-back albums with 10-plus weeks at No. 1, joining an elite group of six acts including Morgan Wallen, Adele, and Whitney Houston who have achieved consecutive such runs.
Elsewhere on the chart, Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem holds at No. 2 with 73,000 units, while 21 Savage's WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS? debuts at No. 3 with 73,000 units, featuring contributions from artists like Drake. The top 10 also features a record-tying six holiday albums, including Michael Bublé's Christmas at No. 5 and Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas re-entering at No. 10.
The Billboard 200 measures multi-metric consumption, including sales, streaming, and track sales, reflecting the evolving music landscape since its inception in 1956.
