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How Long Can Taylor Swift Keep ‘Tortured Poets’ at No. 1? Here Are Six Records She Could Break
There are multiple records Taylor Swift stands to break for consecutive weeks at No. 1 if she can keep 'Tortured Poets' on top another month or two.
It may not vacate the top spot any time soon, between the album’s still-blockbuster streaming numbers, the issuing of variants as an insurance policy on the sales side, and the apparent lack of any competing superstar releases before mid-August. Variety has taken a look at Billboard chart history and identified a half-dozen records that she still stands to break if the album does not budge from its position as the summer marches on. But she’s gaining on them fast enough that breaking their record feels like a potentially realistic lifetime goal, if she can maintain her prolific output and her penchant for capturing the public imagination.
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