Taylor Swift reaches 100 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, joining The Beatles

Taylor Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” has spent a 14th nonconsecutive week atop the Billboard 200 on the chart dated October 17, giving her a 100th career week at No. 1, according to Billboard.

Swift becomes only the second act with at least 100 weeks in the lead. The Beatles are the other, with 132 weeks. The band was last on top with the compilation “1”, which spent its eighth and final week at No. 1 on the chart dated February 3, 2001. Elvis Presley has the third-most weeks, with 67.

Swift’s total comes from 15 No. 1 albums. “The Tortured Poets Department” spent the most weeks on top with 17, followed by “The Life of a Showgirl” with 14, and “1989” and “Fearless” with 11 each. “The Life of a Showgirl” returned to No. 1 from No. 21 after a deluxe reissue on September 25 added four unreleased songs, among them the Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper “Patient Zero”.

The same chart also puts The Beatles, Drake and Swift in the top five together for the first time. Drake’s “HABIBTI” jumps from 116 to No. 2 after a reissue with four extra songs, and The Beatles’ “Rubber Soul” re-enters at No. 4 after its deluxe reissue. The three acts have the most No. 1 albums: The Beatles 19, Drake and Swift 15 each.

Swift is an American singer-songwriter born in 1989 in West Reading. Her newest studio album on MusicBrainz is “The Life of a Showgirl”, released in October 2025. In late September mbuzz reported that she premiered the “Patient Zero” video at the MTV VMAs.