Billie Eilish is No. 2, and Charli XCX debuts strong at No. 3.
Category: The Tortured Poets Department (Album)
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Taylor Swift Bests K-Pop Band to Stay No. 1 for Seventh Week
Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ held off Ateez’s ‘Golden Hour: Part.1.’ The singer-songwriter Shaboozey opened at No. 5.
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Taylor Swift Is No. 1 Again, With Little Competition on the Way
“The Tortured Poets Department” earns a sixth week atop the Billboard 200, while the latest from Twenty One Pilots opens at No. 3 with big numbers for a rock album.
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Taylor Swift Prevails Over Billie Eilish for a Fifth Week at No. 1
In a tight battle that had fans hustling to support their favorite star, “The Tortured Poets Department” outsold “Hit Me Hard and Soft.”
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Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift Race for No. 1
The two pop music titans, locked in a close contest for the top of next week’s album chart, are stoking fans’ competitive spirit with a variety of digital tactics.
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Taylor Swift Beats Gunna on the Chart. Her Next Rival? Billie Eilish.
“The Tortured Poets Department” logs a fourth week at No. 1. Next week’s competition is a battle between two stars with multiple versions of their LPs for sale.
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Kendrick Lamar Rides a Rap Beef All the Way to No. 1
On the Billboard album chart, Dua Lipa’s heavily promoted “Radical Optimism” opened at No. 2, held off by the third week of Taylor Swift’s “Tortured Poets.”
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Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets’ Posts a Huge Second Week on the Chart
After a blockbuster opening, the singer’s new album earned the biggest second-week totals since 2015, nearly doubling the rest of the Top 5 combined.
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Popcast (Deluxe): Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan + Editing Taylor Swift
Picking the best songs from “The Tortured Poets Department” one week later. Plus: the rise of a pair of pop’s middle-class stars.
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Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets’ Breaks Records With Blockbuster Debut
Only the Beatles have more No. 1 LPs now: The pop superstar reigns atop the Billboard 200 for the 14th time with the equivalent of 2.6 million album sales.
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Popcast (Deluxe): Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured’ Era
A discussion about the singer’s new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” her “imperial era,” rumored relationships and production choices.
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‘Tortured Poets’ Has Shifted the Taylor Swift Debate. Let’s Discuss.
The superstar’s 11th album is a 31-song excavation of her recent relationships that is not universally loved. Our pop team dissects its sound, themes and reception.