Most cumulative weeks at No.1 on US albums chart (female)

Taylor Swift’s (USA) 14 US No.1 albums had spent a combined total of 70 weeks at the top of the Billboard 200, as of 4 May 2024: Fearless (11 weeks at No.1 in 2008-09), Speak Now (six weeks in 2010-11), Red (seven weeks in 2012-13), 1989 (11 weeks in 2014-15), reputation (four weeks in 2017-18), Lover (one week in 2019), Folklore (eight weeks in 2020), Evermore (four weeks in 2020-21), Fearless (Taylor’s Version) (two weeks in 2021), Red (Taylor’s Version) (one week in 2021), Midnights (six weeks in 2022-23), Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (two weeks in 2023), 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (six weeks in 2023-24) and The Tortured Poets Department (one week in 2024, as of the chart dated 4 May).

The two weeks 1989 (Taylor’s Version) spent at No.1 in 2024 (6-13 January) took Swift clear of Elvis Presley’s total of 67 weeks at No.1, from 10 chart-topping albums, making her the solo artist with the most cumulative weeks at No.1 on the Billboard 200. Way out in front overall are The Beatles, who have amassed 132 weeks at the top – from a record 19 No.1 albums – between 1964 and 2001.

The female artists who have spent the most weeks at No.1 on the US Billboard 200, as of 4 May 2024, are: Swift (70 weeks in 2008-24), Whitney Houston (46 weeks in 1986-2009), Adele (40 weeks in 2011-22), Mariah Carey (30 weeks in 1991-2008), and Barbra Streisand (27 weeks in 1964-2016).