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The life of a record breaker: Taylor Swift is No. 2 with No. 1’s on the Billboard 200 albums chart

The Life of a Showgirl albums on a display.
Billboard 200 chart FILE PHOTO: A display with exclusive edition CD variants for Taylor Swift's new album, "Life of a Showgirl" is seen at Target on October 02, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Valerie Terranova/Getty Images) (Valerie Terranova/Getty Images)

Taylor Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” has placed her as No. 2 with the most No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

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Swift is No. 1 among solo artists with 15 albums to reach No. 1 on the charts since Billboard started ranking sales every week back in 1956.

She broke the three-way tie she had been in with Drake and JAY-Z.

Every album since her second one, “Fearless,” which came out in 2008, has debuted at No. 1, Billboard said.

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But she still isn’t the overall No. 1.

That distinction goes to The Beatles, which had 19 No. 1 albums, Billboard said.

Here is the list:

  • The Beatles, 19
  • Taylor Swift, 15
  • Drake, 14
  • JAY-Z, 14
  • Eminem, 11
  • Future, 11
  • Bruce Springsteen, 11
  • Barbra Streisand, 11
  • Ye (Kanye West), 11
  • Elvis, 10
  • Garth Brooks, 9
  • Kenny Chesney, 9
  • Madonna, 9
  • The Rolling Stones, 9

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