Moving along Swiftly: Taylor Swift makes history with Midnights'

Moving along Swiftly: Taylor Swift makes history with Midnights'Taylor Swift has surpassed Drake, who had held the previous US Billboard record with nine of the top songs last year.

by AFP

01-11-2022 11:27

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In this file photo taken on August 28, 2022 American singer-songwritter Taylor Swift poses at the red carpet during 2022 MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Taylor Swift made music history October 31, 2022, becoming the first artist ever to simultaneously nab all ten of the top US song chart's spots after the release of her album Midnights'. Image: Andres KUDACKI / AFP

Taylor Swift made music history on Monday 31 October, becoming the first artist ever to simultaneously nab all 10 spots on the top US song chart after the release of her album Midnights.

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Anti-Hero led the charge, taking the Billboard Hot 100's top spot.

It's the first time in the chart's 64-year history that a single artist has claimed the entire top 10, Billboard said.

The last artist to come close was Drake, who took nine of the coveted spots in September 2021.

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Taylor Swift Midnights': 10 out of 10 on Billboard Hot 100 10 out of 10 of the Hot 100??? On my 10th album??? I AM IN SHAMBLES, tweeted Swift, with a nod to her devoted fan base's love of searching for hidden clues in her content including titles, numbers and dates.

10 out of 10 of the Hot 100??? On my 10th album??? I AM IN SHAMBLES. https://t.co/q1n5Zc6pYA

Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) October 31, 2022

Swift released the highly anticipated Midnights her 10th studio album on 21 October, which also debuted at the top of Billboard's main albums chart with the biggest week for a release since Adele's 25 in 2015.

The release of Midnights crashed Spotify for hours, but it still set a record as the most-streamed album in a day, according to the platform.

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The story of 13 sleepless nights' The album's 13 songs tell the story of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life, Swift said.

Together, they form a full picture of the intensities of that mystifying, mad hour.

Midnights is a wild ride of an album and I couldn't be happier that my co pilot on this adventure was @jackantonoff. He's my friend for life (presumptuous I know but I stand by it) and we've been making music together for nearly a decade HOWEVER https://t.co/jjqUNkGSme pic.twitter.com/v7LboJJ9Ik

Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) October 21, 2022

The three songs off Midnights not in the top 10 also charted, as did seven more tracks from the extended 3am edition.

Taylor Swift returns to pop Swift's latest album sees her returning to pop and recalling some of her earliest hits after two pandemic albums, Folklore and Evermore, leaned into folk.

It also drops as the 32-year-old makes good on her vow to re-record her first six albums so she can control their rights a process she was contractually allowed to begin in November 2020.

She has released two of them thus far: Fearless and Red.

By Agence France-Presse

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