Taylor Swift reaches 100 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200

Taylor Swift’s album The Life of a Showgirl stayed at No.

1 on the Billboard 200 chart dated Oct.

17, 2026.

That brought Swift’s total time at No.

1 on the chart to 100 weeks across her career.

The Billboard 200 tracks album rankings and has published consistently each week since 1956.

Swift has more weeks at No.

1 than any other female artist or solo artist, surpassing earlier records held by Whitney Houston and Elvis Presley.

The Beatles remain ahead, with 132 weeks at No.

1 between 1964 and 2001.

Swift would need 32 more weeks at the top to equal their total.

The source does not say what will happen next.