KUALA LUMPUR: American singing sensation Taylor Swift, 34, has surpassed renowned English rock band The Beatles in terms of the number of weeks spent in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 albums list over the last six decades.
The latest Billboard 200 chart, dated March 2, has three of Swift's albums in the top 10, which ups her cumulative total of weeks in the top 10 to 384 (across all her 16 top 10-charting albums combined), according to a news report on Billboard Online yesterday.
The albums in question were her three former No.1 releases, namely 1989 (Taylor's Version) at No. 6, Lover at No. 7 and Midnights at No. 9.
She steps past The Beatles, who have a total of 382 weeks in the top 10 across their 32 top 10-charting albums.
The report cited that the Billboard 200 began publishing on a regular, weekly basis in March of 1956.
Swift first visited the top 10 on the Nov 24, 2007-dated chart when her self-titled debut climbed from the 26th to the 8th spot.
The Beatles first hit the top 10 on the Feb 8, 1964-dated chart, when Meet The Beatles! moved from the 92nd to 3rd position.
Among Swift's top 10-charting albums, the one with the most weeks in the top 10 is Midnights from 2022, which held on for 68 weeks.
This is followed by 1989 with 60 weeks, Fearless (58), Lover (54) and Folklore (30).
After Swift and The Beatles, the acts with the most weeks in the top 10 since August 1963 are The Rolling Stones with 309 weeks, Barbra Streisand (277) and Drake and Mariah Carey (233 each).