Taylor Swift's Folklore tops Billboard 200 charts!

Well-known Cardigan singer-songwriter debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with her newest studio album folklore, the chart company disclosed this weekend on August 2. Swift’s album Folklore kicked off its first week with 846,000 equivalent album units, marking the largest week for any album since Taylor‘s own Lover in 2019, which opened with 867,000 units.

 

The three biggest weeks for any album in the past four years all belong to Taylor: Reputation in July of 2016 (1.24 million), Lover (867,000) and Folklore (846,000). It’s Taylor‘s seventh No. 1 album and marks a new record for No. 1 debuts among female artists.