{"id":119288,"date":"2025-02-18T12:01:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T12:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/02\/18\/taylor-swift-surpasses-madonna-as-female-artist-with-most-uk-1-albums\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T12:01:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T12:01:58","slug":"taylor-swift-surpasses-madonna-as-female-artist-with-most-uk-1-albums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/02\/18\/taylor-swift-surpasses-madonna-as-female-artist-with-most-uk-1-albums\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift surpasses Madonna as female artist with most UK #1 albums"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Taylor Swift<\/strong> has only been releasing albums since 2006, as opposed to Madonna<\/strong>, who’s been doing it since 1982 — but Taylor just passed the Queen of Pop to secure a\u00a0major chart record in the U.K.<\/p>\n

Taylor’s latest release — the archival concert album Lover (Live\u00a0From\u00a0Paris)<\/em> — has debuted at #1<\/strong><\/a> on the U.K.’s album chart. It’s her 13th chart topper, which officially makes her the female artist with the most number-one albums in the history of the U.K. chart. She was previously tied with Madonna; both had 12.<\/p>\n

Lover (Live\u00a0From Paris),<\/em> originally recorded in 2019 and released as a limited edition in 2023, was reissued as a 2-LP heart-shaped vinyl edition this year for Valentine’s Day. It sold 47,000 units in the U.K., and she was able to top the charts just from those sales — no streams contributed to her chart position.<\/p>\n

The last time an album achieved that was in 2017, when — guess who? — Taylor did it with Reputation<\/em>. As you may recall, Reputation<\/em> didn’t hit streaming services until three weeks after it was released in physical and download formats.<\/p>\n

Plus, Taylor is now tied with Elvis Presley<\/strong> as the international artist with the most U.K. #1 albums ever. Overall, only The Beatles<\/strong>, Robbie Williams<\/strong> and The Rolling Stones<\/strong> have had more number-one albums in U.K. chart history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Taylor first hit #1 on the U.K. chart with 2012’s Red.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lover (Live From Paris)<\/em>\u00a0features live renditions of “Me!,” “You Need to Calm Down,” “Lover,” “The Man” and four other songs from Lover<\/em> — but not “Cruel Summer.”<\/p>\n

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