The singer Taylor Swift is the first female musician in history to conquer the top ten spots in the US charts at the same time. Led by the No. 1 song “Anti-Hero,” the top 10 tracks on the Billboard Hot 100 come from Swift’s new album, Midnights, industry publication Billboard said Monday. In the 64-year chart history, no artist had ever managed to do this.
The Canadian rapper Drake came very close last year: In September 2021, nine of his songs were in the top 10 of the US charts for a week.
“Midnights” went on sale on October 21 and temporarily paralyzed the Spotify streaming service due to the onslaught of users. It became the most streamed album in one day in the history of the platform. With “Midnights” Swift has returned to pop after a foray into the folk genre.
The musician and Spotify don’t have the easiest past. In 2014, for the release of her later much acclaimed and million-selling album “1989”, she had all her material removed from the streaming service – in response to Spotify not paying musicians appropriately, as she explained at the time. In 2017 she returned to Spotify with her album Reputation. “Midnights” is the tenth album by the songwriter and eleven-time Grammy winner.
