All seven Taylor Swift albums on the Billboard 200 rise this week as ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ prepares for a likely return to No. 1. HOUSTON, TX – FEBRUARY 04: Taylor Swift performs at DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night Concert at Club Nomadic on February 4, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for DIRECTV)
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Taylor Swift is all but guaranteed to return to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 next week. The singer-songwriter recently released the Encore edition of The Life of a Showgirl, her most recent full-length, adding four tunes to the track list. That roundup includes new single “Patient Zero,” as well as “Cleveland!,” “Pink Clouding” and “Babylon.”
Fans of Swift are sure to purchase the newly-expanded collection, and streams of those four songs alone may be enough to send The Life of a Showgirl back to the summit on the ranking of the most popular albums in the United States. Ahead of what will likely be another triumphant frame for the Grammy winner, every one of Swift’s projects that charts in the U.S. this week rises in a widespread uptick for the superstar.
All Seven Taylor Swift Albums Rise on the Billboard 200
Swift fills seven spaces on the Billboard 200 this frame, and every one of those albums moves north. The Life of a Showgirl leads the charge, advancing to No. 21, while The Tortured Poets Department improves to No. 43 and Folklore climbs to No. 55.
Farther down the ranking – below the middle point of the 200-space tally – Lover steps up to No. 102, Midnights reaches No. 104, 1989 advances to No. 120 and reputation rises to No. 157.
Three Taylor Swift Titles Appear on the Streaming Chart
Three of Swift’s collections also appear on the Top Streaming Albums chart this time around. The Life of a Showgirl and The Tortured Poets Department both ascend exactly 10 spaces, landing at Nos. 17 and 33, respectively. Folklore joins them by returning to the Top Streaming Albums roster at No. 46. The Grammy winner for Album of the Year reenters the rundown after once peaking at No. 16.
Red (Taylor’s Version) Returns to the Country Top 40
Red (Taylor’s Version) does not appear on either the Billboard 200 or the Top Streaming Albums chart, but it remains a top 40 winner on another genre-specific list. The re-recorded update on her full-length Red steps up one space to No. 37 on the Top Country Albums ranking, which measures the most-consumed country releases in the United States.
The Life of a Showgirl Could Earn a Thirteenth Week at No. 1
If — or, at this point, more like when — The Life of a Showgirl finds its way back to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in a few days, the full-length will collect a lucky thirteenth frame ruling the list. The project is already Swift’s second-longest-running leader on the chart, and another turn in first place will bring The Life of a Showgirl closer to matching The Tortured Poets Department, which spent 17 periods at the summit.
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