Taylor Swift reaches 100 weeks at No. 1 as Beatles and Drake join top five

Taylor Swift has reached 100 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

She hits the century on the chart dated Oct. 17, 2026, as The Life of a Showgirl spends a 14th nonconsecutive week on top, Billboard reported on Oct. 11. The Billboard 200 is the main US albums chart, ranking titles by a mix of sales, streams and track sales.

The return to No. 1 followed a sharp climb. The Life of a Showgirl vaulted from No. 21 after a deluxe reissue on Sept. 25 added four previously unreleased songs, including “Patient Zero.”

The 100-week total is spread across 15 No. 1 albums. Swift is only the second act to spend at least 100 weeks at No. 1, joining The Beatles.

The Beatles lead with 132 weeks at No. 1. Their last week on top came with the greatest-hits set 1, which spent its eighth and final week at No. 1 on the chart dated Feb. 3, 2001. Elvis Presley is next, with 67 weeks at No. 1. The Billboard 200 began publishing on a regular, weekly basis in March 1956. Among Swift’s titles counted in the total is The Tortured Poets Department, which spent 17 weeks at No. 1.

The same chart brings a second first. For the first time, The Beatles, Drake and Taylor Swift sit in the top 10 together, Billboard reported. They are also in the top five together for the first time.

That grouping brings together the three acts with the most career No. 1s on the Billboard 200. Drake and Swift are tied with 15 No. 1 albums each.

Drake is No. 2 with HABIBTI, which jumped from No. 116 after a reissue added four songs. The Beatles are No. 4 with Rubber Soul, which re-entered after a deluxe reissue. The album was originally released in 1966.

They have come close before. Drake and Swift had shared the top 10 numerous times between 2009 and 2026. The Beatles and Drake had done so six times before this week.

One of those weeks came on the chart dated Oct. 30, 2021, when The Beatles’ Let It Be re-entered at No. 5 after a deluxe reissue while Drake’s Certified Lover Boy was No. 1. The Beatles and Swift had shared the top 10 twice before. That included the chart dated Nov. 12, 2022, when Revolver returned at No. 4 after a deluxe reissue while Swift’s Midnights was No. 1.

What makes this stand out is how it happened. All three titles in this week’s top five were lifted by new editions with extra material. The full chart dated Oct. 17 will be posted on Billboard’s website on Oct. 13.