Taylor Swift<\/b> has earned a record-extending 81st week as the top musical act in the United States, coming in at No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100<\/i> chart dated October 14.<\/p>\n
Nine of Swift’s albums are featured on the current edition of the Billboard 200<\/i> chart, with all but one in the top 50. Midnights<\/i> has the best ranking among them at No. 8.<\/p>\n
Midnights<\/i> is spending its 50th consecutive week in the top 10 with 43,000 equivalent album units earned during the September 29-October 5 tracking week, according to Luminate<\/i>. <\/p>\n
Two other Swift albums also have logged their first 50 weeks in the top 10 – 1989<\/i> and Fearless<\/i>.<\/p>\n
In addition, three of her songs – “Cruel Summer,” “Karma” featuring Ice Spice<\/b> and “Anti-Hero” – earned a place on the latest Billboard Hot 100<\/i> chart.<\/p>\n
Morgan Wallen<\/b> is the second best on the Billboard Artist 100<\/i>. Ed Sheeran<\/b> at No. 3, Olivia Rodrigo<\/b> at No. 4 and Zach Bryan<\/b> at No. 5 round out the top 5.<\/p>\n
The Artist 100 measures artist activity across key metrics of music consumption, blending album and track sales, radio airplay and streaming to provide a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.<\/p>\n
(Photo: Beth Garrabrant) <\/p>\n