Taylor Swift tops Billboard's Artist 100 chart for a record-extending 45th week, as her latest album Evermore spent its third week atop the Billboard 200 chart.
Swift's domination of the chart was driven by her two most recent albums Evermore and Folklore, which are ranked at No. 1 and No. 11, respectively on the Billboard 200.
Evermore earned 56,000 equivalent album units, according to MRC Data, while Folklore earned 29,000 units.
Swift is way ahead in terms of the number of weeks she has made it to the top of the Artist 100 list. Drake is in second with 31 weeks on top, while The Weeknd is in the third place with 20 weeks at No. 1. BTS and Ariana Grande (15 each) hold the next spot for most weeks at No. 1.
The Artist 100 measures artist activity across key metrics of music consumption, blending album and track sales, radio airplay, streaming and social media fan interaction to provide a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.
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