Taylor Swift has extended her record for the most weeks as the top musical act in the United States.
Swift earned an 86th week atop the Billboard Artist 100 chart dated November 25.
The superstar is riding high on the success of her latest re-recorded album, 1989 (Taylor's Version).
In addition, nine of Swift's other albums are featured on the current edition of the Billboard 200, and 11 of her songs are on the Billboard Hot 100.
1989 (Taylor's Version) fell to No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 159,000 equivalent album units earned, according to Luminate.
"Cruel Summer," from Swift's 2019 album Lover, tops the latest Billboard Hot 100 chart. Ten other songs, all from 1989 (Taylor's Version), are also featured on Hot 100.
Stray Kids are at No. 2 on the latest Billboard Artist 100, while Chris Stapleton is ranked No. 3.
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.
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