Eminem Unseats Taylor Swift Atop Billboard Charts

Swift's reign at No. 1 comes to an end after 12 weeks
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Jul 23, 2024 3:30 AM CDT
Eminem Unseats Taylor Swift Atop Billboard Charts
Eminem performs at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on June 9, 2018, left, and Taylor Swift performs at Wembley Stadium in London as part of her Eras Tour on June 21, 2024.   (AP Photo)

Eminem's latest album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, unseating Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department after 12 weeks, the AP reports. In its first week, TTPD hit 891.34 million album streams stateside, according to Luminate, the biggest streaming week for an album in history. Swift's album debuted at No. 1 in April and held the top spot for three months. She is the only woman to have done so; Swift beat the previous record held by Whitney Houston's 1987 album, Whitney. It spent its first 11 weeks at No. 1.

TTPD tied Morgan Wallen's 2023 album One Thing at a Time, which also debuted at No. 1 and stayed there for 12 consecutive weeks. (It would later re-emerge at the top spot, spending 19 weeks total at No. 1.) The only album to outperform them is Stevie Wonder's 1976 masterpiece, Songs in the Key of Life. It spent 13 weeks at No. 1 after debuting in the top spot; 14 weeks there in total. The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) is Eminem's 12th album and his 11th to hit No. 1. The Tortured Poets Department dropped to No. 4. In the second slot is K-pop boy band ENHYPHEN's ROMANCE:UNTOLD, and country artist Zach Bryan's The Great American Bar Scene is at No. 3.

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