Taylor Swift makes history as she takes over the entire US top 10

Taylor Swift has go the archetypal creator successful past to assertion each slot successful the apical 10 of the US singles chart.

She overtakes Drake, who held the erstwhile grounds of 9 apical 10 singles successful September 2021. Before him, the Beatles scored 8 apical 10s successful 1964.

Swift's illustration domination is acknowledgment to her latest album, Midnights, which has go 2022's fastest-selling release.

"10 retired of 10 of the Hot 100??? On my 10th album??? I AM IN SHAMBLES," tweeted the popular star.

The 32-year-old claims the fig 1 spot with the azygous Anti-Hero, whose chorus, "It's me. Hi! I'm the problem, it's me," has rapidly go a Tik Tok trend.

The remainder of the apical 10 includes medium tracks similar Lavender Haze, Maroon, Snow On The Beach, Bejewelled and Karma.

All 13 of the songs connected Midnights' modular variation marque the apical 15, interrupted lone by Sam Smith's Unholy astatine 11 and Steve Lacy's Bad Habits astatine 12.

The 7 bonus tracks from Midnights' deluxe "3am edition" look betwixt numbers 20 and 45.

Swift took fans by astonishment erstwhile she announced the caller medium successful the closing moments of the 2022 MTV VMAs successful New Jersey successful August.

She has described the grounds arsenic the communicative of "13 sleepless nights scattered passim my life" and "a travel done terrors and saccharine dreams".

It sees the prima instrumentality to the popular palette of her pre-pandemic albums, aft the homespun indie-folk of Evermore and Folklore, some released successful 2020.

But the subdued sounds of those records persists, and her late-night tales are painted successful much muted tones than hits similar Shake It Off and Lover.

Part of its occurrence is owed to a clever selling campaign, which saw the medium released successful aggregate collectible formats - including 4 vinyl editions which harvester to marque a clock.

But Billboard reported that Swift's Top 10 takeover would person been achieved by streams alone, earlier income and vigor play were counted.

Midnights debuted astatine fig 1 successful the US medium chart, selling 1.4 cardinal copies - with much than 1 cardinal of those connected CD and vinyl, an astir unheard of fig successful the streaming era.

The medium likewise tops the UK illustration with income of 204,000, making it the archetypal medium to ace the 200,000 income obstruction since Adele's 30 conscionable nether a twelvemonth ago.

Surprisingly, that fig represents the biggest first-week income of Swift's UK illustration career. Her erstwhile champion was for the medium 1989, which shifted 90,300 copies successful 2014.

However, she cannot replicate her domination of the US singles countdown - owed to a UK illustration regularisation that lone allows 3 songs by 1 creator to look successful the Top 100 astatine the aforesaid time.

Without that restriction, Swift would person had 8 of this week's apical 10 singles. Instead, she has to contented herself with being fig 1 (Anti-Hero), 3 (Lavender Haze) and 4 (Snow On The Beach).

Last week's fig one, Sam Smith's Unholy, clings connected astatine fig two, denying Swift a cleanable expanse astatine the apical of the charts.

Billboard mag said Swift's latest medium had helped her interruption respective records.

She present boasts the astir apical 10 hits among women successful the chart's history, with her full of 40 surpassing Madonna's 38. Amongst each acts, she trails lone Drake, who has 59 apical 10s.

Midnights is besides the archetypal medium successful past to spawn 10 apical 10 singles.

Swift besides broke records for the astir streams of a azygous medium successful 1 time connected Spotify, Apple and Amazon Music.

In the UK, Midnights sold 62,000 copies connected vinyl unsocial - the highest play merchantability for immoderate vinyl medium successful the 21st century.