Taylor Swift is celebrating her recent success on the Billboard charts.
On Saturday (July 20), the 34-year-old pop superstar thanked Swifties for helping her latest album. Department of Tormented Poetsreigned for 12 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
“I also wanted to say to everyone who is being supported Department of Tormented PoetsI am totally amazed at what you did,” Swift wrote Instagram along with a gallery of recent Eras tour photos. “It stayed at #1 for the first 12 weeks of its release and that's never happened to an album of mine before, not even close!! You're just the best.”
Earlier in the week, Swift's 31-track collection surpassed Whitney Houston's 1987 album, Whitneyto become the only album by a woman to spend its first 12 weeks at the top of the Billboard 200. It also marked a career best for Swift, whose 1989 and Fearless The releases each spent 11 weeks at No. 1. Only two other albums have spent at least the first 12 weeks at No. 1: Morgan Wallen's One thing at a time and Stevie Wonder's Songs in the key of life.
Swift's celebratory social media post came after the trio's Eras tour concerts at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany from July 17-19.
“Those 3 Gelsenkirchen crowds were AMAZING and so thoughtful??? There were signs and paper hearts, the 'betty' wave and tons of DIY 'willow' globes made from balloons + phone lenses. Thank you!!!” Swift wrote on Instagram.
The “Anti-Hero” singer's boyfriend, Travis Kelce, was in the audience at all of her shows in Germany. Fans spotted the Kansas City Chiefs dancing together at the concert and proudly videotaping his superstar girlfriend singing “So High School” on her opening night in Gelsenkirchen and escorting her out of the backstage area on the second night.
Swift will then travel to Hamburg for two concerts at the city's Volksparkstadion from July 23-24 and Munich's Olympiastadion from July 27-28. Paramore will open on each of the dates. Once the European leg of her Eras trek is over, she'll return to the US and Canada for one final victory lap in November and December.
Check out Swift's Instagram post here.
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