Taylor Swift becomes the first act to spend 100 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 Chart

Taylor Swift does Advertising sign chart history, becoming the first artist to spend 100 total weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100.

The Artist 100 measures artist activity across key music consumption metrics: album sales, track sales, radio play and streaming. Using a methodology that includes these metrics, the chart provides a weekly multidimensional ranking of artists' popularity.

Advertising sign released the Artist 100 in July 2014. Since then, Swift's No. 1 streak is more than double that of any other act. Here's an updated look at the artists with the most weeks spent at No. 1 (through the most recent survey, March 2, 2024).

Most Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100:
100, Taylor Swift
38, Drake
28, The Weeknd
21, BTS
20, Adele
15, Ariana Grande
15, Ed Sheeran
14, Justin Bieber
14, Post Malone
13, Morgan Wallen
12, Billie Eilish

Swift continues her tear atop the Artist 100 thanks to the continued success of her catalog. Her music generated the most streams of any artist in the tracking week of February 16-22, according to Luminate, while she was also the most-streamed artist at radio and the best-selling artist, both combined album and digital song discounts.

This chart dominance has resulted in two songs currently on the Billboard Hot 100 – “Cruel Summer” at No. 7 and “Is It Over Now? (Taylor Edition) [From the Vault]» at No. 18 – and 10 albums on the Billboard 200: No. 6, 1989 (Taylor Edition); No. 7, Lover; No. 9, Midnight; No. 15, Folklore; No. 21, reputation; No. 29, Speak Now (Taylor Version); No. 31, Red (Taylor Edition); No. 34, Forever; No. 58, Fearless (Taylor Edition); and No. 65, 1989.

As Swift spends a landmark 100th week at No. 1 on the Artist 100, she also logs a landmark 500th overall week on the chart. She is the second-longest-serving actress in the list's history, behind Drake, who reached the spot four weeks ago.

Here's a breakdown of the metrics contributing to Swift's historic week on the Artist 100.

Flow

Swift continues her run at No. 1 on the Artist 100 due, in large part, to her total streaming intakes. From February 16 to 22, Swift's catalog garnered a total of 319.4 million official on-demand streams in the U.S., according to Luminate (includes songs credited to the lead artist). This makes her the most streamed artist of the week.

Her most-streamed songs during that time: “Cruel Summer” (13.7 million), “Is It Over Now (Taylor's Version) [From the Vault]” (7.6 million), “Anti-Hero” (7.5 million), “Lover” (6.7 million) and “Karma,” featuring Ice Spice (6 million).

Radio Airplay

Swift was also the most played artist on radio February 16-22. Swift's songs earned a total of 177.3 million radio impressions during that time.

Top-grossing songs: “Is It Over Now” (49.8 million, making it the fifth-most-streamed song across all formats, as reflected on the Radio Songs chart), “Cruel Summer” (48.4 million, the sixth most-song played overall), “Anti-Hero” (16.5 million), “Karma” (10.3 million) and “Blank Space” (28.3 million).

Swift is also currently ranked on the following radio charts:

Pop Airplay: “Is It Over Now?” (No. 4) and “Cruel Summer” (No. 12)
Adult Pop Airplay: “Cruel Summer” (No. 3) and “Is It Over Now?” (No. 4)
Adult Contemporary: “Cruel Summer” (No. 1 for fifth week), “Anti-Hero” (No. 5), “Is It Over Now?” (No. 17) and “Bad Blood (Taylor's Version)” (No. 29)
Dance/Mix Show Airplay: “Is It Over Now?” (No. 22)

album consumption

Swift is additionally the top artist of the week in terms of album consumption. Her albums earned a total of 297,000 equivalent album units in the final week of tracking, the largest total among all acts.

Here's a breakdown of February 16-22 album sales:

Total album sales: 60,000, most among any artist
Vinyl sales: 33,000, most among all artists
CD sales: 20,000, most among all artists

Swift's best-selling albums of the week: 1989 (Taylor Edition) (Sold 11,000 copies, is No. 3 on the Top Selling Albums Chart), Lover (9,000, No. 4), Midnight (7,000; No. 7), Folklore (7,000; No. 8) and Forever (5,000, No. 15).

As for her best-selling albums on vinyl: Folklore (6,000, No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums Chart), 1989 (Taylor Edition) (5,000; No. 2), Lover (5,000; No. 5), Midnight (4,000; No. 8) and Forever (3,000, No. 11).

Digital song sales

Finally, Swift is also the week's best-selling artist in terms of digital song sales. Swift's songs sold a total of 36,000 downloads between February 16 and 22.

Her top-selling songs in that tracking period: “Cruel Summer,” “Anti-Hero,” “You're Losing Me (From the Vault)” (2,000 each), “Karma” (1,000) and “ Love Story (Taylor's Version)' (1,000 each).