Taylor Swift makes Australian chart history

It's a Taylor Swift sweep of the Australian charts, as well Department of Tormented Poets and “Fortnight” blasts to No.1.

Tormented Poets opens at its top ARIA Albums Chartposted on Friday April 26, for her lucky 13th captain in these parts.

With this result, Swift boasts the most No. 1 albums by a solo female artist in the history of the ARIA chart, moving ahead of Madonna to claim third place.

The all-time leader among acts with the most number-one albums in Australia is Jimmy Barnes with 15 as a solo artist (he had another five with Cold Chisel), followed by The Beatles with 14.

Meanwhile, Swift doubles up the chart with Post Malone's “Fortnight” opening at No. 1 on the ARIA Singles Chart, her 12th chart-topper. With dozens of chart-topping singlesSwift ranks third on the all-time chart here, behind Elvis Presley (No. 14) and The Beatles (No. 26).

At the same time, she becomes the first artist to own the entire top 10 on the singles chart and sets a new mark for most top 50 singles, with 29 in the current frame. That beats the old record of 20, set by Drake in 2021 and herself in 2023.

All 31 tracks from the double album impact the top 100, with “Robin” lowest at No. 55. Three older songs are in the top 100 (“Cruel Summer,” “Anti Hero” and “Lover”), meaning that Swift has more than a third of all songs in the top 100 (34). The previous record was 32 in one week, ARIA reports, held by Michael Jackson and Taylor.

Swift, whose The Eras tour visited Australia in late 2023 for seven concerts, he is the only artist in ARIA history to replace himself at No.1 on the national albums chart.

He's done it three times, including this month Tormented poets replacing Lover (earlier, in 2023, Speak Now (Taylor Version) replaced Midnight; and in March 2024, Lover replaced Midnight).

According to a statement issued late Friday by Universal Music Australia, Tormented poets is the best-selling vinyl album in ARIA history and the most-streamed LP in its opening week.

Remarkably, only two of the US pop star's studio or re-recorded albums have failed to reach the summit in Australia — her self-titled debut, Taylor Swift (increased to No. 33 in 2006) and Fearless (No. 2 in 2008). Fearless (Taylor Edition) however, it rose to the top in 2021.

In non-TTPD ARIA Chart news, Pearl Jam bows at No. 2 with Dark matter, the 12th studio album from the Seattle rock legends. Pearl Jam had eight No.1 albums in Australia: Vs. in 1993, Vitalogy in 1994, No code in 1996, Production performance in 1998, Binaural in 2000, Riot Act In 2002, Backspacer in 2009 and Lightning strike in 2013. Dark matter is the continuation of 2020 Gigatonwhich reached No. 3.