Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' is one of her biggest albums on the Billboard 200. Here's how her others rank.

Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Taylor Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl" has spent 10 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It surpasses "Folklore" as her third-longest reign atop the chart. "The Tortured Poets Department" holds the record in Swift's catalog with 17 weeks at No. 1. Taylor Swift gave us fair warning in her newest album: "I'm married to the hustle." Swift's 12th studio album, " The Life of a Showgirl ," not only broke the record for the biggest sales week ever , but it also continued to amass sales and streams in the US for over two months after its release. After seven consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 , "Showgirl" returned for another three weeks atop the all-genre album chart. The impressive tally comes just one year after Swift set a personal-best chart record with " The Tortured Poets Department ." Keep reading for a ranking of her 16 studio albums (including both originals and rerecords) based on their Billboard 200 performances. 10. "Taylor Swift" Billboard 200 peak: No. 5 Swift's self-titled debut is the only studio album in her catalog that hasn't reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200. "Taylor Swift" debuted at No. 19 and scaled the chart for more than a year, peaking at No. 5 in 2008. 9 (tie). "Lover" Billboard 200 peak: No. 1 for one week Swift's seventh studio album was the first one that she owned outright, thanks to her new label contract with UMG. "Lover" was promoted by several singles, including " You Need to Calm Down ," " The Archer ," and " The Man ." Four years later, after Swift kicked off the Eras Tour with "Cruel Summer" near the top of the set list , the fan-favorite song climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained there for four weeks, becoming the album's biggest hit. 9 (tie). "Red (Taylor's Version)" Billboard 200 peak: No. 1 for one week The extended tracklist for " Red (Taylor's Version) " included the storied extended cut of "All Too Well," a longtime fan-favorite song in Swift's catalog. "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" was released alongside a short film directed by Swift and promoted by a convention-breaking performance on "Saturday Night Live." It became the longest song to reach No. 1 in the history of the Hot 100. 8 (tie). "Fearless (Taylor's Version)" Billboard 200 peak: No. 1 for two weeks "Fearless" was the first rerecorded album that Swift ever released. The "Taylor's Version" series was inspired by the sale of Swift's masters to Scooter Braun in 2019, which she described as her "worst case scenario" in a passionate open letter. Swift decided to remake and rerelease her first six albums in a bid to reclaim ownership of her life's work. (Braun later sold Swift's masters to a private-equity company.) In addition to faithfully recreating each tracklist , Swift decided to add never-before-heard songs "from...

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