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Taylor Swift beats Drake and… The Beatles!

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2022-11-06 10:45:01

Taylor Swift made history by becoming the first person to make the entire Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100!

Taylor Swift beats Drake and... The Beatles!

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The Anti-Hero track landed at #1, and nine other tracks from the Midnights album round out the top ten!

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The album has topped the Billboard 200 and is coming off its biggest week in seven years.

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This means the singer has overtaken Drake, who occupied nine of the top ten spots in the Top 10 for one whiole week in September 2021.

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It is also worth noting that in 1964, five Beatles songs had occupied the Top 5.

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Swift can now boast the most Top 10 hits among women on the chart with a total of 40, surpassing Madonna, who has 38.

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In the case of Drake, he has 59 Top 10s in his pocket!

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So Taylor Swift had one of the most historic weeks in the 64-year history of the Billboard Hot 100.

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However, one can point out the difference between the music industries of yesterday and today, and the consumer and broadcast industries...

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...making it difficult to compare Taylor Swift and the Beatles, for example, within a system like Billboard's.

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