Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ Tops Billboard 200 Chart For 17th Week

Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department sits at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for the 17th total week. Swift’s newly RIAA certified 6x-platinum album returned to the top of the charts last week after its deluxe Anthology edition was released on CD and vinyl exclusively at Target on Black Friday. Elsewhere in the Billboard 200 Top 10, ROSÉ’s debut solo album, rosie, debuts at No. 3, TWICE’s Strategy premieres at No. 4, and Sabrina Carpenter’s holiday album, Fruitcake, reenters the chart at No. 10 following its physical release. Kendrick Lamar’s GNX stays put at No. 2, Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet remains at No. 5, the Wicked film soundtrack drops three places to No. 6, Michael Bublé’s Christmas holds at No. 7, Bing Crosby’s Ultimate Christmas jumps up a spot to hit a new peak at No. 8, and Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft falls three spaces to No. 9. (Billboard)