Taylor Swift has just become the first artist in history to have both a single and an album top the Billboard charts after the first week of release.

On August 3, Taylor Swift’s song Cardigan rose to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart while the album Folklore held the top spot on the Billboard 200. This is an achievement that no singer has ever achieved.

The song “Cardigan” by Taylor Swift

Folklore – Taylor’s 8th studio album released on July 24 – has continuously broken records. With sales of 846,000 copies in the first week of release, Folklore became the best-selling album of the year. This is Taylor’s seventh consecutive album to top the Billboard 200.

Taylor Swift had unexpected success with her album released during the pandemic.

Taylor Swift had unexpected success with her album released during the pandemic.

All 16 songs on this album entered the Billboard Hot 100, including three songs in the Top 10: Cardigan (number 1), The One (number 4) and Exile (number 6). With this remarkable number, Taylor is the female artist with the most singles on the Billboard Hot 100 in history with 113 songs.

Taylor Swift composed, recorded and filmed music videos for the album Folklore while she was quarantined to avoid the Covid-19 epidemic. Without any previous revelations, the 30-year-old star surprised fans when he suddenly released the album at the end of July. Folklore has an indie folk sound – a music genre influenced by folk music. Classic, narrative country music and songs. Regarding lyrics, Folklore includes a series of songs recreating the love triangle story from the middle of the last century between girl Betty and boy James and his lover Inez. Taylor immerses listeners in a love story filled with beautiful, sad and tragic memories. Folklore received much praise from music critics and is considered by many to be the best album of Taylor Swift’s career.