Taylor Swift Finds Company on the Top, as This Rapper Reaches Once in a Decade Milestone

Published 09/30/2024, 2:24 AM EDT

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From the tiniest corner store to the fanciest mansion in Tinseltown, one can bet there is a fan in every neighborhood who totally gets the magic of the Taylor Swift effect. Charts practically roll out the red carpet for this superstar, and every artist out there is itching to outshine her, knowing it is like a golden ticket to the top. And after a lot of grilling, Swift finally has some company at the summit, as this iconic rapper just snagged a once-in-a-decade milestone to match her prowess. 

Though Swift loves to rule the roost solo, fans might as well see for themselves who dared to crash her party and actually pulled it off.

Which rapper matched Taylor Swift’s run at the top?

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Future just scored his third #1 album of 2024 with the debut of ‘Mixtape Pluto,’ which has claimed the top spot on the Billboard chart for the week of October 5. Pop Base on X claims he is now the only artist this decade to join forces with Taylor Swift by landing three #1 albums in a single year. According to Luminate, this September 20 release racked up an impressive 129,000 equivalent album units in the US during the week ending September 26. 

Future kicked off 2024 with a bang, snagging two #1 hits alongside Metro Boomin: ‘We Don’t Trust You’ and ‘We Still Don’t Trust You.’ Of the total from ‘Mixtape Pluto,’ a whopping 118,500 came from streaming, 10,000 from actual album sales, and 500 from track equivalent albums. Meanwhile, Swift’s record-breaking ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ slipped just a tad, dropping from 6th to 7th on the Billboard 200 with 47,000 equivalent album sales. 

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While Swift is now sharing the spotlight with Future, her record-breaking release is still dishing out fresh variants. Even with some middle-of-the-road backlash, her fans just cannot get enough of it.

Taylor Swift’s latest variant for The Tortured Poets Department

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Everyone knows that Taylor Swift has a talent for whipping up all kinds of album variants, sometimes leading to whispers that she is trying to overshadow her peers. But her core fans are all about that Taylor Swift buffet. After her epic VMA sweep this year, she dropped a shiny new Dombresky remix of ‘I Can Do It With a Broken Heart’ from her 11th studio album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’

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Even though fans worry about the backlash from all the variants, this track hit home like never before, cementing its place on playlists everywhere for an endless loop. So, while Future may have matched Swift in one area and she is taking a little dip on the Billboard 200, her fans are still just as obsessed with the album as they were when it dropped back in April.

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Anushka Bhattacharya

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I'm Anushka Bhattacharya, an entertainment journalist at Netflix Junkie. Armed with a degree in literature, I once wielded my words to catalyze change within society through my work with NGOs. However, as I stumbled into the exuberant hole of crime thrillers and documentaries on Netflix, it was love at first sight and pushed me into entertainment journalism.

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