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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 debut sales week ever, but it also continued to amass sales and streams in the US for months after its release. After seven consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, "Showgirl" returned for another five atop the all-genre album chart, surpassing "Fearless" and "1989" as Swift's second-longest reign. The impressive tally comes shortly 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. 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. 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. 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.
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