Taylor Swift Secures Her 12th Number 1 Spot on Billboard 200

The American pop star Taylor Swift recently topped the 'Billboard 200' main album chart for the 12th time with her re-recorded album 'Speak Now - Taylor's Version'. The photo shows Swift attending an official event at the Toronto International Film Festival last September. provided by Reuters

American pop star Taylor Swift, 34, recently set a new record by claiming her 12th number 1 spot on Billboard's main chart, the Billboard 200, with her re-recorded album.

Universal Music announced on the 21st that Swift released her re-recorded album "Speak Now - Taylor's Version" on the 7th, which simultaneously achieved the number 1 spot on the Billboard 200. With this achievement, Swift has become the female artist with the most number 1 spots on the Billboard 200 in history. "Speak Now - Taylor's Version" is a re-recorded version of the album of the same name released in 2010. It has sold a total of 716,000 copies, recording the highest sales volume this year.

Swift has already set multiple records in the pop music world. She is the first artist to simultaneously hold all the spots from 1 to 10 on Billboard's 'Hot 100', the female artist with the most songs on the 'Hot 100' (212 songs), the first female artist to place three songs from different albums within the 'Hot 100' top 10, and the first female artist to score number 1 on the 'Billboard 200' with three albums within a year.