"Poets" delivered the biggest opening week for an album in the UK in seven years, and means Swift ties Madonna for female artist with the most UK no. 1 albums in Official Albums Chart history.
"No other artist has notched up 12 no. 1 albums in such a short space of time. Taylor Swift has done it in 11 years and 6 months," the Official Charts Company said. "This surpasses The Beatles, who managed the feat in 14 years and 1 month."
Swift’s first single from the album "Fortnight", a collaboration with Post Malone, topped the UK singles chart.
"Poets" also topped charts in Australia and is set to do the same in the U.S.
Soon after its release last Friday, Spotify and Amazon Music said the recording was their most streamed album in a day.
On Wednesday, Spotify said "Poets" was its most-streamed album in a single week, surpassing 1 billion streams.