Taylor Swift has broken Madonna’s record as the female artist with the most No 1 albums in the UK, as her new live album Lover (Live From Paris) becomes her 13th chart-topper.
Featuring performances from the studio album of the same name, Lover (Live from Paris) is Swift’s fourth live album, and the first to reach No 1.
It took Swift until her fourth album, 2012’s Red, to score her first UK No 1, and her tally has since been helped by her project to rerecord her albums, with new versions of Fearless, Red, Speak Now and 1989 all topping the chart.
Lover (Live from Paris) has never been released on streaming services as a whole album (though its tracks are individually available), and it’s rare to get a No 1 album without streams.
The Super Bowl also propelled Lamar’s Drake diss track Not Like Us up the singles chart to No 2, the highest placing for any Lamar track, though Lola Young’s Messy remains at the top for a fourth week.
