Singer Taylor Swift Races Past Nicki Minaj To Set New Billboard Record

American singerTaylor Swift has set the record for the mostBillboard Hot 100 entries by women, overtaking rapperNicki Minaj to accomplish the feat.

According to new reports,Taylor Swift now has 113 songs on the Hot 100 whileNicki Minaj boasts 110 songs on the same chart category.

Additionally, Taylor’s hit singleCardigan debuted at number 1 on the Hot 100 as all her 16 songs on the standard edition of her albumFolklore also made their way to the chart, giving her a boost from 97 to 113 career-charted titles.

Written and recorded during the COVID-19 lockdown,Folklore marks Taylor’s shift from the pop sound that has dominated her last three albums.

It achieved 80.6 million streams in a single day (the highest ever tally for a female artist), selling 846,000 copies to become the bestselling record of the year after just seven days on sale.

The artist has also become the first in US history to have seven albums sell more than 50,000 copies in a single week, and the first female artist to have seven albums debut at number one.