Taylor Swift Extends Record Atop Artist 100 Chart, DMX Debuts at No. 2

Taylor Swift jumps from No. 12 to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated April 24), reigning as the top musical act in the U.S. for a record-extending 47th week thanks to her new album Fearless (Taylor’s Version).
The set debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 291,000 equivalent album units earned, according to MRC Data, the largest week for any album this year. The LP lands Swift her ninth No. 1, tying Madonna for the second-most among women, after Barbra Streisand’s 11.