Taylor Swift Just Broke Shania Twain’s 97-Week Record!

Taylor Swift just broke Shania Twain’s 97-week record on the country album charts!

[{"selector":"#anim-e555c871-9e69-47b8-ac38-19109de70c55","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a6f9a8b1-5811-4254-a6c5-db632cf7f538","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(114.82649%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-682b4d66-8584-434e-8f93-cb4519b2d9ef","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Swift has become the female artist with the most weeks spent in #1 on the Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart.

[{"selector":"#anim-0b1e655d-c557-4273-acc4-7d1a7ca04f8f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-866faa78-0d4d-4f9b-aaec-2eb01ae7c2c9","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(115.45741%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1a760b02-1552-4680-935d-f5638ed634bc","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Swift’s albums have now spent 99 weeks on the charts, beating Shania Twain’s record of 97 weeks.

[{"selector":"#anim-8c528136-8f33-4495-8e0c-dda1a52bd432","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3700bffb-76c4-4e60-8e7a-5f9815690ab4","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(114.82649%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-9ce8419e-33dc-479c-aebd-a1cb98562d4d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Shania Twain took to Twitter on Thursday to congratulate Swift on the achievement!

[{"selector":"#anim-1e4b51b2-4993-4056-9a1d-00a7fb33720f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7696c8f9-af86-4d95-bba6-fc7583c776db","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(114.82649%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-bc632b6b-82ac-408d-a47b-2c8b98650b65","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

“Let’s Go Girls!!!!” she wrote. “Proud of you @taylorswift.”

[{"selector":"#anim-60f04376-df9e-40c4-83df-783b273356ca","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-efa6f88d-a22e-4fe3-a1b3-5a459feafb47","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(114.82649%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4dd70c59-06dd-41e0-9684-590345e9aeff","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

“Historical records are meant to be made and then broken,” she continued.

[{"selector":"#anim-70748dba-ea1e-4279-8cc6-2319fb4f3670","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-07964ba2-492a-437f-95cc-60e66a7f9043","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(114.82649%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d807617d-b66a-4899-8e43-07accf96dc69","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

“The baton is meant to be passed on to new generations,” she added.

[{"selector":"#anim-69bfd070-43e2-4e7c-afd2-49df8b9cbd44","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8b158309-0f4d-41b8-a37e-633b635bfc55","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(115.45741%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-14dc3746-236d-4cd7-8234-c0a718d93653","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

“Unstoppable young female country artists are [fire emoji] in spite of the hurdles #trailblazers.”

[{"selector":"#anim-e2214701-4b05-4899-a554-b2125a877154","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e2b936b3-ec54-4190-bb5b-07678d1bca74","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(114.82649%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-10a04006-c220-4b3a-a006-263bee0e5cd8","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Swift is still behind Garth Brooks (169 weeks), Alabama (125 weeks), and Willie Nelson (106 weeks).

[{"selector":"#anim-b99d4051-9b4d-4391-b58a-14ea4c65df83","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-62bb8471-fd15-4419-b63b-c386c69c64cd","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(115.77287%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ec716ed5-9060-4fd4-b71b-bb9fd686326a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Learn more