Folklore

Folklore (2020) (stylized in all lowercase) is the eighth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was surprise-released on July 24, 2020, through Republic Records.

In the US, Folklore topped the Billboard 200 chart for eight weeks, becoming the longest-charting album at number one of 2020. With Folklore, Swift became the first woman with seven number-one debuts, the first act in Nielsen SoundScan history since 1991 to have seven albums each sell 500,000 or more copies in a week, the first woman since Barbra Streisand to have 6 albums each spend multiple weeks at number one, the first solo or female artist (and second after the Beatles) to have 5 albums each top the chart for at least six weeks, and the first musician in the 21st century to have six albums each spend at least four weeks at number one.