 Taylor Swift, with a big new personal chart record, her album The Tortured Poets Department No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for her 12th week, which is now her longest running No. 1. The albums 1989 and Fearless both spent 11 weeks atop the chart. Tortured Poets Department hit No. 1 when it debuted May 4th and has been No. 1 ever since. Another record, it's the first album by a woman to spend its first 12 weeks at No. 1. Whitney Houston's 1987 album Whitney was the previous leader with 11 weeks. Jason Adelson, ABC News.