U2 Snags Billboard Top Spot from Taylor Swift


The Irish rockers have scored their seventh No. 1 album, trailing the Beatles by earning a distinguished Billboard record. U2's impressive debut also knocks out country music starlet Taylor Swift from the coveted position. Read on to see where Swift's Fearless landed on the charts.

U2's No Line on the Horizon, selling 484,00 copies last week, is the band's seventh No. 1 album on The Billboard 200, making them the artist with the second-most No. 1s after the Beatles, says Billboard. U2 ties legendary rock band Led Zeppelin for the honor.

According to Billboard, Taylor Swift's chart-topping album was bumped down to the No. 2 spot, selling 52,000 albums for the week.