 Taylor Swift with a big new personal chart record. Her album, The Tortured Poets Department, number one on the Billboard 200 album chart for a 12th week, which is now her longest running number one. The albums 1989 and Fearless both spent 11 weeks atop the chart. Tortured Poets Department hit number one when it debuted May 4th and has been number one ever since. Another record, it's the first album by a woman to spend its first 12 weeks at number one. Whitney Houston's 1987 album, Whitney, was the previous leader with 11 weeks. Jason Adelson, ABC News.