Taylor Swift beats Whitney Houston's record on the Billboard 200

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(CNN) -

Taylor Swift surpassed Whitney Houston as the woman who has spent the longest number of weeks at No.

1 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart.

Swift's latest

has stayed on top for seven non-consecutive weeks, giving her a total of 47 weeks, one more than Houston.

Swift had a recent boost after the Academy Awards for Country Music, where she performed

"Betty"

 live and released it as a single shortly thereafter.

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Houston peaked at No.

1 with his debut at

in 1986, followed by

,

soundtrack,

and

.

Adele is in third place.

The Billboard 200 features the most popular albums in America based on sales.

The chart for October 3 will be released on Tuesday.

Billboard also shares chart news on @billboard and @billboardcharts on Twitter and Instagram.

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