Taylor Swift topped the British music charts on Friday with "The Tortured Poets Department", outselling the rest of the top ten combined and beating the Beatles for the record of fastest artist to rack up 12 UK number one albums.

Taylor Swift's latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, has topped the UK charts with the biggest first-week sales in seven years. The 31-track double album shifted 270,000 UK chart units in seven days,

Some Swifties believe The 1975 singer inspired "The Tortured Poets' Department," but he hasn't offered any specifics.