It may sound like a broken record, but Taylor Swift has broken another record. Huh - that's kind of funny. Her album, "The Tortured Poets Department," just topped the Billboard album chart for a 12th consecutive week. NPR's Anastasia Tsioulcas explains why this particular streak is meaningful.

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