Taylor Swift scores second week at US No.1 with 'reputation'

'Look What You Made Me Do' singer is first female artist since Adele to have two consecutive weeks at the top of the album charts

Taylor Swift released her sixth studio album 'reputation' this year (Getty)

Taylor Swift has held onto her position at the top of the US album charts after reputation added another 256,000 album sales in its second week on the Billboard 200.

Swift's sixth album reputation went platinum in its opening week, selling 1.2 million copies and becoming 2017's best-selling album.

After being held off streaming services such as Spotify and Tidal, it went onto sell a further 232,000 traditional copies to hold onto the top spot.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the US based on a combination of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums.

Swift is the first female artist since Adele to spend two consecutive weeks at No.1, according to Billboard. It is also the first album to spend multiple weeks at No.1 in four months, since Jay Z

Despite the release of several new Christmas albums and Disney soundtracks, Swift is expected to keep reputation at the top of the charts for a third week.

Critics reacted positively to her sixth studio record, praising the production and Swift's talent as a songwriter.

The Independent recently placed it as one of the top 30 albums of 2017 - see the full list here.