One week in, “The Life of a Showgirl” has taken over the world, and Taylor Swift has once again redefined global superstardom. Here’s some of the records she’s broken so far:
• Biggest first-week sales for an album in US history
• Biggest first-day sales for an album in US history, by nearly 1 million more than the closest competition
• Biggest single-day song streams in Spotify history
• Biggest single-week song streams in Spotify history
• Fastest song in history to surpass 100 million Spotify streams
• Fastest album in history to have all its songs surpass 50 million Spotify streams
• Fastest album in history to reach #1 on Apple Music in 100 countries
• Highest average streams per track for any album in Spotify history
• Only artist this century to simultaneously top the song, album, and movie charts in the US in the same week
• Only album in history to debut with an average of 20 million streams per song on Spotify
• Only album in history to occupy the entire top 10 on global Spotify for multiple days
• Only album in history to occupy the entire top 10 on global Spotify for an entire week
• Only album in history to debut all its tracks in the top 20 on US Apple Music
• Only album in history to occupy the entire top 12 on US Apple Music for multiple days
• Only album in history to occupy the entire top 12 on Global Apple Music for multiple days
• Only album in history to occupy the entire top 12 on the ARIA Singles Chart (Australia)
• Only international artist in history to debut at #1 on Germany’s single and album charts simultaneously
• Only artist to have four albums sell 1 million vinyl copies in the US this century
• Only artist to have eight albums sell over 1 million units in a single week in the US
• Only artist with twelve #1 albums on the official Irish Albums Chart
• Only song in history to debut directly in the top 10 of the Billboard Pop Airplay Chart
• Most pre-saved album in Spotify history
• Most simultaneous top-10 entries in Germany singles-chart history
• Most streamed album in a single day in German history
• Most streamed album in a single week in German history
• Most streamed female artist in 24 hours in German history
• Most streamed female artist in a single week in German history
• Best-selling vinyl in a single day in German history
• Best-selling vinyl in a single week in German history
• Biggest album debut for any international solo act in Germany this century
• Biggest first-day album sales for an international solo act in Germany this century
• Bigges first-week sales for a female album in France this decade
• Biggest first-week sales for an album in the UK this decade
• Biggest first-day sales for a female album of the decade in France
• Biggest single-day artist streams globally in 2025
• Biggest single-day album streams on Apple Music in 2025
• Biggest single-day song streams on Apple Music in 2025
• Biggest first-day album streams on Amazon Music in history (set in 2025)
• Biggest first-day album sales on iTunes in 2025
• Fastest album to sell 1 million vinyl copies in the US this century
• Fastest song to sell 500,000 units in the US in 2025
• Biggest single-day album streams on Spotify in 2025
• Biggest single-week album streams on Spotify in 2025
‘The Life of a Showgirl’ by Taylor Swift is projected to debut at #1 in the US with 4.005 million units, @HITSDD reports.
It’s the biggest debut of all time.
Taylor Swift's 'The Life of A Showgirl' officially breaks the all-time record for biggest first week sales for any album in US history, surpassing Adele's '25'.
Tonight all these lives converge here
The mosaics of laughter and cocktails of tears
Where fraternal souls sing identical things
And it’s beautiful
It’s rapturous.
It is frightening.
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I can’t tell you how proud I am to share this with you, an album that just feels so right. A forever thank you goes out to my mentors and friends Max and Shellback for helping me paint this self portrait.
If you thought the big show was wild, perhaps you should come and take a look behind the curtain...
The Life of a Showgirl is out now.
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Album Producers: Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift
📸: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
I know I haven’t been here in ages, I kinda just sit and #TayLurking….
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