Taylor Swift launched her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, and it’s set the internet ablaze. The album seemingly throws shade at other famous pop stars and reads like a teenager’s diary. Is Taylor Swift’s stardom disconnecting her from people outside her cult?
The difference is that when 25 dropped it was 3 million people buying a copy, with Taylor it’s 100,000 of her fans bulk buying 30 variants of the same album https://t.co/VI9e0Mh8Mu
Swifties were quick to pounce on the album – on just its release day, Oct. 3, 2025, The Life of a Showgirl sold a whopping 2.7 million copies of physical and digital versions of the album, according to initial reports from Luminate, as reported by Billboard.
Standing at around 3.4M copies sold during the writing of this article, it looks like Swift will be breaking the record held by Adele’s 25
Love her or hate her, there is no denying that Taylor Swift has cemented herself as this generation’s biggest showgirl. With each release and tour making headlines, Swift is constantly breaking records and even contributing to the U.S.’s GDP.
All Records The Life of a Showgirl Broke in Its First Week
If you thought that the first-week sales record is the only thing the Swifties are contributing to, think again. Here is a list of other sales records broken by the release of The Life of a Showgirl (via US Magazine):
Not just sales, but here are the streaming records broken by The Life of a Showgirl (via US Magazine):
Taylor Swift’s rise will be studied one day, but meanwhile, here are the other artists who have held the first-week album sales record in the past.
Artists Who Set Records For Highest First-Week US Album Sales
It’s been close to ten years since the release of Adele’s 25, so here’s a list of artists who have set records for the highest first-week US album sales.
Would we be wrong in assuming that, over time, this list will be taken over entirely by Taylor Swift? Despite physical media making a resurgence over the past few years, it appears that only Swifties are the bulk of the orders.
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The Life of a Showgirl is available to stream on all major streaming platforms in the U.S.
