Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' makes history by selling 4 million copies in first week

That's show business for you! Taylor Swift's 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," has officially sold 4.002 million equivalent album units - which includes album sales and streaming activity - in its first week in the U.S. That is the biggest first week in modern music history; at least, according to Luminate, the industry data and analytics company that began tracking sales in 1991.

via: https://www.kbtx.com/2025/10/14/taylor-swifts-life-showgirl-makes-history-by-selling-4-million-copies-first-week/