Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl officially breaks Adele's record for the biggest opening week in history
The Life of a Showgirl has trumped Adele's record for the biggest opening week in history in the US.
Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl has now surpassed a record set by Adele's 25, achieving the biggest opening week in US history.
The 35-year-old pop megastar’s 12th studio album has shattered multiple records since its release on October 3. Now, the Shake It Off hitmaker has officially dethroned the Hello singer’s 2015 LP, surpassing 3.5 million album sales — including physical copies and streaming — according to music data giant Luminate.
In its debut week a decade ago, 25 opened with 3.378 million copies sold.
Within just 24 hours, The Life of a Showgirl shifted 2.7 million units in the US alone — marking the biggest single-day sales of Taylor’s career and the second-highest opening week total since Luminate began tracking in 1991, trailing only Adele’s 25 at the time.
The album also smashed Spotify’s all-time record for most-streamed album in a single day, while lead single The Fate of Ophelia became the most-streamed song in a single day in the platform’s history.
On vinyl, Taylor set a new benchmark by selling 1.2 million copies in one week, overtaking her own previous record set by The Tortured Poets Department.
