Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl has been named as the biggest-selling global album of 2025 as part of the IFPI’s annual review.
Released in October 2025, Swift’s 12th studio album scored a whopping 6.05 million units across physical, digital and streaming. It’s the second year in a row that Swift has taken the prize following 2024’s The Tortured Poets Department, which topped that year’s count.
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The LP hit the No. 1 spot on the IFPI’s Global Album Chart, Global Album Sales Chart and Global Vinyl Album Chart with Swift breaking her own vinyl sales record for the fourth consecutive year.
Upon release, The Life of a Showgirl spent 12 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and scored the largest week for an album by equivalent album units earned (4.002 million) in its opening-week debut. Adele’s 25 (2015) previously held the record with 3.482 million units.
Earlier this week it was announced that Swift had topped the Global Artist Chart, while ROSÉ and Bruno Mars hit No. 1 on the Global Songs Chart with “APT.” The IFPI reports sales figures from over 8,000 labels across the globe.
Morgan Wallen’s I’m The Problem came in at No. 2, while the OST to KPop Demon Hunters – which features hit single “Golden” – landed at No. 3. Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS hit No. 4 and Sabrina Carpenter rounded out the top five with Short n’ Sweet. See the full rundown below.
Besides Swift, the Global Album Sales Chart was made up entirely of non-western artists, showing the strength of the physical market in countries such as South Korea, Japan, China and more. K-pop acts Stray Kids (Karma, No. 2), SEVENTEEN (HAPPY BURSTDAY, No. 3) and ENHYPEN (DESIRE: UNLEASH, No. 5) all performed strongly.
Morgan Wallen emerged triumphant on the Global Streaming Album Chart in 2025 with I’m The Problem, followed by Bad Bunny, KPop Demon Hunters, SZA, Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish and Lady Gaga.
Following Swift on the Global Vinyl Sales Chart was Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend (No. 2) and Kendrick Lamar’s GNX (No. 3). Elsewhere catalogue releases from Fleetwood Mac, Michael Jackson, Pink Floyd, The Beatles all land inside the top 20. Radiohead’s 1997 LP OK Computer makes an appearance at No. 15 following the unlikely success of “Let Down” on the Billboard Hot 100 (No. 91).
Top 20 IFPI Global Album Chart 2025
Position
Artist
Album
1
Taylor Swift
The Life of a Showgirl
2
Morgan Wallen
I’m The Problem
3
K Pop Demon Hunters
K Pop Demon Hunters
4
Bad Bunny
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
5
Sabrina Carpenter
Short n’ Sweet
6
Stray Kids
KARMA
7
SZA
SOS
8
Billie Eilish
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
9
Lady Gaga
MAYHEM
10
Mrs. GREEN APPLE
10
11
Kendrick Lamar
GNX
12
SEVENTEEN
HAPPY BURSTDAY
13
Tate McRae
So Close To What
14
The Weeknd
Hurry Up Tomorrow
15
Sabrina Carpenter
Man’s Best Friend
16
ENHYPEN
DESIRE : UNLEASH
17
Chappell Roan
The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
18
Gracie Abrams
The Secret of Us
19
ROSÉ
rosie
20
Taylor Swift
THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT
(source: IFPI)
Top 20 IFPI Global Album Sales Chart 2025
This chart considers sales of physical albums and full album downloads, and is calculated based on the number of units sold. To qualify as an album for charts purposes, a release must contain a minimum of five tracks (exclusive of remixes or alternative versions of the same track).
Position
Artist
Album
Units
1
Taylor Swift
The Life of a Showgirl
6.05m
2
Stray Kids
KARMA
3.49m
3
SEVENTEEN
HAPPY BURSTDAY
2.63m
4
ENHYPEN
DESIRE : UNLEASH
2.13m
5
Snow Man
THE BEST 2020 – 2025
1.67m
6
TOMORROW X TOGETHER
The Star Chapter: TOGETHER
1.62m
7
ZEROBASEONE
NEVER SAY NEVER
1.52m
8
Hua Chen Yu
Liang Bian Lin Jie Dian
1.49m
9
IVE
IVE EMPATHY
1.49m
10
G-Dragon
Übermensch
1.37m
11
NCT WISH
COLOR
1.36m
12
ZEROBASEONE
BLUE PARADISE
1.33m
13
&TEAM
Back to Life
1.30m
14
Snow Man
Onkochishin
1.21m
15
RIIZE
ODYSSEY
1.17m
16
aespa
Rich Man
1.13m
17
NCT WISH
poppop
1.13m
18
BOYNEXTDOOR
No Genre
1.12m
19
Mrs. GREEN APPLE
10
1.11m
20
IVE
IVE SECRET
1.07m
(source: IFPI)
Top 20 IFPI Global Streaming Album Chart 2025
This chart includes consumption of an album across both free and paid streaming formats, translated into chart units by IFPI according to a rigorous methodology based on the relative economics of each format in each region globally. To qualify as an album for charts purposes, a release must contain a minimum of five tracks (exclusive of remixes or alternative versions of the same track).
Position
Artist
Album
1
Morgan Wallen
I’m The Problem
2
Bad Bunny
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
3
K Pop Demon Hunters
K Pop Demon Hunters
4
SZA
SOS
5
Sabrina Carpenter
Short n’ Sweet
6
Billie Eilish
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
7
Lady Gaga
MAYHEM
8
Taylor Swift
The Life of a Showgirl
9
Tate McRae
So Close To What
10
Kendrick Lamar
GNX
11
Mrs. GREEN APPLE
10
12
The Weeknd
Hurry Up Tomorrow
13
PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake
$ome $exy $ongs 4 U
14
Taylor Swift
THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT
15
ROSÉ
rosie
16
Gracie Abrams
The Secret of Us
17
Noah Kahan
Stick Season
18
Chappell Roan
The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
19
Alex Warren
You’ll Be Alright, Kid
20
Sabrina Carpenter
Man’s Best Friend
(source: IFPI)
Top 20 IFPI Global Vinyl Album Chart 2025
This chart considers sales of vinyl albums only, and is calculated based on the number of units sold. To qualify as an album for charts purposes, a release must contain a minimum of five tracks (exclusive of remixes or alternative versions of the same track).
Position
Artist
Album
Units
1
Taylor Swift
The Life of a Showgirl
2,336k
2
Sabrina Carpenter
Man’s Best Friend
539k
3
Kendrick Lamar
GNX
504k
4
Sabrina Carpenter
Short n’ Sweet
441k
5
Billie Eilish
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
428k
6
Lady Gaga
MAYHEM
367k
7
The Weeknd
Hurry Up Tomorrow
319k
8
Tyler, The Creator
IGOR
296k
9
Fleetwood Mac
Rumours
296k
10
Michael Jackson
Thriller
277k
11
Pink Floyd
The Dark Side of The Moon
223k
12
Taylor Swift
Lover – Live From Paris
220k
13
The Beatles
Abbey Road
218k
14
Chappell Roan
The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
197k
15
Radiohead
OK Computer
193k
16
Wicked Movie Cast
Wicked: For Good – The Soundtrack
190k
17
Nirvana
Nevermind
188k
18
Morgan Wallen
I’m The Problem
187k
19
KPop Demon Hunters
K Pop Demon Hunters
185k
20
Queen
Greatest Hits
184k
(source: IFPI)
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