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Taylor Swift\u2019s The Life of a Showgirl <\/em><\/a>has officially dethroned Adele\u2019s 25 <\/em>for the biggest opening week for an album in the streaming era, as Swift\u2019s latest record has surged to over 3.5 million album units this week so far.<\/p>\n According to Billboard, <\/em>which cites data from Luminate, The Life of a Showgirl <\/em>has sold an astounding 3.2 million copies alone, with an extra 300,000 units coming from streaming of the album. The combined 3.5 million is the biggest opening since Luminate began electronically documenting music sales back in 1991. Adele currently holds the record for most individual sales (not including streams) with over 3.3 million when 25 <\/em>debuted in 2015, though Swift still has another day of potential sales figures that could put her over the top.<\/p>\n More from The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n Swift\u2019s strong numbers shirk one of her more polarizing release weeks in years, with The Life of a Showgirl <\/em>garnering mixed critical reviews. Swifties clearly haven\u2019t cared, as the album quickly set records for most-streamed album in a day for 2025, and they\u2019ve clearly been more than willing to shell out extra for the several dozen different physical variants of the album Swift has dropped so far that have helped boost those strong album sales numbers.<\/p>\n Swift herself doesn\u2019t seem to mind the criticism either, telling Zane Lowe in an interview <\/a>this week that \u201cI welcome the chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe rule of show business is if it\u2019s the first week of my album release and you are saying either my name or my album title, you\u2019re helping,\u201d Swift said.<\/p>\n These are strong figures even for Swift, who is one of the only artists left who could reliably sell a million units in a week in a streaming era that has significantly brought album sales down. Last year\u2019s The Tortured Poets Department <\/em>opened with over 2.6 million units, while Midnights <\/em>opened with about 1.5 million units. Swift is dominating both the album charts and the box office, <\/a>with her theatrical Album Release Party making a combined 50.1 million domestically and oversees.<\/p>\n Final first-week numbers will be revealed this weekend. The number one is locked, and the question now becomes how much of the Hot 100 Swift will have to herself next week. Both Midnights <\/em>and The Tortured Poets Department <\/em>dominated the entire top-10 on that chart, and Life of a Showgirl <\/em>will likely do the same.<\/p>\n Best of The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for THR’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Taylor Swift\u2019s The Life of a Showgirl has officially dethroned Adele\u2019s 25 for the biggest opening week for an album in the streaming era, as Swift\u2019s latest record has surged to over 3.5 million album units this week so far. 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