{"id":2078805,"date":"2025-10-09T06:45:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T06:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2078805"},"modified":"2025-10-09T06:45:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T06:45:03","slug":"taylor-swift-breaks-adeles-streaming-era-record-with-the-life-of-a-showgirl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/taylor-swift-breaks-adeles-streaming-era-record-with-the-life-of-a-showgirl\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift breaks Adele\u2019s streaming-era record with \u2018The Life Of A Showgirl\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It was bound to happen and now, Taylor Swift has made history with her latest studio album.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As we reported on Monday, \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/taylor-swift-life-showgirl-euronews-124623417.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Life of a Showgirl;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><strong>The Life of a Showgirl<\/strong><\/a>\u2019 had already <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/taylor-swift-life-showgirl-shatters-092308652.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:broken all records;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><strong>broken all records<\/strong><\/a>, selling 2.7 million copies in 24 hours in the US, thereby breaking the singer\u2019s personal record for the most records she\u2019s ever sold in a week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Last year\u2019s \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/04\/19\/taylor-swifts-the-tortured-poets-department-euronews-cultures-verdict\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Tortured Poets Department;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>The Tortured Poets Department<\/strong><\/a>\u2019 launched with 2.6 million units in a week. She topped that in just one day and her 12th album had the second-highest weekly sales tally for any album ever. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Now, Taylor Swift has broken Adele\u2019s streaming-era record, with \u2018Life of a Showgirl\u2019 selling 3.5 million units in the US alone, eclipsing the British artist\u2019s record of most album sales in one week for her album \u201825\u2019 &#8211; which sold 3.4 million copies in its first seven days in December 2015. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to Luminate, Swift\u2019s latest record-break is a combination of 3.2 million copies of the album and 300,000 units from streaming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It only took Swift five days to break the record, which means her final first-week sales will be much higher.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><span class=\"wdgt-image_capText\"> Taylor Swift <\/span> <span class=\"wdgt-image_credit\"> &#8211; Mert Alas &amp; Marcus Piggot <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\">Related<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8216;The Life of a Showgirl&#8217;\u00a0has received mixed reviews &#8211; \u201cher best album\u201d for some, \u201cthe worst Taylor Swift album yet\u201d for others &#8211; and has also been met with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/explained-why-taylor-swift-backlash-143730844.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:backlash regarding the album rollout and the potential use of AI in promo videos;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><strong>backlash regarding the album rollout and the potential use of AI in promo videos<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a recent interview, Swift addressed the criticism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI welcome the chaos. The 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 she said on Apple Music\u2019s\u00a0The Zane Lowe Show. \u201cAnd art, I have a lot of respect for people\u2019s subjective opinions on art. I\u2019m not the art police. It\u2019s like everybody is allowed to feel exactly how they want. And what our goal is as entertainers is to be a mirror.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She continued: \u201cWhat I often love seeing my fans say is \u2018I used to be someone who didn\u2019t like relate to Reputation, and now that I\u2019ve been through some other things in my life, that\u2019s my favourite album.\u2019 Or \u2018I used to be a Fearless girlie, now I\u2019m obsessed with Evermore.\u2019 I\u2019m playing for keeps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI have such an eye on legacy when I\u2019m making my music \u2013 I know what I made, I know I adore it. I know that on the theme of what the \u2018Showgirl\u2019 is, all of this is part of it,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\">Related<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/taylor-swift-life-showgirl-euronews-124623417.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:our review;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><strong>our review<\/strong><\/a> of \u2018The Life of a Showgirl\u2019, published last Friday, we wrote: \u201cIt\u2019s early listening days yet, but after several spins, it\u2019s clear that all 12 songs are competently orchestrated, smoothly delivered, and feature occasional Carpenter raunchiness &#8211; especially on the track \u2018Wood\u2019 and its priapic lexical field.\u00a0That said, something\u2019s missing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">We continued: &#8220;All hackneyed temptations to attribute this lighter and edgeless album to the fact that Taylor has finally found her happy ending with\u00a0a romantic relationship that seems to be here to stay\u00a0should be banished. The line of thought that heartache is creative catalyst and that happiness dulls the wit is proven but platitudinous. That said, maybe she should\u2019ve\u00a0taken a break before coming back. (&#8230;) \u2018The Life of a Showgirl\u2019 is more concise than \u2018The Tortured Poets Department\u2019 and better than 2022\u2019s \u2018MIDnights\u2019. But it does feel a bit boilerplate. It certainly doesn\u2019t live up to the (frequently exhausting) fanfare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/taylor-swift-life-showgirl-euronews-124623417.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read the full review here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><strong>Read the full review here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was bound to happen and now, Taylor Swift has made history with her latest studio album. 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