Taylor Swift<\/a> is taking a bow after outdoing everyone \u2014 including herself \u2014 on the Billboard charts with The Life of a Showgirl this week.<\/p>\n Following the news that the pop star had scored her 15th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200<\/a> \u2014 setting a new record for the most No. 1s among soloists \u2014 Swift shared a photo<\/a> of herself kissing her new plaque displaying the feat Monday (Oct. 13). She also wrote a message thanking fans for helping her reach the chart\u2019s summit once again, and for doing it in unprecedented numbers; Showgirl moved more than 4 million units<\/a> in its first week, blowing past Adele\u2019s previous record for the biggest album opening week ever.<\/p>\n More from Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll never forget how excited I was in 2006 when my first album sold 40,000 copies in its first week,\u201d Swift wrote. \u201cI was 16 and couldn\u2019t even fathom that that many people would care enough about my music to invest their time and energy into it. Since then I\u2019ve tried to meet and thank as many people as I could who have given me the chance to chase this insane dream.<\/p>\n \u201cHere we are all these years later and a hundred times that many people showed up for me this week,\u201d she continued. \u201cI have 4 million thank you\u2019s I want to send to the fans, and 4 million reasons to feel even more proud of this album than I already was. Thank you for going out to celebrate this project in the movie theaters, investing in vinyl, streaming, watching the video, buying CDs, reading the poems I wrote inside the packaging, and immersing yourselves in The Life of a Showgirl.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll cherish this feeling forever,\u201d the 14-time Grammy winner added. \u201cJust wow. Thank you for the lovely bouquet.\u201d<\/p>\n Tracking Swift\u2019s ascent to Showgirl\u2018s success is truly mind-boggling. Even before she broke Adele\u2019s record, the Eras Tour headliner had bragging rights to the second-biggest opening week for an album with 2024\u2019s The Tortured Poets Department, which moved an initial 2.610 million units and debuted atop the Billboard 200. TTPD would end up spending 17 weeks total at No. 1, which remains the third-longest stay <\/a>at the top any album has ever clinched.<\/p>\n In addition to her astonishing Billboard 200 debut with Showgirl, Swift has also monopolized all 10<\/a> spots in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100<\/a> with songs from the new album. It marks the third time she\u2019s done this, and she\u2019s still the only artist to have ever done it at all.<\/p>\n