Taylor Swift’s twelfth studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, hit streaming platforms on Friday, October 3, 2025, and since then has racked up several records and achievements.
A day after its release, it became Taylor Swift’s biggest album in the US based purely on first-day sales: 2.7 million. This surpasses her previous record with THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT’s 2.61 million.
@PopCrave in X formerly Twitter shared the news with the caption:
“‘The Life Of A Showgirl’ becomes Taylor Swift’s biggest opening week in the US based off of day-one pure sales alone (2.7 million). It surpasses ‘THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT’ (2.61 million).”
The post quickly garnered numerous reactions as several Swifties took to the comments section to praise their favorite celebrity. @FredyRodher commented:
“More than Charlie Xbox entire career.”
Fans applauded the singer for breaking her own record.
@PRINCERIC0001 commented:
“She really broke her own record like it was a warm-up round Taylor dropping albums like final boss levels each time.”
@Mind_Olympus wrote:
“Taylor didn’t just drop an album she dropped everyone’s weekend productivity.”
@alphalcyl added:
“one artist alone is pulling numbers that entire genres can’t reach combined.”
More fans praised Taylor, claiming that no other artist could break her record; only she could.
@eyup_io praised:
“Aye, that’s a proper showstopper! Looks like Taylor’s not just a pop star but a sales machine too—who knew we’d need a new dictionary for ‘biggest’?”
@cutiebabyfer stated:
“the fact that she outsold herself just proves taylor’s only real competition is her own mental stability.”
@leolion41 added:
“Day one and already history! ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’ smashes Taylor’s previous record with 2.7M pure sales—take that, ‘THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT’!”
Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl breaks streaming records
The Life of a Showgirl was released as Swift's twelfth studio album on Friday, October 3, 2025. Taylor Swift wrote and produced the album with Max Martin and Shellback.
Hours after its release, the album broke records across numerous streaming platforms, including Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and iTunes.
The Life of a Showgirl became the biggest album of 2025 on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and iTunes based on first-day streams.
Amazon Music broke the news on Instagram:
“As of 10 am EDT today, The Life of a Showgirl has become the most-streamed album of 2025 in its first day on Amazon Music globally,” Amazon Music wrote on Instagram.”
Spotify also announced:
“On October 3rd, Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl became Spotify's most-streamed album in a single day in 2025 so far.”
“The Life of a Showgirl now holds the record for Apple Music's biggest album of 2025 by first-day streams worldwide.”
Apple Music shared on Instagram.
You can stream The Life of a Showgirl on any music platform.
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