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Taylor Swift's latest release, The Life of a Showgirl, has crossed one billion streams on Spotify over eight days after its official release. It is now the second-fastest album in Spotify history to hit the milestone. Only Taylor Swift's own The Tortured Poets Department (TTPD), which was released in April 2024, reached the mark faster. The record did that in six days.
Swifties took to social media to celebrate the new achievement. However, some netizens criticized as well, saying:
"And this is exactly what is wrong with the music industry today mediocre celebrity vanity projects getting pushed to a billion streams thanks to algorithm rigging, corporate PR, and cult‑like fanbases, while genuinely talented independent artists can’t get a fraction of that exposure. It’s not about art anymore, it’s about brand worship and profit. The industry isn’t celebrating music it’s milking the hype machine."
Internet reacts to Taylor Swift's 'TLOAS' becoming her 16th album to hit 1 billion Spotify streams
Pop Base took to its official X (formerly Twitter) page to announce that,
"‘The Life of a Showgirl’ by Taylor Swift has reached 1 BILLION streams on Spotify. It’s her 16th album to achieve this."
Netizens did not wait long before jumping into the comment section of the X post to share their opinions. Below are some of their reactions:
"It's a number so vast it ceases to measure musical impact and instead benchmarks the operational capacity of a self-sustaining cultural economy. Reaching a billion streams on 16 different albums isn't a milestone; it's the systematic normalization of a scale so immense that it warps the very definition of success, creating a tier of achievement that exists entirely outside the competitive landscape of the music industry. We're not witnessing popularity; we are observing the quiet, relentless expansion of a digital sovereign state.", penned an X user.
"taylor's got the music industry in a chokehold while i'm out here stealing your playlists one phonk track at a time 😈", commented another.
"Taylor Swift just keeps making history with ease. The way she moves from era to era and still dominates streaming like it’s nothing is unreal. Sixteen albums with a billion streams each is more than just success, it’s legacy. She is operating on a level that no one else in music has touched.", stated a third.
Others also chimed in:
"Can’t believe how some artists just keep smashing records like it’s nothing while others struggle to get half the attention. Taylor Swift hitting 1 billion streams on one album is wild but not surprising when you look at how she’s been building her career step by step for years. It’s like she’s got this perfect blend of storytelling and catchy tunes that stick with people long after the song’s over. Meanwhile, so many good tracks out there get lost in the shuffle because the music world moves fast and it’s tough to stand out. Seeing those numbers makes me wonder how much work and consistency really pays off in the end even if it’s not glamorous all the time", stated a fan.
"Taylor Swift has the lowest filter rate of all artists, besides her album is playing everywhere right now. I'm from Germany, everyone loves this album, everyone celebrates it, even people who weren't Swifties. You see everyone posting and listening to these songs.", opined another.
"Taylor Swift is iconic, but overexposure is starting to dull the magic.", commented a third.
The Life of a Showgirl is Swift's 12th studio album. It was released on October 3, 2025. Within hours of its midnight drop, it hit multiple significant Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music single-day streaming records. The project also became the most-streamed album in 2025 (so far) in less than 12 hours.
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