Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl has officially dethroned Adele’s 25 for the biggest opening week for an album in the streaming era, as Swift’s latest record has surged to over 3.5 million album ...

Taylor Swift’s new album secures the record for the biggest first-week sales numbers for an album ever, with 3.5 million units sold in five days. That’s another record broken for Taylor Swift with her ...

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Taylor Swift hit a historic 4 million in sales in one week with the debut of her 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl." This marks the singer's 15th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 albums chart ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Madonna’s “MDNA.” Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising.” Mariah Carey’s “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel.” According to ...

The record for actual album sales, sans streaming or other consumption, continues to be held by Adele — but probably only for about a minute. Billboard reported that sales of the full “Showgirl” album ...

No one would have expected Taylor Swift‘s “The Life of a Showgirl” to lose its grip on the album chart in week 2, and it indeed held on at the top of the Billboard 200, with 338,000 equivalent album ...

That’s show business for you! Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” has officially sold 4.002 million equivalent album units — which includes album sales and streaming activity — ...

That's show business for you! Taylor Swift's 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," has officially sold 4.002 million equivalent album units — which includes album sales and streaming activity — ...

More than two decades into her career, Taylor Swift continues to make history as her newest album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” debuted with massive first-week sales. On Oct. 13, Billboard announced that ...

With 3.2 million sales and another 300,000 units from streams, these are particularly strong numbers even for the world’s biggest artist. By Ethan Millman Music Editor Swift’s strong numbers shirk one ...