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 ...

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 ...

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This week, the sales for Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl finally hit the Billboard charts, and the album is — would you just believe it? — a huge success. Released Oct. 3, Swift's 12th studio LP ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Taylor Swift is thanking fans for "the lovely bouquet" after breaking another record. This time with "The Life of a Showgirl." The album is officially her 15th time snagging a No. 1 spot on the ...

More stories by Kevin P. With the first week of sales for The Life of a Showgirl officially in the books, Taylor Swift has solidified the records she broke with her 12th studio album and completely ...

For nearly a full decade, Adele has held the record for most first-week sales for an album. In December 2015, her grand comeback 25 sold 3.482 million equivalent album units. Few artists have come ...

Taylor Swift shared a sweet message for her fans following the success of releasing her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl. “I’ll never forget how excited I was in 2006 when my first album sold 40,000 ...