"According to , Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl moved an astounding 4.002 million equivalent album units - which include both pure album sales and streaming activity - in its first seven days of release. Of that total, 3,479,500 came from pure sales, surpassing the previous record held by Adele, who sold 3.378 million copies of 25 in its first week back in November 2015."
"On its way to debuting at No. 1, The Life of a Showgirl also broke streaming and vinyl sales records. The album generated 680.90 million on-demand official streams in its first week, which marks the largest streaming week of 2025 for an album (though more than 200 million streams behind her own The Tortured Poets Department, which had the luxury of double the amount of songs)."
Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl sold 4.002 million equivalent album units in its first seven days, including 3,479,500 pure sales, setting a modern-era first-week sales record. The pure sales figure surpassed Adele's 3.378 million copies of 25 from November 2015, and only NSYNC's No Strings Attached previously sold over 2 million in a single week. The release earned Swift her 15th US No. 1 album, breaking a tie with Drake and JAY-Z and placing her behind only The Beatles, who have 19 No. 1s. The album also broke streaming and vinyl records, generating 680.90 million on-demand streams and selling 1.334 million vinyl copies.
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