Billboard 200 Achievements

• The Life of a Showgirl posts the largest sales week for any album in US music history.
• Marks Swift’s 15th No. 1 album, breaking the record for the most No. 1 albums in the 21st century.
• Sets the record for the most No. 1 albums by a solo artist.
• Extends her record as the female artist with the most No. 1 albums in Billboard 200 history.
• Continues her streak of 11 consecutive studio albums debuting at No. 1, beginning with Fearless (2008). Including four “Taylor’s Version” re-recordings, Swift has now achieved 15 consecutive No. 1 debuts.
• With this release, Swift reaches her 87th week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, extending her records for:
• Most weeks at No. 1 in the 21st century
• Most weeks at No. 1 by a solo artist in history
• Most weeks at No. 1 by a female artist in history

Billboard Hot 100 Achievements

• “The Fate of Ophelia”
• 13th #1 single on the Hot 100
• Ties for fourth most #1 hits in chart history
• Third most for a female artist
• Ties for second most #1 hits in the 21st century
• Ties as the only soloist to have 13 #1 singles and 13 #1 albums
• Album
• First album in history with all its songs appearing uninterrupted from #1 through #12
• Joins Taylor’s ‘Midnights’ and ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ as the only albums in history to produce #1 through #10 on the Billboard Hot 100

Vinyl Records

Streaming Records

• Spotify:
• “The Fate of Ophelia” set the record for the most daily and weekly streams of any song in Spotify history.
• The album achieved the largest standard edition debut in Spotify history with 250 million streams.
• Swift now holds the top 19 biggest song debuts and the top 4 biggest album debuts in Spotify history.
• “The Fate of Ophelia” also became the fastest song to surpass 100 million streams.
• Swift is now the only artist to simultaneously hold the platform’s top single-day and weekly records across song, album, and artist categories.
• Taylor Swift holds the top 4 biggest album debuts in Spotify history
• “The Fate of Ophelia” fastest song to surpass 100 million streams in Spotify history
• Taylor Swift now holds top song, album and artist single day and weekly records on platform
• Taylor Swift now holds top 3 fastest albums to 1 Billion on Spotify
• “Opalite” fastest non-single to reach 100 million streams in Spotify history
• Apple:
• The Life of a Showgirl posted the largest iTunes and Apple Music debuts of 2025.
• “The Fate of Ophelia” posted the largest Apple Music debut of 2025.
• Amazon:
• The album achieved the largest debut in Amazon Music history.

Global Performance

• #1 Debuts reported as of Sunday
• #1 UK
• #1 Australia
• #1 Canada
• #1 Germany
• #1 France
• #1 Austria
• #1 Belgium
• #1 Denmark
• #1 Finland
• #1 Ireland
• #1 Italy
• #1 Netherlands
• #1 New Zealand
• #1 Norway
• #1 Portugal
• #1 Spain
• #1 Sweden
• #1 Switzerland
• UK
• With 423k sold, The Life of a Showgirl surpasses The Tortured Poets Department, as the biggest debut since 2017
• Taylor is the first artist in history to consecutively hold the #1 album, #1, #2, #3 singles, and #1 airplay song in the UK
• Taylor is officially the international artist with the most No.1 albums in UK chart history (14)
• The Life of a Showgirl is the biggest selling week one album by an international act in UK chart history
• ‘The Fate Of Ophelia’ biggest Week 1 streams by an international artist ever
• ‘The Fate of Ophelia’, ‘Opalite’ and ‘Elizabeth Taylor’ 3 biggest Week 1 singles sales of 2025 in the UK
• Australia
• The Life of a Showgirl debuts with the biggest week one sales since 2015
• Taylor Swift extends her record for most #1 albums by a female artist in Australian history (14), and ties for the most #1 albums for an International artist (14)
• Taylor Swift extends her previous record as the only artist to hold the #1 album and #1 single simultaneously, now for the 8th time.
• The Life of a Showgirl breaks record for biggest streaming week in Australian history
• Taylor Swift becomes first artist to capture the entire Top 12 on the Official Singles Chart in Australian history
• Germany
• The Life of a Showgirl debuts #1 in Germany with the highest grossing week for an international solo artist since the current German chart (GFK) launched 25 years ago
• First International Artist to ever debut at #1 on both the Album and Singles charts
• First artist to ever land 8 singles in the Top 10
• Biggest weekly vinyl sales in German chart history
• Canada
• The Life of a Showgirl is the biggest album debut in Canada (of the modern streaming era) and the biggest album debut in Canada since 2015
• Taylor Swift now holds the Top 5 highest album debuts (of the modern streaming era)
• This is Taylor Swift’s 15th #1 album in Canada. She is now tied for the most #1 albums of all-time in this country and is the only non-Canadian artist to reach this milestone in this country
• “The Fate of Ophelia” becomes the most streamed song in a single day and a single week in Canadian History
• The 12 songs on The Life of a Showgirl capture the top 12 spots on the Billboard Canada Song Consumption Chart
• France
The Life of a Showgirl debuts as the biggest selling English-language album since 2015
• Austria
• The Life of a Showgirl debuts at #1 and singles at #1, #2 and #3 single - the first non-GSA artist in history to consecutively hold the #1 album, and #1, #2, #3 singles, in Austria
• Ireland
• The Life of a Showgirl debuts with the biggest week one sales since 2017
• Taylor Swift has the most #1 albums in Irish history
• Taylor Swift is the only artist to consecutively hold the #1 album, and #1, #2, #3 singles, this decade
• Italy
• The Life of a Showgirl is the biggest selling debut by an international act in Italian chart history
• The Life of a Showgirl is the biggest selling debut by any female artist (Domestic and International) in Italian chart history
• Netherlands
• The Life of a Showgirl debuts with the biggest week one sales since 2015
• New Zealand
• Taylor’s 15th #1, extending her record with the most #1 albums in the market.
• The Life of a Showgirl debuts with the biggest week one sales since 2017
• Sweden
• The Life of a Showgirl debut’s #1, surpassing The Tortured Poets Department as the biggest debut ever by an international artist
• Switzerland
• The Life of a Showgirl debuts at #1 and singles at #1, #2 and #3 single