Taylor Swift's new album The Life of a Showgirl has broken records for the modern music era with sales exceeding 4 million copies in its first week of release in the US.
Taylor Swift achieved new success in music history when she entered the Billboard 200 list at number one with her new album The Life of a Showgirl. The album became the 15th number one album of the artist's career and also achieved the highest weekly sales figure in the modern era when electronic data tracking began. According to a report by Billboard magazine based on Luminate, a data analytics company focused on the entertainment industry, the album released on October 3 sold a total of 4 million 2 thousand “album equivalent units” in the US in the week ending October 9. HIGHEST NUMBER OF SALES 3 million 479 thousand 500 of this total includes traditional album sales. The figure in question was recorded as the highest sales recorded in a single week since Luminate began collecting electronic data in 1991. With this success, Swift surpassed Adele's record of 25 albums opening with 3 million 482 thousand copies in 2015. Adele's album achieved the traditional sales figure of 3 million 378 thousand in its first week of release. 522 thousand 600 of the album's 4 million 2 thousand units sold are counted as “streaming equivalent units” derived from 680.9 million digital streams. Because none of the album's songs were sold individually digitally, The Life of a Showgirl became the first number-one album with no singles in the category since Billboard switched to its current system in 2014. SECOND AMONG SOLO ARTISTS With the new album, Swift single-handedly rose to second place, surpassing Drake and JAY-Z (14 albums each) on the list of artists with the most number-one albums in Billboard 200 history. Topping the list is The Beatles, who have reached number one with 19 of their albums since 1956. All of Swift's studio albums and re-recordings since her 2008 second studio album Fearless have debuted directly at number one. numerical intelligence one on the chart. Taylor Swift announced her album The Life of a Showgirl on August 12 and began pre-ordering on her official website. After debuting on October 3, the artist conducted massive promotional activities by participating in shows such as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on October 6 and Late Night with Seth Meyers on October 8. In addition, the film related to the album Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl topped the box office in the US and Canada on the weekend of October 3-5. The music video for the album's lead single, “The Fate of Ophelia”, was released on October 5.
