Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl officially debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 4.002 million units, making it the biggest first week of any album ever in the US.
The previous record was held by Adele’s 25 with 3.4 million for the last ten years.
Swift took to Instagram to thank her fans for helping her break this record.
.@taylorswift13 reacts to her historic debut at No. 1 on the Billboard200 with ‘The Life of a Showgirl’:
“I have 4 million thank yous I want to send to the fans, and 4 million reasons to feel even more proud of this album than I already was.” 🏆 pic.twitter.com/hfj7ctKhC6
— billboard (@billboard) October 13, 2025
This week’s top 10 on the Hot100 (chart dated Oct. 18, 2025). 📈✨
Details: https://t.co/9WXBuhuYrS pic.twitter.com/mPZ9tdIZhX
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) October 13, 2025
5 Reasons Why Taylor Swift’s ‘Life of a Showgirl’ Was Able to Pull Off Such a Record-Breaking First Weekhttps://t.co/DnoVWwU02V
— billboard (@billboard) October 13, 2025
‘The Life of a Showgirl’ sold 3,479,500 copies in pure album sales in its first week (purchases of digital downloads, CDs, vinyl LPs and cassette tapes).
That is the single largest sales week for an album since 1991, when Luminate began electronically tracking music sales.
— billboard (@billboard) October 13, 2025
Taylor Swift Achieves Solo Artist Record 15th No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With ‘The Life of a Showgirl’https://t.co/adqwHS71bO
— billboard (@billboard) October 13, 2025
