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Key PointsPatrick Mahomes and the Chiefs improved to 3-3 after a 30-17 win over Detroit.Travis Kelce’s strong season is being overshadowed by fiancée Taylor Swift’s record-breaking new album.Swift’s Life of a Show Girl sold over four million copies and debuted at No. 1.The album marks Swift’s 15th No. 1, breaking her tie with Drake and JAY-Z among solo artists.
Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are back in the win column following Sunday’s 30-17 victory over the Detroit Lions. The win moves the Chiefs to 3-3, but the team’s decent start, highlighted by All-Pro tight end Travis Kelce, has been overshadowed by his fiancée’s success in her field.
While Kelce is off to a solid start to the year — he has 28 catches for a team-high 321 yards and two touchdowns — his fiancée and 14-time Grammy winner, Taylor Swift, has turned the music world on its head with her latest album, “The Life of a Showgirl.”
Swift’s 12th studio album was released on Oct. 3 and, as expected, has taken the music world by storm. As reported by Billboard, Swift’s album debuted with over 4 million copies sold when accounting for prerelease sales and downloads.
It’s an achievement that she credited to her fans, taking to Instagram to write, “I have 4 million thank you’s I want to send to the fans, and 4 million reasons to feel even more proud of this album than I already was.”
Joining the millions of supporters to give her praise was Brittany Mahomes, the wife of the Chiefs’ two-time NFL MVP quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
“So incredible,” wrote Brittany Mahomes on Instagram.
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According to Keith Caulfield of Billboard, Swift’s album has already ascended to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 and helped her make some history along the way.
“Taylor Swift achieves her 15th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Oct. 18) in record-breaking fashion with the debut of ‘The Life of a Showgirl,’” wrote Caulfield. “Swift breaks out of a tie with Drake and JAY-Z for the most No. 1 albums among soloists … .”
Swift is, however, second in terms of the most No. 1 albums in general, as The Beatles had 19 albums hit No. 1.
With Swift and Kelce planning for a wedding, it’s unknown when she will be back in the studio to record more albums, but needless to say, the demand is still very much there.
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Kevin Borba is a trending sports editor at Athlon Sports, where he helps lead coverage of college football, the NFL, NBA, and more. He has written extensively on college football, bringing years of reporting experience to Athlon. A native of Turlock, California, he earned a BA in Communication Studies from CSU Stanislaus and a master’s in Sports Journalism from Quinnipiac University.