{"id":260641,"date":"2025-11-04T08:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T08:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/260641\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T08:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T08:25:11","slug":"taylor-swifts-the-life-of-a-showgirl-hits-milestone-one-month-at-no-1-on-albums-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/260641\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift\u2019s \u2018The Life of a Showgirl\u2019 Hits Milestone One Month at No. 1 on Albums Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"

One month after its release, Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl<\/a>\u201d logs a major milestone as it hits a fn uninterrupted four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n

The set is just the second album of 2025 to spend its first four weeks at the summit, following Morgan Wallen\u2019s \u201cI\u2019m the Problem,\u201d which led for its first eight weeks (and 12 weeks overall). Not surprisingly, Swift\u2019s fourth week numbers are significant; she has earned a total of 146,000 album units in the United States in the week ending Oct. 30, according to Luminate.<\/p>\n

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Swift\u2019s closest competition on the Billboard 200 is the \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d soundtrack which is has kept its grip at No. 2 with 84,000 equivalent album units earned, down 12%). Notably, Wallen\u2019s \u201cI\u2019m the Problem\u201d is also at a standstill at No. 3 (76,000 units).<\/p>\n

Swift also extends her dominance on the Hot 100, where \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d holds at No. 1 for a fourth consecutive week. On Oct. 28, she dropped a special \u201cAlone in My Tower (Acoustic Version)\u201d of the track, available for digital purchase through the end of Oct. 30 \u2014 a move that inevitably helped fuel its continued reign. During the tracking week, the upbeat pop single amassed 29 million official streams, nearly 55 million in radio airplay audience impressions and 22,000 sold.<\/p>\n

With both \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl\u201d and \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d leading the Billboard 200 and Hot 100, respectively, for their first four weeks, Swift achieves a milestone no other artist has ever reached: debuting at No. 1 on both charts simultaneously and holding both for an entire month.<\/p>\n

As for new releases on the Billboard 200, Daniel Caesar lands his first top 10 album with \u201cSon of Spergy\u201d opening at No. 4 with 43,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that total, 26,000 units are tied to the 34.11 official streams, and album sales contribute 17,000.<\/p>\n

Brandi Carlile\u2019s latest offering, \u201cReturning to Myself,\u201d debuts at No. 7 with 35,000 equivalent album units earned. Carlile appeared on \u201cSaturday Night Live<\/a>\u201d over the weekend to support the release and delivered a performance of \u201cChurch & State.\u201d<\/p>\n

Demi Lovato\u2019s \u201cIt\u2019s Not That Deep\u201d debuted at No. 9 with 31,000 units earned and 24,000 album sales. Lovato will soon embark on the \u201cIt\u2019s Not That Deep\u201d tour with dates scheduled across the United States and Canada. The tour kicks off April 8 in Charlotte and includes 23 stops at major venues including Madison Square Garden in New York, the United Center in Chicago, TD Garden in Boston and the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

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