{"id":73521,"date":"2025-10-12T08:49:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T08:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/73521\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T08:49:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T08:49:15","slug":"taylor-swifts-the-life-of-a-showgirl-smashes-u-k-chart-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/73521\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift\u2019s \u2018The Life of a Showgirl\u2019 Smashes U.K. Chart Records"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tTaylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s record-breaking week continues as she bags No. 1 spots on the U.K.\u2019s Official Albums Chart<\/a> and Official Singles Chart<\/a> following a gargantuan debut for The Life of a Showgirl<\/a> (Oct. 10).<\/p>\n

\n\tHer 12th studio album nets Swift her 14th No. 1 in the U.K. overall, while lead single \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d earns the superstar her fifth U.K. No. 1 single.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Life of a Showgirl gives Swift her biggest opening week ever in the U.K. with 423,00 units across physicals, streaming and downloads, surpassing 2024\u2019s The Tortured Poets Department. The Official Charts Company reports that The Life of a Showgirl is the biggest opening week for any artist since Ed Sheeran<\/a>\u2019s 2017 album Divide (672,000) and is the largest opening week for an international album in the U.K. this century.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe LP is also named the U.K.\u2019s fastest-selling album on vinyl this century, and the biggest one-week vinyl sale since modern Official Chart records began in 1994. On streaming, The Life of a Showgirl has notched up the most U.K. album streams over a course of a week ever. Streaming contributed 84,000 stream-equivalent sales to her total this week, eclipsing both Ed Sheeran\u2019s Divide and her own previous studio album The Tortured Poets Department, both of which managed 79,000.<\/p>\n

\n\tShe also extends her lead with the most No. 1s on the U.K. Albums Charts for an international artist<\/a>, and now ties for second overall with The Rolling Stones<\/a> (14). The top spot is also currently a tie between The Beatles<\/a> and Robbie Williams<\/a> who both have 15 apiece; the latter playfully blamed<\/a> Swift for the delay of his upcoming album Britpop, which was due to be released this week.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d tops the U.K. Singles Charts, with \u201cElizabeth Taylor\u201d (No. 2) and \u201cOpalite\u201d (No. 3) following closely behind. Swift adds to her existing four U.K. chart-toppers throughout her career: \u201cLook What You Made Me Do\u201d (2017), \u201cAnti-Hero\u201d (2022), \u201cIs It Over Now?\u201d (2023) and \u201cFortnight\u201d (2024).<\/p>\n

\n\tOlivia Dean loses her top spot on both charts after The Art of Loving and its single \u201cMan I Need\u201d earned the British star her maiden No. 1s<\/a> on either chart. The LP falls two places to No. 3, while \u201cMan I Need\u201d closes at No. 4.<\/p>\n

\n\tOasis\u2019 (What\u2019s The Story) Morning Glory ends the week at No. 2 on the Albums Chart, and is joined by Sabrina Carpenter\u2019s Man\u2019s Best Friend (No. 4) and James Morrison\u2019s Fight Another Day (No. 5).<\/p>\n


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