Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Smashes Multiple U.K. Chart Records, Earns Biggest Opening Week Since 2017

Taylor Swift’s record-breaking week continues arsenic she bags No. 1 spots connected the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart and Official Singles Chart pursuing a gargantuan debut for The Life of a Showgirl (Oct. 10).

Her 12th workplace medium nets Swift her 14th No. 1 successful the U.K. overall, portion pb azygous “The Fate of Ophelia” earns the superstar her 5th U.K. No. 1 single.

The Life of a Showgirl gives Swift her biggest opening week ever successful the U.K. with 423,00 units crossed physicals, streaming and downloads, surpassing 2024’s The Tortured Poets Department. The Official Charts Company reports that The Life of a Showgirl is the biggest opening week for immoderate creator since Ed Sheeran’s 2017 medium Divide (672,000) and is the largest opening week for an planetary medium successful the U.K. this century.

The LP is besides named the U.K.’s fastest-selling medium connected vinyl this century, and the biggest one-week vinyl merchantability since modern Official Chart records began successful 1994. On streaming, The Life of a Showgirl has notched up the astir U.K. medium streams implicit a people of a week ever. Streaming contributed 84,000 stream-equivalent income to her full this week, eclipsing some Ed Sheeran’s Divide and her ain erstwhile workplace medium The Tortured Poets Department, some of which managed 79,000.

She besides extends her pb with the astir No. 1s connected the U.K. Albums Charts for an international artist, and present ties for 2nd wide with The Rolling Stones (14). The apical spot is besides presently a necktie betwixt The Beatles and Robbie Williams who some person 15 apiece; the second playfully blamed Swift for the hold of his upcoming medium Britpop, which was owed to beryllium released this week.

“The Fate of Ophelia” tops the U.K. Singles Charts, with “Elizabeth Taylor” (No. 2) and “Opalite” (No. 3) pursuing intimately behind. Swift adds to her existing 4 U.K. chart-toppers passim her career: “Look What You Made Me Do” (2017), “Anti-Hero” (2022), “Is It Over Now?” (2023) and “Fortnight” (2024).

Olivia Dean loses her apical spot connected some charts aft The Art of Loving and its azygous “Man I Need” earned the British prima her maiden No. 1s connected either chart. The LP falls 2 places to No. 3, portion “Man I Need” closes astatine No. 4.

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