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Taylor Swift's 12th album, 12 songs made with Max Martin and Shellback in Sweden during the Eras Tour and led by 'The Fate of Ophelia', arrived with Sabrina Carpenter as its only guest and became the fastest-selling album in US history.

An 89-minute cinema 'release party' for The Life of a Showgirl, with the premiere of 'The Fate of Ophelia' video and Swift's commentary, played three days at $12 a ticket and opened at No. 1 with $33 million in North America.

Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 4.002 million units and 3,479,500 copies sold in a week, beating Adele's 25 for the largest week since Luminate began tracking in 1991.

All 12 songs from The Life of a Showgirl debuted in the Billboard Hot 100's top 12, the first album to fill the chart unbroken from No. 1 down, with 'The Fate of Ophelia' opening at No. 1 on a record 92.5 million streams.

IFPI named Taylor Swift the biggest-selling recording artist in the world for 2025, her fourth year running and sixth in all, as many wins as every other artist combined over the past decade, driven by The Life of a Showgirl.

Taylor Swift's 'Opalite' jumped seven places to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 168,000 US sales in a week, her 14th No. 1, tying Rihanna for the third-most, and the second chart-topper from The Life of a Showgirl.

Taylor Swift expanded The Life of a Showgirl with four songs written in Sweden with Max Martin and Shellback to celebrate its record first week, led by the single 'Patient Zero' and 'Cleveland!', a nod to husband Travis Kelce's hometown.