**Taylor Swift’s ‘Showgirl’ Achieves 2nd-Largest Sales Week in History**
*By Apoorva Rastogi | October 7, 2025*
Taylor Swift’s latest album, *The Life of a Showgirl*, has made an extraordinary impact, reportedly selling an astonishing 2.7 million copies on its first day in the United States. This marks Swift’s biggest single-day sales week ever and the second-highest sales week for any album since Luminate began tracking data in 1991.
The only album to surpass this feat is Adele’s *25*, which sold 3.378 million copies in its first week back in 2015, underscoring the magnitude of Swift’s achievement.
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### Vinyl Sales Record Broken
In addition to digital and physical sales, *The Life of a Showgirl* has shattered vinyl album sales records. The album sold 1.2 million vinyl copies in its first week, surpassing the previous record held by Swift herself. Her 2024 album, *The Tortured Poets Department*, had sold 859,000 vinyl copies during its debut week.
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### Box Office Success for Concert Film
Swift’s momentum extends beyond music sales. Her concert film, *The Official Release Party of a Showgirl*, topped the box office during its opening weekend, generating $33 million in North America, according to estimates from Comscore.
Internationally, the film earned an additional $13 million through AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., playing for over three days in all 540 AMC theaters across the US.
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### Historic Career Milestone
Adding to her list of accomplishments, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) recently announced that Taylor Swift has become the first and only female artist to surpass 100 million album sales in the United States.
To date, Swift has sold an impressive 105 million albums, ranking her sixth among the highest-selling artists worldwide. She follows iconic legends such as The Beatles, Garth Brooks, Elvis Presley, Eagles, and Led Zeppelin.
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Taylor Swift continues to break records and redefine success in the music industry with *The Life of a Showgirl* era, further cementing her status as one of the top artists of all time.
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