Here Are All the Billboard Chart Records Taylor Swift Breaks (or Extends) With ‘The Life of a Showgirl’

The first-week numbers for Taylor Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl, are, expectedly, massive. But even for an artist who has spent nearly two decades breaking her own records, these numbers are on another level entirely.

The Life of a Showgirl posts the biggest debut of the modern era (1991–present), shattering records for both single-week sales and equivalent album units (on the latest charts dated Oct. 18). Every single one of its 12 songs lands in the top 12 of the Billboard Hot 100 — a feat no artist has ever achieved before. And with this latest sweep, Swift has now occupied the entire top 10 of the Hot 100 three separate times. No other artist in history has done it even once.

Those accomplishments alone would be enough to define most careers, but for Swift, they’re just the beginning of another historic week. Across Billboard’s album, song and genre charts, The Life of a Showgirl resets the record books — from streaming milestones to vinyl sales to chart longevity benchmarks.

With the charts officially locked in, it’s worth looking closer at just how many records this album breaks. She also makes historic starts at radio and sets a new mark for the most streamed song in a single week in the post-UGC era (2020-present).

Below, we’ve rounded up every major Billboard chart record Swift breaks this week — and a few she extends even further — thanks to The Life of a Showgirl. Let’s dive in.

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