- - Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Hits Milestone One Month at No. 1 on Albums Chart

Thania GarciaNovember 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM

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One month after its release, Taylor Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” logs a major milestone as it hits a fn uninterrupted four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

The set is just the second album of 2025 to spend its first four weeks at the summit, following Morgan Wallen’s “I’m the Problem,” which led for its first eight weeks (and 12 weeks overall). Not surprisingly, Swift’s fourth week numbers are significant; she has earned a total of 146,000 album units in the United States in the week ending Oct. 30, according to Luminate.

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Swift’s closest competition on the Billboard 200 is the “KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack which is has kept its grip at No. 2 with 84,000 equivalent album units earned, down 12%). Notably, Wallen’s “I’m the Problem” is also at a standstill at No. 3 (76,000 units).

Swift also extends her dominance on the Hot 100, where “The Fate of Ophelia” holds at No. 1 for a fourth consecutive week. On Oct. 28, she dropped a special “Alone in My Tower (Acoustic Version)” of the track, available for digital purchase through the end of Oct. 30 — a move that inevitably helped fuel its continued reign. During the tracking week, the upbeat pop single amassed 29 million official streams, nearly 55 million in radio airplay audience impressions and 22,000 sold.

With both “The Life of a Showgirl” and “The Fate of Ophelia” leading the Billboard 200 and Hot 100, respectively, for their first four weeks, Swift achieves a milestone no other artist has ever reached: debuting at No. 1 on both charts simultaneously and holding both for an entire month.

As for new releases on the Billboard 200, Daniel Caesar lands his first top 10 album with “Son of Spergy” opening at No. 4 with 43,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that total, 26,000 units are tied to the 34.11 official streams, and album sales contribute 17,000.

Brandi Carlile’s latest offering, “Returning to Myself,” debuts at No. 7 with 35,000 equivalent album units earned. Carlile appeared on “Saturday Night Live” over the weekend to support the release and delivered a performance of “Church & State.”

Demi Lovato’s “It’s Not That Deep” debuted at No. 9 with 31,000 units earned and 24,000 album sales. Lovato will soon embark on the “It’s Not That Deep” tour with dates scheduled across the United States and Canada. The tour kicks off April 8 in Charlotte and includes 23 stops at major venues including Madison Square Garden in New York, the United Center in Chicago, TD Garden in Boston and the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.

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