Taylor Swift’s twelfth studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, sold 2.7 million physical and digital copies on its first day in the United States, marking the highest single-day total in modern chart history.[1][2][3]
Record First-Week Sales Close to Adele’s Benchmark
Industry tracker Luminate reports that The Life of a Showgirl is on pace to reach more than 3.2 million pure album sales in its first week. This would place it just below Adele’s 25, which moved 3.378 million traditional units in its debut week in 2015.[2][4][5]
Vinyl Sales Break Swift’s Own Record
The album set a new weekly vinyl sales record with 1.2 million copies sold, surpassing Swift’s previous mark of 859,000 vinyl units in a single week set by The Tortured Poets Department in 2024.[6][7]
Streaming Performance
On streaming platforms, Showgirl tracks garnered over 450 million on-demand streams within 24 hours, according to Billboard. This ranks among the top three single-day streaming totals for an album release in 2025.[8][2]
Limited-Edition Acoustic Bonus CDs
To celebrate the release, Swift added eight acoustic tracks across four limited-edition CD versions available exclusively on her official store for 24 hours. Each edition features two stripped-down recordings produced with Max Martin and Shellback:[9][10]
Alone In My Tower Acoustic Version
- The Fate of Ophelia (Alone In My Tower Acoustic Version)
- Eldest Daughter (Now You’re Home Acoustic Version)
Dressing Room Rehearsal Acoustic Version
- Wi$h Li$t (Settled Down Acoustic Version)
- The Life of a Showgirl (Dressing Room Rehearsal Acoustic Version)
Life Is a Song Acoustic Version
- Opalite (Life Is a Song Acoustic Version)
- Ruin the Friendship (My Advice Version)
So Glamorous Cabaret Version
- Elizabeth Taylor (So Glamorous Cabaret Version)
- Elizabeth Taylor (Original Songwriting Voice Memo)
Swift described the recordings as her “favorite acoustic moments from the tour” in an Instagram post, noting the new vocals and production on each track.[10][9]
Comparison with Other Fastest-Selling Albums
According to Wikipedia’s list of fastest-selling albums, only Adele’s 25 and a handful of other releases have exceeded one million first-week sales in the U.S.; Swift now joins this elite group with Showgirl’s projected 3.2 million units. ChartMasters data shows that fewer than 30 albums have ever sold over one million copies in a single day globally, underscoring the rarity of this achievement.[5][11][12][13]
