Taylor Swift’s latest album, *The Life of a Showgirl*, has stormed the charts, achieving the UK’s biggest opening week of 2025 with 304,000 copies sold since its release on Friday. This figure surpasses the first-week sales of her previous albums, *The Tortured Poets Department* (270,000 copies in 2024) and *Midnights* (204,000 copies in 2022). In just three days, Swift has secured the UK’s largest first-week sales since Ed Sheeran’s *Divide* in 2017. The album is also on track to become the year’s best-seller, currently led by Sabrina Carpenter’s *Short N’ Sweet* with 444,000 copies sold since January. Carpenter features on the title track of Swift’s album. In the US, Swift shattered records with 2.7 million sales on Friday alone, marking her biggest sales week ever and the second-largest sales week for any album since 1991. Only Adele’s *25* outperformed this, with 3.378 million copies sold in its first week in 2015. *The Life of a Showgirl* also set a new US record for vinyl sales, with 1.2 million copies sold, partly due to eight collectable variants. This surpasses Swift’s previous vinyl record of 859,000 copies for *The Tortured Poets Department*. The album, written and recorded during the European leg of her Eras Tour, captures her blossoming romance with Travis Kelce, who recently announced their engagement. Despite mixed critical reviews, Swift’s dominance extends beyond music, with her 89-minute film, *Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party Of A Showgirl*, grossing $46 million at the box office. The film includes the premiere of her music video for *The Fate Of Ophelia*, behind-the-scenes footage, and commentary on the album. Swift dismissed retirement rumors on BBC Radio 2, stating, ‘It’s not why people get married – so that they can quit their job.’