""I'll never forget how excited I was in 2006 when my first album sold 40,000 copies in its first week. I was 16 and couldn't even fathom that that many people would care enough about my music to invest their time and energy into it," Swift wrote on Instagram to celebrate the news. "Since then I've tried to meet and thank as many people as I could who have given me the chance to chase this insane dream. Here we are all these years later and a hundred times that many people showed up for me this week.""
"Every song from The Life of a Showgirl charted in the top 12 this week, which makes sense as Swift sold 4 million copies of the album, beating Adele's record for . This is also the first time this has happened in the charts' history; Swift controlled the top spots with and Tortured Poets Department, but the top spots did not include every song without skips."
Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl dominated the Billboard Hot 100 at debut, with every song charting in the top 12. The album sold 4 million copies, surpassing Adele's record, and set a vinyl sales record with 1.2 million vinyl copies sold within a week. This marks the first time every track from an album occupied top-12 positions in the chart's history. Swift expressed gratitude to fans and recalled early career first-week sales. A docuseries announcement accompanies the release and raises the possibility of a future Emmy.
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