"Spotify confirmed on October 3 that "The Fate of Ophelia," which garnered more than 30 million streams on release day, had become the most-streamed song in a single day in the history of the streaming service. (She broke her own record by a significant gap; "Fortnight" got 25 million first-day streams in April 2024). Just 11 hours after dropping, the entire Life of a Showgirl album also racked up the most single-day Spotify streams in 2025."
"Swift could potentially claim the title that Adele has defended for a decade for most first-week sales in the U.S.. Adele's 25 sold 3.378 million copies in 2015; for reference, Luminate reports that Swift's Life of a Showgirl logged 2.7 million physical and digital sales on release day alone. Early projections suggests that she is on track to cross the 3.5 million or even 4 million threshold."
The Life of a Showgirl was released October 3 and immediately set multiple streaming records. "The Fate of Ophelia" exceeded 30 million Spotify streams in a single day, surpassing Swift's previous first-day mark. Within 11 hours the full 12-track album recorded the most single-day Spotify streams in 2025 and achieved the biggest first-day streams on Apple Music; Amazon Music reported a new 24-hour album streaming record. Luminate counted 2.7 million physical and digital sales on release day, with projections targeting 3.5–4 million first-week U.S. sales, potentially eclipsing Adele's decade-old record. The album sold 304,000 copies in three days in the U.K. and set a U.S. weekly vinyl-sales record with 1.2 million across eight variants by October 4.
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