Taylor Swift is breaking her own records with 'The Life of a Showgirl'

"Taylor Swift released her highly anticipated 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," on Friday. The album, co-produced by Max Martin and Karl "Shellback" Schuster, includes 12 songs and features Sabrina Carpenter on the title track. Spotify announced on Friday that "The Life of a Showgirl" became the platform's most-streamed album in a single day this year. The album reached that milestone in just 11 hours."

""The Life of a Record-Breaker ❤️‍🔥 On October 3rd, 2025, Taylor Swift's "The Fate of Ophelia" became the most-streamed song in a single day in Spotify history. pic.twitter.com/WIPRVBaGVS- Spotify (@Spotify) October 3, 2025 "The Life of a Showgirl" broke similar records on other streaming sites, like Apple Music, which said it became the platform's biggest album this year by first-day streams worldwide. "The Fate of Ophelia" also became Apple Music's biggest song of 2025 based on single-day streams globally."

"On Amazon Music, "The Life of a Showgirl" broke the record Swift previously set with her 2024 album, "The Tortured Poets Department." "On October 3rd, @taylorswift13's 'The Life of a Showgirl' became the most-streamed album of all time in its first day on Amazon Music globally, breaking her own previous record set by The Tortured Poets Department!" the platform wrote on X. And it's not just streaming. Swift is also doing numbers at the weekend box office."

Taylor Swift released her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, on Friday. The album was co-produced by Max Martin and Karl "Shellback" Schuster and contains 12 songs, including a title-track collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter. Spotify reported The Life of a Showgirl became the platform's most-streamed album in a single day this year, reaching that mark in 11 hours, and the track "The Fate of Ophelia" set Spotify's single-day streaming record. Apple Music said the album was its biggest by first-day global streams of the year and named "The Fate of Ophelia" its biggest single-day song of 2025. Amazon Music said the album set an all-time first-day global streaming record on its platform, surpassing Swift's previous record. The album's release coincided with strong weekend box-office numbers for related events.

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