Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ makes history by selling 4 million copies in first week

NEW YORK AP That s show business for you Taylor Swift s th studio album The Life of a Showgirl has officially sold million equivalent album units which includes album sales and streaming activity in its first week in the U S That is the biggest first week in modern music history at least according to Luminate the industry evidence and analytics company that began tracking sales in Swift broke the record set by Adele s which sold million copies in its first week in in the U S The Life of a Showgirl was circulated Oct In its first week pure album sales totaled copies She s also become the solo artist with the preponderance No albums on the Billboard with She was previously tied with Drake and Jay-Z who each have Swift is now just behind The Beatles who boast of No albums She is no stranger to latest records and when it comes to The Life of a Showgirl the history-making started this instant In its first day of release the album sold million copies in traditional album sales developing her record for the majority first week sales in one day Her last album s The Tortured Poets Department amassed million equivalent album units in the U S in its first week Also according to Luminate The Life of a Showgirl broke the record for the bulk copies of a vinyl album sold in a single week in the U S with million copies in its first day The previous record holder was The Tortured Poets Department which sold copies on vinyl in its first week Vinyl variants move the needle One of the reasons Swift has seen so much success is that she circulated her record in several different variants Those include multiple editions specific to Target three CDs titled It s Frightening It s Rapturous and It s Beautiful as well as an sole vinyl release The Crowd Is Your King There are a number of other vinyl variants as well The Tiny Bubble in Champagne Collection The Baby That s Show Business Collection The Shiny Bug Collection and the standard LP and cassette in sweat and vanilla perfume Portofino orange vinyl New Disney projects will keep Swift at the top The news of Swift s record-breaking sales arrived just after Good Morning America revealed Monday that she ll have two new projects at Disney That s a six-episode behind-the-scenes docuseries about her landmark Eras Tour titled Taylor Swift The Eras Tour The End of an Era The first two episodes of her docuseries will premiere Dec And that is not to be confused with the second titled Taylor Swift The Eras Tour The Final Show a concert film now with the inclusion of The Tortured Poets Department section The album was incorporated into her three-and-a-half-hour performance following its release It was filmed in Vancouver That differs from s Taylor Swift The Eras Tour film which was compiled from several Swift shows at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood a suburb of Los Angeles and arrived ahead of The Tortured Poets Department