Superstar Taylor Swift's 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," arrived on Friday with a promotional blitz, including midnight sales at Target stores, a release party at movie theatres around the globe and pop-up experiences in New York and Los Angeles.

It follows "The Tortured Poets Department", which debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, and sold the equivalent of 8 million albums in the US, according to Luminate, a firm that tracks music sales.

Swift's latest offering is expected to be similarly lapped up by her huge global fan base, even though the music press gave the release a mixed response.

"With this album it's exactly where I am at in my life," Swift told Britain's Capital Breakfast radio show, kicking off promotional appearances.

"I am exactly in the same s

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