Summary
Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
The album earned a record 4.002 million units, the largest weekly sum since 1991
Swift now holds the second-most No. 1 albums ever, surpassing Drake and JAY-Z
Taylor Swift is opening this week’s Billboard 200 with the record-shattering The Life of a Showgirl at No. 1.
Her latest record earns 4.002 million equivalent album units in its first week, including 3,479,500 in album sales and 522,600 in streaming equivalent album units (680.9 million on-demand streams). The Life of a Showgirl sets new records as the largest weekly sums for an album since Luminate began electronically collecting data in 1991.
In addition, she dethrones Adele’s 25 for the most single-week equivalent album units and