The first-week numbers for Taylor Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl, are, expectedly, massive. But even for an artist who has spent nearly two decades breaking her own records, these numbers are on another level entirely.

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The Life of a Showgirl posts the biggest debut of the modern era (1991–present), shattering records for both single-week sales and equivalent album units (on the latest charts dated Oct. 18). Every single one of its 12 songs lands in the top 12 of the Billboard Hot 100 — a feat no artist has ever achieved before. And with this latest sweep, Swift has now occupied the entire top 10 of the Hot 100 three separate times. No other artist in history has done

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