A month after the release, Taylor Swifts”The life of a showgirl” logs a major milestone as it hits a previously unbroken four weeks at No. 1 on Billboard 200.
The set is only the second 2025 album to spend its first four weeks at the summit, following Morgan Wallen’s “I’m the Problem,” which led for its first eight weeks (and 12 weeks overall). Not surprisingly, Swift’s fourth week numbers are significant; she has earned a total of 146,000 album units in the US for the week ending October 30, according to Luminate.
Swift’s closest competition on the Billboard 200 is the “KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack, which has held on to No. 2 with 84,000 equivalent album units earned, down 12%). Notably, Wallen’s “I’m the Problem” is also stagnant at No. 3 (76,000 units).
Swift also extends her dominance on the Hot 100, where “The Fate of Ophelia” holds the No. 1 spot for a fourth straight week. On October 28, she released a special “Alone in My Tower (Acoustic Version)” of the song, available for digital purchase until the end of October 30 – a move that inevitably helped fuel its continued reign. During the tracking week, the upbeat pop single amassed 29 million official streams, nearly 55 million in radio airplay and 22,000 sold.
With both “The Life of a Showgirl” and “The Fate of Ophelia” leading the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 respectively in their first four weeks, Swift achieves a milestone no other artist has ever achieved: debuting at No. 1 on both charts simultaneously and holding both for a full month.
In terms of new releases on the Billboard 200, Daniel Caesar lands his first Top 10 album with “Son of Spergy” opening at No. 4 with 43,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that total, 26,000 units are tied to the 34.11 official streams, with album sales contributing 17,000.
Brandi Carlile’s latest offering, “Returning to Myself,” debuts at No. 7 with 35,000 equivalent album units earned. Carlile appeared on “Saturday Night Live” over the weekend to support the release and delivered a performance of “Church & State”.
Demi Lovato’s “It’s Not That Deep” debuted at No. 9 with 31,000 units earned and 24,000 album sales. Lovato will soon embark on the “It’s Not That Deep” tour with dates scheduled across the United States and Canada. The tour kicks off April 8 in Charlotte and includes 23 stops at major venues such as Madison Square Garden in New York, United Center in Chicago, TD Garden in Boston and the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.
