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Taylor Swift breaks streaming records with new 'Showgirl' album
Taylor Swift's 12th album set multiple streaming records across Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music, becoming the most-streamed album in a single day in 2025.
- On October 3, 2025, pop star Taylor Swift released her 12th studio album The Life of a Showgirl, drawing immediate fan attention and topping daily streaming charts within 11 hours.
- Rumours about a Swift‑Lively rift originated from the messy legal fight over It Ends With Us, with reports saying Taylor Swift felt betrayed and furious about being dragged into the dispute.
- Streaming services reported that 'The Fate of Ophelia', lead single, broke first‑day streaming records on Apple Music and Spotify, while the 12 tracks set platform records.
- In Melbourne, fans gathered wearing the album's Portofino orange to celebrate new songs, while release‑week screenings premiered the lead video and could gross $30-50 million, with special vinyl editions sold at Target.
- Swift reunited with producers Max Martin and Shellback, featuring Sabrina Carpenter on the title track and highlighting 'Opalite' as Travis Kelce's favorite, signaling Showgirl's pop shift.
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Despite mixed opinions on the part of critics, the American star's twelfth album panicked the meters on streaming platforms within hours of its ultra-mediated release.
Commercial success assured but divided reviews for "The Life of a Showgirl", the highly anticipated twelfth album of the American megastar Taylor Swift, unveiled Friday, which proves resolutely pop, joyous but also vindictive. ...
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Taylor Swift breaks streaming records with new 'Showgirl' album
Taylor Swift quickly set on Friday several streaming records with "The Life of a Showgirl," her new album of bouncy pop songs about love, sex, success -- and score-settling -- that had fans analyzing every word.
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