Taylor Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” Achieves Record-Breaking Global Debut
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NEW YORK, October 13, 2025 (ENTERTAINMENT INTERVIEWS) — Recording artist Taylor Swift has achieved the biggest first week in music history with her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, which earned more than 4 million U.S. and 5.5 million global album-equivalent units. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, marking Swift’s 15th chart-topping album.
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The release also generated over 1.5 billion global streams, securing the largest debut of 2025 across all major streaming platforms. Swift now holds the record for the most No. 1 albums by a solo artist and extends her streak of 11 consecutive studio albums debuting at No. 1, beginning with Fearless in 2008.
“I’ll never forget how excited I was in 2006 when my first album sold 40,000 copies in its first week. I was 16 and couldn’t even fathom that that many people would care enough about my music to invest their time and energy into it. Since then I’ve tried to meet and thank as many people as I could who have given me the chance to chase this insane dream. Here we are all these years later and a hundred times that many people showed up for me this week. I have 4 million thank you’s I want to send to the fans, and 4 million reasons to feel even more proud of this album than I already was. Thank you for going out to celebrate this project in the movie theaters, investing in vinyl, streaming, watching the video, buying CDs, reading the poems I wrote inside the packaging, and immersing yourselves in The Life of a Showgirl. I’ll cherish this feeling forever,” said Swift.
The Life of a Showgirl achieved the largest vinyl sales week ever recorded by Nielsen, surpassing 1 million units, and set new global streaming records on Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music. On Spotify, the album became the largest standard edition debut in the platform’s history, amassing 250 million first-day streams, while its lead single, “The Fate of Ophelia,” became the fastest song to surpass 100 million streams.
Globally, the album debuted at No. 1 in more than 15 countries, including the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Germany, France, and Italy, achieving the biggest opening week for an international artist in several of those markets.
Critical reception has been widely favorable, with Rolling Stone awarding the album five stars, calling it “a fresh echelon of superstardom,” while Billboard described it as “one of the most grounded, well-rounded projects of Swift’s career.”
For more information, visit www.republicrecords.com and www.taylorswift.com.
Source: Republic Records
Cinemark to Screen Taylor Swift | The Official Release Party of a Showgirl With Exclusive Music Video Premiere
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PLANO, Texas, September 19, 2025 (ENTERTAINMENT INTERVIEWS) — Theatrical exhibition company Cinemark Holdings, Inc. has announced it will host Taylor Swift | The Official Release Party of a Showgirl in its theaters nationwide to mark the release of Swift’s twelfth studio album. The event will run October 3 through October 5 and will include the world premiere of the music video “The Fate of Ophelia”.
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Tickets, priced at $12 plus taxes and fees, are available through Cinemark.com, the Cinemark app, and theater box offices. Screenings will be shown in standard format and in Cinemark XD, which features larger screens and surround sound.
“We’re honored to bring Taylor Swift, one of the most iconic and influential entertainers of our time, back to the big screen at Cinemark with Taylor Swift | The Official Release Party of a Showgirl. We saw her world-class ability to entertain and captivate audiences as fans sang and danced in our auditoriums for the theatrical release of her Eras Tour concert film in 2023. We are thrilled to invite Swifties to celebrate TS12 together in a vibrant, communal setting where the magic of our auditoriums wraps you in the moment with larger-than-life visuals and enveloping surround sound, creating an experience that simply can’t be matched. Congratulations to Taylor Swift and her entire team for what we know will be a visual and auditory masterpiece,” said Sean Gamble, Cinemark President and CEO.
Cinemark, based in Plano, Texas, operates nearly 500 theaters and more than 5,500 screens across the U.S. and Latin America. The company provides premium large-format options through Cinemark XD, as well as amenities including expanded food and beverage service, Luxury Lounger recliners, and D-BOX motion seats. Cinemark also offers loyalty programs such as Cinemark Movie Club and Movie Rewards.
For more information, visit www.cinemark.com.
Source: Cinemark