Taylor Swift scores second-biggest UK charts opening week ever with The Life of a Showgirl

<p>With 432,000 combined units sold in its first week on the Official Chart, only Ed Sheeran’s 2017 ÷ (Divide) has done better</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/taylor-swift">Taylor Swift’</a>s 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, has given the US pop star her biggest-ever opening week on the UK chart.</p><p>It is her 14th No 1 album (she has also scored No 1s with the Taylor’s Version rerecordings of previous albums), moving 432,000 combined units in its first week on the Official Chart. It is second only to Ed Sheeran’s ÷, released in 2017 to 672,000 first-week sales.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/10/taylor-swift-scores-second-biggest-uk-charts-opening-week-ever-with-the-life-of-a-showgirl">Continue reading...</a>