Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Hits Double-Digit Weeks at No. 1 on Billboard 200

Trending on Billboard Taylor Swift ’s The Life of a Showgirl hits double-digit weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as the set collects a 10th nonconsecutive week atop the list (dated Dec. 27). It earned 104,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending Dec. 18 (up 18%), according to Luminate. The album got a boost thanks to sales generated from new color vinyl variants of the album, exclusively sold via Swift’s webstore, that began shipping out to customers. As The Life of a Showgirl notches a 10th week at No. 1, Swift becomes the first woman, and third act overall, to have at least four albums with at least 10 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since the chart began publishing on a regular weekly basis in March of 1956. She previously nabbed 10-week-or-more No. 1s with her previous release, The Tortured Poets Department (17 weeks in 2024), along with 1989 (11 weeks in 2014-15) and Fearless (11 weeks in 2008-09). In total, only nine acts, including Swift, have at least two albums that have spent at least 10 weeks at No. 1. Those acts are: The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Swift (four such albums each); Whitney Houston, The Kingston Trio (three each); Adele, Henry Mancini, The Monkees and Morgan Wallen (two each). Meanwhile, 21 Savage ’s WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS? debuts at No. 3 on the latest Billboard 200, marking the rapper’s seventh top 10-charted project. Plus, a record-tying six holiday albums decorate the top 10. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Dec. 27, 2025-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard ‘s website on Dec. 23. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X and Instagram. Of The Life of a Showgirl ’s 104,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, album sales comprise 55,000 (up 43% - it’s steady at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 48,000 (down 4%, equaling 63.06 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks; it moves 4-6 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise 1,000 (down 3%). In addition to adding a fourth career 10-week Billboard 200 leader, Swift scores back-to-back full-length albums with at least 10 weeks at No. 1 for the first time, with The Life of a Showgirl following The Tortured Poets Department . Only six acts, including Swift, have notched consecutive No. 1s that ruled for at least 10 weeks. Swift joins Morgan Wallen (who has done so with his three most recent full-length albums: I’m the Problem ,...

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