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‘The Life of a Showgirl’ by Taylor Swift spends a fourth week at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 146k units. pic.twitter.com/NVCrYRVUxA

— Pop Base (@PopBase) November 2, 2025

- Taylor Swift's twelfth studio album, *The Life of a Showgirl*, released October 3, 2025, secures its fourth consecutive week at #1 on the Billboard 200, moving 146,000 equivalent album units amid a glamorous, burlesque-inspired aesthetic evident in its promotional imagery.

- The set debuted with a record-shattering 4 million units, marking Swift's 15th No. 1 album as a solo artist and the second project in 2025 to dominate the chart for its entire first month.

- This sustained success underscores Swift's chart dominance, outpacing contemporaries and fueling fan discussions on potential extended reigns through variant releases, while highlighting her seventh straight year of No. 1 albums from 2019 to 2025.