Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' Shatters Records: Fastest 5x Platinum Album of the 2020s

November 30, 2025
Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' Shatters Records: Fastest 5x Platinum Album of the 2020s
  • Released on October 3, 2025, The Life of a Showgirl remains No. 1 on the Billboard 200 each week since its debut and is one of only two 2025 albums to start with at least seven consecutive weeks atop the chart.

  • The single The Fate of Ophelia continues to perform strongly on the Billboard Hot 100.

  • Swift now holds the record for the most albums certified at 5x Platinum or higher in RIAA history, with 12 titles.

  • Showgirl achieves a historic milestone as the fastest album of the 2020s to reach 5x Platinum, doing so in under two months and surpassing the prior record held by Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department by five months.

  • The album set multiple industry benchmarks, including the fastest-ever one-day move to 3 million U.S. units and the fastest-selling 21st-century vinyl release, with over 1 million vinyl copies sold in under 24 hours.

  • Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl has reached 5x Platinum (5 million units) in the United States, per the RIAA.

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