Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl album maintained the top position on the Billboard 200 in the week dated October 25. It is now the album's second week on the charts after earning 338k equivalent album units in the US in the week ending October 16, according to Luminate. Billboard reported that it's the largest second-week total for any album since the Elizabeth Taylor singer-songwriter released her last project in May 2024, The Tortured Poets Department, which sold 439k equivalent album units. Fans celebrated the pop star's latest chart achievement, with one X user calling it "pure dominance."Brijesh Kumar Yadav @Brijeshyadav38LINK@PopBase @taylorswift13 WOW, the biggest second week since her own album. That is pure dominance. The momentum for 'The Life of a Showgirl is incredible.More Swifties worldwide shared their reactions to The Life of the Showgirl reaching No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in its second week. They said it proves Taylor Swift and her 12th album have staying power and longevity. One fan even called her the "queen of the charts."Brijesh Kumar Yadav @Brijeshyadav38LINK@PopBase @taylorswift13 Another week, another record! The longevity and staying power are just unmatched. 338K in a second week is absolutely insane. 💃🔥Code And Chill @AdamjzqLINK@PopBase @taylorswift13 Taylor's chart dominance continues to break records! That 338k units in week 2 shows incredible staying power. Wonder if she'll break her own record for most weeks at #1? The Swift effect on the industry is unmatched 🔥Emma Ezeaka @emmaezeaka001LINK@PopBase @taylorswift13 Taylor Swift does it again! ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ holds strong at #1 on the Billboard 200 for a second week with 338k units. Queen of the charts! 👑📈Meanwhile, other fans defended the drop in the album's units earned after its second week, which is down 92% compared to its debut week when it sold 4.002 million units. They argue that most fans already bought the album during its first week and didn't need The Life of a Showgirl to "marinate" before deciding whether to buy it.sarah @lavenderpookieLINKPeople dumb af and fans bought it week one before they even let it marinate because it’s Taylor and they literally already own it. Their chopped artists can’t even get near her acting like it’s still covid 19 and they gotta be social distancingerm ⸆⸉ @ibytaermLINKpeople saying sh*t about it dropping numbers but like…….. that’s always gunna happen. you can’t match almost 2 months of sales and release week in one week like are yall slowTaylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl becomes the third album in 2025 to spend its first two weeks on the Billboard 200 after Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem (eight weeks) and Playboi Carti's MUSIC (two weeks).A song from Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl recently made a record start on Pop Airplay View this post on Instagram Instagram PostTaylor Swift is dominating the charts and making chart history after releasing her latest and 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, on October 3, 2025. All 12 songs from the album debuted in the Top 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, and one track also made history on the Pop Airplay chart.The Fate of Ophelia, the album's lead single and opening track, debuted at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100. But that's not all. According to Billboard on October 10, it's also the first song to launch in the Pop Airplay Top 10 after debuting at No.8 on the list dated October 18.It beat the previous records set by Swift and Mariah Carey, with Swift's Shake It Off and Carey's Dreamlover, both debuting at No.12 on the Pop Airplay chart. Both of these tracks also reached the top of the chart at some point.The Fate of Ophelia also made history on the Adult Pop Airplay chart by debuting at No.8. It is now the third song to debut in the Top 10 on this chart, following Swift's Shake It Off and Fortnite with Post Malone. It is also the first song to debut in the Top 10 of all three pop/adult radio rankings after launching at No.10 on the Adult Contemporary list.Taylor Swift is currently the second artist with the most Top 10s on Pop Airplay, totaling 27 songs, while Rihanna leads with 30.