Billboard 200: Taylor Swift’s ‘Life of a Showgirl’ to Break Adele’s Record As First-Week Sales Now Push Toward 4 Million

Nearly a decade ago, Adele‘s ‘25‘ – the anxiously awaited follow-up to 2011’s blockbuster, ‘Rolling in the Deep‘-housing ‘21‘ LP – achieved the unprecedented when it shifted 3.4 million in sales its first week of availability.

The feat made it the highest first-week sales sum any album had ever collected in the history of the Billboard 200 at the time.

Fast forward 10 years, Taylor Swift not only seems poised to surpass the accomplishment but also raise the bar to unthinkable heights.

Taylor Swift’s ‘Life of a Showgirl’

Predicted First-Week Sales: 3.5 – 4 million

Predicted First-Week Billboard 200 Placement: #1

Based on first-day sales performance of 2.7 million sold, industry analysts predicted ‘Life of a Showgirl’ – released October 3 – would sell no less than 3 million by the end of its inaugural sales tracking week.

Now, thanks to the availability of data attached to the commercial performance of the project’s main version as well as variants and physical editions, Swift’s ‘Showgirl’ is expected to dance north of the 3.5 million mark in opening sales.

If the prediction rings true, Taylor will not only be guaranteed next week’s #1 spot on the Billboard 200 but will open with the highest sum any album has ever achieved in music history.

All will be revealed on Sunday (October 12) when Billboard unveils the official final count.

Until then, keep it locked to That Grape Juice for updates as this story develops.