Taylor Swift Breaks Records with New Album
Taylor Swift has reached the most streams in less than one day after the release of her new album "The Life of a Showgirl" with the song "The Fate of Ophelia" on Spotify.
A New Record for Most Streams in a Day
Previously, Swift had the record for the most streamed song on a single day with "Fourteen Days" in April 2024, with over 25 million listeners. She surpassed Adele, whose track "Easy on Me" achieved almost 20 million streams in October 2021. If "Ophelia" continues to perform well on the platform, it may challenge Miley Cyrus’ record for "Flowers" for the most streamed song in a week.
Multiple Records Broken
This is not the only record that Swift broke with "Showgirl". The album also set a new record for most streams in a single day on Spotify in 2025, achieving this feat in less than 12 hours after its release. Spotify previously announced that "Showgirl" had broken the record for most first-day streams for an album, with over five million streams.
Swift’s Previous Success
Swift’s last album, "The Tortured Poets Department", was a huge hit on Spotify and became the most streamed album of 2025, ahead of Billie Eilish’s "Hit Me Hard and Soft" and Sabrina Carpenter’s "Short N’ Sweet". Before "The Fate of Ophelia", Swift had seven of the 10 most streamed songs on a single day with tracks from "The Tortured Poets Department" and "Midnights".
Promoting the New Album
"The Life of a Show Girl" was released on Thursday evening, revealing the 12-track work that she announced in August. To promote the album, Swift started "The Official Release Party of a Showgirl" in film cinemas across the country, debuting the music video for "Ophelia" and behind-the-scenes footage from the video shoot and lyric videos. In the coming week, she will continue to promote "Showgirl" with appearances on "Late Night With Seth Meyers", "The Graham Norton Show", and "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon".
