Taylor Swift's 'Showgirl' tops Billboard 200 for 2nd week
What's the story
Taylor Swift's latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, has retained its position at the top of the Billboard 200 chart for a second consecutive week. The album sold 3,38,000 equivalent album units in its second week, making it one of the best-performing albums this year. Despite a significant drop from last week's record-breaking sales of over four million units, Showgirl still had a strong showing in its second week.
Sales breakdown
Breakdown of Swift's album sales
Of the 338K units sold in Swift's second week, 101K came from pure album sales. This figure represented a significant drop of 97% from the first week, which included pre-sales and exclusive release-week variants. However, this number is still impressive as few contemporary albums achieve such high pure sales in a week. It is still the fifth-best week for any album this year, per Luminate. Only tracks by Morgan Wallen, the Weeknd, Sabrina Carpenter, and Swift's debut week are ahead.
Chart dominance
'Showgirl' to continue reign on Billboard 200
With no obvious major pop releases currently scheduled until the end of 2025, barring any last-minute surprises, The Life of a Showgirl is expected to continue its reign atop the Billboard 200 chart. The only new entry in the top 10 for the week ending October 10 was Olivia Dean's The Art of Loving, which climbed from No. 8 to No. 6 in its third week with a weekly total of 36K equivalent album units.
Chart rankings
Other albums in top 5 spots
Following Swift on the Billboard 200 chart are the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack at No. 2 (104K units), Wallen's I'm the Problem at No. 3 (79K units), Cardi B's Am I the Drama? at No. 4 (50K units), and Sabrina Carpenter's Man's Best Friend at No. 5 (45K units). Dean is at sixth, Bad Bunny's DeBI TiRAR MaS FOtoS is seventh with sales of 33K units, while SZA's SOS follows closely behind with sales of 32K units.