57 h. ago Why Taylor Swift fans can’t resist buying up 34 versions of The Life of a Showgirl

Experts warn that if fans start to feel like customers rather than part of the performance, the applause can fade quickly

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7 d. ago Taylor Swift continues to make chart history with The Life Of A Showgirl as it retains number one album in UK for second week

The singer continues her domination, securing a rare double victory with The Life Of A Showgirl topping the Official Albums Chart, while Ophelia maintains its reign on the Official Singles Chart.

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7 d. ago Taylor Swift retains number one album and single in UK charts for second week

The pop star broke a number of UK chart records following the release of her 12th studio album, The Life Of A Showgirl.

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7 d. ago The state of Taylor Swift's friendship with Blake Lively revealed after singer released song about 'cancelled' pals

This comes after fans speculated that Lively is the subject of or, at the very least, partially the inspiration for Swift's song Cancelled off her new album, The Life Of A Showgirl.

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8 d. ago ‘It’s been a shock’: Taylor Swift fans flock to see German museum’s Ophelia

Depiction of Shakespeare character by Friedrich Heyser believed to have inspired pop superstar’s new music videoA 200-year-old museum in Germany has found itself in the eye of a storm of delighted Taylor Swift fans when it emerged that one of the probable inspirations for the music video of her new song The Fate of Ophelia was hanging on its wall.In the opening scene of the clip for the first song on Swift’s blockbuster new album The Life of a Showgirl, one of the world’s biggest pop stars assumes the role of the tragic Shakespearean character. The video, released earlier this month, was watched more than 27m times on YouTube in the first three days. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Taylor Swift fans spot major new album clue in series trailer

Taylor Swift is still making headlines with her new album The Life of a Showgirl but fans are convinced she is already dropping hints about her next project.

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1 week ago Charli XCX appears to make a dig at Taylor Swift amid feud rumours after THAT The Life of a Showgirl 'diss track'

The former tour mates appear to be at the centre of showbiz's most prominent and growing feud, thanks to pointed lyrics featuring in Taylor's new album, The Life Of A Showgirl.

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1 week ago Taylor Swift’s new album smashes sales records in first week

Success of ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ unprecedented in era of declining music purchases

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1 week ago Taylor Swift brings Caitlin Clark to cheer on Travis Kelce and the Chiefs... hours before 'big announcement' on GMA

Swift has spent the week on a promotional tour for her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, but still made it back in time to watch Kelce and Co take on the Detroit Lions on Sunday night.

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1 week ago Has Taylor Swift girlbossed too close to the sun with The Life of the Showgirl?

Her latest album has been a commercial smash. But it still leaves a bad taste in the mouth

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2 w. ago Robbie Williams rants 'you can't compete' with Taylor Swift as he pushes back album release to avoid clash with The Life Of A Showgirl

The hitmaker, 51, has never been afraid to speak his mind and now the pop legend has confessed he pulled the plug on his album release after realising he'd be going up against Taylor Swift.

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2 w. ago Travis Kelce's relative's unlikely reaction to raunchy Taylor Swift song

Travis Kelce's sister-in-law, Kylie, has praised Taylor Swift for Wood, a song on The Life of a Showgirl that likens the NFL star's anatomy to a "Redwood tree"

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2 w. ago Taylor Swift breaks chart records with new album despite mixed reviews

Taylor Swift has broken several chart records in the UK with the release of her new 12th studio album The Life Of A Showgirl as she celebrates her most successful debut yet

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2 w. ago Taylor Swift smashes chart records and closes in on The Beatles

The Life Of A Showgirl scores the biggest first week sales of the year in the UK and lands Taylor Swift her 14th chart topper. She is just one behind The Beatles in terms of No1 albums. She has also sold more vinyl than any other artist this century.

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2 w. ago Taylor Swift breaks UK chart records with album The Life Of A Showgirl

Swift’s album debuts at number one, with her tracks in the top three of the singles chart.

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2 w. ago The Guide #212: The Taylor Swift backlash has me asking: how much good music can one artist really produce?

In this week’s newsletter: The mixed response to The Life of a Showgirl is proof that even the biggest star isn’t immune to creative burnoutAmid the flood of discourse around Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl, one recurring sentiment jumped out: that the album – which many critics have declared a misstep in Swift’s otherwise consistently solid discography – felt hurried, hasty, rushed. “The Life of a Showgirl Is 40 Minutes of Elevator Music Rushed Out to Break a Beatles Record”, read the particularly savage headline of a piece on Collider. In the Guardian music desk’s excellent round table on the album, just about every panellist expressed a wish that Swift would take a break from the constant churn of releasing records, in order to recapture a lost spark.And it has been quite the churn. Since 2019 Swift has on average released an album a year, and that’s not counting the Taylor’s Version re-records of her older albums. All of this managed alongside a certain billion-dollar-gros...

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2 w. ago Robbie Williams review – tiny Camden gig offers blinding star wattage – and a surprising new song about Morrissey

Dingwalls, LondonPreviewing new album Britpop to an audience of 600, the star promises ‘no stadium bravado’ and delivers droll new songs alongside stripped-back oldiesWhat do you do if you’re a superstar who has pulled well over a million people to a stadium tour? If you’re as contrary as Robbie Williams, you play a gig in a shoebox. This late-night show at the 600-capacity Dingwalls, the smallest venue of his career to date, is a rum event. It was originally a launch evening for a new album, Britpop, now postponed to February. Williams makes no bones about why. “It’s because of Taylor Swift,” he admits, in a week where her new album The Life of a Showgirl is outselling the rest of the UK Top 20 put together. “I could pretend it’s not, but it is. It’s selfish. I want a 16th No 1 album.”Bounding on stage just as the pubs are closing, a grinning Williams clearly relishes the intimate environment. “I’m not doing all that stadium bravado and pointing,” he vows, launching into a full, st...

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2 w. ago Taylor Swift fans convinced they've spotted Easter Egg about feud with famous A

The American songstress, 35, was seen draped in a gold chainmail dress custom-made by New York-based designer Kelsey Randall in a behind the scenes look at her new album, Life Of A Showgirl.

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2 w. ago Travis Kelce's shy reaction to Taylor Swift's 'generous' song about his 'manhood'

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was questioned by his brother about Taylor Swift's raunchy song about his 'manhood' from her new album, The Life of a Showgirl

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2 w. ago Taylor Swift beats Adele’s first week in US sales record with Life of a Showgirl

The star has already sold 3.5m units of her critically divisive album, a new record in the modern era of music salesTaylor Swift’s divisive new album, The Life of a Showgirl, has beaten Adele’s record-breaking 25 in first week sales numbers.According to data tracking firm Luminate, the album has already sold 3.5m units in the US which equates to 3.2m physical copies and 300,000 attributed to streaming activity. Adele achieved 3.482m in 2015 with her opening week sales of 25 which was led by hit Hello. Continue reading...

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