61 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 makes huge $100k donation to help save young girl’s life as she battles rare brain cancer

SUPERSTAR Taylor Swift has quietly donated $100,000 to help save the life of little girl fighting cancer.  The Sun can reveal the Look What You Made Me singer, 35, made the huge donation on Friday night after finding herself trawling the pages of GoFundMe.  The singer's money will go towards to helping a little girl...

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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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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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2 w. 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 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 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 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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2 w. ago Taylor Swift’s fiance gives verdict on her erotic song lyrics

Travis Kelce discussed his fiancée Taylor Swift's new album, "The Life of a Showgirl", on his podcast "New Heights".

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2 w. ago The Life of a Showgirl is a massive hit – and massively divisive. What should Taylor Swift do next?

Swift’s 12th LP is set to dominate the charts – despite fans lampooning the lyrics and lamenting its quality. Guardian music writers discuss what it means for her careerLaura Snapes Taylor Swift’s 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl (TLOAS), has been a smash statistical success. She’s broken records that she previously set, and in the US is second only to Adele for the most sales in a single week. The cinematic release party this weekend grossed $34m in the US and an additional $13m worldwide. But it’s second only to her 20-year-old debut – written in her teens – as the worst reviewed album of her catalogue, with a 70% approval average on Metacritic. What are the successes and failures of this record?Alexis Petridis The success part is obvious. It’s set to become the biggest-selling album of the year by a preposterously long chalk. In terms of shortcomings, I think the biggest one is prosaic – a lack of really memorable melodies. I think you’d be hearing a lot less about the cringy l...

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2 w. ago Taylor Swift breaks Adele's streaming record as new album The Life Of A Showgirl racks up 3.5M copies sold

The modern-era single-week sales record was previously held by Adele's album, 25, with 3.378 million copies sold upon its release in 2015.

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2 w. ago Taylor Swift fans urged not to play The Life of a Showgirl too loudly in car

Motoring Defence Solicitors have issued advice on Rule 148 of the Highway Code

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2 w. ago Taylor Swift responds to fans who don’t like ‘The Life of a Showgirl’

‘I welcome the chaos,’ says popstar

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2 w. ago Taylor Swift looks chic as she steps out for dinner in NYC with close pal Jerrod Carmichael amid blockbuster Life Of A Showgirl album release

She's been making the rounds on interview shows to promote her new hit album The Life Of A Showgirl in recent days.

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2 w. ago Taylor Swift ridiculed over controversial comment about Travis Kelce 'putting his life on the line'

Taylor Swift was brutally mocked by fans after she made a comment about Travis Kelce 'fighting for his life' on the football field during her Monday night appearance on Jimmy Fallon.

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2 w. ago Taylor Swift fans sure Charli XCX 'diss track' is actually about another female mega star

Taylor Swift fans have been dissecting The Life Of A Showgirl - and some claim to have spotted another huge celebrity who is the subject of one of the tracks

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2 w. ago Taylor Swift reveals truth behind raunchy song about Travis Kelce's manhood

The pop megastar released her new The Life of a Showgirl album on Friday, which includes an overtly sexual song dedicated to her NFL-star fiance - much to the disbelief of her fans.

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2 w. ago Taylor Swift delivers verdict on Selena Gomez's wedding as she begins to plan her own

Whilst promoting The Life of a Showgirl, Taylor Swift shared her thoughts on what it was like to attend Selena Gomez's $4 million wedding

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