News brief
The pop singer and her extensive fandom launched her latest and 15th album, 鈥淭he Life of a Showgirl,鈥 to the No. 1 slot this week. She is second only to The Beatles, who secured 19 No. 1 albums. Ms. Swift also broke the record for the number of albums sold with 4 million units, shattering a previous record set by Adele in 2015 for 鈥25,鈥 which sold 3.378 million copies in its first week in the United States.
