Taylor Swift's 12th album: Get to know 'The Life of a Showgirl'
It went Platinum in the UK after ONE WEEK
Last updated 20th Jan 2026
Taylor Swift's 12th album 'The Life of a Showgirl' was nothing short of a cultural MOMENT when it dropped back in October 2025. Unsurprisingly, it debuted atop the UK charts - and was even certified Platinum in the UK after just ONE WEEK - translating to over 300,000 UK sales ALONE in just the first seven days.
Since it was released on Friday 3rd October, 'The Life of a Showgirl' has been absolutely everywhere - with lead single 'The Fate of Ophelia' garnering over 57 MILLION YouTube views in just the first week.
If that wasn't enough, Taylor's released a brand new documentary series The Eras Tour: The End Of An Era on Disney+, which arrived in December, giving fans behind-the-scenes access to the tour - plus a recorded full concert film of Taylor's last performance on the 'Eras Tour' in Vancouver.
Taylor confirmed her 12th album back in August 2025, and came to chat to us at Hits Radio and Magic Radio on the record's release day to delve deeper into the music and the inspirations behind it. Here's everything else you need to know about Taylor Swift's 12th album, 'The Life of a Showgirl'...
'The Life of a Showgirl': Album artwork
Taylor's striking album artwork is reminiscent of John Everett Millais' painting of Ophelia, where the Shakespearean character can be seen in a floating down a river.
What is the album about?
Taylor explained in an exclusive interview with Hits Radio that sometimes because of the time between writing and releasing an album, her life has moved on, and it doesn't reflect her life at the time of release. However, with 'The Life of a Showgirl' it's different!
"One thing about this album that I think is really exciting is that oftentimes when I make a record, we then take all this time to plan out how we're going to put it out and make sure that we have vinyl for everybody," Taylor explained.
"So there's like a lag time between when I made it and when it enters the world. Oftentimes your life can change drastically between this point and this other point."
Taylor continued: "And for example, my last album, 'Tortured Poets Department', by the time that album came out, I was in a completely different point in my life.
"So it was like, it's an interesting feeling sometimes putting albums out into the world. With this one, the coolest part is that it is absolutely the place that I still am in my life.
"You know, the music matches the moment that I'm in. So it's so much easier to come in here and talk about music that completely accurately like reflects what's going on in my life."
At the time she announced the album, Taylor explained what the album was about, saying: "This album is about what was going on behind the scenes in my inner life, during this tour, which was so exuberant and electric and vibrant. It just comes from like a most infectious, joyful, wild, dramatic place I was in, in my life.
"And so that effervescent has come through on that record, and like you said 'bangers' and we were just like, there's no other songs coming. It's not like with 'Tortured Poets Department' I was like, 'here's a data dump of everything I thought, felt, experienced, in two or three years'... Here's 31 songs."
How did she announce it?
The singer, appeared as a guest on her fiancé's podcast called New Heights, where she could be seen next to Travis Kelce as she unveiled the new album to co-host Travis' brother Jason, saying: "So I wanted to show you something, we've got... This is my brand new album 'The Life of a Showgirl'.
Sharing a clip from the podcast, in a collaborative post between the podcast and Taylor, the caption read: 'Posted at 12:12 on the 12th. ❤️🔥 Tay’s 12th album is called…………
'pre pre-order now at TaylorSwift.com'.
When was it released?
The album was released on 3rd October, and Taylor was in the UK to celebrate its release. Across the world, a launch party movie was available to watch in cinemas between 3rd and 5th October, allowing fans to celebrate the release with other Swifties.
Where did it come in the charts?
Unsurprisingly, 'The Life of a Showgirl' debuted atop the album charts in the UK, and was even certified Platinum by the BPI - meaning over 600,000 album sales in the UK alone after just one week! It's since been certified 2x Platinum in the UK.
What songs are on it?
Before the album's release, Taylor revealed there would be 12 songs on the album. The first song from the album 'The Fate of Ophelia' was released on the same day as the album. The full tracklist can be found below.
- 'The Fate of Ophelia'
- 'Elizabeth Taylor'
- 'Opalite'
- 'Father Figure'
- 'Eldest Daughter'
- 'Ruin The Friendship'
- 'Actually Romantic'
- 'Wi$h Li$t'
- 'Wood'
- 'CANCELLED!'
- 'Honey'
- 'The Life of a Showgirl' (Feat. Sabrina Carpenter)
The meaning behind the songs on 'The Life Of A Showgirl'
Taylor came to see us at Hits Radio and Magic Radio on the release day of her 12th album, and talked us through how she wrote some of the songs on the album and what they mean to her.
'The Fate of Ophelia'
Taylor told Hits Radio that she has a "fixation" with Shakespeare characters and "can't stand to see them meet a tragic demise." She added that she went back to 'Love Story', which she wrote as a teenager, saying: "I can't watch Romeo and Juliet not work out.
"What do you mean they both die? They don't in my version of things. So, it's like you just turn the movie off before the bad ending," before talking about Ophelia was "driven mad by love".
She explained the lyrics: 'You dug me out of my grave and saved my heart from the fate of Ophelia', telling us: "It’s a love song and it's also just got one of the catchiest post-hook kind of sections that I'm pretty proud of."
She added to Magic: "This is a song about feeling for a long time like you might have met a similar fate to Ophelia who was driven mad over the years slowly by love. And instead, we reference her fate, but it's more about someone saving you from that fate and how euphoric that feels to look at your past experiences with heartbreak, and feel that you've been like rescued from that by this fortuitous turn of events where you ended up finding a person that changed that for you."
'Opalite'
Taylor told Hits Radio that 'Opalite' was "so much fun" to write, revealing that sometimes if we go through hardship in life, we "see it as a major setback," adding that instead, she'd found that it depends on how you respond to it and that can "catapult you forward in growth, in wisdom, in perspective."
She added: "Can you react to certain situations in a way that benefits you and the people around you and essentially, like acquire wisdom because of it?"
Taylor went on to say: "'Opalite' is a song about forgiving yourself for having gone through something that didn't pan out the way you wanted it to. All the perfect couples would look at you and say, 'When you know, you know, and when you don't, you don't'. It's giving yourself permission to not have it all figured out or not marry the first person you ever dated, stuff like that."
'Wi$h Li$t'
In her interview with Magic, Taylor revealed that 'Wi$h Li$t' was the track that made her realise the album was finished. Adding that she was very specific about the "vision" for the record, Taylor conceded that "perfection is unattainable", but that she knew these songs fit together perfectly.
Admitting that the song makes her "emotional", Taylor confirmed that it's a "very accurate stance on where I'm at in life," adding: "It was a feeling of, 'We're done now'. I've written very sprawling albums before where I just couldn't stop writing. And there's something to that too, if that's the project you're making, but this was not that."
Who has she worked with on the album?
Taylor has worked with a number of well-known faces on this album. Not only does the title track feature Sabrina Carpenter, she has worked with Swedish producers Max Martin and Shellback.
Max previously worked on 'Shake It Off' and 'Blank Space' with Taylor and Shellback has produced several songs on Taylor's 'Red', '1989 and 'reputation' albums.
Where did she record it?
During the podcast with her fiancé Travis Kelce, she revealed that the album was recorded in Sweden. The singer explained: "We've never actually made an album before where there was just the three of us (Taylor, Max Martin and Shellback). There's no other collaborators, it's just the three of us making a focussed album where... I mean it felt like catching lightning in a bottle honestly."
She continued: "And actually, when I was on tour in Stockholm, I had Max Martin come out to the show and I was talking to him and I was just like, 'I feel like we could just knock it out of the park if we went back in, and we did this all in Sweden and it was just us three.
"I essentially said to him, I want to be proud. I want to be as proud of an album as I am of the 'Eras' Tour and for the same reasons."
Chatting to Magic Radio on the release day of her album, she explained more about her drive to write it while she was on tour. She said: "Like it was, it felt like I was so physically exhausted from the shows, but being mentally and sort of like emotionally stimulated by making this music, got me to the point where I was so excited to step back on stage, because I knew I had this little secret project I was working on.
"So I'd play my shows, I'd play like three shows on the 'Eras Tour', I'd fly to Sweden, I'd fly back to the tour, I'd fly to Sweden and it was a blast."
Are there any extra tracks?
Taylor has confirmed there are only 12 tracks on this album, and she will not be adding any more. She explained: "This is 12 (songs), there's not a 13th, there's not a 14th, there's not other ones coming. This is the record I've been wanting to make for a very long time.
"Every single song is on this album for hundreds of reasons, you know, you couldn't take one out and it be the same album, you couldn't add one and it be just right."
How many versions are there?
As fans will know, Taylor's album 'The Tortured Poets Department' had several different versions, including four physical versions named after their extra songs.
The singer released four versions of the record - 'The Life of a Showgirl: Sweat and Vanilla Perfume Edition' cover art was revealed in her Instagram post, with the further three editions shared on her website. The alternative editions are:
- 'The Life of a Showgirl: It's Frightening Edition'
- 'The Life of a Showgirl: It's Rapturous Edition'
- 'The Life of a Showgirl: It's Beautiful Edition'
For those lucky enough to be in the US, Taylor also released 'The Life of a Showgirl: The Crowd is Your King Edition' which is on Summertime Spritz Pink Shimmer Vinyl.
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Take a look through Taylor Swift's amazing albums:
'Taylor Swift'
'Taylor Swift' is Taylor's debut album, and is a country album with pop elements. The songs reflect Taylor's perspective on life as a teenager - she was aged just 16 when it was released!
Release date: 24th October 2006 in the United States and Canada, 18th March 2008 internationally.
Track list: 1) 'Tim McGraw', 2) 'Picture To Burn' 3) 'Teardrops On My Guitar' 4) 'A Place In This World' 5) 'Cold as You' 6) 'The Outside' 7) 'Tied Together With A Smile' 8) 'Stay Beautiful' 9) 'Should've Said No' 10) 'Mary's Song (Oh My My My)' 11) 'Our Song'
Sales: Platinum in the UK with 300,000 sales, certified by the BPI.
Charts: The album peaked at Number 81 on the UK Chart. It spent three weeks in the Top 100.
Personnel: Taylor worked with executive producer Scott Borchetta on this album and producer Nathan Chapman, who also performed backing vocals and instrumentation.
'Fearless'
'Fearless' is a country pop album. Taylor wrote seven of the album's 13 songs herself and made her debut as a record producer by co-producing all songs alongside Nathan Chapman.
Release date: 11th November 2008 in the United States and Canada, 9th March 2009 internationally.
Track list: 1) 'Fearless' 2) 'Fifteen' 3) 'Love Story' 4) 'Hey Stephen' 5) 'White Horse' 6) 'You Belong With Me' 7) 'Breathe' featuring Colbie Caillat 8) 'Tell Me Why' 9) 'You're Not Sorry' 10) 'The Way I Loved You' 11) 'Forever & Always' 12) 'The Best Day' 13) 'Change'
Sales: Certified 2x Platinum in the UK with 600,000 sales, certified by BPI.
Charts: The album peaked at Number 5 on the UK Chart. It spent 12 weeks in the Top 20.
Tour: Taylor announced the 'Fearless Tour', her first headlining tour, in January 2009. The tour included a date at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire.
Accolades: 'Fearless' won Album of the Year and Best Country Album at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards in February 2010.
Personnel: Taylor worked with Scott Borchetta and Nathan Chapman on this album.
'Speak Now'
Taylor wrote the album entirely herself within two years whilst touring. 'Speak Now' combines country pop, pop rock and power pop.
Release date: 25th October 2010.
Track list: 1) 'Mine' 2) 'Sparks Fly' 3) 'Back to December' 4) 'Speak Now' 5) 'Dear John' 6) 'Mean' 7) 'The Story of Us' 8) 'Never Grow Up' 8) 'Enchanted' 10) 'Better than Revenge' 11) 'Innocent' 12) 'Haunted' 13) 'Last Kiss' 14) 'Long Live'
Sales: Certified Platinum in the UK with 300,000 sales, certified by BPI.
Charts: 'Speak Now' reached Number 6 on the UK chart. It spent four weeks in the Top 40.
Tours: Taylor went on the 'Speak Now World Tour', which started in Singapore in February 2011 and ended in March 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand.
Personnel: Taylor worked with producers including Nathan Chapman on this album.
'Red'
'Red' combines styles of pop, country and rock. The album spans genres, with Taylor describing its diverse musical styles as a 'metaphor for how messy a real breakup is.'
Release date: 22nd October 2012.
Track list: 1) 'State of Grace' 2) 'Red' 3) Treacherous' 4) 'I Knew You Were Trouble' 5) 'All Too Well' 6) '22' 7) 'I Almost Do' 8) 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' 9) 'Stay Stay Stay' 10) 'The Last Time' (featuring Gary Lightbody) 11) 'Holy Ground' 12) 'Sad Beautiful Tragic' 13) 'The Lucky One' 14) 'Everything Has Changed' (featuring Ed Sheeran) 15) 'Starlight' 16) 'Begin Again'
Sales: 3x Platinum in the UK with more than 900,000 sales, certified by BPI.
Charts: 'Red' reached Number 1 on the UK Chart. It spent four weeks in the Top 10.
Tours: Taylor went on 'The Red Tour', which started in Omaha, Nebraska in March 2013 and ended in Singapore in June 2014. The tour was attended by 1.7 million people.
Personnel: Taylor worked with producers including Max Martin and Dann Huff on the album, alongside long-time collaborator Nathan Chapman.
'1989'
'1989' was inspired by 1980s synth-pop as Taylor moved into the pop genre, and is widely thought to be Taylor's best-reviewed album. The album's title is also Taylor's birth year - she was born on 13th December 1989.
Release date: 27th October 2014.
Track list: 1) 'Welcome to New York' 2) 'Blank Space' 3) 'Style' 4) 'Out of the Woods' 5) 'All You Had to Do Was Stay' 6) 'Shake It Off' 7) 'I Wish You Would' 8) 'Bad Blood' 9) 'Wildest Dreams' 10) 'How You Get the Girl' 11) 'This Love' 12) 'I Know Places' 13) 'Clean'
Sales: 6x Platinum in the UK with 6.25 million sales.
Charts: '1989' reached Number 1 on the UK Chart. The album spent 43 weeks in the Top 10.
Accolades: '1989' won Album of the Year at the 2016 Grammy Awards.
Tours: Taylor embarked upon 'The 1989 World Tour' in 2015, which included 85 shows and sold over 2.2 million tickets. For many of the shows, Taylor invited special celebrity guests on stage with her, including musicians, actors, athletes and models.
Personnel: Max Martin was the album's co-executive producer.
'Reputation'
'Reputation' was created whilst Taylor took some time away from the spotlight. The album was inspired by Game of Thrones, with Taylor telling Entertainment Weekly that she started binge-watching the HBO show in 2016.
Release date: 10th November 2017.
Track list: 1) '...Ready for It?' 2) 'End Game' (featuring Ed Sheeran and Future) 3) 'I Did Something Bad' 4) 'Don't Blame Me' 5) 'Delicate' 6) 'Look What You Made Me Do' 7) 'So It Goes...' 8) 'Gorgeous' 9) 'Getaway Car' 10) 'King of My Heart' 11) 'Dancing with Our Hands Tied' 12) 'Dress' 13) 'This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things' 14) 'Call It What You Want' 15) 'New Year's Day'
Sales: Certified 3x Platinum in the UK by BPI with over 900k sales.
Charts: 'Reputation' reached Number 1 on the UK Chart and spent five weeks in the Top 10.
Tours: Taylor embarked on the 'Reputation Stadium Tour' in 2018. The all-stadium tour consisted of 53 shows and saw over 2.8 million people attend altogether. The tour became the third highest-grossing female concert tour of all time.
Personnel: Taylor mostly worked with Jack Antonoff, Max Martin and Shellback to produce the album.
'Lover'
'Lover' was Taylor's first album after her departure from Big Machine Records. The album features folk, country and pop sounds.
Release date: 23rd August 2019.
Track list: 1) 'I Forgot That You Existed' 2) 'Cruel Summer' 3) 'Lover' 4) 'The Man' 5) 'The Archer' 6) 'I Think He Knows' 7) 'Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince' 8) 'Paper Rings' 9) 'Cornelia Street' 10) 'Death By a Thousand Cuts' 11) 'London Boy' 12) 'Soon You'll Get Better' (featuring The Chicks) 13) 'False God' 14) 'You Need to Calm Down' 15) 'Afterglow' 16) 'Me!' (featuring Brendon Urie) 17) 'It's Nice to Have a Friend' 18) 'Daylight'
Sales: 'Lover' was certified 2x Platinum in the UK by BPI with 600,000 sales.
Charts: The album reached Number 1 on the UK Chart. It spent six weeks in the Top 10.
Personnel: Taylor recorded 'Lover' with producers Jack Antonoff, Joel Little, Louis Bell and Frank Dukes.
'folklore'
Recorded during the Covid-19 lockdown, 'folklore' was a surprise release. The album's title was inspired by the lasting legacy of folk songs.
Release date: 24th July 2020.
Track list: 1) 'the 1' 2) 'cardigan' 3) 'the last great american dynasty' 4) 'exile' (featuring Bon Iver) 5) 'my tears richochet' 6) 'mirrorball' 7) 'seven' 8) 'august' 9) 'this is me trying' 10) 'illicit affairs' 11) 'invisible string' 12) 'mad woman' 13) epiphany' 14) 'betty' 15) 'peace' 16) 'hoax'
Sales: The album is certified 3x Platinum by BPI with 900,000 sales.
Charts: 'folklore' reached Number 1 on the UK Charts. The album spent three weeks at Number 1 and 10 weeks in the Top 10.
Accolades: 'folklore' won Album of the Year at the 2021 Grammy Awards.
Personnel: Taylor worked with producers Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff virtually. Taylor recorded her vocals in a studio constructed within her Los Angeles home.
'evermore'
'evermore' was a surprise album created during the Covid-19 lockdown. Announcing the news of the album's release on social media, Taylor called it a 'sister record' to 'folklore.'
Release date: 11th December 2020.
Track list: 1) 'willow' 2) 'champagne problems' 3) 'gold rush' 4) 'tis the damn season' 5) 'tolerate it' 6) 'no body, no crime' (featuring Haim) 7) 'happiness' 8) 'dorothea' 9) 'coney island' (featuring The National) 10) 'ivy' 11) 'cowboy like me' 12) 'long story short' 13) 'marjorie' 14) 'closure' 15) 'evermore' (featuring Bon Iver)
Sales: Certified Platinum in the UK by BPI with 300,000 sales.
Charts: The album reached Number 1 in the UK Chart. It spent two weeks at Number 1 and nine weeks in the Top 10.
Personnel: 'evermore' was a product of Taylor's collaboration with Aaron Dessner and was mostly recorded at his Long Pond Studio in the Hudson Valley.
'Fearless (Taylor's Version)'
'Fearless (Taylor's Version)' is a re-recording of Taylor's second album 'Fearless', and the first album to be re-released following a rights dispute with producer Scooter Braun regarding the ownership of the masters of her first six studio albums.
Release date: 9th April 2021.
Track list: 1) 'Fearless' 2) 'Fifteen' 3) 'Love Story' 4) 'Hey Stephen 5) 'White Horse' 6) 'You Belong With Me' 7) 'Breathe' featuring Colbie Caillat 8) 'Tell Me Why' 9) 'You're Not Sorry' 10) 'The Way I Loved You' 11) 'Forever & Always' 12) 'The Best Day' 13) 'Change' 14) 'Jump Then Fall' 15) 'Untouchable' 16) 'Forever & Always' (piano version) 17) 'Come In With The Rain' 18) 'Superstar' 19) 'The Other Side of the Door' 21) 'You All Over Me' featuring Maren Morris 22) 'Mr. Perfectly Fine' 23) 'We Were Happy' 24) 'That's When featuring Keith Urban 25) 'Don't You' 26) 'Bye Bye Baby'
Sales: Certified Platinum in the UK with 300,000 sales, certified by BPI.
Charts: The album peaked at Number 1 on the UK Chart. It spent three weeks in the Top 10.
Personnel: Taylor worked with producers Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner, Christopher Rowe and Elvira Anderfjärd on this album.
'Red (Taylor's Version)'
The album is a re-recording of Taylor's fourth studio album, Red, and is the second album of Taylor's to be re-recorded following a dispute over the ownership of the master recordings of Taylor's first six albums. When the album was released, Taylor described it as a 'fractured mosaic of feelings that somehow all fit together in the end'.
Release date: 12th November 2021.
Track list: 1) 'State of Grace' 2) 'Red' 3) 'Treacherous' 4) 'I Knew You Were Trouble' 5) 'All Too Well' 6) '22' 7) 'I Almost Do' 8) 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' 9) 'Stay Stay Stay' 10) 'The Last Time' (featuring Gary Lightbody) 11) 'Holy Ground' 12) 'Sad Beautiful Tragic' 13) 'The Lucky One' 14) 'Everything Has Changed' (featuring Ed Sheeran) 15) 'Starlight' 16) 'Begin Again' 17) 'The Moment I Knew' 18) 'Come Back...Be Here' 19) 'Girl at Home' 20) 'State of Grace' (acoustic version) 21) 'Ronan' 22) 'Better Man' 23) 'Nothing New' (featuring Phoebe Bridgers) 24) 'Babe' 25) 'Message in a Bottle' 26) 'I Bet You Think About Me' (featuring Chris Stapleton) 27) 'Forever Winter' 28) 'Run' (featuring Ed Sheeran) 29) 'The Very First Night' 30) 'All Too Well (10 Minute Version)'
Sales: Certified Platinum in the UK with 300,000 sales.
Charts: The album reached Number 1 on the UK Chart. It spent three weeks in the Top 10.
Personnel: Taylor worked with people including Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner on the album.
'Midnights'
The album 'Midnights' was announced at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. On social media, Taylor revealed that it tells the stories of '13 sleepless nights' throughout her life. In July 2023, the track 'Anti-Hero' reached over a billion streams on Spotify. 'Midnights' won the Album of the Year award at the 2023 Video Music Awards.
Release date: 21st October 2022.
Track list: 1) 'Lavender Haze' 2) 'Maroon' 3) 'Anti-Hero' 4) 'Snow on the Beach' (featuring Lana Del Rey) 5) 'You're on Your Own, Kid' 6) 'Midnight Rain' 7) 'Question...?' 8 'Vigilante S---' 9) 'Bejeweled' 10) 'Labyrinth' 11) 'Karma' 12) 'Sweet Nothing' 13) 'Mastermind'
Sales: Certified 3x Platinum in the UK by BPI with over 900,000 sales.
Charts: 'Midnights' reached Number 1 on the UK Chart. The album spent five weeks at Number 1.
Personnel: Taylor wrote and produced 'Midnights' alongside long-time collaborator Jack Antonoff.
'Speak Now (Taylor's Version)'
'Speak Now' (Taylor's Version) was the third of Taylor's albums to be re-released following her rights dispute with producer Scooter Braun. The album includes six previously unreleased 'From the Vault' tracks and is a re-recording of Taylor's 2010 album 'Speak Now.'
Release date: 7th July 2023.
Track list: 1) 'Mine' 2) 'Sparks Fly' 3) 'Back To December' 4) 'Speak Now' 5) 'Dear John' 6) 'Mean' 7) 'The Story of Us' 8) 'Never Grow Up' 9) 'Enchanted' 10) 'Better than Revenge' 11) 'Innocent' 12) 'Haunted' 13) 'Last Kiss' 4) 'Long Live' 15) 'Ours' 16) 'Superman' 17) 'Electric Touch' (featuring Fall Out Boy) 18) 'When Emma Falls In Love' 19) 'I Can See You' 20) 'Castles Crumbling' 21) 'Foolish One' 22) Timeless'
Sales: Certified Platinum in the UK by BPI with over 100,000 sales.
Personnel: Taylor and Christopher Rowe produced the majority of the album, with input from Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff on the vault tracks.
'1989 (Taylor's Version)'
'1989' (Taylor's Version) was the fourth of Taylor's albums to be re-released. It is a re-recording of her 2014 album '1989' and features five previously unreleased 'From The Vault' tracks.
Release date: 27th October 2023.
Track list: 1) 'Welcome To New York' 2) 'Blank Space' 3) 'Style' 4) 'Out of the Woods' 5) 'All You Had To Do Was Stay' 6) 'Shake It Off' 7) 'I Wish You Would' 8) 'Bad Blood' 9) 'Wildest Dreams' 10) 'How You Get The Girl' 11) 'This Love' 12) 'I Know Places' 13) 'Clean' 14) 'Wonderland' 15) 'You Are in Love' 16) 'New Romantics' 17) 'Slut!' 18) 'Say Don't Go' 19) 'Now That We Don't Talk' 20) 'Suburban Legends' 21) 'Is It Over Now?'
Sales: Certified 2x Platinum in the UK by BPI with over 600,000 sales.
Personnel: The majority of the album was produced by Jack Antonoff and Christopher Rowe. Original contributors Ryan Tedder, Noel Zancanella and Imogen Heap returned again.
'The Tortured Poets Department'
Not only did Taylor make history at the 2024 Grammy Awards ceremony as she picked up her fourth Album of the Year award, but she delighted fans across the world as she also announced her 11th studio album 'The Tortured Poets Department'. The record was certified Gold by the BPI one week after its release, translating to over 100,000 sales - and was certified Platinum just one week later - meaning a whopping 300,000 sales in the UK. As of October 2025, it's been certified 3x Platinum in the UK. Just two hours after the albums release, Taylor surprised fans by announcing that it was in fact a double album - with the second part subtitled 'The Anthology' and containing 15 more tracks. Taylor wrote the album as her fame skyrocketed even further, due to her 'The Eras Tour', with the songs blending both autobiographical and fictional elements
Release date: 19th April 2024.
Track list: (Side A) 'Fortnight' (feat. Post Malone), 'The Tortured Poets Department', 'My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys', 'Down Bad', (Side B) 'So Long, London', 'But Daddy I Love Him', 'Fresh Out the Slammer', 'Florida!!!' (with Florence + the Machine), (Side C) 'Guilty as Sin?', 'Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?', 'I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)', 'loml', (Side D) 'I Can Do It With a Broken Heart', 'The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived', 'The Alchemy', 'Clara Bow'. 'The Anthology': 'The Black Dog', 'Imgonnagetyouback', 'The Albatross', 'Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus', 'How Did It End?', 'So High School', 'I Hate It Here', 'Thank You Aimee', 'I Look in People's Windows', 'The Prophecy', 'Cassandra', 'Peter', 'The Bolter', 'Robin', 'The Manuscript'.
Sales: Certified 2x Platinum in the UK by BPI with 600,000 sales.
Charts: The album reached Number 1 in the UK Chart, spending a whopping nine weeks at the top, with 26 weeks in the Top 10.
Personnel: The record was produced by Taylor, Jack Antonoff, and Aaron Dessner, who she has regularly worked with in the past. It was recorded in various locations, including various parts of the US, the UK and Paris.
'The Life Of A Showgirl'
Taylor Swift announced the name of her 12th studio album on 12th August 2025. She appeared as a guest on her boyfriend's podcast, revealing that the album is called 'The Life Of A Showgirl'. It was released on Friday 3rd October along with the lead single 'The Fate of Ophelia' which Taylor said was inspired by her love for Shakespearian characters.
Release date: 3rd October 2025
Track list: 1) 'The Fate of Ophelia' 2) 'Elizabeth Taylor' 3) 'Opalite' 4) 'Father Figure' 5) 'Eldest Daughter' 6) 'Ruin The Friendship' 7) 'Actually Romantic' 8) 'Wi$h Li$t' 9) 'Wood' 10) 'CANCELLED!' 11) 'Honey' 12) 'The Life of a Showgirl' (feat. Sabrina Carpenter)
Sales: Taylor's album was certified Platinum in the UK, selling 300k units, just a week after it was released. It's since been certified 2x Platinum.
Charts: The album entered the UK chart at Number 1.
Personnel: Taylor worked with producers Shellback and Max Martin on 'The Life of a Showgirl'. The three of them produced all of the tracks and Max and Shellback also played many of the instruments, along with other musicians.
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