Taylor Swift's Life of a Showgirl tops Spotify presave record

Taylor Swift’s upcoming album The Life of a Showgirl has become the most presaved album in Spotify history, the streaming service announced Monday, less than two months before the record’s scheduled Oct. 3 release. Spotify said the album’s Countdown Page set the new record on Aug. 31, surpassing the previous mark established by Swift’s own 2024 release, The Tortured Poets Department.

Spotify posted the milestone on its Instagram and X accounts, noting that the album’s Countdown Page launched on Aug. 14 and was accompanied by an exclusive playlist titled And, baby, that’s show business for you, a curated selection of 22 tracks produced by Swift’s longtime collaborators Max Martin and Shellback. The social posts drew enthusiastic responses from fans in the comments, with some calling the achievement proof of Swift’s outsized influence on the music industry.

Swift announced The Life of a Showgirl on Aug. 12 during an appearance on the New Heights podcast hosted by her fiancé, Travis Kelce, and his brother Jason Kelce. She said the 12-track album was written while she was on her two-year Eras Tour, recording in Sweden between shows. On the podcast she described a writing pattern of...