Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' is one of her biggest albums on the Billboard 200. Here's how her others rank.
“The Life of a Showgirl” returned to the top of the Billboard 200 for five more weeks after an initial seven-week run. Its 12 weeks at No. 1 put it ahead of “Fearless” and “1989” for Swift’s second-longest chart reign.
The run followed a personal chart record set by “The Tortured Poets Department.” The article ranks Swift’s 16 studio albums, including rerecorded editions, by their Billboard 200 performance.
Swift’s rerecording project began after the sale of her original master recordings. She remade and reissued her first six albums in an effort to regain control of that music.
In May 2025, Swift announced that she had bought back her masters from Shamrock Capital. That purchase gave her control of her catalog and made the rerecording project unnecessary, according to the article.
The article also describes chart milestones and promotional campaigns from across her career, including the No. 1 success of “Look What You Made Me Do.” It does not provide the full album ranking in the supplied text.
Key points
- “The Life of a Showgirl” spent 12 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
- Swift’s rerecordings followed the sale of her original masters.
- She announced in May 2025 that she had bought back her masters.