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Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Is Luminate’s Top Album of 2025 In U.S.

Plus, total audio music consumption in the United States grew 4.8%.

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Charts

Billboard Global Excl. US

1

The Fate Of Ophelia

Taylor Swift

2

End Of Beginning

Djo

3

Golden

HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI

Emerging Artists

1

EsDeeKid

2

Sienna Spiro

3

Hudson Westbrook

Top Album Sales

1

The Life Of A Showgirl

Taylor Swift

2

DO IT (EP)

Stray Kids

3

The Art Of Loving

Olivia Dean

Market Watch: Weekly Music Streams, Sales in the U.S.

Music streams and sales in the U.S. weekly totals, according to Luminate.

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