{"id":53655,"date":"2025-12-11T17:05:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T17:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/11\/taylor-swifts-the-life-of-a-showgirl-was-the-biggest-lp-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T17:05:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T17:05:42","slug":"taylor-swifts-the-life-of-a-showgirl-was-the-biggest-lp-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/11\/taylor-swifts-the-life-of-a-showgirl-was-the-biggest-lp-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift&#8217;s &#8216;The Life of a Showgirl&#8217; Was The Biggest LP of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Recording Industry of America announced its annual tally of the most successful albums and songs of the year, and it should serve as no surprise that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/taylor-swift\/\" id=\"auto-tag_taylor-swift\" data-tag=\"taylor-swift\">Taylor Swift<\/a> obliterated all competitors by moving over five million units of <em>The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>. Alex Warren\u2019s \u201cOrdinary,\u201d meanwhile, went Triple Platinum and was the top single of the year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ko70cExuzZM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe fictional group HUNTR\/X from Netflix\u2019s <em>KPop Demon Hunters<\/em> \u2014 featuring real-life vocalists EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and REI AMI \u2014 also had an enormous year. Their song \u201cGolden\u201d went Double Platinum, and \u201cHow It\u2019s Done\u201d and \u201cWhat It Sounds Like\u201d both went Platinum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cEach year we spotlight artists earning their first Gold &amp; Platinum certification, a testament to the drive and dedication it takes to truly break through,\u201d RIAA President &amp; COO\u202fMichele Ballantyne said in a statement. \u201cThe Class of 2025 is reaching fans in exciting new ways, and this is only the beginning! Congratulations to these rising talents and the label teams supporting them \u2013 RIAA is proud to be part of the journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alex Warren - Ordinary (Official Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u2ah9tWTkmk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDrake racked up eight certified titles throughout 2025, more than any other artist, due to the success of his single \u201cNokia,\u201d and seven songs from<em> $ome $exy $ongs 4 U<\/em>, his collaborative LP with PartyNextDoor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tChappell Roan didn\u2019t release a new album this year, but she still pulled off a Gold country single with \u201cThe Giver\u201d and a Gold pop single with \u201cThe Subway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tCardi B\u2019s <em>Am I The Drama?<\/em> went Triple Platinum, making it the second-most-successful LP of 2025. And six albums went platinum: Alex Warren\u2019s <em>You\u2019ll Be Alright, Kid<\/em>, Drake and PartyNextDoor\u2019s <em>$ome $exy $ongs 4 U<\/em>, the <em>KPop Demon Hunters<\/em> soundtrack, Lady Gaga\u2019s <em>Mayhem<\/em>, Sabrina Carpenter\u2019s <em>Man\u2019s Best Friend<\/em>, and Tate McRae\u2019s <em>So Close To What.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tEarlier this year, Swift became the first and only female artist in music history to sell over 100 million records. And now that she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-buys-original-album-recordings-1235351164\/\">regained control of her complete catalog<\/a> following a reported $405 million deal with Shamrock Holdings earlier this year, all of the money it generates will go to her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tSwift is capping off the giant year by releasing the six-part <em>The End of an Era<\/em>, which documents her 2023\/24 Eras tour. The first two episodes arrive on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-life-of-a-showgirl-biggest-album-year-1235482492\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Recording Industry of America announced its annual tally of the most successful albums and songs of the year, and it should serve as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":53656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}