Sabrina Carpenter Hails Taylor Swift as the GOAT After Record-Breaking ‘Showgirl’ Numbers

Sabrina Carpenter took to Instagram to congratulate Taylor Swift after Swift’s latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with an astonishing first-week performance that exceeded 4 million copies sold — the largest opening-week sales total on record. The project moved roughly 4.002 million equivalent album units in its debut week.

Swift responded to the milestone on Instagram, expressing deep gratitude to her fans and reflecting on how meaningful the achievement feels after years of growth and support. Carpenter reshared the announcement and added a succinct, emphatic endorsement — “Of. All. Time.” — accompanied by heart emojis.

The Life of a Showgirl’s debut eclipses the previous modern-era opening-week record held by Adele’s 25, and it marks Swift’s 15th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200. That total moves her past Jay-Z and Drake for the most solo No. 1 albums, leaving only the Beatles — with 19 chart-toppers — ahead of her on that particular list.

In her post, Swift recalled how modest her earliest success felt — noting that when she was 16 her first-week sales were in the tens of thousands — and thanked listeners for the many ways they supported this release: attending theater screenings, buying vinyl and CDs, streaming the record, watching videos and engaging with the album’s packaging and poetry.

Carpenter has been closely connected to this era of Swift’s career: she’s the lone guest vocalist on The Life of a Showgirl, sharing lead on the album’s title track, and she joined Swift as a supporting performer during the Eras Tour’s stops in Latin America, Asia and Australia.

Fans also got a surprise in October 2024, when Carpenter appeared during an Eras Tour date in New Orleans to perform “Espresso.” The album’s closing sequence even includes a recorded moment of the two artists saying goodnight to the crowd, underscoring their onstage camaraderie. After the NOLA appearance, Swift praised Carpenter for creating an unexpected, memorable moment for fans and for consistently going the extra mile to make shows special.

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