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Taylor Swift breaks Spotify record

Taylor Swift's new album, The Life Of A Showgirl, has broken a Spotify record before it has even been released.

Taylor Swift ‘restricted access to new album to only five people’

Taylor Swift ‘restricted access to new album to only five people’

After announcing the record was on its way on her boyfriend’s podcast, sources say Taylor Swift restricted access to her new album The Life of a Showgirl to only five people.

"This can't be serious": Billboard reveals the top producers of the 21st century so far – and people aren't happy

"This can't be serious": Billboard reveals the top producers of the 21st century so far – and people aren't happy

Max Martin unsurprisingly snags the top spot, but the absence of greats such as Pharrell Williams – and the inclusion of artists such as Beyoncé and Taylor Swift – has sparked debate

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Backstreet Boys are 'very indebted' to Max Martin

Backstreet Boys gave a special shout-out to Max Martin at their Vegas show.

‘I’m the one to beat’: is Taylor Swift’s Showgirl era set to propel pop megastar to even greater heights?

Just-announced album already looks like it will make singer and partner Travis Kelce hysterically famous at a new level – and that may be precisely their plan

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Did Margaret Qualley Just Reveal A Rift Between Taylor Swift And Husband Jack Antonoff?

Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl drops Jack Antonoff for Max Martin and Shellback, marking a possible return to her high-energy pop roots.

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Taylor Swift explains The Life of a Showgirl's orange theme

Pop star Taylor Swift has explained the orange theme for her upcoming album The Life of a Showgirl - revealing the colour represents how she was feeling while making the record during The Eras Tour which was "exuberant and electric and vibrant".

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“I said to him, ‘I want to be as proud of an album as I am of the Eras Tour.’ And he was like, ‘Do you understand what kind of pressure that is?’”: Taylor Swift on how she threw down the creative gauntlet to Max Martin for new album The Life Of A Showgirl

“I said to him, ‘I want to be as proud of an album as I am of the Eras Tour.’ And he was like, ‘Do you understand what kind of pressure that is?’”: Taylor Swift on how she threw down the creative gauntlet to Max Martin for new album The Life Of A Showgirl

She says that making the whole record with Martin and Shellback "felt like catching lightning in a bottle”

Taylor Swift's Stunning 'The Life of a Showgirl' Album Cover Images Revealed — Here Are the Photos

Taylor Swift's Stunning 'The Life of a Showgirl' Album Cover Images Revealed — Here Are the Photos

Taylor Swift has unveiled the stunning 'The Life of a Showgirl' album cover, featuring her in shimmering silver beaded attire, partially submerged in water, reflecting an intimate, offstage moment full of mystery and allure.

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Everything you need to know about Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ from 'New Heights' podcast

Everything you need to know about Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ from 'New Heights' podcast

Here’s everything you need to know about Taylor Swift’s anticipated 12th album, ‘The Life of a Showgirl’, following her podcast appearance on Travis and Jason Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast.

Did Taylor Swift Ditch Jack Antonoff for her New Album 'The Life of a Showgirl'? Here's the Truth

Did Taylor Swift Ditch Jack Antonoff for her New Album 'The Life of a Showgirl'? Here's the Truth

Taylor Swift's new album, 'The Life of a Showgirl', signals a shift from Jack Antonoff to Max Martin as producer, hinting at a fresh pop sound and a new creative direction for her music.

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Taylor Swift Has Been Leaving Life Of A Showgirl Easter Eggs In Plain Sight For Years

Taylor Swift Has Been Leaving Life Of A Showgirl Easter Eggs In Plain Sight For Years

“The orange door finally has meaning, we won!!!!!”

Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Show Girl' Leaked? Alleged Full Tracklist and Album Cover Spread Online

Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Show Girl' Leaked? Alleged Full Tracklist and Album Cover Spread Online

Taylor Swift unveils her 12th studio album, 'The Life of a Showgirl', with a midnight teaser on the New Heights podcast — and within hours, alleged 'leaks' of the cover and tracklist ignite the internet.

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Taylor Swift announces new album, The Life Of A Showgirl, and drops a strong musical hint that Max Martin is back in the producer's chair

Taylor Swift announces new album, The Life Of A Showgirl, and drops a strong musical hint that Max Martin is back in the producer's chair

A return to pure pop for the world's biggest star?

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Taylor Swift hints Max Martin and Shellback worked on The Life of a Showgirl with new playlist

Taylor Swift seemingly reunited with studio wizards Max Martin and Shellback on her new record.

It’s Britney, Twitch… 25 years after Oops I Did It Again the streaming service best known for games wants you to listen to 12 hours of non-stop Spears

Celebrating the album's 25th anniversary, Twitch has commissioned top DJs to perform exclusive 12-hour live mixes of Spears’ classic

“The verse and chorus of that song are exactly the same. But, you don’t really notice since the energy of the chorus is completely different”: Cracking open Max Martin’s über-succesful songwriting formula

Exploring the winning routes taken by the songwriting mastermind behind Britney Spears, Katy Perry and Ariana Grande's biggest tunes

“I used it to show people that the way they were portraying me wasn’t breaking me": How Taylor Swift created a self-empowering pop classic

"I had more fun writing it than any song I’d written before”

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“If she had, like, 3 more hours in the day, she would just figure out what we do and she wouldn't need any of us”: What Max Martin said to Ryan Tedder about Taylor Swift and music production after they’d both won Grammys for working on her 1989 album

Best of 2024: The OneRepublic frontman was also discussing writing and producing songs with Adele and Beyoncé

Liam Payne's love song inspired by Naomi Campbell?

Liam Payne reportedly recorded a love song inspired by Naomi Campbell before his death and hoped it would help him to launch a musical comeback.

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Strictly winner Jay McGuiness to star as William Shakespeare in & Juliet

The musical, created by David West Read, is based on what would happen if Juliet decided not to kill herself at the end of the play Romeo And Juliet.

90 Little-Known Facts That The “Today I Learned” Community Recently Shared

With the help of the internet and online communities, such as ‘Today I Learned’, learning something new every day has never been easier. The post 90 Little-Known Facts That The “Today I Learned” Community Recently Shared first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Coldplay: Moon Music review – ‘live, laugh, love’ in album form

Their 10th album has epic songs that make you feel like you’ve climbed Everest – but they’re undermined by corny lyrics and ambient-orchestral waffle

“The quality control is so high right now, and for a song to make it, it’s almost impossible, which is great”: Chris Martin on why he’s sticking with the plan to stop at 12 Coldplay albums

“Because less is more,” he says. “And for some of our critics, even less would be even more!”

Ariana Grande Reflects On Her Hit Song 'Break Free'

Explore Ariana Grande's journey from initial resistance to appreciation of her hit song Break Free and past works, reflecting growth in the music industry.

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