According to the website "Announcement Boards", the new album "The Life of a Showgirl" (The Life of a Showgirl) of American pop singer Taylor Swift has exploded in sales since the start of this month, setting a record for the first record sales week in the history of the United States. but this achievement has been challenged by the industry, and it has been criticized that its new album sales are "in exchange for reductions."

"The Life of a Showgirl", which goes on sale on October 3, is Taylor Swift's twelfth studio album and her first music since her engagement to NFL star Travis Kells. According to statistics from data tracking company Luminate,"Showgirls 'Lives" album (physical and digital versions) sold 3.4 million copies in the first week, which surpassed Adele's 2015 album "25"(which sold 3.378 million copies in the first week). It is reported that the new album launched this time has multiple versions to choose from, including 18 CDs, 8 vinyl discs, 1 cassette tape, 7 digital download versions, especially 4 special versions on the iTunes platform, and the limited time price is only US$4.99.

According to the Yahoo website, record makers were angry at the ¡°4.99-dollar special edition¡± on iTunes, with an industry executive criticizing it as ¡°a cheap trick¡±. Another source familiar with Adele also revealed her dissatisfaction, ¡°Adele believes that sales records should be won by strength, not by discounted promotions. Her sales numbers were earned by hard work, and Taylor was bought by ¡®bought¡¯.¡±

In the face of this kind of question, Swift's fans quickly gave defence and counterattack, and they thought that such sales results exactly reflect the size of the "bad" fan base; Adele also had the practice of bundling albums and concerts sales at the time, and did not qualify to criticize the successor.

Swift's album has been questioned by "version" before, and this time, "Life of a Showgirl" released 34 versions in one breath, which pushed her to the forefront again. Yahoo! Commented, "Although this does work commercially, is this practice of spending more plastic, causing more transportation costs and waste really worthy of praise?"

In addition to sales strategy, the artistic standard of "Mumei"'s new album has also been questioned. "Why are there so many music critics and fans criticizing this new album?" National Public Radio mentioned on the program that although a large number of fans are trying their best to maintain its reputation, many people are also dissatisfied. Blogger Grant Gibbs, for example, thought the creation of the new album was "too lazy"-the new song was too similar to the previous one, and Laura Snape, the music editor of The Guardian, also said she disliked the album. There are also music critics who believe that this new album "has high artistic ambitions, but it has lost sincerity and introspection."