When Taylor Swift breaks a record, it doesn’t just top a chart — it sets off a cultural earthquake. As The Life of a Showgirl racks up historic first-week numbers, a new report claims Adele — who’s long held one of the biggest album debuts of all time — is “quietly livid” about how Swift

The dramatic visuals for the performance promoting “30”, the British singer’s self-assured and marvelously sung new album, which she has said is about “divorce, baby, divorce,” put the powerhouse vocalist up where she belongs.

Performers singing the famed artist’s Rolling in the Deep song meant ‘elevated’ sound briefly hit but quickly returned to acceptable levels.