Lily Allen’s fifth album West End Girl has quickly taken the internet by storm as the de facto breakout album of the season, and if the album’s Spotify numbers are any measure, it doesn’t appear to be going away anytime soon.
Based on data shared exclusively with Spotify The Hollywood Reporter, broadcast on West End Girl has doubled in the past week since the album’s release on October 24, confirming the album’s buzz given that new albums more often get their biggest numbers in the first two days after their release. (Spotify hasn’t shared details on the exact number of streams, although on its page, “Pussy Palace” is the most popular track on the record so far, gaining around 9 million streams to date.)
West End Girl brought Allen’s music to more listeners, Spotify said, with Allen’s first listens on the platform increasing 375% since the day of its release. Since its release, Spotify said, there have been an average of 100,000 discoveries of Allen each day.
West End Girl came as a surprise, with Allen only announcing the record days before its release via BMG on October 24. But it quickly caught fire, generating buzz as a tell-all screed about her split from ex David Harbour. The album received considerable praise from critics as a late contender as one of the best albums of 2025, earning Allen some of the best reviews of his career thus far.
While the Spotify numbers and numerous press headlines suggest intrigue and growth, West End Girl is still far from being a chart topper. It debuted at number 118 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States, but it performed much better in its native England, opening at number one. 4. The question now is where the album will land on the charts next week.
Allen spoke of West End Girl in an interview with Magazine interviews Mel Ottenberg last week opened up about the making of the album and dismissed the idea that it was a revenge record. Allen married Stranger Things Star Harbor in Las Vegas in 2020, breaking up last year.
“I mean, I wrote this record in 10 days in December and I feel about the whole situation a lot differently now,” Allen said. “We all go through breakups, and it’s always fucking brutal. But I don’t think it’s that often that you feel inclined to write about it while you’re in it.”
