Taylor Swift's 'Showgirl' jumps back to No. 1 after encore tracks
Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' leaped from No. 21 to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 after she added four new songs, Billboard reported. It is the album's 13th week at the top, on 173,000 equivalent units, up 619% from the week before.
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What happened
Taylor Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl" is back at No. 1. The album jumped from No. 21 to the top of the Billboard 200 after Swift released four new songs, Billboard reported Sunday.
The numbers: The album earned 173,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Oct. 1, up 619%, according to Luminate. Streams made up 136,000 units, from 138.79 million on-demand streams. Sales added 21,000, and track sales 16,000.
What changed: On Sept. 25, Swift added an encore with four songs: "Patient Zero," "Cleveland!," "Pink Clouding" and "Babylon." The expanded album is only on streaming and digital download so far, Billboard said. The "Patient Zero" video, with Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell, premiered at the VMAs on Sept. 27.
What’s next
Billboard reveals the Hot 100 top 10 on Monday. Variety said "Patient Zero" is expected to debut at No. 1.
More context
A long run: It is the album's 13th week at No. 1 since it debuted a year ago. Its last week on top was on the Jan. 10 chart. Swift's record is 17 weeks, for "The Tortured Poets Department."
The rest of the top 10: Olivia Rodrigo was No. 2 with 67,000 units. Tinashe's "Popstar" debuted at No. 6, her first top 10, and Kenny Chesney's "Silver Sands Marina" debuted at No. 7. Ella Langley, Morgan Wallen, Noah Kahan (twice), Olivia Dean and Drake filled out the list.
3 listed sources
- Billboard (Keith Caulfield), Oct 4, 2026
- Variety (Chris Willman), Oct 4, 2026
- Sourcing note: Billboard publishes the chart; Variety confirms and adds context. Data from Luminate.
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Editorial sourcing notes
Chart figures are from Billboard and Luminate for the week ending Oct. 1, on the chart dated Oct. 10. Variety's expectation for the Hot 100 is a forecast, not a result.
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