{"id":4978,"date":"2026-10-05T17:07:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T17:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4978"},"modified":"2026-10-05T17:07:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T17:07:41","slug":"taylor-swifts-patient-zero-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-hot-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4978","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift\u2019s \u2018Patient Zero\u2019 Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot\u00a0100"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<script>\r\nif( document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ) ) document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ).insertAdjacentHTML( \"beforebegin\", \"<link rel='stylesheet' href='https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/wp-content\/themes\/themify-music\/themify\/themify-builder\/css\/themify-builder-style.css' type='text\/css' \/>\" );\r\n<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t\n<p>Swift scores her 16th leader, dethroning Ella Langley&#8217;s record 24-week chart-topper, &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/taylor-swift\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s \u201cPatient Zero\u201d bounds in at No. 1 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>, becoming her 16th career leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song stops the record reign of Ella Langley\u2019s \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas,\u201d which has run up an unprecedented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/ella-langley-choosin-texas-hot-100-number-one-24th-week\/\">24 weeks<\/a> atop the Hot 100 since February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPatient Zero\u201d is one of four new songs on the deluxe version, released Sept. 25, of Swift\u2019s 2025 album, <em>The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>, dubbed <em>The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore<\/em>. The set (all versions combined) surges <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/taylor-swift-life-of-a-showgirl-no-1-encore-1236353941\/\">back to No. 1<\/a> for a 13th week atop the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a> chart while its three other new tracks launch in the Hot 100\u2019s top five: \u201cCleveland!,\u201d \u201cBabylon\u201d and \u201cPink Clouding,\u201d at Nos. 3, 4 and 5, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Swift boasts the third-most No. 1s in the Hot 100\u2019s history, trailing only The Beatles\u2019 20 and Mariah Carey\u2019s 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPatient Zero\u201d is also Swift\u2019s 10th career No. 1 Hot 100 <em>debut<\/em> \u2014 tying her with Drake for the most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now up to 74 career Hot 100 top 10s, Swift continues to have the most among women. She has the second-most overall, after Drake\u2019s 90.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, <em>The Life of a Showgirl<\/em> now houses 14 Hot 100 top 10s, including its original and deluxe versions \u2014 breaking out of a tie for the most ever from an album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0uSORr6EfYM?si=sN3SyxKLFtzPuOt0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Read on for details of the entire top 10 on this week\u2019s Hot 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts dated Oct. 10, 2026, will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Oct. 6. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram. Plus, for all chart rules and explanations, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/billboard-charts-legend\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4978\" data-postid=\"4978\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4978 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swift scores her 16th leader, dethroning Ella Langley&#8217;s record 24-week chart-topper, &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas.&#8221; Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cPatient Zero\u201d bounds in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her 16th career leader. 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