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Taylor Swift’s “Patient Zero” tops the Billboard Hot 100 for a second week, a week after it launched at No. 1, becoming her 16th career leader.
The single is one of four new cuts on the deluxe version, released Sept. 25, of Swift’s 2025 album, The Life of a Showgirl.
Meanwhile, two songs enter the Hot 100’s top 10, led by Drake and Don Toliver’s “Solar Eclipse,” which debuts at No. 5. One of four tracks added to the Oct. 2 reissue of Drake’s album HABIBTI (originally released in May), the collab is Drake’s record-extending 91st top 10 and Toliver’s second, and his first in a lead role.
Notably, “Solar Eclipse” interpolates Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas,” which holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100 following its record 24 weeks at No. 1.
Plus, Slovak singer-songwriter ADÉLA achieves her first Hot 100 top 10 as “Nicole Kidman” climbs three spots to No. 9.
Read on for details of the entire top 10 on this week’s Hot 100.
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.
“Patient Zero,” on Republic Records, totaled 17.4 million official streams (down 50% week over week), 26.1 million radio airplay audience impressions (down 9%), 8,000 downloads sold (down 88%) and 134,000 first-week copies sold on CD in the U.S. Oct. 2-8.
The track dips to No. 2 in its second week on the Streaming Songs chart; rises 16-15 on Radio Songs; and adds a second week at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales.
‘Patient Zero’ Streams, Airplay & Sales
“Patient Zero,” on Republic Records, totaled 17.4 million official streams (down 50% week over week), 26.1 million radio airplay audience impressions (down 9%), 8,000 downloads sold (down 88%) and 134,000 first-week copies sold on CD in the U.S. Oct. 2-8.
Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Spends 14th Week Atop Billboard 200
The track dips to No. 2 in its second week on the Streaming Songs chart; rises 16-15 on Radio Songs; and adds a second week at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales.
5th-Most Weeks at No. 1 All-Time
“Patient Zero” gives Swift a 51st week career week atop the Hot 100, combining all her chart-toppers. She solely claims the fifth-highest total in the chart’s 68-year history.
Most Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100:
50, Boyz II Men
101, Mariah Carey
60, Rihanna
59, The Beatles
58, Drake
51, Taylor Swift
One of 4 Acts With 10-Plus Multiweek No. 1s
“Patient Zero” also marks Swift’s 10th Hot 100 No. 1 to reign for double-digit weeks. She’s just the fourth artist with at least that many such leaders.
Most Multiweek No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100:
Multiweek No. 1s, Artist, Total No. 1s
- 17, Mariah Carey (19)
- 15, The Beatles (20)
- 10, Rihanna (14)
- 10, Taylor Swift (16)
Here is a rundown of Swift’s 10 titles that have led the Hot 100 for two or more weeks each:
- “The Fate of Ophelia,” 10 weeks at No. 1, beginning Oct. 18, 2025
- “Anti-Hero,” eight, Nov. 5, 2022
- “Blank Space,” seven, Nov. 29, 2014
- “Cruel Summer,” four, Oct. 28, 2023
- “Shake It Off,” four, Sept. 6, 2014
- “Look What You Made Me Do,” three, Sept. 16, 2017
- “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” three, Sept. 1, 2012
- “Patient Zero,” two to date, Oct. 10, 2026
- “I Knew It, I Knew You,” two weeks, beginning June 20, 2026
- “Fortnight,” feat. Post Malone, two, May 4, 2024
