Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Returns to No. 1 After ‘Encore’ Reissue
Categoria: Musica
Plus, Tinashe and Kenny Chesney debut in the top 10.
Por Billboard | 04/10/2026
Taylor Swift ’s The Life of a Showgirl returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for a 13th nonconsecutive week on top, as the set vaults 21-1 on the Oct. 10-dated chart after it was reissued with four previously unreleased songs on Sept. 25. The album debuted atop the chart dated Oct. 18, 2025, and notched its last week at No. 1 on the Jan. 10, 2026-dated ranking. On Sept. 25, Swift dropped a deluxe edition of the album dubbed The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore , adding the new cuts “Patient Zero,” “Cleveland!,” “Pink Clouding” and “Babylon.” “Patient Zero” also serves as the focus track of the reissue, and its official music video premiered during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 27, introduced by Swift on the live broadcast. Related All of Taylor Swift’s Bonus Tracks, Ranked (Staff Picks) Olivia Rodrigo’s Unraveled Tour Opener Blooms With Hit After Hit & A Dissolving Dress: 5 Best Moments Tinashe’s ‘POPSTAR’: All 16 Tracks Ranked All versions of The Life of a Showgirl are combined for tracking and charting purposes. The Life of a Showgirl earned 173,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending Oct. 1, according to Luminate — up 619% as compared to the previous week, when it tallied 21,000 units. About 78% of the album’s units were driven by streaming activity, largely from the four new songs. The nine-month gap between weeks at No. 1 for The Life of a Showgirl is the longest for an album since only earlier this year. On the Feb. 28-dated chart, Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS hopped 2-1, for a fifth nonconsecutive week on the list, and for its first week at No. 1 in nine months and two weeks. Before that week, it was last No. 1 on the May 17, 2025, chart. Also in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200, Tinashe achieves her first top 10-charted set as Popstar bows at No. 6, while Kenny Chesney collects his 17th top 10 album as Silver Sands Marina launches at No. 7. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 2,500 ad-supported or 1,000 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Oct. 10, 2026-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard ‘s website on Oct. 6. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram. Of The Life of a Showgirl ’s 173,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 136,000 (up 500%, equaling 138.79 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks; it jumps 17-1 on Top Streaming Albums for its eighth week at No. 1), album sales comprise 21,000 (up 1,529%, it reenters at No. 5 on T