{"id":650768,"date":"2026-10-19T04:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T04:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/650768\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T04:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T04:52:10","slug":"taylor-swifts-showgirl-spends-15th-week-at-no-1-on-albums-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/650768\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift&#8217;s &#8216;Showgirl&#8217; Spends 15th Week at No. 1 on Albums Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/music\/news\/taylor-swift-performance-academy-gala-five-songs-1236915817\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Swift holds steady at No. 1<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/taylor-swift-showgirl-number-one-15th-week-billboard-200-1236362449\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Billboard 200<\/a> as \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl\u201d spends a 15th non-consecutive week atop the chart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThis week, \u201cShowgirl\u201d earned an additional 87,000 equivalent album units thanks to its \u201cEncore\u201d edition, which touted four new tracks including the Hot 100-topping \u201cPatient Zero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cShowgirl\u201d was initially released in October 2025, moving a whopping 2.7 million copies in its opening frame. Swift released the \u201cEncore\u201d edition on September 24, collecting 173,000 equivalent units in its first week. Last Monday, \u201cPatient Zero\u201d held steady at No. 1 on the Hot 100 for a second week, marking Swift\u2019s 51st career week at the top and giving her the fifth-highest total in chart history for weeks at No. 1 behind Mariah Carey (101), Rihanna (60), the Beatles (59) and Drake (58).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe singer, meanwhile, has been performing at private events over the past few months, including an appearance at the Grammy Museum and a Ross House FYC showcase. Just last night, she gave her first full-band performance since the Eras Tour at the Academy Museum 6th Annual Gala. Swift ran through songs including \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d and \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia,\u201d as well as \u201cBlank Space\u201d and \u201cLove Story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tElsewhere on the <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/billboard-200\/\" id=\"auto-tag_billboard-200\" data-tag=\"billboard-200\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard 200<\/a>, rock group Greta Van Fleet earned its fourth top 10 with their latest, \u201cPalace for the People,\u201d which bows at No. 9. Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s \u201cYou Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love\u201d lands at No. 2, followed by Morgan Wallen\u2019s \u201cI\u2019m the Problem\u201d at No. 3, Ella Langley\u2019s \u201cDandelion\u201d at No. 4 and Noah Kahan\u2019s \u201cThe Great Divide\u201d at No. 5. Drake\u2019s \u201cHabibti\u201d lands at No. 6; Olivia Dean\u2019s \u201cThe Art of Loving\u201d bumps to No. 7; Kahan\u2019s \u201cStick Season\u201d rises to No. 8; and Drake\u2019s \u201cIceman\u201d rounds out the top 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift holds steady at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl\u201d spends&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[2644,146,85,46,409,2070],"class_list":["post-650768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-billboard-200","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music","tag-taylor-swift"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}