Taylor Swift The life of a showgirl returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for a 13th non-consecutive week at the top, as the set ranks 21-1 on the chart dated October 10 after being re-released with four previously unreleased songs on September 25. The album debuted at the top of the chart dated October 18, 2025 and landed its final week at No. 1 on January 10. Chart dated 2026. On September 25, Swift released a deluxe edition of the album dubbed A Showgirl’s Life: The Encoreadding new tracks “Patient Zero,” “Cleveland!” », “Pink Clouding” and “Babylon”. “Patient Zero” also serves as the re-release’s centerpiece track, and its official music video premiered during the MTV Video Music Awards on September 27, introduced by Swift during the live broadcast.
All versions of The life of a showgirl are combined for tracking and mapping purposes.
The life of a showgirl earned 173,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 1, according to Luminate, up 619% from the previous week, when it had 21,000 units. About 78% of the album’s units were driven by streaming activity, largely driven by 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 just the beginning of this year. In the February 28 ranking, Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MORE PHOTOS jumped 2-1, for a fifth non-consecutive week on the list, and for its first week at No. 1 in nine months and two weeks. Before this week, he was the last number 1 on the chart dated May 17, 2025.
Also in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200, Tinashe achieved her first top 10 as Pop star bows at No. 6, while Kenny Chesney reclaims 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 United States based on multimetric consumption measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units include album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA), and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit is equivalent to one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 2,500 official ad-supported audio and video streams or 1,000 official paid/subscription on-demand audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new table dated October 10, 2026 will be published in its entirety on BillboardThe October 6 website. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on X, formerly known as Twitter, and on Instagram.
Of The life of a showgirlOf the 173,000 equivalent album units earned in the most recent tracking week, SEA units account for 136,000 (up 500%, equating to 138.79 million official on-demand streams of the set’s tracks; it climbs 17-1 on Top Streaming Albums for its eighth week at No. 1), album sales stand at 21,000 (up by 1,529%, it returns to 5th place on Top Album Sales) and TEA units represent 16,000 units (up 11,445%). THE Bis edition of Showgirl is currently only available on streamers and as a digital download for purchase.
Four former No. 1s follow Swift on the latest Billboard 200. Olivia Rodrigo’s you look pretty sad for a girl so in love climbs 5-2 (67,000, up 21% after launching her The Unraveled Tour on September 25), Ella Langley’s Dandelion drop of 2 to 3 (58,000, down 4%), according to Morgan Wallen I am the problem is a non-mover at No. 4 (56,000, down 3%) and Noah Kahan’s The great divide increases from 6 to 5 (45,000, down 3%).
Tinashe claims her first album in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 as Pop star debuts at No. 6 with 35,500 equivalent album units earned – its best week in units. Of that sum, album sales account for 22,000 (its best sales week; it debuts at #4 on the album charts), SEA units account for 13,500 (or 13.73 million official on-demand streams of the set’s songs), and TEA units account for a negligible sum. First-week sales were boosted by its availability on eight vinyl and CD variants (five signed), four deluxe/expanded digital download editions with bonus tracks, and one standard digital download album.
Pop star follows the success of last year’s hit “No Broke Boys,” Tinashe’s collaboration with Disco Lines which marked her first top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 since 2014, peaking at No. 36. part of Tinashe 2024 Quantum leap album then had a dance overhaul with Disco Lines.)
In all, Pop star is Tinashe’s seventh track on the Billboard 200, and her second to reach the top 40. Previously, she ranked highest with her chart debut in 2014, Aquariuswhich debuted and peaked at number 17.
Country superstar Kenny Chesney earns his 17th top 10 on the Billboard 200 as Silver Sands Marina debuted at No. 7 with just over 35,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that, album sales account for almost 30,000 (it debuted at number one on the top album charts), SEA units account for 5,000 (or 5.64 million official on-demand streams of the ensemble’s songs), and TEA units account for a negligible sum. The album’s first week sales were aided by its availability on eight vinyl variants (three signed), five CD variants (two signed), and one standard digital download album.
The new album was preceded by his hit “Carry On,” which reached No. 1 on the Country Airplay chart (dated October 10), marking Chesney’s record-tying 34th.
To complete the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200, Olivia Dean’s The art of loving increases from 11 to 8 (35,000 equivalent album units earned, up 8%), Kahan’s Stick season steps 10-9 (33,000, down 1%) and former Drake frontman ICEMAN drop from 9 to 10 (32,000, down 7%).
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