Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl returned to the top spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart for the thirteenth time without interruption, according to Billboard records. The album achieved this top ranking on the chart dated 10 October, having vaulted 21-1 on that specific ranking.

Swift reissued the album on 25 September, adding four previously unreleased songs to the package. The deluxe edition, titled The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, dropped on 25 September and featured the new tracks: Patient Zero, Cleveland!, Pink Clouding, and Babylon.

The official music video for Patient Zero premiered during the MTV Video Music Awards on 27 September. In the United States, The Life of a Showgirl amassed 173,000 equivalent album units in the week ending 1 October.

This figure represented a substantial increase of 619% when compared to the 21,000 units recorded in the preceding week. Streaming activity accounted for approximately 78% of the total units for The Life of a Showgirl.

Tinashe secured her first top 10 chart placement with Popstar, reaching the number six spot. Kenny Chesney’s Silver Sands Marina debuted at number seven, marking the seventeenth top 10 album for the artist.

The Billboard 200 chart measures the most popular albums weekly in the U.S. using multi-metric consumption data in equivalent album units. The chart for 10 October 2026 will be fully available on Billboard’s website on 6 October.

Olivia Rodrigo’s you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love climbed five spots to number two. The album earned 67,000 equivalent album units, a 21% rise following the launch of her The Unraveled Tour on 25 September.

Ella Langley’s Dandelion slipped two spots to number three, accumulating 58,000 units, which was a 4% decrease. Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem remained stationary at number four, recording 56,000 units, a drop of 3%.

Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide rose six spots to number five, earning 45,000 units, representing a 3% decline. Tinashe’s Popstar debuted at number six, securing 35,500 equivalent album units.

The album sales for Popstar included 22,000 units, debuting at number four on the Top Album Sales chart. Kenny Chesney’s Silver Sands Marina debuted at number seven, earning slightly over 35,000 equivalent album units.

Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving climbed eleven spots to number eight, gathering 35,000 equivalent album units, an increase of 8%. Kahan’s Stick Season advanced ten spots to number nine, earning 33,000 units, a decrease of 1%.

Drake’s former leader ICEMAN fell nine spots to number ten, collecting 32,000 units, which was down 7%.