Taylor Swift’s ‘Patient Zero’ remains at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a second straight week. The single launched at No. 1 a week earlier, becoming the 16th chart leader of her career. The latest chart also features a top five debut from Drake and Don Toliver and a first top 10 for ADÉLA.
Swift’s track arrived at No. 1 one week earlier, and its second week on top gives her the 16th chart leader of her career. It is one of four new songs on the deluxe edition of her 2025 album, The Life of a Showgirl, which was released Sept. 25.
Two songs move into the Hot 100’s top 10 this week. Drake and Don Toliver’s ‘Solar Eclipse’ leads that group with a debut at No. 5. The collaboration appears on the Oct. 2 reissue of Drake’s album HABIBTI, which was first released in May, as one of four added tracks.
The entry gives Drake his 91st top 10, extending his record, while Toliver collects his second top 10 and his first in a lead role. ‘Solar Eclipse’ also interpolates Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas,’ which stays at No. 2 on the Hot 100 after its record 24 weeks at No. 1.
Elsewhere, Slovak singer and songwriter ADÉLA reaches her first Hot 100 top 10. Her song ‘Nicole Kidman’ rises three places to No. 9.
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‘Patient Zero,’ released on Republic Records, drew 17.4 million official streams, down 50% from the previous week. It also registered 26.1 million radio airplay audience impressions, a decline of 9%, and sold 8,000 downloads, down 88%. The song sold 134,000 copies on CD in the U.S. during its first week, from Oct. 2 to Oct. 8.
On the component charts, the single falls to No. 2 in its second week on Streaming Songs. It climbs from No. 16 to No. 15 on Radio Songs and adds a second week at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales.
‘Patient Zero’ remains at No. 1 on the Hot 100, while ‘Solar Eclipse’ and ‘Nicole Kidman’ join the top 10 and ‘Choosin’ Texas’ stays at No. 2.
