Taylor Swift has taken over four of the first five spots on the Billboard Hot 100, but there is plenty happening beneath her latest arrival at #1. Olivia Rodrigo has songs climbing and songs coming back, Corey Kent has made a huge move toward the Top 40, and Sienna Spiro has a new entry to go with a new peak.
The chart dated October 10, 2026, has 14 songs that were absent a week earlier: six first-time debuts and eight reentries. Those returning songs include Rodrigo’s duet with Robert Smith, while Swift’s four tracks are beginning their chart runs together.
Four New Songs Give Swift Another Chart Takeover
“Patient Zero” enters at #1, pushing Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” to #2. The song leads a quartet of Swift debuts that has rearranged almost the entire top tier.
Swift also opens at #3 with “Cleveland!,” #4 with “Babylon” and #5 with “Pink Clouding.” Langley is the only artist standing between those four arrivals, giving Swift 80 percent of the top five.
All four songs come from the expanded The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, released September 25, with Billboard reporting that the new material grew out of a celebratory trip to Sweden with Max Martin and Shellback. The rollout also included Swift’s self-directed “Patient Zero” video, starring Colin Farrell and Dakota Johnson, which premiered during the September 27 MTV Video Music Awards.
“Pink Clouding” completes the four-song arrival at #5, while an older Swift hit heads the other way: “I Knew It, I Knew You,” a former #1 with 17 chart weeks, falls from #12 to #21.
The rankings show how strongly the new songs arrived, but do not establish how much demand came from videos, radio, purchases or streaming elsewhere.
Ella Langley Holds at #2 as the Top 10 Shifts
Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” remains formidable at #2 in its 50th chart week. Its decline is only one position, while several songs directly below it take much larger steps backward. “Boston” by Stella Lefty moves from #2 to #6, Morgan Wallen’s “Been By Now” slips from #3 to #7, and Ariana Grande’s “Hate That I Made You Love Me” goes from #4 to #8. Each of those three falls four places as Swift’s four debuts arrive above it.
Tame Impala and JENNIE’s “Dracula” also slides, from #5 to #10, in its 53rd week. Karol G, Judeline and rusowsky’s “BbY WOW” moves from #6 to #11.
Olivia Rodrigo Rebounds With Big Gains and Five Returns
Rodrigo manages to move upward through that traffic. “Stupid Song” rises from #13 to #9, returning her to the top 10 with a track that previously peaked at #3. “Drop Dead,” another former #1, inches from #21 to #20 in its 24th week, while “The Cure” climbs from #28 to #26. Those are three gains near the top before we even get to her biggest moves.
The largest jump belongs to Rodrigo’s “Expectations,” which goes from #98 to #74, a gain of 24 positions. It had been only two places from the bottom of the chart. This week it has considerably more room to breathe, although it remains well below its earlier #20 peak. This is a rebound for a song in its 16th chart week, rather than a new release making its first impression.
“Honeybee” gives Rodrigo another substantial rebound, rising 17 positions from #85 to #68. “Maggots For Brains” jumps 16 places from #81 to #65. Both songs also reach their 16th chart week. Add those moves to her three gains higher up, and all six Rodrigo songs carried over from last week improve their positions.
Then come five Rodrigo reentries. “What’s Wrong With Me,” her collaboration with the Cure’s Robert Smith, returns at #88; “Less” is back at #91; “Cigarette Smoke” at #93; “u + me = <3” at #97; and “Begged” at #99. Those five returns bring her total to 11 songs on this week’s Hot 100, including the Smith collaboration.
The duet previously reached #17 and now has 15 total chart weeks. “Less” peaked at #21, “Cigarette Smoke” at #27, “u + me = <3” at #19 and “Begged” at #16. Their return puts familiar songs back into the weekly conversation, but none is setting a new peak. The chart establishes renewed placement; it does not establish one shared cause for all five comebacks.
Corey Kent and Sienna Spiro Reach New Highs
Corey Kent has the second-largest positional gain. “Empty Words” leaps from #66 to #43, up 23 spots in its 16th week. It sets a new peak and finishes just three positions outside the Top 40. That makes Kent’s move different from Rodrigo’s largest rebounds: his song is reaching territory it had not previously occupied.
Sienna Spiro’s “Great Expectation” provides another new high, jumping from #58 to #39. The 19-place climb takes it into the Top 40 in its 13th chart week. A week ago it was in the lower half of the Hot 100; now it has crossed one of the chart’s most recognizable thresholds.
Spiro also debuts at #100 with “Pure,” giving her two songs on the chart. One is gaining ground after three months of chart appearances; the other has just secured the final available position. “Pure” is a first-time debut on the U.S. Hot 100, even though a song’s chart debut does not necessarily coincide with its release date.
Steve Lacy Climbs and “Lush Life” Returns to the Top 40
Steve Lacy rounds out the five biggest positional gainers with “Nothing,” up 17 places from #94 to #77 in its second week. It sets a new peak. His other songs split their directions: “The Feeling” rises from #73 to #70, while “Oh Yeah?” falls from #32 to #36. Lacy has three songs here, and the newest chart entry is making the largest move.
Just outside that leading group, Ashe’s “Stop The Wedding!” climbs 13 places from #77 to #64. Jamie Miller’s “Babydoll,” bôa’s “Duvet” and Blake Whiten’s “Bet On That” each gain 11 positions, reaching #81, #82 and #86, respectively. Miller and bôa are both in their second chart weeks, and both set new peaks.
Zara Larsson’s “Lush Life” moves from #42 to #38, back inside the Top 40 and three places below its #35 peak. That follows its reentry at #42 a week earlier.
Larsson also has “Midnight Sun” at #18, down two positions from #16. Her older hit is climbing while the other track gives up a little ground.
Gracie Abrams, Miley and Riley Green Take the Biggest Falls
The steepest fall belongs to Gracie Abrams. “Hit The Wall” drops 24 places, from #59 to #83, in its 20th week. It previously peaked at #26. That is the largest decline among songs present on both charts, and it leaves the track in the lower fifth of the list.
Miley’s “Bass Persuades” has the second-largest slide, falling 20 places from #52 to #72 in its fourth week. Riley Green’s “Think As You Drunk” drops 15 positions from #31 to #46, giving up the Top 40 place it held last week. Its #31 peak was also last week’s position. Green’s “My Way” slips more modestly, from #60 to #63.
Shakira and Burna Boy’s “Dai Dai” falls from #38 to #48, while Yung Miami’s “Spend Dat” goes from #43 to #53. Both lose 10 positions, completing the five biggest drops. Each previously peaked at #17, and both are now much farther from that high point.
Other noticeable declines include Drake’s “Shabang,” down eight places from #46 to #54, and Beyoncé’s “Morning Dew (Donk),” also down eight, from #47 to #55. Ella Langley’s “Be Her” moves from #10 to #16, while Kacey Musgraves’ “Mexico Honey” slips from #67 to #73. Meanwhile, Langley and Wallen’s “I Can’t Love You Anymore” remains in the top 20 at #19, down two.
“Pink Blush” Debuts as Familiar Songs Return
The only first-time debut outside Swift’s quartet and Spiro’s “Pure” is “Pink Blush” by dolly babe and Megan Thee Stallion, entering at #58. The other three returning songs belong to Drake featuring Loe Shimmy, Emmanuel Cortes and ELEVATION RHYTHM. “I’m Spent” returns at #94 after previously peaking at #34; “Amor” comes back at #95 with an earlier #88 peak; and “Washed” returns at #98, one position below its previous #97 high.
The departures are more extensive than the short summary suggests. Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September,” last week’s #45, is gone, along with Yeat and Drake’s “Miss My Dawg” (#55), “McArthur” by HARDY, Eric Church, Morgan Wallen and Tim McGraw (#70), F3miii’s “Noble” (#71), “Joseph” by Falling in Reverse, Corey Taylor and Serj Tankian (#82), Luke Bryan and Luke Combs’ “Finders Keepers” (#83), and Travis Scott’s “RHYNO” (#84).
Seven more songs depart: Olivia Dean’s “So Easy (To Fall In Love)” and “Man I Need,” which were #7 and #8; Luke Combs’ “Be By You” (#22); Riley Green’s “That’s Just Me” (#65); Jhené Aiko’s “He Belongs” (#90) and “Ghost” (#96); and Miley Cyrus’ “Let’s Get Married” (#99). Dean’s two departures are particularly striking because both leave from the top 10, after 52 and 57 chart weeks, respectively. The archived rankings establish those exits, but they do not supply an explanation for them.
Brief Chart Stays and an Even Split Between Gains and Drops
Several of last week’s newcomers also have unusually brief initial stays. “Miss My Dawg” by Yeat and Drake, “That’s Just Me” by Riley Green, “Joseph” by Falling in Reverse, Corey Taylor and Serj Tankian, “Finders Keepers” by Luke Bryan and Luke Combs, “RHYNO” by Travis Scott and “Let’s Get Married” by Miley Cyrus each appeared with one chart week on October 3 and are absent on October 10. That does not guarantee any of them is finished. The eight reentries this week are a reminder that leaving the Hot 100 can be temporary.
Four songs hold their positions: Noah Kahan’s “Orbiter” at #34, Ariana Grande’s “Petal” at #49, Audrey Hobert’s “Sue Me” at #62 and Zach Top’s “South Of Sanity” at #69. Among the 86 songs present on both weeks’ charts, 41 climb, 41 fall and those four remain in place. Fourteen arrivals replace 14 departures.
Swift has the headline, with four debuts crowding the top five. Rodrigo has the widest comeback, combining six gains with five returns. Kent and Spiro are reaching new peaks, while Abrams, Miley and Green take the sharpest falls. The next chart will show whether the biggest arrivals hold their positions and whether this week’s rebounds can keep climbing.
