Taylor Swift’s ‘Patient Zero’ Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100
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Plus, Drake & Don Toliver debut at No. 5 and ADÉLA earns her first top 10.
Taylor Swift ’s “Patient Zero” tops the Billboard Hot 100 for a second week, a week after it launched at No. 1 , becoming her 16th career leader.
The single is one of four new cuts on the deluxe version, released Sept. 25, of Swift’s 2025 album, The Life of a Showgirl .
Meanwhile, two songs enter the Hot 100’s top 10, led by Drake and Don Toliver’s “Solar Eclipse,” which debuts at No. 5. One of four tracks added to the Oct. 2 reissue of Drake’s album HABIBTI (originally released in May), the collab is Drake’s record-extending 91st top 10 and Toliver’s second, and his first in a lead role.
Notably, “Solar Eclipse” interpolates Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas,” which holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100 following its record 24 weeks at No. 1.
Plus, Slovak singer-songwriter ADÉLA achieves her first Hot 100 top 10 as “Nicole Kidman” climbs three spots to No. 9.
Read on for details of the entire top 10 on this week’s Hot 100.
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