Taylor Swift's 'Showgirl' holds No. 1 for 14th week and passes 100 weeks on top

Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl stays at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for a 14th nonconsecutive week on the chart dated Oct. 17, 2026.

The album earned 93,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending Oct. 8, down 46%, according to Luminate, the data company that powers the charts. That total keeps Swift clear of a busy week for reissues below her. Billboard

Equivalent album units are the measure that converts plays and purchases into album sales. Of the 93,000, streaming contributed 65,000 units, equalling 66.64 million on-demand official streams. Album sales added 27,000 units, with track sales making up the remainder.

The run follows a sharp return to the top. A week earlier the album vaulted from No. 21 to No. 1 after a deluxe reissue released Sept. 25 with four previously unreleased songs. That expanded edition includes 'Patient Zero', a Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper.

The 14th week takes Swift to 100 career weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 across her 15 No. 1 albums. She holds the record for the most weeks at No. 1 among solo artists. Elvis Presley is next among soloists with 67 weeks. Billboard

Swift is tied with Drake for the most No. 1 albums among soloists, with 15 each. The Beatles lead all acts with 132 weeks at No. 1 and 19 No. 1 albums. The Billboard 200, the main US albums chart, has been published on a regular weekly basis since March 1956.

What makes this stretch stand out is how reissues have revitalised the whole top 10. Old positions mean little when four added songs can send an album soaring back up the list.

Drake provides the clearest example. His album HABIBTI soared from No. 116 to No. 2 to match its peak after a reissue with four additional songs. It earned 71,000 equivalent album units, up 506%, with nearly 70,000 of that from streaming, up 497%. The expanded HABIBTI (FOMO), released Oct. 2, adds 'Solar Eclipse' with Don Toliver, 'Quebec', 'Cold Shoulder' with Toliver and Yebba, and 'Classic PT2'.

Olivia Rodrigo's you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love slipped to No. 3 with 66,000 units, down 2%. The Beatles re-entered at No. 4 with Rubber Soul after an expansive deluxe reissue on Oct. 2. Mac Miller's The Divine Feminine jumped from No. 159 to No. 10 to return to the top 10 after its 10th anniversary reissue.

The full Oct. 17-dated chart will be published on Billboard's website on Oct. 13.