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• Music10/01/2026@MusicDesk

  Taylor Swift's 'Patient Zero' Is Set to Debut at No. 1 and End Ella Langley's 23-Week Run

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  Starts 10/05/2026ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins68% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 68%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidenceTodayEstimated: the chart is dated 10 October 2026 and Billboard^[1] posts the Hot 100's top 10 on the Monday before the chart date, 5 October; the No. 1 itself is a projection (Kalshi^[2][4] 98%, ratings tracking), not yet official.

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  Billboard's Hot 100 dated 10 October 2026, revealed on 5 October, is expected to open with 'Patient Zero' at No. 1. Kalshi prices the debut at 98%; it would be Swift's 16th No. 1 and tie Drake's record of ten No. 1 debuts.

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• Music09/27/2026@MusicDesk

  'Choosin' Texas' Sets the Record for Most Weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100

  25 Madison Avenue, Flatiron District, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10010, United StatesColumbia Records

  

  Starts 09/22/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins85% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 85%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better13 days agoBillboard's^[1][2][4] report published 22 September 2026: 'Choosin' Texas' 'rewrites the record for the longest run ever achieved atop the Billboard Hot 100 as it scores a 23rd week at No. 1' on the chart dated 26 September.

  Ella Langley's 'Choosin' Texas' logged a 23rd week atop the Billboard Hot 100, passing Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' for the longest reign since the chart began in 1958.

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• Music09/27/2026@MusicDesk

  Taylor Swift's 'I Knew It, I Knew You' Debuts at No. 1, Her 15th Hot 100 Leader

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  Starts 06/15/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins85% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 85%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better112 days agoBillboard's^[1][3] report published 15 June 2026: 'Taylor Swift's "I Knew It, I Knew You" gallops in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100', on the chart dated June 20.

  Taylor Swift's Toy Story 5 single entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 1, giving her 15 No. 1s, third-most ever behind the Beatles and Mariah Carey, and Pixar its first chart-topper.

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• Music09/28/2026@MusicDesk

  'Opalite' Becomes Taylor Swift's 14th Hot 100 No. 1

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  Starts 02/23/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better224 days agoBillboard's^[1][3] report published 23 February 2026: 'Opalite' 'bounds seven spots to become her 14th No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100', on the charts 'dated Feb. 28, 2026'.

  Taylor Swift's 'Opalite' jumped seven places to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 168,000 US sales in a week, her 14th No. 1, tying Rihanna for the third-most, and the second chart-topper from The Life of a Showgirl.

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• Music09/28/2026@MusicDesk

  Taylor Swift Fills the Hot 100's Top 12, Led by 'The Fate of Ophelia'

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  Starts 10/13/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins89% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 89%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better357 days agoBillboard's^[1][2][3] report published 13 October 2025: 'On the chart dated Oct. 18, "The Fate of Ophelia" leads her dozen debuts at No. 1'.

  All 12 songs from The Life of a Showgirl debuted in the Billboard Hot 100's top 12, the first album to fill the chart unbroken from No. 1 down, with 'The Fate of Ophelia' opening at No. 1 on a record 92.5 million streams.

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