Taylor Swift’s ‘Patient Zero’ Holds Steady at No. 1 for Second Week on Singles Chart

By Steven J. Horowitz

Steven J. Horowitz

Senior Music Writer

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Taylor Swift has scored a second week atop the Billboard Hot 100 with “Patient Zero,” the lead single off of “The Life of Showgirl: The Encore.”

“Patient Zero” is one of four new Swift songs included on “Encore,” which, just yesterday, earned her a 100th week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for all of her albums combined. The track earned 17.4 million official streams, down 50 percent week over week, and on the Streaming Songs chart, it slips from No. 1 to 2. “Patient Zero” is Swift’s 51st career week at No. 1 on the Hot 100, giving her the fifth-highest total in chart history for weeks at No. 1 behind Mariah Carey (101), Rihanna (60), the Beatles (59) and Drake (58).

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