Chart News

Week of October 17, 2026


Billboard published 1 charts for the week of October 17, 2026, and this is what changed on them. Every number below is read off that week and the one before it, chart by chart.[1]

Patient Zero by Taylor Swift holds the Hot 100 for a 1st week, unbroken since 2026-10-10.

1 chart changed hands at number one:
Australia Albums — The Art Of Loving by Olivia Dean takes over from The Life Of A Showgirl, up from #3 last week.

5 titles appear that were not on their chart last week.[2] The highest placed:
Australia Albums — Rubber Soul by The Beatles, in at #4.
Australia Albums — Harrys Reason? by V.Spy V.Spy, in at #7.
Australia Albums — A. O. Mod. TV. Vers. by V.Spy V.Spy, in at #8.
Australia Albums — Dandelion by Ella Langley, in at #9.
Australia Albums — HABIBTI by Drake, in at #10.


Notes

[1] Every figure here is computed from the archive at page load, not written by hand. Nothing on this page is editorial. A chart is compared against its own previous published week rather than seven days back, and a chart missing either week is left out of the counts entirely. Billboard skips weeks, and treating a skipped week as a real one is how this archive has invented data before.

[2] That is exactly the claim and no more. A first-ever appearance and a re-entry look identical from two weeks of data, so neither is called a debut. Open any title on its chart page to see which it is.