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Taylor Swift's 'Showgirl' spends 15th week at No. 1
The Encore edition added four new tracks and eighty-seven thousand units to the tally; the album still has the chart's top spot to itself.
On air: Kenji Moonfield and Hank Ledger on The Weekend ShiftPublished
Watch it as it aired: Kenji Moonfield and Hank Ledger on this story, from The Weekend Shift at 4:03 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Variety's, the jokes are ours.
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- First reported by Variety: “Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Spends 15th Week at No. 1 on Albums Chart”.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 4:03 PM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Kenji Moonfield and Hank Ledger.
- Topics: Taylor Swift.
- BBN covered this story before: Taylor Swift performs at the Academy Museum Gala (October 18).
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Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTaylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl spends a fifteenth non-consecutive week at number one on the Billboard 200, helped by eighty-seven thousand units from its Encore edition, which added four new songs.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFifteen weeks. What does non-consecutive mean?
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt means the album left the building and came back, Hank, like a cat at dinnertime.
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- Taylor Swift performs at star-studded Academy Museum Gala 2026 · E! News
- Taylor Swift performs at the Academy Museum Gala · The New York Times
- Taylor Swift's 'Showgirl' spends 15th week at No. 1 (this story)
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