Taylor Swift, Tinashe, Kenny Chesney & More: Highlights of This Week’s Billboard Charts

Tuesday is new Billboard chart day each week! As all charts update each Tuesday, here’s a look at highlights of the latest rankings, dated Oct. 10 and reflecting the Sept. 25-Oct. 1 measurement week, according to data tracker Luminate.

Among this week’s chart stars are Taylor Swift, Tinashe, Kenny Chesney, Bruno Mars and the record-slaying KPop Demon Hunters.

Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl soars back to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for a 13th total week on top, vaulting 20 spots after it was reissued with four previously unreleased songs on Sept. 25. The set debuted atop the chart dated Oct. 18, 2025 — with a single-week record 4.002 million equivalent albums earned in the United States.

The album, via its original and deluxe edition, dubbed The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, totaled 173,000 units in the week ending Oct. 1 — up 619% week over week.

The expanded version adds the new cuts “Patient Zero” — which launches at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 as her 16th leader — “Cleveland!,” “Babylon,” and “Pink Clouding.” The latter three songs debut at Nos. 3, 4 and 5, respectively, upping Swift’s count to 74 career top 10s, the most among women.

Meanwhile, counting its original and deluxe iterations, The Life of a Showgirl now houses 14 Hot 100 top 10s — the most ever from an album.

Additionally, Swift surges back to No. 1 for a record-extending 138th week atop the Billboard Artist 100.

Read on for more key highlights from this week’s Billboard charts below.

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Additional reporting by Keith Caulfield, Russ Penuell and Trevor Anderson

• Ella Langley

  Though her “Choosin’ Texas” drops to No. 2 on the Hot 100 after extending its record to 24 weeks atop the chart, it continues at No. 1 on Hot Country Songs, where it reigns for a 43rd week.

• Tinashe

  

  The musician, dancer and actress earns her first Billboard 200 top 10 with Popstar, which debuts at No. 6.

• Kenny Chesney

  

  Silver Sands Marina crashes in as his 13th Top Album Sales No. 1, his 17th top 10 on the Billboard 200 and his 23rd top 10 on Top Country Albums. Plus, the set’s “Carry On” becomes his record-extending 34th Country Airplay leader.

  “As a creative spirit, sending songs into the universe that hit people in the heart means everything to me,” Chesney told Billboard. “That ‘Carry On’ has had so many big moments, now continuing all the No. 1s, is humbling. But what really matters is that it’s connecting with people who hear their lives in my music. It’s an honor and privilege. Even more, it’s so much fun to see people’s faces when they’re singing that chorus: ‘If it feels good do it.’ ”

• Bruno Mars

  Mars’ “I Just Might” ties for one of the most notable Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs achievements with a 31st week at No. 1, equaling Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” for the most time spent at the summit in the chart’s 68-year history. “I Just Might” debuted as Mars’ fifth No. 1 on the list (dated Jan. 24) and has ceded the throne only to one title, Drake’s “Janice STFU,” for a seven-week stretch in May-July.

  Drake may spoil Mars’ chances at taking the record for himself, as new tracks from the rap superstar’s HABIBTI deluxe edition, released Oct. 2, are set to impact next week’s ranking.

• Alice in Chains

  MTV Unplugged enters as the band’s third No. 1 on Vinyl Albums. Commemorating its 30th anniversary, the live set was reissued across five vinyl variants.

• Rise Up! Hamilton: The Anthology

  The release debuts at No. 1 on Cast Albums. The expansive boxed set collects more than 80 tracks from the Hamilton universe. Available digitally and in lavish vinyl and CD deluxe packages, the latter two were sold for $399.98 and $119.98, respectively.

• Ms. Rachel

  I’m So Happy begins as her first No. 1 on Kid Albums. At No. 16 on the Billboard 200, the children’s entertainer notches the highest-charting non-soundtrack kid album on the chart since 2018, when Kidz Bop Kids’ Kidz Bop 37 likewise debuted at No. 16 (its peak).

• KPop Demon Hunters

  

  Far from falling into the couch (couch, couch), the companion to the smash animated film spends a record-breaking 63rd week at No. 1 on the Soundtracks chart.

• Omar Courtz

  “Koko” becomes the first Latin Airplay No. 1 for Courtz, from Carolina, Puerto Rico. He told Billboard, “It’s a song that captures so much of Puerto Rico — our vibe, how we live, and how we enjoy music. Knowing that something so uniquely ours has connected with so many people around the world is incredible.”