Taylor Swift Scores Second Week as U.K. No. 1 With ‘Patient Zero’

Taylor Swift ‘s “Patient Zero” has gone back-to-back with a second consecutive week as the U.K.’s No.

1 single on the chart published Friday (Oct.

9).

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1 With ‘Patient Zero’ The song appeared on the Encore deluxe edition of her record-breaking album The Life of a Showgirl alongside “Cleveland!,” “Pink Clouding” and “Babylon.” Swift premiered the music video for “Patient Zero” on Sept.

27 at the 2026 MTV VMAs , where she also collected the inaugural artist director prize.

“Patient Zero” is Swift’s third U.K.

No.

1 of 2026 following “Opalite” and Toy Story 5 track “I Knew It, I Knew You.” Sienna Spiro’s “Great Expectation” is a non-mover at No.

2; the song has spent two weeks at the summit in recent weeks to give Spiro her first U.K.

No.

1 single.

Two songs storm inside the top five for the first time: Jamie Miller’s “Babydoll” is up three places to No.

3, while Ashe’s “Stop the Wedding!” lifts six spots to No.