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Taylor Swift Tops YouTube US Songs Chart With 'Patient Zero'
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Taylor Swift's 'Patient Zero' hits No. 1 on YouTube's US Top Songs chart, while Christian Nodal joins the Billion Views Club and KAROL G climbs globally.

AceShowbiz - Taylor Swift has taken the No. 1 spot on YouTube's US Top Songs chart with "Patient Zero," the lead single from the deluxe edition of her 2025 album, The Life of a Showgirl. The track arrives following the release of The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, and it also debuts at No. 9 on the Global Top Songs chart.

The single's performance was powered in part by a music video starring Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell. The rest of the new songs from The Encore also hit the charts, led by "Cleveland!" at No. 14 in the US, followed by "Babylon" at No. 29 in the US and No. 90 globally, and "Pink Clouding" at No. 37 in the US. A pair of tracks from the original Life of a Showgirl — "The Fate of Ophelia" and "Opalite" — also re-entered the US chart at No. 18 and No. 86, respectively.

Elsewhere on the charts, Christian Nodal notched another entry in the Billion Views Club with the official video for his 2018 single "No Te Contaron Mal." The visual is the Regional Mexican star's second to hit the 1 billion view mark, following the official video for "Adiós Amor."

Noah Kahan's new single "Draw You Out" debuted at No. 1 on the US Daily Top Music Videos chart on Friday, October 2. The track is an advance single from the forthcoming soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, a prequel to the dystopian series, and was produced by The National's Aaron Dessner.

Gospel legend Kirk Franklin and Memphis rapper GloRilla have an unexpected hit with the choir-backed new single "This Time," which debuts at No. 20 on US Top Songs. The track's rise has been aided by a heartwarming From the Block performance, which has garnered over 2.2 million views since its release.

Colombian pop star Karol G's "BbY WOW," her transatlantic team-up with Spanish artists Judeline and rusowsky, continues to rise on Global Top Songs. This week, it inches up to No. 2 on that chart, while settling to No. 5 on US Top Songs. Across territories, the breakout track from her August album No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto garnered more than 41 million views during the charting period. Additionally, Karol G claims No. 10 on US Top Artists.

Following a much-talked-about performance at this year's MTV VMAs, Yung Lean and Gener8ion's "STORM" made its belated debut on US Top Songs at No. 54. The track and its high-concept video also made an impact on Global Top Songs, where it claimed No. 80 on the back of over 8.2 million views across territories.

KATSEYE's performance on Saturday Night Live of the vibrant single "Hootie Frutti" debuted on US Weekly Top Music Videos at No. 20. They also continue to make an impact on the songs charts as "Hootie Frutti" took No. 3 on US Top Songs and No. 6 on Global Top Songs. The Ed Sheeran co-write "Animal" also claimed No. 6 on US and No. 14 on Global. Their superstar collab "Iconic By Mistake" holds down No. 31 on both US and Global.

The revival of Quavo and Takeoff's 2022 single "Hotel Lobby" continued this week as the track climbed to No. 10 on US Top Songs and debuted at No. 75 on Global Top Songs. The charts comeback has been powered in part by fan-created AI content playing off their 2022 COLORS performance.

Regional Mexican singer-songwriter Natanael Cano joined forces with a trio of other stars of the genre — Tito Double P, Victor Mendivil and Ovi — for "Olivia LA Flaka," which debuted at No. 12 on US Top Songs and No. 29 on Global Top Songs. The official video, which features clips of fiery sold-out shows and backstage hangs, has amassed over 14 million views since its release.

The Slovakia-born artist ADÉLA cemented her status as one of the fastest-rising pop stars as a pair of singles from her candy-coated debut album PRIMA continued to vault up the charts. "Nicole Kidman" claimed No. 16 on US Top Songs and No. 53 on Global Top Songs, while "Ain't in LA" slid to No. 59 on US and No. 61 on Global. Both tracks are also making their presence felt on Shorts, debuting at No. 44 and No. 26 on US Top Songs on Shorts, respectively.

Rising folk songwriter Alyssa Grace's dreamy hit "bloodstream" continued to make an impact on the charts. On US Top Songs, the track spent another week at No. 17, gathering more than 2.1 million views in the country in the charting period. Thanks to ongoing usage on shortform, the track also held onto No. 12 on US Top Songs on Shorts.

Drake extended his 2026 charts domination for another week as his atmospheric single "QUEBEC" continued to make an impact, rising to No. 26 on US Top Songs. The new single was originally released as part of a larger project.

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