Taylor Swift’s ‘Patient Zero’ breaks Spotify record for 2026

Taylor Swift has set another Spotify record following the surprise release of ‘Patient Zero’, one of four previously unreleased tracks featured on the expanded edition of her album ‘The Life of a Showgirl: Encore’.

According to Spotify, ‘Patient Zero’ became the most-streamed song by a female artiste in a single day in 2026 so far.

Swift also became the platform’s most-streamed female artiste in a single day this year.

The four newly released tracks have since taken the top four positions on Spotify’s Top 50 – Global chart.

‘Patient Zero’ leads with more than 13.7 million streams, followed by ‘Cleveland’ with 9.6 million, ‘Pink Clouding’ with 8.7 million and ‘Babylon’ with 8.4 million.