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Taylor Swift sets two 2026 single-day Spotify records for female artists
On September 25, 2026, Taylor Swift released The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, making "Patient Zero" Spotify's most-streamed song by a female artist in a single day this year and Swift its most-streamed female artist in a single day.
How we got here
- The Life of a Showgirl was released. Musicmayhemmagazine
- The Encore was released at midnight, and Patient Zero and Swift set single-day streaming records among female artists. Variety, Abs Cbn
- Swift premiered the self-directed Patient Zero music video starring Colin Farrell and Dakota Johnson at the MTV Video Music Awards. Usatoday, ABC News
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