Taylor Swift gets three more hit singles after releasing a new version of The Life Of A Showgirl. The album itself returns to number one.

Last Friday (25 September) Taylor Swift released a deluxe edition of her album The Life Of A Showgirl, including four new tracks. Inevitably, fans have rushed to download and stream those tracks meaning that three of them (the maximum number of songs by one artist allowed in the chart) enter the top forty. This means that the top five has a far fresher look than it has had for many weeks.

The most popular of the new tracks, by a very long way, is Patient Zero. By Wednesday’s update it had accumulated more chart sales than the number one single has “sold” for some time. Inevitably, then it has become Taylor Swift’s eighth UK number one single. Behind it is Cleveland at number three, yet another current single to have a US state or city in its title. The trio of new entries is completed by another place name, Babylon which may, or may not, be named after a villager in New York. That song is at number four.

Previous hits with Babylon in the title include songs by Boney M, The Ruts and David Gray. Sadly, the brilliant Dancing In Babylon by MGMT and  Christine & The Queens failed to chart.

Sienna Spiro blocks Taylor Swift from a top three clean sweep. Her Great Expectation is at number two after three weeks at the summit. Ella Langley’s Chasin’ Texas is at number five.

Madonna has released a new version of her Danceteria single with a new contribution from Charli XCX. The song originally reached number 38 in July. Now it is back at number 22.

When Taylor Swift's people looked at the list of new releases scheduled for last Friday, they must have thought that the simple act of adding four new songs to The Life Of A Showgirl would guarantee its return to the top with no obvious competition. However, the midweek updates showed Keo, a band who don’t yet have a Wikipedia page or any details on their Spotify page leading the way.

A bit more digging reveals that Keo have been selling out gigs in some sizeable venues, signifying a strong and growing following. Those of us of advanced years have lived through many bands described as “The next big thing”. Time will tell whether Keo enjoy a long and successful career or just fizzle out like Northern Uproar.

Taylor Swift’s big advantage was that streams of her album would continue to be strong throughout the week whereas Keo were more dependent on actual sales which will have been at their highest at the start of the week. In the end, those streams were enough to propel The Life Of A Showgirl back to the top for a fifth week at number one.

Keo, then, have to be content with a number two spot for Put A Smile On For Me.. If it is any consolation to them, it is the biggest selling vinyl album of the week. They also get the biggest sales for a male band with their debut album since Blossoms a decade ago.

Nothing But Thieves enter at number three with Stray Dogs to make it five top ten albums from five releases. This, though, marks a slight decline from their previous album which topped the chart in 2023.

Soft Cell finished recording their sixth studio album Deanceteria on 20 October 2025. Just two days later singer Marc Almond received the news that Dave Ball, the other half of the duo, had died. Ball had been ill for some time, so it  was known that this would almost certainly be their final album and that is reflected in some of the tracks. Others, by contrast, are far more joyous. The album is named after a New York nightclub frequented by Almond and Ball when they lived in the city.

Soft Cell formed in Leeds in 1978 and had a huge number one hit with their version of tainted Love in 1981. Further hits followed before the band went into decline, They called it a day after their fourth album limped in at number 116. However, they eventually re-formed (after Marc Almond had a long spell of ill-health following a serious road accident) and had a top ten album in 2022. Their final album enters at number 26. It may well be the first time that we have had new or re-entries with the same title in both charts, but by different artists.

Europe, best-known for recording one of the most annoying number one singles of the 1980s, are at number 30 with Come This Madness. Tinashe gets her first top forty album with Popstar at number 35.