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The Beatles, Drake and Taylor Swift Share the Billboard 200 Top Five
For the first time, albums by The Beatles, Drake and Taylor Swift are all in the top five of the U.S. Billboard 200.
The chart dated Oct.
17 places Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl at No.
1 for a 14th week.
Drake’s HABIBTI rises to No.
2 after a reissue added four songs, while The Beatles’ 1966 album Rubber Soul returns at No.
4 after a deluxe reissue.
The three acts also have more career No.
1 albums on the chart than any others: The Beatles have 19, and Drake and Swift have 15 each.
The Billboard 200 ranks albums each week using sales and streaming measures.
Their simultaneous appearance shows how reissues and new releases can bring artists from different generations onto the chart together.
The full Oct.
17 chart is due to be posted on Oct.
13.
The Beatles, Drake and Taylor Swift occupy the top five of the Billboard 200 on the chart dated Oct. 17, 2026, for the first time.
Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl holds No. 1 for a 14th week.
Drake’s HABIBTI rises from No. 116 to No. 2 after a reissue with four additional songs.
The Beatles’ Rubber Soul re-enters at No. 4 after a deluxe reissue.
The three acts have the most career No. 1 albums on the chart: The Beatles with 19, and Drake and Swift with 15 each.
- Who
- The Beatles, Drake and Taylor Swift.
- What
- They are together in the top five of the Billboard 200 for the first time.
- When
- On the chart dated Oct. 17, 2026.
- Where
- The Billboard 200, which ranks albums in the U.S.
- Why
- Drake’s HABIBTI rose after a reissue with four additional songs, and The Beatles’ Rubber Soul re-entered after a deluxe reissue. Swift’s album remained at No. 1.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
No direct quotes in the coverage so far.
The Beatles’ Let It Be re-entered at No. 5 while Drake’s Certified Lover Boy was No. 1.
The Beatles’ Revolver returned at No. 4 while Swift’s Midnights was No. 1.
Billboard reported that The Beatles, Drake and Swift were together in the top five for the first time.
Billboard said the full Oct. 17 chart would be posted on its website.
The chart showed Swift at No. 1, Drake at No. 2 and The Beatles at No. 4.
- Chart date
- Oct. 17, 2026
- Swift album and position
- The Life of a Showgirl, No. 1
- Drake album and position
- HABIBTI, No. 2
- Beatles album and position
- Rubber Soul, No. 4
- Career No. 1 albums
- The Beatles: 19; Drake: 15; Swift: 15
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