Taylor Swift Ends Ella Langley's Reign (SNS week of October 4, 2026)

 WELL, as you know, this is very very late, it was last week's blog, and most of you know about my accident passing out leaving the shower and landing me in the hospital overnight Friday into Saturday.   Luckily, I had compiled my chart before that happened.    This is going to be very brief, thus no chart analysis or reviews of newly added songs.

Taylor Swift released our new songs to add onto her most recent album, including "Patient Zero" which debuted at #1, ending Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" 24 week run at #1 on the Hot 100.

I just wanted to mention that it had to take Taylor Swift to end Ella Langley's 24-week run at #1 with "Choosin' Texas".  With no new "superstar" releases coming out, there seemed like no limit as to how long that song would go, given that the Hot 100 is in one of its typical stagnation runs.  I wonder if Taylor Swift (one of very few artists who could unseat Ella) knew that when she decided to release four new songs and add them to her existing The Life of a Showgirl album.    Needless to say, it did the trick, as "Patient Zero" debuted at #1 last week, unseating "Choosin' Texas", which had logged 14 consecutive weeks at #1 for an overall total of a record-setting 24.    "Choosin' Texas" dropped to #2, with the other three Taylor songs at 3, 4 and 5.   Stella Lefty's "Boston", which was #2 for the past few weeks, was at #6.   Any chance that "Boston" could have overtaken "Choosin' Texas" was pretty distant, given that three Swift songs landed between the two in the chart week.   

I also have to add that this is Taylor Swift's fourth number one this year, and her 16th in her career.  She is all alone in third place, behind only The Beatles (20) and Mariah Carey (19).   There's no sign that either of these two artists are going to add to their total anytime soon---The Far Four's resurrected "Now and Then" entered only at #7 a few years back, and as for Mariah, "All I Want For Christmas Is You" only counts as one, regardless of how many times it takes the top spot. 

So, is this temporary and will the new Taylor tracks retreat, letting Ella back at the top?   Well, it's Tuesday of the following week and "Patient Zero" is #1 for a second week.   The other tracks fell out of the top 10.   Drake---one of the few other artists capable of taking the top spot--entered at #6 this week.  More on that next--I mean this---week. 

I also have to add that over on the album chart, where Miley Cyrus' album Bass Persuades debuted at #1 the prior week, the set drops all the way to #117, becoming the biggest drop for an album that debuted at #1 in Billboard chart history.  A dubious honor, indeed.

SNS 100:  My top 10 is the same as last week with just internal jostling for position, as Sienna Spiro's "Material Lover" holds at #1 for a fourth week.  And one new entry in the top 20, that being Pepper Creek's fourth straight hit in that region, "Turning 17" at #20.  Last week's Top Debut is this week's Mover, Gotts Street Park featuring Pip Millet's "Flowers" moving 78-54.   The Top Debut this week is the latest by The Half-Cubes, "When the Lights Are Out".   The adept cover duo this time takes an obscure Slade song from 1974 and makes it their own.  It comes in at #82.   Other entries include "Patient Zero" entering next at #92 to go along with its Billboard chart-topper, reggae outfit Iration next at #94 with "Falling", Lisa Mychols, best known here for her part on Orbis Max's "R U OK" a few years back, enters with "Fall In" at #97.  Alt-rocker beabadoobee is back with "Write Me a Letter" at #99, and country outfit Little Big Town is at #100 with "Sucker For a Sad Song".   Bubbling under include Tally Spear's "Self-Confession" and Grace Potter's "Belong". 

Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves 100 Playlist

October 4, 2026

This Week	Last Week	ARTIST-Title	Weeks on List
1	1	NUMBER ONE: SIENNA SPIRO "Material Lover"● Albums: Visitor (Deluxe Digital)/The Devil Wears Prada 2 (Soundtrack) (4 Weeks at #1)	11
2	3	Loaded Honey - Tokyo Rain	10
3	4	Alabama Shakes - I Feel Hope Coming	8
4	2	Brooke Combe - Love Was Made of Stone	10
5	5	Vaughan Penn - Sandbar Shuffle	10
6	7	Sam Fender and Olivia Dean - Rein Me In	9
7	8	Starbuck - Bongo Bay	9
8	9	The Womack Sisters - Monster	6
9	10	The Mac Daddy's Band - Shirley, You're Kidding	7
10	6	The Womack Sisters - If I Let You●	13
11	11	Andy and Oneida - Young Again	12
12	18	Sir Prize and the Twomorrow Knightz - Hilltop High	12
13	15	Jerry Powell - Nights on Ocean Drive	12
14	17	Jungle - Sunshine	7
15	14	Deb Browning and Townsend Link - The Sea, Sand and You●	22
16	19	The Jay Vons - Want You Tomorrow	6
17	12	Stella Lefty - Boston	16
18	20	Paul Czekaj - Thunder in the Distance	9
19	13	Michelle Branch and New Radicals - The Game of Love	10
20	23	MOVER OF THE WEEK: PEPPER CREEK "Turning 17" (Single Release)	9
21	16	Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas▲	37
22	21	Marsha Morgan - Whenever There's Summer●	14
23	22	Ella Langley - Be Her●	31
24	26	Charcoal Greys - Blisters	9
25	31	Ruth Morayniss - Waiting on You	7
26	33	Anna Lavigne - One Black Swan	5
27	43	Marlisa Kay Small - In Way Over My Heart	3
28	32	Tame Impala - Loser	8
29	35	The Linda Lindas - Burning Out	7
30	37	The Colliflowers - Arizona	6
31	25	The Pink Slips Band - Windows Rolled Down	11
32	40	C. Lynne Smith - Close to Me	8
33	41	Gary Alexander - Soul Full of Sunshine	11
34	24	The Womack Sisters - Chauffeur	12
35	27	Megan Moroney - Wish I Didn't	18
36	34	Party Pupils ft. Mayer Hawthorne - Baby Come Back	11
37	45	Steve Lacy - oh yeah?	8
38	46	The Pozers ft. Roger Manning Jr- Somewhere In My 21	7
39	42	Vaughan Penn - Bands on the Beach●	26
40	29	Wendy Lucas - Down For the Drive	14
41	47	U2 - Street of Dreams	10
42	30	Interpol - See Out Loud	15
43	52	Whiskey-Chitto Ramblers - Drivin'	8
44	53	Lainey Wilson and John Mayer - Phone, Keys, Wallet	8
45	51	Sylvia Johns Ritchie and Doyle Wood - I've Got the Just Can't Help Its	22
46	28	Karen Wallo - Plum Loco Blues	13
47	38	Ashen Ringlets - Waltzing Days in Maidenhead	13
48	44	Christina Cooper Black - A New Lease on Love●	23
49	54	Orbis Max - Cure For Hope	6
50	36	Thee Sacred Souls - Any Old Fool	12
51	63	Jennifer Licko - Carolina Scot	3
52	39	The Womack Sisters - You Went Away Too Long	17
53	65	Thee Sacred Souls - Waiting On the Right Time	3
54	78	MOVER OF THE WEEK: GOTTS STREET PARK featuring PIP MILLETT "Flowers" (Single Release)	2
55	60	Bradley Denniston - Full Bloom	4
56	50	Starbuck ft Elsie B - Sleeping in the Rain and Thunder●	20
57	62	Bruno Mars - Risk It All	5
58	55	The Tams - I Tried●	25
59	61	Devon Gilfillian - Black Dog Rabbit Hole	5
60	48	The Amplifier Heads - A Song Called Sha La La	13
61	66	Fontaines DC - Marianne	5
62	64	Kasey Musgraves - Mexico Honey	4
63	70	The Six Piece Suits - Moment With You	3
64	69	Sonja Grier - Another Day, Another Story	4
65	49	Rivermist - Heaven's Not That Far Away	15
66	57	Mike Browning - She Gets Carried Away	6
67	81	Low Cut Connie - Can't Be Wrong	2
68	68	The Rolling Stones - Jealous Lover	5
69	85	Orbis Max ft Neil Christie - That Riviera Touch	2
70	73	Michigander - Freaking Out	4
71	76	Hannah Goodall - Imperfect Blur	4
72	72	The Half-Cubes - The Mighty Quinn	5
73	74	David F. Porfirio - The Velvet Grindhouse	4
74	56	Seth Storer - Anchor in the Fire	9
75	79	Blair Sparrow - Someday In Your Life	3
76	80	Temper City - Self-Aware	3
77	95	Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Grass Code	2
78	98	Randy Clay Band - It's About To Get Crazy	2
79	58	Jennifer Licko - Danny Boy	11
80	59	Barry Walsh - Star Ride●	19
81	93	September In the Park - Brenda	2
82	---	TOP DEBUT: THE HALF-CUBES "When the Lights Are Out" (Single Release)	1
83	92	Harley Olivia - MADONNA/WHØRE	2
84	88	The Jayhawks - Keeping Our Heads Above Water	4
85	84	Teddy Swims - Mr. Know It Alll	20
86	91	Steve Owens - I Want To Love You For a Long Time	3
87	67	Ella Langley and Morgan Wallen - I Can't Love You Anymore	19
88	89	Dolly Parton - Jolene	6
89	71	Caroline Rose - Yip Yip Yow	19
90	77	The Beaches - Should've Known Better	22
91	97	Ariana Grande - Petal	2
92	---	Taylor Swift - Patient Zero	1
93	99	Julia Wolf - In My Room	2
94	---	Iration - Falling	1
95	83	Starbuck - Doo Wop Bop	19
96	86	Micky Dolenz - Terri	14
97	---	Lisa Mychols - Fall In	1
98	75	Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Boys	7
99	---	Beabadoobee - Write Me a Letter	1
100	---	Little Big Town - Sucker for a Sad Song	1

Tremors:

101. K.Flay - Ants

102. Tally Spear - Self Confession

103. Grace Potter - Belong

Tremors: Songs which have steady or increasing points but not enough to chart on the SNS 100.

Murmurs:

Mayer Hawthorne - Ice Water

The Feature Attraction Band - Rondels Medley

Paul Czekaj - I Saw Sparks/Tell Me What I Have To Do/The Waves Come Crashing In

Bruno Mars - On My Soul

Strawberry Alarm Clock - Since You Have Gone Away

Sir Prize and the Twomorrow Knightz - Bugaboo/We've Been Voltzed

Colorjoy - Woman

Nadia Moore - Bayaning Tuney

Kings of Leon - My Whole World

ADELA - Nicole Kidman

Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators - If This Ain't Love (Don't Know What Is)

Devon Gilfillian - Let's Stop Fucking Around

SupaPurple - Breathing Into the Boil

Lainey Wilson - Kinda Love It

Murmurs: Songs which are in the queue for future adds onto the Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves 100 Playlist.

Songs with the greatest increase in favorite points over the prior week

 

●Songs garnering 25 plays on Spotify (“Scrobbles”) according to Last.Fm (effective October 2024)  ▲ Songs garnering 50 plays.

 

 

Songs on the SNS 100 are included on the following public Spotify playlists

 

Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves Top 40:  Contains songs in positions 1-40 on the SNS 100

Scenes 41-100 and Newbies  Songs in Positions 41-100 on the SNS 100 plus new additions

Scenes Recurrents: Songs which had been in the top 20 and/or songs on the chart 25 weeks or more, that have dropped off the SNS 100.

 

(Rob Sheldon is a music fan who has followed music trends the past 60 years, and covers new and classic music, specializing in pop, rock, alternative, beach, soul and country genres).    He can be contacted at  rsheldonx4804@gmail.com