{
  "id": 9867048,
  "title": "Taylor Swift Sets 2026 Single-Day Spotify Record, Thanks to ‘The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/taylor-swift-sets-2026-single-day-spotify-record-thanks-to-the-life",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-26T00:04:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Billboard",
    "slug": "billboard",
    "url": "https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/taylor-swift-spotify-record-single-day-patient-zero-1236348113/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On September 25, Spotify announced that Taylor Swift achieved a new milestone, becoming the most-streamed female artist in a single day in 2026. This achievement was largely attributed to her four new bonus tracks released on \"The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore.\" Among these new songs, \"Patient Zero\" emerged as the most-streamed song by a female artist on the platform this year so far.\n\nSpotify shared the news through their social media channels on Friday evening, stating, \"On September 25th, 'Patient Zero' became Spotify's most-streamed song by a female artist in a single day in 2026 so far, and Taylor Swift became the most-streamed female artist in a single day this year.\" The announcement was captioned on Instagram.",
  "summary": "Swift became the most-streamed female artist in a single day this year on the platform.",
  "key_points": [
    "Taylor Swift set new single-day Spotify record on September 25, 2026",
    "\"The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore\" featured four bonus tracks",
    "\"Patient Zero\" became most-streamed song by female artist on Spotify this year"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Rolling Stone",
        "title": "Everything You Need to Know About ‘The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore’ Songs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-life-of-a-showgirl-the-encore",
        "published": "2026-09-25T18:53:50.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}