USA
Billboard Report (excerpt)
Taylor Swift rules still both major charts
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

Taylor Swift's “The Fate of Ophelia” rules the Billboard Hot 100 for a seventh week, having led in each of its weeks on the chart so far. Of Swift’s 13 career Hot 100 No. 1s, “The Fate of

Ophelia” is her third to have ruled for at least seven weeks. It trails only “Anti-Hero” (eight, beginning Nov. 5, 2022) and ties “Blank Space” (seven, Nov. 29, 2014). “The Fate of Ophelia” drew 23.4 million official streams (down 11% week-over-week) and 62.8 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 1%) and sold 19,000 (down 22%) in the United States for the tracking week of Nov. 14-20. The single adds a sixth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, rises 4-3 for a new best on Radio Songs, and drops to No. 2 after five weeks atop Digital Song Sales. Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” — the No. 1 hit on Billboard’s Greatest of All  Time Holiday 100 songs retrospective — returns to the Hot 100’s top 10 (11-8), with 15.7 million streams (up 14%), 9.7 million airplay audience impressions (up 82%) and 1,000 sold (up 16%). The carol, originally released in 1994, hit the Hot 100’s top 10 for the first time in December 2017.

In December 2019, it ascended to No. 1 at last, for three weeks that holiday season. It led the Hot 100 for two more weeks in the 2020 holiday season, three over the 2021 holidays, four during the 2022 season, two in 2023 and another four last season, upping its total to 18 weeks at No, 1. Only two songs have led longer over the chart’s 67-year history: Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” in 2024, and Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, in 2019, each for 19 weeks. With the 2019 coronation for “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Carey collected her 19th Hot 100 No. 1, extending her mark for the most among soloists and moving to within one of The Beatles’ overall record 20. Huntr/x’s “Golden,” from Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters, keeps at No. 2 on the Hot 100, following eight weeks at No. 1 beginning in August. Alex Warren’s “Ordinary,” which ruled the Hot 100 for 10 weeks starting in May, holds at No. 3, while topping Radio Songs for a 23rd week (67.2 million in audience, down 9%). The Hot 100’s top five is stationary, rounded out by Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” at its No. 4 high and Swift’s “Opalite,” from The Life of a Showgirl, at No. 5, after hitting No. 2. Leon Thomas’ “Mutt” rises 7-6 for a new Hot 100. Justin Bieber’s “Daisies” dips 6-7 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2; Kehlani’s “Folded” falls 8-9, off its No. 7 high; and Morgan Wallen’s “I Got Better” descends 9-10. Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl rules the Billboard 200 chart (dated Nov. 29) for a seventh week in a row. The set earned 93,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending Nov. 20 (down 15%), according to Luminate. Of The Life of a Showgirl’s 93,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 75,000 (down 15%, equaling 98.49 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks — it’s No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums for a seventh week), album sales comprise 17,000 (down 8%; it rises one spot to No. 3 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise 1,000 (down 54%). Summer Walker earns her fourth top 10-charted album as Finally Over It debuts at No. 2 with 77,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 69,000 (equaling 91.88 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks; it debuts at No. 3 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 8,000 (it debuts at No. 12 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. Walker notches the largest debut for an R&B album by a woman in 2025, by equivalent album units earned. Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem falls 2-3 on the Billboard 200 with nearly 76,000 equivalent album units earned. NF debuts at No. 4 with Fear, bowing with almost 76,000 equivalent album units. It’s the fifth top 10-charted album for the artist, all earned consecutively. Of the set’s first-week units, album sales comprise 48,000 (it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 27,000 (equaling 36.76 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks; it debuts at No. 10 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise less than 1,000 units. The chart-topping Kpop Demon Hunters soundtrack drops 3-5 on the Billboard 200 with 68,000 equivalent album units (down 9%). 5 Seconds Of Summer scores its seventh top 10-charted effort on the Billboard 200 as Everyone’s a star! enters at No. 6 with 51,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 41,000 (it debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 9,000 (equaling 11.33 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise 1,000. Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving gets pushed down two spots to No. 7 despite its 20% gain following her turn as the musical guest on NBC’s Saturday Night Live on Nov. 15. The set earned 50,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Nov. 20. Three former No. 1s round out the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200: Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend dips 6-8 (35,000 equivalent album units, down 4%), SZA’s SOS slips 7-9 (33,000, up 4%) and Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time falls 9-10 (29,000, down 2%).

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As the first salvo from her new album, Lux, Spanish reggaeton and flamenco artist Rosalíá has uncorked a dazzling opus featuring Björk, Yves Tumor and a full-on symphony orchestra.

United Kingdom
Music Week Report (excerpt)
'Where Is My Husband!' by Raye remains at no.3
Monday, November 24, 2025
by Alan Jones, London
 
The Fate Of Ophelia is No.1 for Taylor Swift for the second week in a row, and the fifth time in total on consumption of 53,518 units (1,758 digital downloads, 51,760 sales-equivalent streams) – the lowest for a No.1 for 14 weeks. Its 9.18% dip in consumption week-on-week means that its victory margin over

Golden (2-2, 50,456 sales) by Huntr/X, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast’s Golden shrinks from 7.18% to 6.07%. The threat of Golden, which has spent a total of 10 weeks at No.1, is over, however – after three straight weeks of declining streams, it will fall into ACR next week, nullifying its chances of a return to the top. Olivia Dean’s Man I Need had its decline hastened by ACR three weeks ago, and is actually the most popular song in the country in the latest frame, with unadjusted consumption of 58,450 units trumping Ophelia and Golden, although its ACR-adjusted total of 29,541 units sees the track easing 4-5. In stepping back, it allows Dean’s So Easy (To Fall In Love) (5-4, 31,158 sales) to secure a new peak – but that track is a long way in arrears of Where Is My Husband!, which is at its peak of No.3 for the fourth week in a row and fifth time in total for Raye. Increasing its consumption 13.15% to 46,924 units – its highest level for

five weeks – Raye’s hit is helped by sales of 2,276 copies of its new marbled pink vinyl edition, and still has a chance of becoming her second No.1. The only new arrival in the top tier is Die On This Hill, which jumps 13-9 (18,110 sales) to become the initial Top 10 hit for Sienna Spiro, replacing How It’s Done (10-11, 17,242 sales) by Huntr/X, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast. The rest of the Top 10: Opalite (6-6, 25,953 sales) by Taylor Swift, Rein Me In (8-7, 23,376 sales) by Sam Fender & Olivia Dean, Raindance (7-8, 21,411 sales) by Dave & Tems and Elizabeth Taylor (9-10. 17,476 sales) by Taylor Swift. Overall singles consumption is down 0.38% week-on-week to 30,940,615 units, 3.72% above same week 2024 consumption of 29,830,281 units. Paid-for sales are down 1.35% week-on-week at 256,927, 6.84% below same week 2024 sales of 275,780. Their line-up unchanged since their 2011 inception – when they were all still at school – Australian pop/rock quartet 5 Seconds Of Summer secure their fourth No.1 album in all, and third in a row with their sixth studio set, Everyone’s A Star!, debuting in pole position on consumption of 19,119 units (11,967 CDs, 4,619 vinyl albums, 391 digital downloads and 2,142 sales-equivalent streams). Full of pithy songs – 16 of them (all at least partly self-penned) on the deluxe version with an average duration of barely three minutes – Everyone’s A Star! has a 28.72% bigger first week than its immediate predecessor, 2022’s 5SOS5. That is despite the fact that 5SOS5’s biggest release week format was cassette (4,428 sales out of total consumption of 14,853 units) – a format in which Everyone’s A Star! has not been released – and the last of the band’s 15 charted singles was nearly six years ago. The week that 5SOS5 debuted at No.1, D-Block Europe’s Lap 5 debuted at No.2. D-Block Europe had to wait a further two years for what is, so far, their only No.1, Rolling Stone. They dared to clash with 5 Seconds Of Summer again this week, with their new mixtape PTSD 2 – but it doesn’t get as close, debuting instead at No.4 (12,279 sales). A London hip-hop duo, D-Block Europe have landed 10 albums in the chart since their debut with Yxng Bane collaboration, Any Minute Now, reached No.14 in 2018. All of their subsequent albums have made the Top 10. PTSD 2 is a sprawling, 29-song – including 11 collaborations – 86-minute set, and is the sequel to their 2019 28-song mixtape, PTSD, which remains their most-consumed title with a to-date tally of 336,870 units. Its consumption climbing for the second week in a row, The Art Of Loving holds at No.2 (17,090 sales) for Olivia Dean. The rest of the Top 10: The Life Of A Showgirl (1-3, 14,171 sales) by Taylor Swift, Man’s Best Friend (5-5, 9,037 sales) by Sabrina Carpenter, West End Girl (3-6, 8,587 sales) by Lily Allen, +-=÷× Tour Collection (7-7, 7,692 sales) by Ed Sheeran, The Highlights (6-8, 7,596 sales) by The Weeknd, The Essential (8-9, 7,082 sales) by Michael Jackson and 50 Years: Don’t Stop (9-10, 7,074 sales) by Fleetwood Mac. Overall album sales are up 3.24% week-on-week at 2,643,032 units, 3.33% above same week 2024 sales of 2,557,958. Physical product accounts for 376,894 sales, 14.26% of the total.