USA
Billboard Report (excerpt)
'Golden' and 'Ordinary' still on the top positions
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

Huntr/x's “Golden,” from Netflix’s record-hauling animated film KPop Demon Hunters, tops the Billboard Hot 100 for an eighth week. The anthem by the singing trio of Ejae, Audrey

Nuna and Rei Ami, in the roles of KPop Demon Hunters characters Rumi, Mira and Zoey, ties for the eighth-longest command for a song from a movie over the Hot 100’s 67-year history. It’s also now the sole second-longest-leading hit ever by an all-women group. “Golden,” on Visva / Republic Records, tallied 32.3 million official streams (down 4% week-over-week), 38.3 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 13%) and 6,000 sold (down 13%) in the United States Sept. 26-Oct. 2. The track tallies an 11th week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart; ascends 9-8 on Radio Songs; and rises 2-1 for a third week atop Digital Song Sales. Tate McRae’s new stand-alone single, “Tit for Tat,” bounds onto the Hot 100 at No. 3. In its first week, following its Sept. 26 release, the song totaled 19.7 million streams, 53,000 airplay impressions and 2,000 sold (boosted by buzz that the song may be about her ex, The Kid Laroi). McRae adds her third Hot 100 top 10,

with her second adjacent: Morgan Wallen’s “What I Want,” featuring McRae, holds at No. 4, after it led in its first week in May. Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100, after 10 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in June. It posts a 16th week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (up 2% to 76.8 million in audience — a new weekly best), tying for the fifth-longest reign in the chart’s 35-year history. Justin Bieber’s No. 2-peaking “Daisies” climbs 8-5 on the Hot 100. Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” which topped the Hot 100 for a week in March 2024, and went on to become last year’s No. 1 song, rises 7-6. It logs a record-extending 111th week on the chart overall and a record-padding 80th week in the top 10. Also from KPop Demon Hunters, Saja Boys’ “Soda Pop” slips to No. 7 from its No. 3 Hot 100 high and their “Your Idol” falls 5-10, after reaching No. 4. (Both are sung by Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo and samUIL Lee.) Additionally in the Hot 100’s top 10, Morgan Wallen’s “I Got Better” rises 11-8, after reaching No. 7, and Ravyn Lenae’s “Love Me Not” holds at No. 9, after hitting No. 5. The KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Oct. 11), slaying its second week atop the list, with 102,000 equivalent album units earned (down 2%) in the United States in the week ending Oct. 2, according to Luminate. The companion set to the smash Netflix animated film first reached No. 1 on the Sept. 20-dated list and has been locked inside the top two for the last 10 weeks in a row. Of KPop Demon Hunters’ 102,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 84,000 (down 9%, equaling 117.48 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks; it holds at No. 2 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 16,000 (up 56%; it rises 7-4 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise 2,000 (down 13%). Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping I’m the Problem rises 3-2 on the Billboard 200 (88,000 equivalent album units earned, down 2%) and Cardi B’s AM I THE DRAMA? falls 1-3 in its second week (83,000, down 58%). Doja Cat captures her fourth top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as her latest studio project, Vie, debuts at No. 4 with 57,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 31,000 (equaling 40.62 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it debuts at No. 10 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 26,000 (her best sales week ever; it debuts at No. 3 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The set’s first-week sales were aided by the album’s availability across eight vinyl variants (one signed), two CD editions (one signed), a deluxe CD boxed set (containing a signed CD and a branded T-shirt), standard and deluxe iTunes download editions, and a cassette. Vie was preceded by the Billboard Hot 100 hit “Jealous Type,” which debuted and peaked at No. 28 on the Sept. 6-dated chart. Sabrina Carpenter’s former No. 1 Man’s Best Friend falls 4-5 with 57,000 equivalent album units (down 18%). Young Thug logs his ninth top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as Uy Scuti starts at No. 6 with 52,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 39,000 (equaling 54.3 million on-demand official streams of the songs on the album; it debuts at No. 5 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 13,000 (it debuts at No. 6 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. Mariah Carey achieves her 19th top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as Here for It All bows at No. 7. Carey becomes only the third woman with at least one new top 10-charted album in the 1990s, 2000s, ‘10s and ‘20s, following Madonna and Shania Twain. Here for It All launches with 47,000 equivalent album units earned in its first week. Of that sum, album sales comprise a little more than 39,000 (it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise slightly more than 7,000 (equaling 9.53 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise less than 1,000. The album’s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across four CD variants (one signed), four vinyl editions (one signed), two cassettes, and a deluxe digital download album with a bonus track. English singer-songwriter Olivia Dean makes her Billboard 200 debut with her second studio effort, The Art of Loving, which arrives at No. 8 with 43,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 32,000 (equaling 40.49 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks; it debuts at No. 8 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 11,000 (it debuts at No. 7 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The Art of Loving was preceded by the surging hit “Man I Need,” which has hit the top 10 on Streaming Songs (rising 14-8 on the Oct. 4 chart) and climbed the Hot 100 (rising 30-25 on the Oct. 4 list). Closing out the debuts in the top 10 on the latest Billboard 200 is P1Harmony’s Ex, which begins at No. 9 with 40,000 equivalent album units earned, marking the first top 10 for the group. Of the 40,000 units earned, album sales comprise just under 39,000 (the best sales week for the act; it debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 1,000 (equaling 2.06 million on-demand streams of the tracks on the project) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. There are five tracks on the effort: four different songs, plus a Spanish version of one of the songs. Ex’s first-week sales were enhanced by its availability across 17 CD variants and six vinyl variants, all containing collectible items inside the packaging, some randomized. Lastly, Bad Bunny’s former No. 1 DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS holds at No. 10 (39,000, up 25%).

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United Kingdom
Music Week Report (excerpt)
Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift
Monday, October 13, 2025
by Alan Jones, London
 
Not for the first time in her glorious career, Taylor Swift makes chart history this week, becoming the first artist ever to have simultaneous new entries at No.1, No.2 and No.3. It’s the first top three made up entirely of debuts since 28 November 2014 - 568 weeks ago – when Band Aid 30’s Do They Know It’s

Christmas debuted at No.1 (312,928 sales), Clean Bandit’s Real Love (feat. Jess Glynne) at No.2 (81,837 sales) and Olly Murs’ Wrapped Up at No.3 (75,081 sales). Justin Bieber (2016) Ed Sheeran (2017), Harry Styles (2022) and Sabrina Carpenter (2024) are the only acts to previously fill out all the medal positions in a week – but none of them did so with new entries alone. Swift’s feat is courtesy of The Fate Of Ophelia (No.1, 132,501 sales), Opalite (No.2, 93,017 sales) and Elizabeth Taylor (No.3, 90,636 sales), tracks from her blockbuster new album, The Life Of A Showgirl (TLOAS) which achieve their lofty positions from sales-equivalent streams alone – no track on TLOAS is available physically or for download. The Fate Of Ophelia’s DUS tally is the highest for a No.1 since LadBaby’s Sausage Rolls For Everyone (feat. Ed Sheeran & Elton John) opened its account with 136,445 units 198 weeks ago, in December 2021. Swift’s first new hits in

more than a year raise her all-time tallies to 77 Top 75, 58 Top 40, 33 Top 10, 17 Top 3 and five No.1 hits. They all eclipse the previous highest consumption in any week of any track so far this year. Although not coming near the record 193,799 sales-equivalent streams that Adele’s Easy On Me derived from 19,422,185 audio streams and 4,577,520 video streams when it debuted at No.1 in 2021 (207 weeks ago), the tally turned in by The Fate Of Ophelia – from 13,580,262 audio streams and 1,271,829 video streams – is very impressive. The rest of the 12 tracks on TLOAS – all co-written and co-produced with Swedish songwriters Max Martin & Shellshock – are ‘starred-out’. Were it not for the change in chart regulations which limited primary artists to three simultaneous hits, after Ed Sheeran occupied nine of the Top 10 slots in 2017, Taylor would this week have equalled the record. The ‘starred-out’ tracks: Father Figure (80,195 sales), The Life Of A Showgirl (with Sabrina Carpenter) (72,088 sales), Actually Romantic (67,893 sales), Eldest Daughter and Wood (both 66,017 sales), Cancelled (65,721 sales), Wish List (65,349 sales), Ruin The Friendship (63,344 sales), and very much bringing up the rear, Honey (53,000 sales). Swift’s triple whammy means lower chart berths all round for the rest of the Top 10, namely Man I Need (1-4, 69,816 sales) and Nice To Each Other (4-8, 33,066 sales) by Olivia Dean, Golden (2-5, 64,331 sales) by Huntr/X, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast, Where Is My Husband? (3-6, 47,557 sales) by Raye, Soda Pop (5-7, 34,172 sales) and Your Idol (8-9, 28,684 sales) by Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast, and 12 To 12 (7-10, 28,428 sales) by Sombr. Overall singles consumption is up 1.81% week-on-week to 31,024,333 units, their highest level for 12 weeks, and 4.56% above same week 2024 consumption of 29,672,017 units. Paid-for sales are up 0.28% week-on-week at 267,595, 5.40% below same week 2024 sales of 282,878. Even swifter: 18 months after The Tortured Poets Department (TTPD) exploded to a No.1 debut on first week consumption of 270,091 units – the highest for any album for seven years, and the highest of Taylor Swift’s career to that point – follow-up The Life Of A Showgirl (TLOAS) soars even higher, racking up first week consumption of 423,444 units, a tally that includes 194,596 CDs, 125,592 vinyl albums, 2,652 cassettes, 16,535 digital downloads and 84,069 sales-equivalent streams. TLOAS’ consumption is the highest achieved in a week since Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) racked up 671,542 units on debut 448 weeks ago, in March 2017, and the 12th highest ever. The 10th different album to secure consumption of this level, it falls short of the all-time mark of 800,307 set by Adele’s 25 in 2015 – and that album’s subsequent 439,337 and 449,870 frames – but is the highest by a woman since then, and the highest ever by an overseas artist, eclipsing the estimated 350,000 that Michael Jackson’s Bad sold on debut in 1987. Selling nearly 17 times as many copies as any other album in the latest frame, TLOAS outsold the rest of the Top 100 combined, and singlehandedly secured a 14.39% share of the overall album market, and 48.31% of the vinyl market. With The Fate Of Ophelia debuting atop the singles chart, Swift does the double for the fourth time in her career, following Midnights/Anti-Hero in 2022; 1989 (Taylor’s Version)/Is It All Over Now (Taylor’s Version) in 2023; and TTPD/Fortnight (feat. Post Malone) in 2024. The only acts to do it more are The Beatles, Elvis Presley and Ed Sheeran. For the vinyl version of the album to sell 125,592 units is staggering. It replaces TTPD (66,388 sales) as the album which has sold most copies on vinyl in a week in the Kantar (Millward Brown) chart era (1994 onwards). James Morrison is back in the Top 10 with a studio album for the first time in 10 years, with sixth studio set, Fight Another Day, debuting at No.5 (7,844 sales). In the interim, his last studio album, You’re Stronger Than You Know, peaked at No.14 in 2019, while his 2022 Greatest Hits set reached No.6. His first album for Cooking Vinyl, Fight Another Day consists entirely of new songs co-written by Morrison and extends his chart career – in which has had two No.1s and seven Top 15 albums with total consumption exceeding 3m units – to more than 19 years. No.1 for 10 weeks in its initial chart run in 1995/1996, Oasis’ second album, 1995’s (What’s The Story) Morning Glory reached its highest chart placing in nearly 29 years in July, reaching No.2 when the band’s Live ’25 Reunion Tour was in full swing. 13 weeks on, its 30th anniversary is marked by the release of deluxe editions across CD, vinyl and digital, prompting it to revisit that position, surging 21-2, with consumption up 276.44% week-on-week to 24,963 units. That is its highest tally for 1,502 weeks (nearly 29 years), and elevates its all-time consumption to 5,551,710 units. Oasis’ compilation Time Flies: 1994-2009 remains in the Top 10, holding at No.6 (7,825 sales). The rest of the Top 10: The Art Of Loving (1-3, 22,727 sales) by Olivia Dean, Man’s Best Friend (2-4, 13,954 sales) by Sabrina Carpenter, The Highlights (9-7, 7,717 sales) by The Weeknd, 50 Years: Don’t Stop (10-8, 7,626 sales) by Fleetwood Mac, +-=÷× Tour Collection (8- 9, 7,490 sales) by Ed Sheeran and You’ll Be Alright Kid (7-10, 7,479 sales) by Alex Warren. Thanks to the Swift effect, overall album sales are up 15.35% week-on-week to 2,942,015 units, their highest level since Christmas week 2018 (355 weeks ago), and 10.54% above same week 2024 sales of 2,661,465. Physical product accounts for 632,313 sales, a 42-week high, and 21.49% of the total.