USA
Billboard Report (excerpt)
Taylor Swift rules still both major charts
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

Taylor Swift's “The Fate of Ophelia” tops the Billboard Top 100 for a sixth week, encompassing its entire run on the chart so far. Of the superstar’s 13 career Hot 100 No. 1s, “The Fate

of Ophelia” is her third to have led for at least six weeks. It joins “Anti-Hero” (eight weeks, beginning Nov. 5, 2022) and “Blank Space” (seven, Nov. 29, 2014). “The Fate of Ophelia” drew 26.2 million official streams (down 4% week-over-week) and 62.2 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 5%) and sold 25,000 (down 13%) in the United States Nov. 7-13. The single rebounds a spot for a fifth week atop the Streaming Songs chart; rises 5-4 for a new best on Radio Songs; and adds a fifth week at No. 1 Digital Song Sales. Of the song’s sales total, 15,000 were from CD singles (its original and "Alone in My Tower Acoustic Version" mixes, each featuring instrumentals as second cuts) that shipped during the tracking week and 10,000 were downloads. Sombr claims his first Hot 100 top 10 as “Back to Friends” rises 11-10. It drew 10.3 million streams (up 1%) and 29.9 million in radio audience (up 11%) and sold 2,000 (up 169%), combining vinyl

and downloads. The song, which sombr solely wrote and produced, became his first Hot 100 hit in April and he rose to a No. 16 high with his fellow breakthrough single, “Undressed,” in October. “Back to Friends” reaches the top 10 in its 33rd week, completing the longest trip to the tier for a male soloist’s first entry, surpassing Sean Paul’s 29-week ascent with “Gimme the Light” in 2002. Huntr/x’s “Golden,” from Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters, holds 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, is steady at No. 3, while topping Radio Songs for a 22nd week (74.3 million in audience, down 4%). Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” climbs 5-4 for a new Hot 100 high; Swift’s “Opalite,” from The Life of a Showgirl, dips 4-5, after hitting No. 2; and Justin Bieber’s “Daisies” keeps at No. 6, after reaching No. 2. Leon Thomas’ “Mutt” runs 8-7 for a new Hot 100 best. Kehlani’s “Folded” falls to No. 8 from its No. 7 Hot 100 high and Morgan Wallen’s “I Got Better” is steady at No. 9, also after reaching No. 7. Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl spends a sixth consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated Nov. 22). The set earned 110,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending Nov. 13 (down 8%), according to Luminate. The Life of a Showgirl is only the second album in 2025 to spend its first six weeks at No. 1, following Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem (which spent its first eight weeks atop the list, of its total 12 at No. 1). Swift’s last album, The Tortured Poets Department, spent its first 12 weeks at No. 1 in 2024, of its total 17 weeks atop the list. Three of her albums have led for their first six chart weeks or more, starting with Folklore, which reigned for its first six weeks in 2020, of eight overall weeks at No. 1. Of The Life of a Showgirl’s 110,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 88,500 (down 10%, equaling 115.91 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks — it’s No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums for a sixth week), album sales comprise 19,000 (up 7%; it holds at No. 4 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise 2,500 (down 32%). At Nos. 2 and 3 on the Billboard 200, Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem and the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack trade places as compared to a week ago. The former chart-toppers earned 76,000 equivalent album units (down 2%) and 75,000 units (down 11%), respectively. Rosalía gets her first top 10 with the No. 4 debut of Lux, as it arrives with a personal-best week of 46,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 27,000 (equaling 34.49 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks — a career-high streaming week for the artist, as it debuts at No. 9 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 19,000 (her best sales week ever; it debuts at No. 4 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving reaches a new peak on the Billboard 200 as it climbs 7-5 with 41,000 equivalent album units earned (up 11%). Four former No. 1s follow Dean: Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend is a non-mover at No. 6 (37,000 equivalent album units, down 5%), SZA’s SOS rises 8-7 (32,000, up 3%), Cardi B’s Am I The Drama? ascends 10-8 (30,000, up 9%), and Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time is stationary at No. 9 (nearly 30,000, up less than 1%). Tomorrow X Together’s Yeonjun sees his debut project, No Lables Part 01, enter at No. 10 with 29,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 27,000 (it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 2,000 (equaling 3.24 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The set’s first-week sales were assisted by its availability across multiple CD iterations, each including collectible paper ephemera (some randomized), alongside a standard digital download edition.

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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 17, 2025
by Alan Jones, London
 
In a close race for chart honours, The Fate Of Ophelia returns to No.1 for Taylor Swift on consumption of 58,925 units (3,025 digital downloads, 55,900 sales-equivalent streams) becoming the third record to dethrone Huntr/X, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast’s Golden (1-2, 54,977 sales)

With Swift’s album, The Life Of A Showgirl, simultaneously reclaiming pole position on the album chart, the two have now done the double four times – the most by an album and one of its singles since 2017, when Ed Sheeran’s Shape Of You and ÷ (Divide) shared six weeks together at the summit – an initial run of five, and then one more. Taylor has three songs in the Top 10 for the sixth straight week, with Opalite falling 4-6 (28,946 sales) and Elizabeth Taylor rallying 10-9 (19,904 sales). Rein Me In (12-8, 21,481 sales) enters the Top 10 for the sixth time for Sam Fender & Olivia Dean. Each of its five previous runs have been limited to one week. Its peak remains No.6. Olivia Dean also scores her third Top 5 hit, as So Easy (To Fall In Love) ascends 6-5 (29,479), while Man I Need returns to peak (5-4, 29,529 sales), and A Couple Minutes (22-15, 15,200 sales) becomes her seventh Top 20 entry. The rest of the Top 10: Where Is My Husband! (3-3, 41,472 sales) by

Raye, Raindance (7-7, 24,814 sales) by Dave & Tems and How It’s Done (11-10, 18,055 sales) by Huntr/X, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast. Overall singles consumption is up 1.69% week-on-week to 31,057,087 units, their highest level for 17 weeks and 4.83% above same week 2024 consumption of 29,626,175 units. Paid-for sales are down 5.98% week-on-week at 260,455, 0.22% above same week 2024 sales of 259,887. The Life Of A Showgirl returns to No.1 for Taylor Swift after a two-week absence, securing its fourth week at No.1 in total (and her 36th) on consumption of 19,363 units (4,476 CDs, 1,055 vinyl albums, 3 cassettes, 348 digital downloads and 13,481 sales-equivalent streams). It does so after securing a 7.23% increase in consumption week-on-week, following the release of a digital version including hard-to-find acoustic variations of some of the songs and a 1,236.52% surge in sales of the restocked HMV exclusive ‘It’s Beautiful’ CD poster edition. Nevertheless, it has the lowest consumption for a No.1 album for 13 weeks, and ends a run of 11 consecutive weeks when the No.1 album had consumption in excess of 30,000 units, the longest such sequence since 2018. Its nearest challenger, The Art Of Loving, rebounds 4-2 (16,366 sales) for Olivia Dean, revisiting the peak it scaled four weeks ago, as it increases consumption 3.66% week-on-week – ending six weeks of decline in that metric. Spanish singing sensation Rosalía’s most experimental but also most accessible album yet, Lux, is the highest of five new entries to the Top 75, and by far her highest-charting set, opening at No.4 (12,224 sales). The 33-year-old Catalonian’s 2017 debut Los Angeles was uncharted; follow-up El Mal Querer reached No.175 in 2018, and third album Motomami reached No.42 in 2022. Motomami has performed well, racking up consumption of 43,050 units, paving the way for Lux, which is home to breakout single, Berghain –a collaboration with Bjork and Yves Tumor, which jumps 51-36 this week – and includes lyrics in no fewer than 14 languages. It is the highest-charting album to date by a solo Spanish female. With West End Girl holding at No.3 (12,706 sales) for Lily Allen and Man’s Best Friend climbing 6-5 (9,550 sales) for Sabrina Carpenter, the entire Top 5 are by female solo artists. That is the first time that has happened since sales week ending 6 August 2011 – 745 weeks ago – when they actually filled the top six positions (a record). The line-up was: 1 (1) Back To Black (63,071 sales) – Amy Winehouse, 2 (2) 21 (35,200 sales) – Adele, 3 (5) Frank (19,811 sales) – Amy Winehouse, 4 (4) 19 (15,831 sales) – Adele, 5 (3) 4 (15,113 sales) – Beyonce, 6 (7) Born This Way (10,022 sales) by Lady Gaga. Paramore lead singer Hayley Williams secures her second solo Top 75 chart entry this week, with Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party debuting at No.10 (6,975 sales), five years after introductory solo set, Petals For Armor, reached No.4. In between, the less commercial, more stripped-down 2021 release, Flowers For Vases/Descansos, peaked at No.92. The rest of the Top 10: The Highlights (9-6, 7,921 sales) by The Weeknd, +-=÷× Tour Collection (10-7, 7,530 sales) by Ed Sheeran, The Essential (13-8, 7,364 sales) by Michael Jackson and 50 Years: Don’t Stop (11-9, 7,132 sales) by Fleetwood Mac. 2005 compilation The Essential did return to the Top 10 only 14 weeks ago but now holds its highest chart-placing for 848 weeks – more than 16 years. In the Top 200 for 574 weeks, the Top 75 for 199 weeks and the Top 10 for just 16 of the 1,063 weeks that have elapsed since its release, it has cumulative consumption of 2,061,829 units. Overall album sales are up 0.51% week-on-week at 2,560,042 units, 2.87% above same week 2024 sales of 2,488,666. Physical product accounts for 324,758 sales, 12.69% of the total.