USA
Billboard Report (excerpt)
'Choosin' Texas' No.1 for record-extending 27th week
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

Ella Langley's “Choosin’ Texas” continues at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a record-extending 27th week atop the chart. The smash fends off a Halloween-sparked surge for 

Michael Jackson’s 1980s classic “Thriller,” which pounces to a new No. 2 Hot 100 peak. As “Choosin’ Texas” furthers its reign, here’s an updated look at the longest-leading hits, ranked by most weeks spent at No. 1, since the Hot 100 began in August 1958: 27 weeks (to date), “Choosin’ Texas,” Ella Langley, 2026; 22 weeks, “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Mariah Carey, 2019-26; 19 weeks, “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey, 2024; 19 weeks, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, 2019; 16 weeks, “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen, 2023; 16 weeks, “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, 2017; 16 weeks, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, 1995-96. "Choosin' Texas" first led the Hot 100 in February, on its way to setting multiple chart records. “Choosin’ Texas,” on Sawgod / Columbia Records, with Triple Tigers having promoted it to country radio, totaled 18.8 million official streams (down 2% week over week),

53 million radio airplay audience impressions (down 8%) and 4,000 sold (up 5%) in the United States Oct. 30-Nov. 5. The single holds at No. 2 following a record-tying 26 weeks atop Streaming Songs; likewise keeps at No. 2, its high, on Radio Songs; and drops to No. 2 after a record 20 weeks atop Digital Song Sales. Jackson’s “Thriller” vaults from No. 20 to No. 2 for a new Hot 100 best, more than four decades after it first appeared on the chart. The song soared to 17.4 million streams (up 87%), 11.3 million in radio reach (up 172%) and 4,000 sold (up 48%) in the tracking week that included Halloween. The track leaps 10-1 on Streaming Songs and 4-1 on Digital Song Sales for its first week atop each list. The late King of Pop, who died in 2009, achieves his first leader on both charts. (While the song’s sum of raw streams is the week’s second-highest, after “Choosin’ Texas,” “Thriller” leads Streaming Songs due to the application of weighting to all titles’ paid/subscription and ad-supported on-demand streams and programmed/radio streams.) “Thriller” hits a new Hot 100 high 42 years and nine months after it first made the chart; it previously peaked at No. 4 for two weeks in March 1984. It was released as the seventh and final top 10 from Jackson’s album of the same name that ruled the Billboard 200 for 37 weeks — the most for a set by a single artist. While Jackson last ranked in the Hot 100’s top 10 a year ago this week, when “Thriller” lunged to No.10, he has his highest placement in 31 years, one month and three weeks, since “You Are Not Alone” was No. 2, after it became his 13th leader as a soloist (to go along with four by the Jackson 5 with him as a member). Tame Impala and Jennie’s “Dracula” ascends two spots to a new No. 3 Hot 100 high. In the tracking week that encompassed Halloween, it bounded by 31% to 9.4 million streams and 8% to 2,000 sold. The song reaches the top three in its 58th week on the Hot 100, completing the longest journey to the region by total chart weeks. It surpasses the 51 weeks that Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” took in 2021-22. Also with the rise, Jennie ties her Blackpink bandmate Rosé for the highest Hot 100 rank by a woman prominent in K-pop (Korean pop). Bruno Mars and Rosé’s “Apt.” peaked at No. 3 in February 2025. Tate McRae’s “Housewife” slips to No. 4 in its third week on the Hot 100, after spending its first two frames at No. 2. Stella Lefty’s “Boston” falls two places (3-5) on the Hot 100, as does Morgan Wallen’s “Been by Now” (4-6), with both having reached No. 2, while ADÉLA’s “Nicole Kidman” backtracks a spot from its No. 6 best. Karol G’s “BbY WOW,” with Judeline and rusowsky, rises 9-8 on the Hot 100. Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Ariana Grande’s “Hate That I Made You Love Me” lifts 10-9, after it led in its debut week in June, and Olivia Rodrigo’s “Stupid Song” returns to the tier (12-10), after hitting No. 3. Her album You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love jumps back to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for a fourth nonconsecutive week, rising 2-1 on the list dated Nov. 14. The effort opened atop the chart dated June 27 and has yet to leave the top five in its 21 weeks on the list. In the tracking week ending Nov. 5, the set earned 57,000 equivalent album units in the United States (down 10%), according to Luminate. Of You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’s 57,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 49,500 (down 10%, equaling 53.33 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks; it holds at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums for a seventh total week), album sales comprise 7,500 (down 8%; it falls 10-11 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum (down 22%). Rodrigo’s unit total is the smallest for the week’s No. 1 album in more than a year, since SZA’s SOS was tops on the May 3, 2025-dated chart with 52,000. Michael Jackson’s Thriller vaults 13-2 on the Billboard 200, scoring its highest rank on the list since the spring of 1984, when it logged its 37th and final week at No. 1 on the April 14-dated list. Thriller continues to hold the record for the most weeks atop the list for an album by a singular artist. (Only the film soundtrack to West Side Story spent more weeks at No. 1: 54, in 1962-63.) In the tracking week of Oct. 30 through Nov. 5 — thus, including Halloween — Thriller earned 55,000 equivalent album units (up 89%), boosted by seasonal spooky streams of the set’s title track, as well as new physical versions of the album that were released. Of that unit total, SEA units comprise 32,000 (up 37%, equaling 34.34 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it moves 14-5 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 22,000 (up 335%; it rises 14-3 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise 1,000 (up 30%). On Oct. 30, Thriller was reissued across three new vinyl variants (two color editions and a liquid-filled version) and a cassette tape. The album’s 22,000 sales for the week mark its largest single-week sales sum in nearly four years, since it shifted 23,000 (Dec. 31, 2022-dated list). Notably, of Thriller’s 22,000 sold in the latest tracking week, vinyl purchases account for 19,000 — the album’s largest sales week on vinyl since Luminate began electronically tracking sales in 1991. With Thriller’s jump to No. 2, Jackson has his highest rank on the Billboard 200 in more than a decade, since the posthumous album Xscape debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the May 31, 2014-dated chart. Also notably, Thriller has appeared on the Billboard 200 each year since 2009, following Jackson’s death that June. It has resided in the top 20 each week since early May, with 15 consecutive weeks in the top 10 through August, spurred by the record-setting biopic Michael. The remainder of the top five on the latest Billboard 200 comprises former No. 1s and non-movers: Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem is No. 3 (49,000 equivalent album units earned, down 7%), followed by Ella Langley’s Dandelion (45,000, down 4%) and Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide (40,000, up 1%). Illit captures its first top 10 on the Billboard 200 as Break Even bows at No. 6 with 37,000 equivalent album units earned (the group’s best week by units). Of that sum, album sales comprise 32,500 (Illit’s best sales week; it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales — the act’s first leader), SEA units total 4,500 (equaling 4.87 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA units account for a negligible sum. Break Even’s album sales were largely driven by its availability across more than 24 CD (all containing collectible items such as photocards, stickers and posters, with some items randomized). Break Even is the pop group’s fifth charted entry on the Billboard 200, and first top reach the top 20. The act had previously gone as high as No. 26 with its last title, Mamihlapinatapai, in May. BigXthaPlug scores his third top 10 on the Billboard 200 as Better Over Time enters at No. 7 — tying for his highest-charting album. He previously hit No. 7 with I Hope You’re Happy in 2025 and No. 8 with Take Care in 2024. The new album launches with 35,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 29,000 (equaling 29.06 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks; it debuts at No. 7 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales total 6,000 (it debuts at No. 12 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The new album was preceded by a pair of charted hits on the Hot Rap Songs chart: “Lite” (featuring Belly Gang Kushington; No. 25) and “Burn” (featuring Ava Max; No. 16). Noah Kahan’s Stick Season is stationary at No. 8 on the latest Billboard 200 (33,000 equivalent album units earned, up 2%) and Taylor Swift’s former leader The Life of a Showgirl falls 6-9 (30,000, down 14%). Rounding out the new top 10 on the Billboard 200 is Queens Of The Stone Age’s Perfecth, which debuts at No. 10. The fifth top 10-charted project for the rock band launches with 29,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 25,000 (it debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales, supported by multiple vinyl and CD editions), SEA units comprise 4,000 (equaling 4.14 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.

Record Of The Month: "Stop The Wedding!" by Ashe
Shortly after marrying her second husband in 2025, Ashe reflected on her first marriage and how her ex-husband's behavior during their wedding had foreshadowed their divorce. This realization inspired her to write the song, in which she pleads to her younger self to leave her prior marriage before the problems could begin.

United Kingdom
Music Week Report (excerpt)
Jamie Miller's 'Babydoll' remains no.1
Monday, November 9, 2026
by Alan Jones, London
 
Jamie Miller’s debut smash, Babydoll, is No.1 for the third straight week but, after registering growth for 10 straight weeks, sees a 1.50% dip in consumption week-on-week to 68,794 units (4,357 digital downloads and 64,437 sales-equivalent streams). It suffers a big 55.37% dip in digital sales but a

6.87% increase in streaming. Prior to Babydoll, 29-year-old Welshman Miller released a number of songs but none came near to charting, with the most popular being 2023’s Maybe Next Time, which has total consumption of 87,258 units; and 2022 tracks It Is What It Is (86,960 sales) and Here’s Your Perfect (78,745 sales). Accumulating ‘sales’ is now such a slow process that even though Babydoll has turned in some impressive figures, especially in the last fortnight, it currently ranks just 150th for the year-to-date with consumption of 330,376 units. The top six songs in that list all pre-date 2026, with the highest ranked song from the current year being Bella Kay’s ILoveItILoveItILoveIt, seventh on 1,076,889 units. Tate McRae’s Housewife continues at No.2 for the third week in a row, but has clearly peaked – its consumption dips 24.66% week-on-week to 38,212 units, as its deficit to Babydoll grows from 27.38% to 44.45%. In early sales flashes,

Housewife was actually behind Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Spearheading a phalanx of Halloween-adjacent recordings that made huge inroads in the first part of the week, but lost strength rapidly and progressively as Halloween itself became a memory, Thriller nevertheless has enough impetus to jump 17-5 (26,113 sales), in the week – enough to earn the 1983 No.10 hit a new peak, surpassing the No.9 position it achieved exactly a year ago. Having previously spent four (non-consecutive) weeks at No.10 My Body Isn’t Ready climbs a notch to a new No.9 peak for Sombr, with best-yet consumption of 18,592 units. The rest of the Top 10: Stop The Wedding! (3-3, 32,500 sales) by Ashe, Great Expectation (5-4, 26,525 sales) by Sienna Spiro, Expectations (4-6, 25,565 sales) by Olivia Rodrigo & Chappell Roan, Choosin’ Texas (6-7, 22,360 sales) by Ella Langley, Nicole Kidman (7-8, 21,912 sales) by Adéla and Rein Me In (8-10, 17,981 sales) by Sam Fender & Olivia Dean. Overall singles consumption is down 0.39% week-on-week to 29,529,817 units, 3.31% below same week 2025 sales of 30,540,759 units. Paid-for sales are down 6.62% week-on-week at 245,758, 11.29% below same week 2025 sales of 277,030. Editors from England, The Snuts from Scotland, Queens Of The Stone Age from The USA and Nickelback from Canada have all topped the UK album chart at least once in the past, but the convergence of their latest releases meant that only one could further their tally of toppers this week – and the winners are… Queens Of The Stone Age. Effecting the 19th change of leadership of the chart in as many weeks, Queens Of The Stone Age secure their second No.1 with ninth studio set, Perfecth (sic), which comfortably eclipses its rivals with first week consumption of 13,851 units (3,521 CDs, 7,974 vinyl albums, 788 digital downloads and 1,568 sales-equivalent streams). That’s 6.54% less than the 14,820 units their last album, In Times New Roman… sold debuting and peaking at No.2 in 2023; 56.79% below the 32,056 copies their only previous No.1, seventh release Villains, sold on its 2017 debut; and 74.00% below their personal best of 53,270 set by fourth album Lullabies To Paralyze as it debuted at No.4 in 2005. Despite peaking at No.42, their 2003 third album, Songs For The Deaf, is by far their most-consumed set with a to-date tally of 718,364 units, followed by No.54 2000 second album, Rated R (284,346 units) and Lullabies To Paralyze (274,923 units). Founded in California in 1996, the band has had numerous personnel changes through the years, and is currently a quintet fronted by their only remaining founder member, lead vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter Josh Homme, aged 53. The longest-established of the four, Nickelback, were formed in 1995, and have had a very stable line-up, with founder members Chad Kroeger (lead vocals, guitar), his brother Mike Kroeger (bass) and guitarist Ryan Peake present throughout their recording career, and being joined by drummer Daniel Adair in 2005. Their 11th studio album, Everything Under The Sun, debuts at No.6 (8,917 sales), becoming their 10th Top 75 album, of which only two have fallen short of the Top 10. Their only No.1 – breakthrough third set, Silver Side Up, a 2001 chart-topper – is their most-consumed title with a to-date tally of 1,150,175 units, though their 2005 fifth album, All The Right Reasons, which peaked at No.2, runs it closed, with 1,072,431 units. Unlike Queens Of The Stone Age and Nickelback, neither of whom made the Top 10 until their third album, Birmingham band Editors were immediate successes, in album chart terms, and secure their eighth consecutive Top 10 studio album – their entire output – with Surface, Echo & Sound debuting at No.7 (8,588 sales). Its title track’s Halloween-related surge also impacts Michael Jackson’s classic Thriller album. The 1982 release/1983 chart-topper achieves its highest chart placing for 17 weeks, catapulting 24-10, with consumption growing 79.92% week-on-week to 7,234 units. His current Top 10 compilation, The Essential, also sees its consumption get a 2.23% boost as it moves 5-3 (10,353 sales). The rest of the Top 10: You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love (3-2, 11,529 sales) by Olivia Rodrigo, Dopamine Chamber (2-5, 9,003 sales) by Fontaines DC, The Art Of Loving (6-8, 7,745 sales) by Olivia Dean and Visitor (7-9, 7,272 sales) by Sienna Spiro. Overall album sales are down 0.28% week-on-week to 2,396,444 units, 6.34% below same week 2025 sales of 2,558,737. Physical product accounts for 310,032 sales, 12.94% of the total.