Global Chart Report
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'The Fate Of
Ophelia' tops a 6th week
Sunday, January 11, 2026
by Fred Chuchel, Dresden
The times they are
changin'... in the past, record
companies had to constantly produce
new music and promote new acts in
order to generate adequate profit.
In the age of streaming, that has
completely changed. Especially
because of platforms like TikTok or
Netflix, record companies can
increasingly live off their music
catalog and can largely do without
new music or acts. The result is
clearly visible in the charts, more
and more old songs are placed again.
For example Kate Bush's 'Running Up
That Hill (A Deal With God)'
appearance in the Netflix series
'Stranger Things', gives the song a
third entry on the international
hitlists. Originally released in
1985, it peaked at no.9 globally in
the calendar week 45 of that year.
In 2022 it made a spectacular
comeback and rose to the second
place in June / July. On the current
hitlist it jumps back at no.21 with
97,000 points. Even more successful
at the moment is 'Every Breath You
Take' by the Police from 1983. In
its
release year it became a global no.1
hit and placed at no.4 on the
Year-End Chart. This week it rises
to no.12 with 120,000 points. Also
the highest debut of the week is an
18 year-old song: 'I Thought I Saw
Your Face Today', a wistful piano
ballad by the American indie pop duo
She & Him. In November 2025, the
song became widely used in video
edits on TikTok, where users set it
to clips of movies and TV shows, as
well as nature and sports highlight
montages. The trend let to the song
gaining newfound success, enough for
a no.29 debut this week with 84,000
points. By the way, 13 songs of our
current Top 40 were published before
2025! Back to a look to the upper
region of our chart, number one for
a sixth non-consecutive week is
Taylor Swift's 'The Fate Of Ophelia'
with 346,000 points, a 7% decline
compared to the previous week.
Broken down by sectors the song gets
203,000 points by streaming (down
4%), 45,000 points by sales (down
23%), and 98,000 points by airplay
(down 4%). 'Golden' by the fictional
girl group Huntr/x - leading track
from the soundtrack to the American
animated musical fantasy film 'K-pop
Demon Hunters', released by Netflix
- remains at the runner-up slot with
312,000 points (down 8% with 199,000
points by streaming, 35,000 points
by sales, and 78,000 points by
airplay). Djo's 'End
Of Beginning', catapults back at
no.3
with 281,000 points, a massive 88%
boost compared to last week (245,000
points by streaming, 31,000 points
by sales, and 5,000 points by
airplay). The synth-pop /
baroque pop song was originally
released in March 2024 and peaked on
the Global Top 40 also at no.3 in the
calendar week 14, 2024. It gained
renewed popularity through its use in
Netflix’s 'Stranger Things'
and
global
advertising clips.
Outside
our current Top 40 waiting among
other 'Folded' by Kehlani' at no.45, 'Ghera Hua' by Shashwat
Sachdev | Arijit Singh | Irshad
Kamil | Armaan Khan at no.49, and
'Choosin' Texas' by Ella Langley at
no.54 for
their first appearance on the
hitlist. Taylor Swift's 12th studio
album 'The Life Of A Showgirl'
leads the Global Album Chart for a
ninth non-consecutive week with
another 111,000 equivalent sales
(82,000 points by streaming + 29,000
points by sales). Only six albums
stood longer at the summit since the
start of the Global Album Chart 23
years ago: Evanescence's 'Fallen'
and Dido's 'Life For Rent' (both
from 2003) were each 10 weeks at
no.1, Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured
Poets Department' (2024) and the
soundtrack to 'Frozen' (2013) each
stayed 11 weeks at the
pole-position, Adele's '25' from
2015 was 13 weeks at the summit and
her spectacular '21' effort from
2011 held the top position for
unbelievable 42 weeks! Back to this
week's tally, where Olivia Dean's
'The Art Of Loving' climbs back to
the runner-up slot with 101,000
consumption units (84,000 points by
streaming + 17,000 points by sales)
and the 'K-pop Demon Hunters'
soundtrack rounds out the current
top three with 91,000 equivalent
sales (74,000 points by streaming +
17,000 points by sales). And now, as every week,
additional stats from outside the
current Global Album Top 20 in
alphabetic order. The first figure
means last week's sales, the second
figure the total sales: '1989' by
Taylor Swift 15,000 / 17,203,000,
'1989 (Taylor's Version)' by Taylor
Swift 15,000 / 7,380,000, '21' by
Adele 12,000 / 34,247,000, '25' by
Adele 10,000 / 26,003,000, '30' by
Adele 9,000 / 7,142,000, 'After
Hours' by The Weeknd 32,000 /
11,803,000, 'Borondo' by Beéle
35,000 / 1,501,000, 'Brat' by Charli XCX
20,000 /
4,395,000, 'Chromakopia' by Tyler,
The Creator 18,000 / 2,706,000, 'Cowboy Carter' by
Beyoncé 10,000 / 2,342,000, 'Divide'
by Ed Sheeran 19,000 / 22,623,000,
'Eternal Sunshine' by Ariana Grande
36,000 / 5,241,000,
'Evermore' by Taylor Swift 11,000 /
6,993,000, 'Fireworks &
Rollerblades' by Benson Boone 24,000
/ 3,953,000, 'Folklore' by Taylor
Swift 31,000 / 12,900,000, 'Future
Nostalgia' by Dua Lipa 18,000 /
10,134,000, 'GNX' by Kendrick Lamar
22,000 / 3,969,000, 'Guts' by Olivia
Rodrigo 19,000 / 5,541,000,
'Hurry Up
Tomorrow' by The Weeknd 25,000 /
2,645,000, 'I've Tried Everything
But Therapy' by Teddy Swims 29,000 /
4,096,000,
'Incómodo' by Tito Double P 14,000 /
2,783,000, 'Lux' by Rosalíá 37,000 /
586,000, 'Mayhem' by Lady GaGa
37,000 / 2,822,000,
'Midnights' by Taylor Swift 23,000 /
13,235,000, 'One Thing At A Time' by
Morgan Wallen 24,000 / 10,194,000,
'Red (Taylor's Version)' by Taylor
Swift 10,000 / 7,068,000, 'Rosie' by
Rosé 17,000 / 2,377,000, 'Ruby' by
Jennie 23,000 / 1,790,000, 'Starboy'
by The Weeknd 34,000 / 10,215,000,
'Stick Season' by Noah Kahan 39,000
/ 6,001,000, 'Swag' by Justin Bieber
22,000 / 1,591,000, 'The Highlights' by The
Weeknd 25,000 / 10,646,000, 'The Rise
And Fall Of A Midwest Princess' by
Chappell Roan 28,000 / 4,682,000, 'The
Secret Of Us' by Gracie Abrams
35,000 / 3,897,000, 'The Tortured
Poets Department' by Taylor Swift
41,000 / 11,625,000, 'Tropicoqueta'
by Karol G 26,000 / 1,252,000, and
'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do
We Go?' by Billie Eilish 15,000 /
13,284,000.
GLOBAL NO.1 - 20
YEARS AGO
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"Hung Up", initially used in a number of television
advertisements and serials, was released on October 17, 2005 as the lead
single from Madonna's tenth studio album Confessions On A Dance Floor
(2005). The song prominently features a sample from the instrumental
introduction to Abba's hit single "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After
Midnight)", for which Madonna personally sought permission from Abba's
songwriters Benny Andersson and Björn Ulaeus. Musically the song
influenced by pop from the 1980s, with a chugging groove and chorus and
a background element of a ticking clock that suggests the fear of
wasting time. Lyrically the song is written as a traditional dance
number about a strong, independent woman who has relationship troubles.
"Hung Up" reached only the no.7 position in the United States, but in
almost all other countries it went to number one. With a total of
8,698,000 points it was the second most successful single release of
2005, after James Blunt's 'You're Beautiful' with 9,527,000 points.
USA
Billboard Report
(excerpt)
'I'm The Problem' rebounds
for 13th week at no.1
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
by Keith Caulfield & Gary
Trust, Los Angeles
For the first time in four months, Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem is back at
No. 1 on the Billboard 200
albums chart, as the set
climbs 2-1 on the list dated
Jan. 17. The set collects
its
13th nonconsecutive
week atop the list, and its first since the Aug. 30, 2025-dated chart. The album
debuted at No. 1 on the May 31, 2025, chart and spent 12 nonconsecutive weeks in
the lead beginning with its debut frame.
I’m the Problem earned 85,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the
week ending Jan. 8, according to Luminate, with the bulk of that sum driven by
streaming activity of its songs.
Of I’m the Problem’s equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking
week, SEA units comprise 82,000 (equaling 87.75 million on-demand official
streams of the set’s tracks; it spends a 20th nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on
Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 3,000 (it falls 24-34 on Top Album
Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. Taylor Swift’s
The Life of a Showgirl falls a spot to No. 2 (72,000 equivalent album units)
after 13 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1. Olivia Dean’s
The Art of Loving hits a new peak as it rises 4-3
with 65,000 equivalent album
units. It also hits new highs on both Top Streaming Albums (up 4-3) and Top
Album Sales (7-3).
Five former No. 1s Dean on the Billboard 200:
the soundtrack to KPop Demon Hunters dips
3-4 (57,000 equivalent album units), Tate McRae’s
So Close To What rises 8-5 (40,000), SZA’s
SOS steps 7-6 (40,000), Sabrina Carpenters’s
Man’s Best Friend falls 5-7 (38,000), and Morgan Wallen’s
One Thing at a Time ascends 9-8 (36,000). Alex Warren’s
You’ll Be Alright, Kid returns to the top 10 for the first time since the Nov.
1, 2025-dated chart, as the set perks up 11-9 (34,000 equivalent album units).
Peso Pluma and Tito Double P’s
DINASTÍA rounds out the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200, as it falls 6-10 in
its second week (31,000). Taylor Swift’s
“The Fate of Ophelia” rules
the Billboard Hot 100 for a
10th week, becoming the
first of her 13 career No.
1s to top the chart for
double-digit weeks. The song
drew 18.4 million official
streams (up 1%
week-over-week) and 62.1
million radio airplay
audience impressions (up 2%)
and sold 11,000 (down 63%)
in the United States Dec.
26-Jan. 1. It drops to No. 2
after eight weeks atop the
Streaming Songs chart; holds
at No. 3 after reaching No.
2 on Radio Songs; and climbs
from No. 4 for a seventh
week at No. 1 on Digital
Song Sales. It’s the
highest-selling song of the
week overall, with 7,000
downloads (in addition to
4,000 vinyl versions that
shipped during the tracking
week). Plus, the song’s The
Chainsmokers Remix (Extended
Version) was released
digitally Jan. 6. “The Fate
of Ophelia” contributes to
Swift’s eight Hot 100 No. 1s
totaling 28 weeks on top in
the 2020s — both the most
among all artists this
decade. Overall, Swift’s 13
No. 1s tie her for the
fourth-most in the Hot 100’s
history. She has spent 46
weeks atop the chart, tying
Beyoncé for the seventh-most
all-time. Djo scores his
first Hot 100 top 10, as
“End of Beginning” soars
16-6, topping its prior No.
11 peak in March 2024. It
bounded by 92% to 19.1
million streams, 52% to 4.4
million in radio reach and
175% to 6,000 sold in the
tracking week. The solo
self-written, and
co-produced, single by the
musical nom
de plume of
Joe Keery, of Netflix’s Stranger
Things,
reentered the Hot 100 a week
earlier following the Dec.
31 premiere of the series’
finale (although the song is
not heard in the episode).
Alex Warren’s “Ordinary,”
which topped the Hot 100 for
10 weeks starting last May,
rises 3-2. It logs a 25th
week at No. 1 on Radio Songs
(71.4 million, up 5%).
Huntr/x’s “Golden,” from
Netflix’s smash movie KPop
Demon Hunters,
dips 2-3 on the Hot 100,
after eight weeks at No. 1
beginning last August.
Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need”
is steady at its No. 4 Hot
100 high, while Ella
Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas”
holds at its No. 5 best.
Kehlani’s “Folded”
backtracks to No. 7 from its
No. 6 Hot 100 high. Rounding
out the Hot 100’s top 10,
Sombr’s “Back to Friends”
falls to No. 8 from its No.
7 peak; Taylor Swift’s
“Opalite” slips 8-9, after
hitting No. 2; and Leon
Thomas walks “Mutt” 9-10
after it reached No. 6.
Record Of The Month
'I Just Might' by Bruno Mars
is the first big global
release of 2026
and also the first sign of
his new album 'The
Romantic', available
February 27.
United Kingdom
Music Week Report
(excerpt)
Djo's 'End Of Beginning'
reaches finally at
no.1
Monday, January 12, 2026
by Alan Jones, London
Eight days after the finale
of the fifth and last season
of Netflix streaming
sensation Stranger Things
dropped, the fever
continues: no fewer than
eight vintage tracks
featured in the cult sci-fi
drama are in the Top 40,
while one of the series’
stars – 31-year-old Joe
Keery, who played Steve
Harrington – surges
to the top
of the chart under his recording alias of Djo.
End Of Beginning, Keery’s self-penned retro synth
track dating from 2022, previously peaked at No.4 in 2024, and
re-entered last week at No.7. It now jumps to No.1 on consumption of
47,898 units (1,184 cassettes, 1,174 digital downloads, 45,540
sales-equivalent streams).
Certified double platinum last week, the track has
to-date consumption of 1,255,107 units, and unexpectedly blocks Taylor
Swift from returning to the summit with The Fate Of Ophelia.
Swift’s track, which rocketed 40-2 last week, was
expected to secure its eight week at No.1 after being released
physically for the first time, but after building up a lead of more than
5,000 in early sales flashes, it was unable to keep pace with End Of
Beginning and thus repeats at No.2, with a 4.80% increase in consumption
to 45,497 units, a tally which includes 5,263 7-inch singles, 909
digital downloads and 39,325 sales-equivalent streams.
Olivia Dean continues
to have a triumvirate of Top
10 songs from her No.1 album The Art Of Loving, namely So Easy (To Fall
In Love) (4-5, 29,221 sales), Rein Me In (with Sam Fender, 5-6, 27,760
sales) and Man I Need (6-7, 27,132 sales). The latter is the only one
handicapped by ACR, and holds at No.1 in the Top 200 Combined Tracks
chart – where ACR and primary artist rules don’t apply - on unadjusted
consumption of 53,509 units, having trumped Raye for the same honour
last week.
Returning to the Top 10 last week, a decade after
it reached No.3, Lush Life now climbs 9-8 (22,236 sales) for Zara
Larsson. Its viral success seems to have rubbed off on Midnight Sun, the
title track from Swedish singer/songwriter Larsson’s latest album, which
has been available for 29 weeks but is finally gaining traction,
increasing consumption for the fourth week in a row, and jumping 91-50
(7,466 sales) this week to become her 16th Top 75 single.
Its consumption dips 6.55% week-on-week but I Run
reaches a new peak for Haven feat. Kaitlin Aragon, climbing 10-9 (19,862
units).
The rest of the Top 10: Where Is My Husband! (1-3,
39,619 sales) by Raye, Raindance (3-4, 34,568 sales) by Dave & Tems and
Golden (8-10, 18,946 sales) by Huntr/X, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami &
KPop Demon Hunters Cast.
Overall singles consumption is down 0.60% week-on-week to 28,014,692
units, 3.07% above same week 2025 sales of 27,178,943 units. Paid-for
sales are down 15.08% week-on-week at 224,625, 2.79% above same week
2025 sales of 218,514.
It’s another great week for Olivia Dean, whose second album, The
Art Of Loving, is No.1 for the second frame in a row, and fourth
time in total, while turning platinum.
Increasing consumption 1.40% week-on-week
to 17,141 units (1,385 CDs, 1,442 vinyl albums, 22 cassettes,
290 digital downloads and 14,002 sales-equivalent streams), the
album spends its 15th straight week in the top five, during
which time it has racked up cumulative consumption of 312,497
units. It is the first album by a solo British female to spend
two weeks in a row at No.1 since Adele’s 30 in 2021.
Home to three concurrent Top 10 singles
once again this week, The Art Of Loving is also extremely
popular in America where the latest Billboard rankings show it
climbing to a new peak (No.4) on the Top 200, while no fewer
than six tracks by Dean are in the Hot 100. Five reach new peaks
– most notably Man I Need and So Easy (To Fall In Love), which
stage post-Christmas rebounds of 36-4 and 57-14, respectively,
while Baby Steps (No.99) makes its debut. Overall US consumption
of The Art Of Loving, is double that of the UK, standing at
606,124 units as of 2 January. It is projected to secure
best-yet consumption of 61,000 copies in America this week, and
will likely reach a new peak of No.3.
As one of its tracks (Landslide) makes its
Top 20 debut thanks to the Stranger Things effect, Fleetwood
Mac’s 2018 compilation 50 Years: Don’t Stop – which previously
equalled its all-time peak last week – now sets a new one,
jumping to No.3 (8,393 sales) on its 125th week in the Top 10
and 373rd week in the Top 75.
Home to the No.1 single of 2025
(Ordinary), Alex Warren’s debut album, You’ll Be Alright, Kid
capitalises on the publicity associated with that, jumping 15-9
(5,427 sales) to return to the Top 10 after an absence of 10
weeks. Initially released in 2024 as You’ll Be Alright, Kid
(Chapter 1), in which guise it peaked at No.9, the album reached
No.1 last July after being expanded to a 21-track edition, and
went platinum across all editions last month. Ending this week
with to-date consumption of 316,943 units, its title, as
reported by the OCC, retains its original parenthetical
prolongment.
The rest of the Top 10: Man’s Best Friend
(2-2, 8,615 sales) by Sabrina Carpenter, The Life Of A Showgirl
(3-4, 7,612 sales) by Taylor Swift, The Highlights (5-5, 6,857
sales) by The Weeknd, +-=÷× Tour Collection (10-6, 5,963 sales)
by Ed Sheeran, So Close To What (8-7, 5,775 sales) by Tate
McRae, Short N’ Sweet (6-8, 5,498 sales) by Sabrina Carpenter
and The Essential (9-10, 5,393 sales) by Michael Jackson.
Overall album sales are down 6.30% week-on-week at 2,329,293
units, 3.13% above same week 2025 sales of 2,258,526 and their
lowest level since that time. Physical product accounts for
307,017 sales, 13.18% of the total.
