Posted Thursday at 16:213 days Sales Report: W/E 23rd October 2025Source: Music WeekCommentary: Alan JonesSingles01 90,198 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia [2,683 downloads, 87,515 streaming]02 67,407 Olivia Dean - Man I Need03 65,795 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden04 54,613 Taylor Swift - Opalite05 48,231 RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!06 46,520 Taylor Swift - Elizabeth Taylor07 31,694 Olivia Dean - Nice to Each Other08 31,686 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall in Love)09 28,248 sombr - 12 to 1210 27,394 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Your Idol12 21,995 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - How It's Done** 17,260 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Soda Pop22 12,846 Gunna feat. Burna Boy - wgft26 12,099 SIENNA SPIRO - Die on This Hill28 11,930 Tkandz & CXSPER - Now or Never29 11,899 EsDeeKid & Rico Ace - Phantom37 9,388 JISOO & ZAYN - EYES CLOSED38 9,134 KATSEYE - Gabriela39 8,998 Tame Impala - Dracula45 8,229 PinkPanteress - Stateside49 7,735 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams [total: 3,787,289]51 7,611 James Hype feat. Sam Harper & Bobby Harvey - Waterfalls53 7,247 Jessica Vosk, Alex Brightman, Sam Haft & Andrew Underberg - Gravity57 6,774 A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie - Part of Me59 6,698 MK & Clementine Douglas - Come Find Me65 6,266 Sienna Spiro - You Stole the Show66 6,260 Skepta & Finessekid - Sirens (From Ireland)68 6,189 Fleetwood Mac - The Chain [total: 3,321,188]72 6,013 Sienna Spiro - MAYBE. QuoteA week after making the biggest debut on any song for nearly four years, The Fate Of Ophelia continues at No.1 for Taylor Swift, albeit with consumption off 31.93% week-on-week at 90,198 units (2,683 digital downloads and 87,515 sales-equivalent streams). The Fate Of Ophelia was followed by two more tracks from Swift’s new album, The Life Of A Showgirl (TLOAS), last week becoming the first artist in chart history to simultaneously land debuts in all of the chart’s medal positions.The others suffer bigger dips in consumption, and lose their top three perches this week, with Opalite falling 2-4 (54,613 sales) and Elizabeth Taylor descending 3-6 (46,520 sales), losing 41.29% and 48.67% respectively, week-on-week. The remaining nine songs on TLOAS continue to be ‘starred-out’ under primary artist rules between No.4 and No.6. Overall consumption of tracks on TLOAS dips from 915,778 units (94,384,360 audio streams, 3,745,150 video streams) to 461,053 units (47,466,076 audio streams, 1,845,680 video streams, 2,683 digital downloads) – a decline of 49.65%. Swift’s career track consumption now stands at a staggering 108,760,613 units. In the whole of chart history, Swift is the only artist to debut at No.1 on the singles and albums chart simultaneously and hang on to both summits the following week, doing so now with The Fate Of Ophelia and The Life Of A Showgirl, but also in 2022 with Anti-Hero and Midnights. Everyone else with two consecutive weeks atop both charts was either No.1 on one or the other already, or debuted lower on one or both. As the only artist to do it, and now to have done so twice, Swift has a double double ‘double’. The only track on TLOAS yet available for purchase alone, and then only digitally and only since Thursday, is The Fate Of Ophelia. Last week, it became the first song to reach No.1 without a single paid-for sale in chart history. Streaming was added to the mix for the chart dated July 11, 2014 - 589 weeks and 178 No.1s ago. The previous smallest sale for a No.1 was 152 (all digital downloads), set 51 weeks ago by Gigi Perez’s Sailor Song (consumption 39,001, including 38,849 sales-equivalent streams), which itself took the record by one sale from Ellie Goulding’s 2019 Amazon exclusive River (consumption 78,193 units, including 78,040 sales-equivalent streams, 153 digital downloads).Incidentally, we credited The Fate Of Ophelia as the 21st No.1 for co-writer Max Martin last week. It is actually his 22rd, as our count missed Ariana Grande’s February 2019 topper, Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored. Sorry.Taking advantage of Swift’s reduced consumption, former No.1s Man I Need (4-2, 67,407 sales) by Olivia Dean and Golden (5-3, 65,795 sales) by Huntr/X, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast return to the top three. Dean’s song has suffered a dip in streams two weeks in a row, and will fall into ACR unless it perks up next week, whereas Golden, after two weeks of decline, increased streams in the latest frame, and is safe for at least three more weeks. Dean also reaches a new peak with So Easy (To Fall In Love), which improves 12-8 (31,686 sales) a fortnight after debuting at No.9, and regains lost ground with Nice To Each Other (8-7, 31,694 sales).Meanwhile, Golden’s fellow Kpop Demon Hunters hits by Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & Kpop Demon Hunters Cast have mixed fortunes this week, with Your Idol slipping 9-10 (27,394 sales) but Soda Pop – last week’s No.7 - ‘starred-out’. The latter’s demise comes after it fell into ACR. That slashed its consumption from unadjusted 33,968 to 17,260 – less than Huntr/X, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast’s How It’s Done, which peaked 13 weeks ago at No.29, and is now a re-entry as the album’s third track, at No.12 on consumption of 21,995 units. If ACR and primary artist rules were scrapped, this week’s Top 40 would include 12 tracks by Swift, six by Dean, six from Kpop Demon Hunters, three by Sombr, three by Sabrina Carpenter and 10 others.Where Is My Husband! (6-5, 48,231 sales) by Raye and 12 To 12 (10-9, 28,248 sales) by Sombr complete the Top 10.Forty-seven weeks after her only previous appearance in the Top 75 – occupying the lowest berth with Maybe – 20-year-old London-based singer/songwriter Sienna Siro dashes to a No.26 debut (12,099 sales) with new single Die On This Hill. It creates enough interest for her song You Stole The Show to make its debut (No.65, 6,266 sales), 12 weeks after its release, and Maybe to re-enter the Top 75 at a new peak (No.72, 6,013 sales).Fleetwood Mac secure their first new Top 75 entry in 35 years and their 26th hit in all, with The Chain – from their 1977 album Rumours – surpassing its previous July peak of No.76, jumping 79-68 (6,189 ACR units). It is one of the band’s ‘big four’, with to-date digital era consumption of 3,321,188 units, placing it alongside their other sextuple platinum singles Everywhere (3,937,314 units), Dreams (3,787,289 units) and Go Your Own Way (3,270,505 units). No.24 when first released in 1977, Dreams is Fleetwood Mac’s most persistent charted song, with 52 weeks in the Top 75, including this one, as it climbs 52-49 (7,735 ACR units).Also new to the Top 75: Eyes Closed (No.37, 9,388 sales), a collaboration between Jisoo and Zayn which delivers her 12th hit (including 10 with Blackpink) and his 36th (including 23 with One Direction); Gravity (No.53, 7,247 sales), the introductory single from the soundtrack to the second season of Amazon streaming hit Hazbin Hotel, the first hit for Jessica Vosk and Alex Brightman, the fourth for Sam Haft and Andrew Underberg, following their three entries from the first series of the show; Part Of Me (No.57, 6,774 sales), the eighth hit for New York rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie; and Sirens (From Ireland( No.66, 6,260 sales), the 42nd hit for Tottenham rapper/MC Skepta and the first for Lambeth rapper Finessekid (Glodi Mampuli).On its seventh consecutive week in the 20s, WGFT reaches a new high, climbing 28-22 (12,846 sales) for Gunna & Burna Boy.Stateside, a song from PinkPantheress’ mixtape Fancy That, reached No.66 in May, and is now a re-entry at No.45 (8,229 sales) after duet versions with Bladee, Kylie Minogue and Zara Larsson were included on the new Fancy Some More? edition of the release. There are also new peaks for: Now Or Never (30-28, 11,930 sales) by Tkandz & Kxsper, Phantom (36-29, 11,899 sales) by EsDeeKid & Rico Ace, Gabriela (39-38, 9,134 sales) by Katseye, Dracula (40-39, 8,998 sales) by Tame Impala, Waterfalls (56-51, 7,611 sales) by James Hype feat. Sam Harper & Bobby Harvey and Come Find Me (70-59, 6,698 sales) by MK & Clementine Douglas. Overall singles consumption is up 0.05% week-on-week to 31,039,026 units, their highest level for 13 weeks, and 4.27% above same week 2024 consumption of 29,767,502 units. Paid-for sales are down 4.95% week-on-week at 254,358, 9.10% below same week 2024 sales of 279,816.Albums01 47,356 Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl [5,342 CDs, 2,184 vinyl, 41 cassettes, 1,277 downloads, 38,512 streaming] [total: 470,804]02 19,568 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving03 14,307 Richard Ashcroft - Lovin’ You04 11,916 Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend05 7,787 The Weeknd - The Highlights06 7,591 Ed Sheeran - +-=÷× (Tour Collection)07 7,495 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop08 7,078 Oasis - Time Flies... 1994-200909 7,073 Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid10 6,681 Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?23 3,951 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits [total: 3,492,191, including 1,666,378 CDs, 31,344 vinyl, 243,277 downloads, 1,551,192 streaming]29 3,462 EsDeeKid - Rebel31 3,176 Calum Scott - Avenoir32 3,134 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection34 3,008 50 Cent - Best Of36 2,996 Pitbull - Greatest Hits49 2,716 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Crush58 2,509 Madonna - Veronica Electronica59 2,494 PinkPantheress - Fancy That72 2,257 John Lennon, Yoko Ono & the Plastic Ono Band - Power to the People73 2,218 The Human League - Darexxx 738 James Morrison - Fight Another DayCompilations01 22,257 KPop Demon Hunters QuoteThe Life Of A Showgirl (TLOAS) cruises to an extremely comfortable second week at No.1 for Taylor Swift, despite consumption dropping 88.82% week-on-week.Of course, after shattering her personal best last week when it sold 423,444 copies, TLOAS was always going to drop this week. While it posts lower second week consumption than The Tortured Poets Department, with 5,342 CDs, 2,184 vinyl albums, 41 cassettes, 1,277 digital downloads and 38,512 sales-equivalent streams contributing to an overall total 47,356 units, the album outpaces its three nearest challengers combined. TLOAS earns Swift her 34th week at No.1 in total, including 30 so far in the 2020s. Swift’s career album consumption has now climbed to 12,240,125 units, while her eponymous 2006 debut also reaches a new landmark, joining its 15 successors in achieving platinum status for passing 300,000 sales. Released in America in October 2006, Taylor Swift (the album, that is) didn’t register its first sale on the OCC database for 13 months, and first showed up in the Top 200 in August 2009, when it debuted at No.138. It reached its peak position – No.81 – a fortnight later. As Swift’s career has blossomed, it has continued to attract low level support, with 446 units in the latest frame finally helping it to go platinum.Swift’s entire studio output, in order of consumption, with year of release: 1989 (2014, 1,932,786 sales), Midnights (2022, 1,059,336 sales), Reputation (2017, 1,058,053 sales), Lover (2019, 986,610 sales), The Tortured Poets Department (2024, 964,043 sales), Folklore (2020, 956,455 sales), Red (2012, 919,971 sales), Fearless (2009, 738,640 sales), 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (2023, 628,589 sales), Evermore (2020, 563,466 sales), Red (Taylor’s Version) (2012, 491,429 sales), The Life Of A Showgirl (2025, 470,804 sales including three from pre-release leak), Speak Now (2010 449,402 sales), Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (2023, 315,454), Fearless (Taylor’s Version), 2021, 304,624 sales) and Taylor Swift (2006, 300,328 sales). Live albums, EPs, interviews, karaoke and grey area releases make up the rest of Swift’s tally.Twenty-five years after his debut solo album, Alone With Everybody topped the chart, singer/songwriter Richard Ashcroft – who recently supported Oasis on their Live ’25 tour – extends his unbroken run of consecutive top five albums to seven, with new album, Lovin’ You, debuting at No.3 (14,307 sales). The 54-year-old famously fronted The Verve, who also had two No.1 albums. Lovin’ You replaces TLOAS atop the CD, vinyl and cassette format charts, and includes adaptations of two familiar hits from the past – Lover nicely interpolates Joan Armatrading’s 1976 hit Love And Affection, while the title track takes similarly successful liberties with Mason Williams’ 1968 hit Classical Gas. His 2000 debut solo album, Alone With Everybody, remains Ashcroft’s only No.1 in his own right, and his biggest solo seller, with to-date consumption of 460,440 units. The rest of the Top 10: The Art Of Loving (3-2, 19,568 sales) by Olivia Dean, Man’s Best Friend (4-4, 11,916 sales) by Sabrina Carpenter, The Highlights (7-5, 7,787 sales) by The Weeknd, +-=÷× Tour Collection (9-6, 7,591 sales) by Ed Sheeran, 50 Years: Don’t Stop (8-7, 7,495 sales) by Fleetwood Mac, Times Flies 1994-2009 (6-8, 7,078 sales) by Oasis, You’ll Be Alright, Kid (10-9, 7,073 sales) by Alex Warren, and (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? (2-10, 6,681 sales) by Oasis.All of James Morrison’s studio albums hitherto have spent at least two weeks – and as many as 39 – after debut in the Top 40 before dipping out, but his sixth such set slides from an opening perch of No.5 to a position outside the Top 200 (738 sales) on its second frame despite, ironically, bearing the title Fight Another Day. After reaching No.4 with 2018 debut album, Only Human, and No.48 with 2022 follow-up, Bridges, 37-year-old singer/songwriter Calum Scott from Yorkshire falls betwixt and between with third set, Avenoir (No.31, 3,176 sales).Released the day after what would have been John Lennon’s 85th birthday, sprawling new live set Power To The People, with 123 tracks (90 previously unreleased) from 1969-1972, across 9 CDs or three blu-rays – debuts at No.72 (2,257 sales). Its full artist credit: John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant’s Memory and special guests.There’s a pleasing piece of synchronicity from Liverpool rapper EsDeeKid whose introductory chart album Rebel and introductory chart single Phantom (with Rico Ace) continue to rise in tandem to new peaks…and I mean really in tandem, with both registering 36-29 climbs, the former on consumption of 3,462 units, the latter 11,899.Appearing together in the Top 40 for the first time, rap compilations The Diamond Collection (38-32, 3,134 sales) by Post Malone, Best Of (41-34, 3,008 sales) by 50 Cent and Greatest Hits (56-36, 2,996 sales) by Pitbull achieve two-week, 80-week and 13-week highs, respectively. It is the 42nd week in a row that the Pitbull set has been in the Top 75, the 129th in a row for both 50 Cent and Post Malone. The latter’s set, to be fair, also includes some of his non-rap repertoire. The fact that Pitbull announced new tour dates in the week, and that a version of 50 Cent’s Many Men (Wish Death) – which is NOT on his Best Of – has gone viral undoubtedly helped their resurgences. Either way, these impressive figures are comprehensively overshadowed by a rap compilation by an artist who celebrates his 53rd birthday today (October 17). I’m obviously talking about Eminem, whose Curtain Call: The Hits (26-23, 3,951 sales) is fast approaching its 20th birthday, and was last higher 19 weeks ago. In the Top 200 for 897 of the 1,038 weeks that have elapsed since it debuted at No.1 in 2005, it has spent 422 of those weeks in the Top 40, and 595 in the Top 75. It has spent the last 328 weeks as a Top 40 ever-present, and featured in the Top 75 459 times in a row. Its lifetime consumption of 3,492,191 units is the 10th highest of any album in the 21st century, and includes 1,666,378 CDs, 31,344 vinyl albums, 243,277 digital downloads and 1,551,192 sales-equivalent streams. Number 23 when released digitally 11 weeks ago, Veronica Electronica - consisting of remixes of 1997/1998 repertoire – is a re-entry at No.58 (2,509 sales) for Madonna, following its release physically on CD and vinyl.Forty years after peaking at No.13, Crush – the sixth studio album by OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark) – is newly available in a deluxe edition, adding extended versions, b-sides and previously unreleased tracks, across all formats, and re-enters at No.49 (2,716 sales). Meanwhile, Human League’s chart-topping third album, Dare (No.73, 2,218 sales), is newly available on blu-ray with Dolby Atmos and 5.1 surround mixes and bonus tracks as it turns 44.Of significantly more recent vintage, just 22 weeks after debuting and peaking at No.3, PinkPantheress’ mixtape, Fancy That, is the subject of a new Fancy Some More? edition, which plumps it out from nine to 31 tracks, with guest co-artists (Kylie Minogue, Jade, Rachel Chinourir, Sugababes and more) and remixes abounding. It consequently re-enters at No.59 (2,494 sales). Setting a new record for most consecutive weeks at No.1 on the compilation chart since its 1989 inception – as set by the Wicked soundtrack in March – Netflix animated fantasy film Kpop Demon Hunters tops the list for the 17th time in a row on consumption of 22,257 units. Overall album sales are down 12.51% week-on-week to 2,573,931 units, 4.73% above same week 2024 sales of 2,457,665. Physical product accounts for 285,770 sales, 11.10% of the total. Bonus InformationSingle Totals3,937,314 Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere3,270,505 Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own WayAlbum Totals1,932,786 Taylor Swift - 19891,059,336 Taylor Swift - Midnights1,058,053 Taylor Swift - reputation986,610 Taylor Swift - Lover964,043 Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT956,455 Taylor Swift - folklore919,971 Taylor Swift - Red738,640 Taylor Swift - Fearless628,589 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version)563,466 Taylor Swift - evermore491,429 Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version)449,402 Taylor Swift - Speak Now315,454 Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Taylor's Version)304,624 Taylor Swift - Fearless (Taylor's Version)300,328 Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift [446 this week]460,440 Richard Ashcroft - Alone With EverybodyNotes- Sales can appear at any time, so please bear with us, we're doing our best to get the report + breakdown up as quickly as possible.- If you have any sales information to share, please back it up with a source.- Please don't ask us for any other sales info - if it's not in the report, we don't have it!- The mods reserve the right to delete any posts that are deemed inappropriate or inflammatory.
Friday at 17:472 days Looks like 'Your Idol' has gone to ACR, 'Golden' avoided, and '12 To 12' did exactly the same combined sales as last week so who knows!
Friday at 17:572 days 9 minutes ago, jimwatts said:Looks like 'Your Idol' has gone to ACR, 'Golden' avoided, and '12 To 12' did exactly the same combined sales as last week so who knows!12 to 12 actually has decreased:12,428 to 12,248! So potentially could be heading towards ACR!
Friday at 21:322 days Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere142,494 pre February 1994 units + 3,937,314 post February 1994 units = 4,079,808 total chart units! Massive!Fleetwood Mac - Dreams130,424 pre February 1994 units + 3,787,289 post February 1994 units = 3,917,713 total chart units!Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way48,960 pre February 1994 units + 3,270,505 post February 1994 units = 3,319,465 total chart units!
Friday at 23:342 days 5 hours ago, Henessy Lake said:So Ophelia is guaranteed another num 1, its far above the rest but the album?Surely she’ll smash another week. She should easily clear 30/35k this week?
Saturday at 05:531 day 'Showgirl' Spotify streams were down around 40% on Thursday week-on-week - another similar drop next week would bring its album streams to 20k so 30k is definitely tough to ask (unless there are new variants which is always possible in Taylor's case).The highest streaming song that actually counts for the album streams is Elizabeth Taylor (342k on Spotify on Thursday). Edited Saturday at 07:471 day by Sour Candy
Saturday at 07:261 day I wish they did complete totals for every artist like this! Love seeing those album figures all together.TLOAS is at a more "normal" (steady?) level now. I doubt the % drop will be as big as it was from last week to this week for her... She'll also get one more week before Dave takes it next week and I imagine sales will be around 30k-35k for this coming week... 47k is the highest 2nd week figure of the year and this weeks drop will be more comparable to future weeks drops as week 1 (regardless of who you are) is always an outlier for established acts.
Saturday at 09:291 day 3 minutes ago, Jessie Where said:Wondering if Olivia might be able to grab it back this week? (in the singles)Depends on what golden does tbf 2 weeks ago Olivia finish 9k ahead last week she was 5k ahead, this week not even 2k ahead, plus golden has the added benefit of the half term holidays being spread over the next 2 weeks
Saturday at 09:321 day The last dinner party cleared 30k+ units last album, this time won't be able to shift it this time to grab num 1 from Taylor?
Saturday at 09:521 day 13 minutes ago, Henessy Lake said:The last dinner party cleared 30k+ units last album, this time won't be able to shift it this time to grab num 1 from Taylor?It feels like the reception to their second album era has been really muted, although unless they sell a crazy amount of variants or something.
Saturday at 09:571 day I bought The Last Dinner Party's album yesterday based on the strength of the debut although haven't listened to it yet. I think it could still sell quite well, it's got rave reviews, although I can't ignore that the singles haven't really clicked commercially so it's hard to predict.
Saturday at 10:141 day 50 minutes ago, Jessie Where said:Wondering if Olivia might be able to grab it back this week? (in the singles)I think she’ll be on ACR?
Saturday at 11:021 day Not this week, next week most likely.Wouldn't be surprised if Tame Impala sold more than LDP. Edited Saturday at 11:041 day by Sour Candy
Saturday at 12:101 day Some album totals from Music Week:239,447 Fontaines DC - Romance224,260 Sam Fender - People Watching123,066 The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstacy109,123 Sam Ryder - There's Nothing But Space, Man!
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