Sales Report: W/E 20th November 2025

Source: Music Week

Commentary: Alan Jones

Singles

01 58,925 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia [3,025 downloads, 55,900 streaming]

02 54,977 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden

03 41,472 RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!

04 29,529 Olivia Dean - Man I Need

05 29,479 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall in Love)

06 28,946 Taylor Swift - Opalite

07 24,814 Dave & Tems - Raindance

08 21,481 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In

09 19,904 Taylor Swift - Elizabeth Taylor

10 18,055 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - How It's Done

12 17,721 Lily Allen - Pussy Palace

13 16,970 SIENNA SPIRO - Die on This Hill

15 15,200 Olivia Dean - A Couple Minutes

16 14,251 Skye Newman - FU & UF

17 14,153 EsDeeKid & Rico Ace - Phantom

20 13,105 Kehlani - Folded

21 13,066 EsDeeKid - Century

22 12,901 Fred again.., Sammy Virji & Reggie - Talk of the Town

31 9,969 Digga D - DPMO

33 9,907 Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Poppy Baskcomb - Think About Us

36 9,128 ROSALÍA, Björk & Yves Tumor - Berghain

43 8,399 EsDeeKid - 4 Raws

45 7,884 SIENNA SPIRO - MAYBE.

49 7,713 David Guetta, Teddy Swims & Tones and I - Gone Gone Gone

50 7,658 Wham! - Last Christmas

51 7,618 Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You

53 7,393 ROSALÍA & Yahritza Y Su Esencia - La Perla

54 7,365 SIENNA SPIRO - You Stole the Show

56 7,317 ROSALÍA - Reliquia

57 7,240 ROLE MODEL - Sally, When the Wine Runs Out

61 6,873 Katy Perry - bandaids

72 6,073 Dave & Jim Legxacy - No Weapons

75 5,924 Florence + the Machine - Buckle

xxx 4,450 Michael Jackson - Thriller

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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.

Exiting the Top 10: P*ssy Palace (8-12, 17,721 sales) by Lily Allen and Thriller, which reached an all-time peak of No.9 for Michael Jackson but, like all Halloween perennials, is scared out of the chart entirely this week, with consumption off 78.30% at 4,450 units.

The highest of seven new entries to the Top 75, Talk Of The Town (No.22, 12,901 sales) is the 21st hit for Fred Again, the second for Sammy Virji and the first for Irish singer/rapper Reggie.

An occupant of HMP Brixton until last month, London rapper Digga D (now under the name Digga) wastes no time returning to prominence, securing his 24th Top 75 hit and 15th Top 40 hit with DPMO (No.31, 9,969 sales).

Spanish singer Rosalía’s new album, Lux, debuts at No.4 and three of its songs are in the Top 75. La Perla, a collaboration with chart first-timers Yaritza Y Su Esencia opens at No.53 (7,393 sales); solo cut Reliquia debuts at No.56 (7,317 sales); and Bjork & Yves Tumor collaboration improves 51-36 (9,128 sales). Rosalía has now had six Top 75 entries, and is into the Top 40 for the second time, while Bjork has had 21 Top 40 entries, and Yves Tumor just the one.

Also new to the Top 75: Bandaids (No.61, 6,873 sales), a brand new song from Katy Perry, and her 35th hit, although she hasn’t made the Top 40 since 2020; No Weapons (No.72, 6,073 sales), the 44th hit for Dave, the second for Jim Legaxcy; and Buckle (No.75, 5,924 sales), the 22nd hit for Florence + The Machine.

Liverpool rapper EsDeeKid has another fine week, with double digit climbs to new peaks for his first three hits, Phantom (with Rico Ace, 28-17, 14.153 sales), Century (40-21, 13,066 sales) and 4 Raws (63-43, 8,399 sales).

Sienna Spiro’s first three hits all bounce back to reach new peaks. They are Die On This Hill (24-13, 6,970 sales), Maybe (79-45, 7,884 sales) and You Stole The Show (83-54, 7,365 sales). They previously peaked at No.16, No.57 and No.63, respectively.

There are also new peaks for: FU & UF (18-16, 14,251 sales) by Skye Newman, Folded (26-20, 13,105 sales) by Kehlani, Think About Us (43-33, 9,907 sales) by Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Poppy Baskcomb, Gone Gone Gone (58-49, 7,713 sales) by David Guetta, Teddy Swims & Tones And I and Sally When The Wine Runs Out (84-57, 7,240 sales, previous peak: No.73) by Role Model.

They are a week later this year than for the last few but the advance party for the annual Christmas songs takeover has arrived with Last Christmas by Wham! back again at No.50 (7,658 ACR sales) and All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey at No.51 (7,618 ACR sales) respectively. It is the 133rd week in the Top 75 for the former, which first charted in 1984, the 125th week in the Top 75 for the latter, which first charted in 1994. Both are back for the 19th season in a row.

After gaining a toehold on the chart last week, I Run by Haven was on schedule to make the Top 10 in sales flashes but is noticeably absent from the final chart. An OCC statement reads: “It is against Official Charts Company policy to include within our charts any repertoire which is believed to potentially be infringing. We have received notification that a series of takedown notices have been issued to DSPs in relation to the track I Run by Haven. Our understanding is that these takedown notices have been or are in the process of being implemented. As a consequence, this track is suspended today from the Official Singles Charts.”

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.

Albums

01 19,363 Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl [4,476 CDs, 1,055 vinyl, 3 cassettes, 348 downloads, 13,481 streaming]

02 16,366 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving

03 12,706 Lily Allen - West End Girl

04 12,224 ROSALÍA - LUX

05 9,550 Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend

06 7,921 The Weeknd - The Highlights

07 7,530 Ed Sheeran - +-=÷× (Tour Collection)

08 7,364 Michael Jackson - The Essential [total: 2,061,829]

09 7,132 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop

10 6,975 Hayley Williams - Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party

11 6,681 sombr - I Barely Know Her

12 6,025 Paul McCartney & Wings - WINGS

13 5,999 Dave - The Boy Who Played the Harp

14 5,942 Lady Gaga - MAYHEM

19 4,993 EsDeeKid - Rebel

22 4,733 Florence + the Machine - Everybody Scream

29 3,765 White Lies - Night Light

33 3,425 Cat Burns - How to Be Human

37 3,123 Jake Bugg - A Modern Day Distraction

70 2,279 Gary Numan - 1,000: Live at the Electric Ballroom

xxx 1,017 The Charlatans - We Are Love

Compilations

01 16,068 KPop Demon Hunters [5 CDs, 382 vinyl, 1,236 Yoto cards, 219 downloads, 14,226 streaming]

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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.

No.1 on debut last week, Everybody Scream dips to No.22 (4,733 sales) for Florence + The Machine.

Also exiting the Top 10: The Boy Who Played The Harp (7-13, 5,999 sales) by Dave, How To Be Human (5-33, 3,425 sales) by Cat Burns and last week’s No.8, We Are Love by The Charlatans, which is no longer in the Top 200 (1,017 sales).

The 79th chart album of 83-year-old Paul McCartney’s career, Wings (No.12, 6,025 sales) is a comprehensive ‘best of’ celebrating his band of that name, which recorded for 10 years, from 1971 – a longer span than his more celebrated earlier band, The Beatles.

Also new to the Top 75: Night Light (No.29, 3,765 sales), the seventh studio album by London indie trio White Lies, and the first to fall short of the Top 15; 1,000: Live At The Electric Ballroom (No.70, 2,279 sales), a 2023 recording from London’s iconic venue, marking the 1,000th live appearance of Gary Numan, and yielding his 33rd Top 75 album.

With three songs climbing the singles chart, it is no surprise to find that Liverpool rapper EsDeeKid reaches another new peak with debut album, Rebel, improving 25-19 (4,993 sales).

Eleven weeks after debuting at No.10 on digital consumption alone, Sombr’s debut album, I Barely Know Her, reaches its highest position since, rocketing 29-11 (6,681 sales), after being released on CD and vinyl.

Thirty-five weeks after debuting at No.1, Lady Gaga’s latest album, Mayhem, is the subject of new CD and vinyl editions, and surges 65-14 (5,942 sales). Fifty-seven weeks have elapsed since Jake Bugg’s most recent album, A Modern Day Distraction, was No.14 in its only previous chart appearance. It now re-enters at No.37 (3,123 sales), after being released in deluxe CD and vinyl editions.

Netflix’s animated fantasy film Kpop Demon Hunters’ soundtrack set’s record-breaking occupancy of the compilation chart’s top spot continues – it is No.1 for the 21st time in a row on consumption of 16,068 units (5 CDs, 382 vinyl albums, 1,236 Yoto cards, 219 digital downloads and 14,226 sales-equivalent streams).

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.

Bonus Information

Album Totals

43,050 ROSALÍA - MOTOMAMI

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Sales are in, and a statement from the OCC regarding HAVEN. - I Run:

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“It is against Official Charts Company policy to include within our charts any repertoire which is believed to potentially be infringing. We have received notification that a series of takedown notices have been issued to DSPs in relation to the track I Run by Haven. Our understanding is that these takedown notices have been or are in the process of being implemented. As a consequence, this track is suspended today from the Official Singles Charts.”

Do we know how many of those cds were signed hard to tell if she'd of done it without

#61, while obviously not a success, is not as bad as I'd have expected for Katy Perry, considering she's been absent from the top 200 since Friday and was only just top 40 on Sunday.

The gap for Ophelia ended up being pretty significant, now I’d reckon it should stay at #1 till Christmas hits the charts potentially tying Anti-Hero as her longest #1

Pleased we got some MOTOMAMI sales ❤️

I don’t think I realised El Mal Querer dented the top 200 at the time. Totally forgot if so.

ROSALÍA the highest charting Spanish female ever in the albums *.* I wonder if she could break her own record in the future.

It looks like the "Golden" hype is starting to die down.

How is A Couple Minutes Olivia's third song? Amazon? It's 20 spots behind Baby Steps on Apple and only #72 on Spotify.

Ah so Haven was excluded because of the streaming takedowns, guessing Jorja Smith's label was involved. If they clear the sample hopefully they use Jorja's voice instead of what is supposedly Haven's own voice run through an AI filter..

Just now, Sour Candy said:

How is A Couple Minutes Olivia's third song? Amazon? It's 20 spots behind Baby Steps on Apple and only #72 on Spotify.

There is a second version from her A Colors Show performance

Wonder where it would have placed and its numbers for it. Odd situation overall

22 minutes ago, elincomprendido said:

The gap for Ophelia ended up being pretty significant, now I’d reckon it should stay at #1 till Christmas hits the charts potentially tying Anti-Hero as her longest #1

How many was that?

5 minutes ago, Henessy Lake said:

How many was that?

Anti-Hero did 6 weeks at #1.

Still confused about what the issue is with Haven?

4 minutes ago, Jester said:

Still confused about what the issue is with Haven?

Based on what gasman449 has posted, it would seem to be an unauthorised sample with presumably AAO Broke Isekai (the label for Haven.), or someone acting on its behalf, asking for the record to be excluded from the chart.

1 minute ago, Robbie said:

Based on what gasman449 has posted, it would seem to be an unauthorised sample with presumably AAO Broke Isekai (the label for Haven.), or someone acting on its behalf, asking for the record to be excluded from the chart.

Thanks Robbie. Someone else said it was an AI song hence my confusion.

RAYE at #3 with a nice gap on #4, but also a similar amount behind #2.

Hard to tell if she had any downloads but Olivia could of been number 1 without acr 😮

And could of been number 1 without Taylors signed cds on albums 😮

Yeah i know ifs and buts but very interesting

I can see that "I Run" from Haven has now been removed from Spotify. It was there this morning but has now been greyed out on one of my playlists. I also note that it was added to the BBC Radio 1 "C" Playlist this morning and is still available on BBC Sounds from the "First Look" Top 20 chart broadcast last Sunday evening.

20 minutes ago, Jester said:

Thanks Robbie. Someone else said it was an AI song hence my confusion.

It might be for the reason it's an AI song. Hopefully James Masterton will clarify it when he posts his weekly chart analysis on his website.

25 minutes ago, 777666jason said:

Hard to tell if she had any downloads but Olivia could of been number 1 without acr 😮

And could of been number 1 without Taylors signed cds on albums 😮

Yeah i know ifs and buts but very interesting

Could have!!