Posted October 30Oct 30 Jamie Miller likely heads for a third week at #1, while new singles arrive from Gracie Abrams with "Here You Come, There You Go", Justice featuring Gesaffelstein with "Pusher" and Everything But The Girl's "Young and Dumb", as well as tracks from CHVRCHES, Becky Hill, Megan Thee Stallion, JISOO, Enter Shikari, The Flaming Lips, Steven Wilson, Skye Newman and Gigi PerezLooks to be an open race for #1, as new album releases include Queens of the Stone Age's ninth LP "Perfecth", Nickelback's "Everything Under the Sun", The Snuts' "Joy in Short Moments" and Editors' "Surface, Echo & Sound". There's also new music out from DIIV, Dominic Fike, The Big Moon, PISS, Chloe Qisha, Bugzy Malone, Ex:Re, Radio Free Alice, Against The Current, Mylène Farmer, BigXthaPlug, MK, Kali Malone, Andy Stott, Yello and Fujiya & MiyagiSunday 4:00pm - 7:00pm Official Chart: First Look on BBC Radio 1Monday from 5:45pm Official Chart Update on officialcharts.com *Wednesday from 5:45pm Top 40 update from Music Week, with top 5 sales information* updates are not compiled on bank holiday Mondays, so on those occasions, the Official Chart Update will arrive Tuesday during the afternoon.- As per the Friday chart thread, please do NOT post First Look spoilers before it airs on BBC Radio 1.- On any other days, information may come from outside sources but this is not regular. Anything we have will be posted, and anything that's posted must come with a source to prove its reliability.- Please do not demand a midweek update, one will be posted as and when we receive the information, and when a chart mod is available.- To keep everyone in the loop of all chart action, please refer to the iTunes and streaming threads.
October 30Oct 30 Author Official Chart First Look: Full Update 01 Jamie Miller - Babydoll 02 Michael Jackson - Thriller 03 Tate McRae - Housewife 04 Ashe - Stop the Wedding! 05 SIENNA SPIRO - Great Expectation 06 Olivia Rodrigo & Chappell Roan - expectations 07 Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 08 ADÉLA - Nicole Kidman 09 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In 10 Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters 11 SIENNA SPIRO - Die on This Hill 12 sombr - My Body Isn't Ready 13 Olivia Dean - Man I Need 14 Olivia Rodrigo - the cure 15 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia 16 Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash 17 Taylor Swift - Patient Zero 18 Zach Bryan feat. Lana Del Rey - Lies 19 Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me 20 The Citizens of Halloween - This Is Halloween 21 P!nk feat. Nate Ruess - Just Give Me a Reason 22 ADÉLA - Ain't in LA 23 Andrew Gold - Spooky, Scary Skeletons 24 Harry Styles - Sign of the Times 25 JADE - Angel of My Dreams 26 Alex Warren - Ordinary 27 Cloonee, Prospa & Tristan Henry - Good Girl 28 Alyssa Grace - bloodstream 29 STELLA LEFTY - Boston 30 TLC - No Scrubs 31 Ariana Grande - petal 32 HUGEL, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté - Movin' to the Sun 33 Noah Kahan - Orbiter 34 Malcolm Todd - Earrings 35 Fontaines D.C. - Japan 36 Olivia Rodrigo - stupid song 37 Fontaines D.C. - Marianne 38 Noah Kahan - Willing and Able 39 Season 25 - Shotta's. 40 The Killers - Mr. BrightsideOfficial Charts ReportMichael Jackson's Thriller (2) threatens to take the Number 1 spot, as Halloween season draws to a close. The hit track, which has become synonymous with this time of year, peaked at Number 9 in 2025 (a whole 42 years after its original release) and is now aiming to knock Jamie Miller's Babydoll off the top spot. Other Halloween tunes on the up include Ray Parker Jr.'s Ghostbusters (10), Monster Mash from Bobby Boris Pickett (16), Rockwell's Somebody's Watching Me (19), This Is Halloween courtesy of Danny Elfman (20), and Spooky Scary Skeletons by Andrew Gold (23), which is also on course for a new peak. Lastly, Ariana Grande's petal looks to re-enter the main standings (31) following the tracks viral Halloween resurgence, as fans put a spooky twist on the former Top 10 hit.
October 30Oct 30 Author Official Chart UpdateSingles (Top 100) 01 Jamie Miller - Babydoll (24,092) 02 Michael Jackson - Thriller (20,089) 03 Tate McRae - Housewife (12,808) 04 Ashe - Stop the Wedding! (10,440) 05 Olivia Rodrigo & Chappell Roan - expectations (9,206) 08 Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters (7,483) 10 Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash (6,662) 11 Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me (6,564) 13 The Citizens of Halloween - This Is Halloween (5,857) 14 Andrew Gold - Spooky, Scary Skeletons (5,632) 19 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia 26 Tame Impala - Dracula 27 TLC - No Scrubs 29 Alex Warren - Ordinary++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Albums (Top 100) 01 Queens of the Stone Age - Perfecth (11,047) 02 The Snuts - Joy in Short Moments (5,616) 03 Editors - Surface, Echo & Sound (4,858) 04 Nickelback - Everything Under the Sun (4,839) 05 Michael Jackson - The Essential (4,243) 06 Michael Jackson - Thriller (4,041) 10 The Who - The Who By Numbers 15 Ed Sheeran - +-=÷× (Tour Collection) 17 Elton John - Diamonds 18 The Big Moon - Forever 21 MK - In the Night Again 22 ILLIT - BREAK EVEN 24 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 26 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits 28 Dua Lipa - Live from Mexico 29 Nines - Young Nina 34 blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket 36 Michael Jackson - Bad 39 Lady Gaga - The Fame 40 Ex:Re - Save As
October 30Oct 30 Author Music Week Top 40 Sales FlashSingles 01 Jamie Miller - Babydoll (40,554) 02 Michael Jackson - Thriller (23,109) 03 Tate McRae - Housewife (22,506) 04 Ashe - Stop the Wedding! (18,429) 05 Olivia Rodrigo & Chappell Roan - expectations (15,686) 13 Olivia Dean - Man I Need 16 Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters 19 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia 20 Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me 21 Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash 23 Harry Styles - Sign of the Times 24 The Citizens of Halloween - This Is Halloween 25 TLC - No Scrubs 29 Andrew Gold - Spooky, Scary Skeletons 30 Noah Kahan - Willing and Able 31 Alex Warren - Ordinary 38 Tame Impala - Dracula++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Albums 01 Queens of the Stone Age - Perfecth (12,385) 02 Nickelback - Everything Under the Sun (7,534) 03 Editors - Surface, Echo & Sound (7,482) 04 The Snuts - Joy in Short Moments (7,411) 05 Olivia Rodrigo - you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love (6,820) 08 Michael Jackson - Thriller 14 Noah Kahan - The Great Divide 15 Ed Sheeran - +-=÷× (Tour Collection) 17 Elton John - Diamonds 18 The Who - The Who By Numbers 21 MK - In the Night Again (2,654) 23 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 24 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits 25 Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright Kid 26 The Big Moon - Forever (2,225) 27 Dua Lipa - Live from Mexico 28 Nines - Young Nina (2,164) 36 Michael Jackson - Bad 37 Sam Fender - People Watching
October 30Oct 30 Last non-Christmas song top 40 of the year?3 minutes ago, seven. said:Jamie Miller likely heads for a third week at #1, while new singles arrive from Gracie Abrams with "Here You Come, There You Go", Justice featuring Gesaffelstein with "Pusher" and Everything But The Girl's "Young and Everything But The Girl's "Young and Dumb", as well as tracks from CHVRCHES, Becky Hill, Megan Thee Stallion, JISOO, Enter Shikari, The Flaming Lips, Steven Wilson, Skye Newman and Gigi PerezSkye Newman and Gigi Perez relegated to the end of the list, what difference a year makes!
October 31Oct 31 Queens Of The Stone Age should have a good chance of #1 I'd think - their last album did 14.8k first week. The Snuts' last one did 12.7k so they could also do it. Failing either of those it'll probably be O-Rod returning to #1 I guess. (Maybe Michael Jackson if Halloween gives his catalogue as a whole enough of a boost...)
October 31Oct 31 Does anyone have info on Nickelback's recent/all time first week album sales? I imagine they will do enough to be top 5 at the start of the week maybe top 10 at a push by the end? I know their new tour sold well a couple weeks back.
October 31Oct 31 feel like this is probably the best place to post it but it looks like the OCC posted a weird second midweek top 100 for last week on their website (dated 29th October) which doesn't correlate to the Wednesday mids or the Monday ones?Monday's midweek: https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart-update/20261026/7501u/the second, unknown midweek chart: https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart-update/20261029/7501u/
October 31Oct 31 7 minutes ago, maggotsforbrains said:Monday's midweek: https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart-update/20261026/7501u/the second, unknown midweek chart: https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart-update/20261029/7501u/The first one is dated Monday 26th. The second one is dated Thursday 29th. Very odd! But does anyone with a keen eye (or insider information) know whether the second chart does fit in with what we would have been expecting for a Thursday chart?I’d love to have a look again at the link for the weird Madonna charts as we may be able to tell what dates they were from.
October 31Oct 31 1 minute ago, GreyAsh said:The first one is dated Monday 26th. The second one is dated Thursday 29th. Very odd! But does anyone with a keen eye (or insider information) know whether the second chart does fit in with what we would have been expecting for a Thursday chart?I’d love to have a look again at the link for the weird Madonna charts as we may be able to tell what dates they were from.this weird "Thursday" chart is only available for last week - there aren't any published on the OCC website for previous weeks
October 31Oct 31 1 minute ago, maggotsforbrains said:this weird "Thursday" chart is only available for last week - there aren't any published on the OCC website for previous weeksIt happened at least once before. I think @Matt63 brought it up, but I don’t believe anyone responded or had any ideas.
October 31Oct 31 Just now, GreyAsh said:It happened at least once before. I think @Matt63 brought it up, but I don’t believe anyone responded or had any ideas.found Matt63's post:"Has anyone noticed that last week’s midweek singles update has been restated? I recall Danceteria Afterhours by Madonna & Charli was placed 29 on Monday evening, but if you look at last week’s update now, it shows Danceteria at 9? Is this the Mandela effect in action?"looking back at the OCC website, that one's actually a different thing - they appear to have replaced that week's original Monday midweek chart with that "revised" midweek! what a Halloween mystery 👻 Edited October 31Oct 31 by maggotsforbrains
October 31Oct 31 Just now, maggotsforbrains said:looking back at the OCC website, that one's actually a different thing - they appear to have replaced the original Monday midweek chart with that "revised" midweek! what a Halloween mystery 👻Exactly - poltergeists in action!
October 31Oct 31 4 hours ago, Viper* said:Does anyone have info on Nickelback's recent/all time first week album sales?I imagine they will do enough to be top 5 at the start of the week maybe top 10 at a push by the end? I know their new tour sold well a couple weeks back.Their last album only did 7.1k first week, although the one before that did 17.3k so hard to tell what their momentum will be like. (Their output really slowed down a lot since 2014, this being only their third new album since then!)
November 1Nov 1 Some new vinyl variants (and a gold cassette!) of the Thriller album were released for Halloween so that era could do pretty well in both charts this week.
November 1Nov 1 An FYI - I'm only here until 5:45pm tonight so if someone fancies taking over the First Look hosting from that point, let me know!
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