Through the final chart week of November, Taylor Swift’s album “The Life of a Showgirl” and its song “The Fate of Ophelia” topped the Billboard 200 and the Hot 100 for seven straight weeks. A simultaneous No. 1 debut on both charts has happened only 16 times in history, and a seven-week No. 1 run on both is by far the longest run of its kind.

On the Billboard 200, “The Life of a Showgirl” dipped to No. 3 in the first week of December, then bounced right back to No. 1 the following week, bringing its total to eight weeks at the top. Among 2025 albums, Morgan Wallen’s “I’m the Problem” leads with eight straight weeks at No. 1 to open its run and 12 weeks total. Swift’s previous album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” spent 12 straight weeks at No. 1 and 17 weeks total. Swift now has 15 No. 1 albums, and only two of them have held the top spot for at least seven weeks: “The Life of a Showgirl” and “TTPD.”

Week-to-week, “The Life of a Showgirl” saw its sales jump when it returned to No. 1 in the second week of December, posting its biggest week since week two. That is easy to read as a Black Friday boost, plus the lift from signed copies becoming available through her official website.

“The Fate of Ophelia” has held the top spot regardless of the album’s position on the chart, and it has now logged eight straight weeks at No. 1 since debut. In Hot 100 history, 86 songs have debuted at No. 1. An eight-week No. 1 start like “The Fate of Ophelia” is tied for the fifth longest. Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day” still holds the record, leading for its first 16 weeks at No. 1. For more recent comparisons, Drake’s “God’s Plan” led for its first 11 weeks in 2018, Olivia Rodrigo’s “drivers license” held for its first eight weeks in 2021, and BTS’s “Butter” held for its first seven.

Swift now has 13 No. 1 hits in total. With “The Fate of Ophelia,” she ties her own longest Hot 100 reign at eight weeks, matching “Anti-Hero.” “Anti-Hero” spent its first six weeks at No. 1. Only two artists in history have had two songs that stayed at No. 1 for at least six weeks from debut: Mariah Carey and Taylor Swift. In Carey’s case, “Fantasy” led for its first eight weeks in 1995, followed by “One Sweet Day,” which led for its first 16. In the 2020s alone, Taylor Swift spent 26 weeks at No. 1 across eight different songs, the most of any artist.

On the Billboard 200 chart dated December 6, Stray Kids’ “DO IT” and the “Wicked: For Good” soundtrack debuted at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. This ended Taylor Swift’s seven-week No. 1 run that began with “The Fate of Ophelia.”

Stray Kids’ “DO IT” takes No. 1 with 295,000 units. That ranks as the seventh biggest debut week for a new album released in 2025. Physical album sales make up most of that total at 286,000, which is the fourth biggest physical sales week for a 2025 debut. Naturally, it also opens at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart. Since first entering the Billboard 200 at No. 1 with “ODDINARY” in 2022, all eight of Stray Kids’ Billboard 200-charting albums have debuted at No. 1. Last year’s “HOP” was the sixth album in that streak, setting what was then a record in this category. With “KARMA” and “DO IT,” they are extending that record. Their eight No. 1 albums are also the most by any group since 2000. This marks the 30th mostly non-English-language album to hit No. 1 in Billboard 200 history, and 20 of those 30 are K-pop.

“The Wicked: For Good” soundtrack debuts at No. 2 with 122,000 units, the best opening week for a soundtrack album in 2025. Album sales are 85,000 units, landing at No. 2 on the Top Album Sales chart. The album drew 47.27 million streams, equal to 36,000 units, putting it at No. 6 on the Top Streaming Albums chart. For reference, the soundtrack for “Wicked Part 1” previously debuted at No. 2 with 139,000 units.

Meanwhile, the soundtrack for the Prime Video animated series “Hazbin Hotel: Season 2” enters the top 10 at No. 8. Along with “Wicked: For Good” at No. 2 and “K-Pop Demon Hunters” at No. 5, that makes three soundtrack albums in the top 10, the first time in six years. The last time it happened was April 2019, when “A Star Is Born,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” and “The Dirt” all placed in the top 10.

The holiday season started in earnest when Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” returned at No. 31 in the third week of November. From the fourth week of November, it climbed 11, then 8, then 5, and in the second week of December, it was back at No. 1. That chart’s tracking period runs from November 28 through December 4, coinciding with the start of December, when holiday music takes over. By the numbers, the song posted 33.7 million streams for No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, ranked No. 21 on the Radio Songs chart, and placed No. 6 on the Digital Song Sales chart.

“All I Want for Christmas Is You” looks stronger every year. Its re-entry in the third week of November was the earliest ever, and its No. 8 ranking in the fifth week of November marked the song’s first ever top 10 placement on a November chart week. Initially released in 1994, it reached the top 10 for the first time in 2017, then hit No. 1 for the first time in 2019. Since then, it has returned to the top for two to four weeks each year, and this season it finally reached 19 total weeks at No. 1. That ties the all-time record held by Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” and Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus’s “Old Town Road.” It is widely expected to add more weeks this season and set a new mark. For this holiday season, there are three more chart weeks where carols can make the difference: the third and fourth weeks of December, and the first week of January.

In general, it is extremely rare for a song that once hit No. 1 to return and reach No. 1 again. Before “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” the only example was Chubby Checker’s “The Twist,” which topped the chart in both 1960 and 1962. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has now reached No. 1 across seven separate chart runs through this year.

Mariah Carey has 19 No. 1 hits total, the most among solo artists. Only The Beatles are higher with 20. Carey has also topped the Hot 100 98 times overall, far ahead of Rihanna’s 60 and The Beatles’ 59.

On the second chart week of December, Wham!’s “Last Christmas” sits at No. 2. First released in 1984, it climbed as high as No. 3 last year, and this year it sets a new peak. In the first week of December, the streaming numbers were already close, with “All I Want for Christmas Is You” at No. 5 with 22.2 million streams and “Last Christmas” at No. 6 with 20.5 million, drawing attention to a head-to-head race. The second week of December was even tighter. “Last Christmas” hit 33.2 million streams, only 500,000 behind the No. 1 song. Since Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” hit No. 1 in the 2023 season, this is the strongest challenge yet to “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”

In the third week of December, all of the top 5 are carols, and seven songs land in the top 10. No. 3 is Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” No. 4 is Bobby Helms’ “Jingle Bell Rock,” No. 5 is Ariana Grande’s “Santa Tell Me,” No. 9 is Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You),” and No. 10 is Andy Williams’ “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.”

It is also worth noting that holiday single hits and holiday album hits are not the same thing. Looking at the Billboard 200 in the third week of December, Michael Bublé’s “Christmas” is at No. 6, Bing Crosby’s “Ultimate Christmas” is at No. 7, and the Vince Guaraldi Trio soundtrack “A Charlie Brown Christmas” is at No. 10.

• YEONJUN’s solo debut “NO LABELS: PART 01” debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 in the fourth week of November. It earned 29,000 units for the week, including 27,000 in album sales, plus 3.24 million streams, equal to 2,000 units. It also debuted at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart. YEONJUN entered the Artist 100 for the first time at No. 6 that same week. His group, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, has placed in the Billboard 200 top 10 seven times, and their 2023 release “The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION” hit No. 1.
• HuntRix’s “Golden” has stayed at No. 1 for 18 total weeks through the second week of December on both the Global 200 and Global Excl. US charts. On the Global 200, that ties for second place all-time with Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile.” The No. 1 record is Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” with 19 weeks. On Global Excl. U.S., it ranks alone in second place, behind the 19-week record held by Rosé and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” On the Hot 100, “Golden” held No. 2 through the first week of December. In the second week of December, it drops to No. 5, still the highest-ranking non-carol on the chart.
• Stray Kids’ “Do It” debuted at No. 68 on the Hot 100 in the first week of December, and it opened at No. 13 on the Global 200 and No. 10 on Digital Song Sales. This is Stray Kids’ fifth Hot 100 entry and their 13th Global 200 entry. They also ranked No. 1 on the Artist 100 that week.
• KATSEYE’s “Gabriela” hit a new career peak at No. 31 on the Hot 100 in the fourth week of November. It also reached a new radio peak at No. 34 on the Radio Songs chart in the first week of December. Their “SIS (Soft Is Strong) (EP)” re-entered the Top Album Sales chart at No. 38 in the fourth week of November, then re-entered the Billboard 200 at No. 110 in the fifth week of November.
• ENHYPEN’s “Desire: Unleash” re-entered the Billboard 200 at No. 154 in the second week of December. ENHYPEN also re-entered the Artist 100 at No. 98 that week.
• CORTIS’ “Color Outside The Lines (EP)” re-entered the Billboard 200 at No. 121 in the first week of December.
• &TEAM’s “Back to Life (EP)” debuted at No. 13 on the Top Album Sales chart in the fifth week of November. &TEAM entered the Artist 100 for the first time at No. 78 that week.
• ITZY’s “Tunnel Vision (EP)” debuted at No. 14 on the Top Album Sales chart in the fifth week of November. ITZY re-entered the Artist 100 at No. 80 that week.
• ILLIT’s “Not Cute Anymore” debuted at No. 95 on the Global 200 in the second week of December, their fourth entry. Their “Bomb (EP)” re-entered the Top Album Sales chart at No. 48 in the first week of December.
• Hwasa’s “Good Goodbye” debuted at No. 43 on the Global 200 in the first week of December, her first entry.
• TWICE’s “This Is For” re-entered the Top Album Sales chart at No. 45 in the first week of December.