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Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 2d

Final Billboard Hot 100 Predictions (chart dated October 18th, 2025)

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 2h

Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” breaks the record for strongest #1 in Billboard Global 200 history by weekly units, surpassing Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers”.

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 10h

This week's Billboard Global Excl U.S top 10

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 10h

This week's Billboard Global 200 top 10

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 10h

This week's Billboard Hot 100 top 10

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 10h

This week's Billboard 200 top 10

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 10h

Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” becomes the first single ever to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 without any pure sales.

It joins Aaliyah’s “Try Again” as the only singles ever to reach the #1 position without sales.

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 10h

Artists with the most top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100:

Drake 81
Taylor Swift 69
Madonna 38
The Beatles 35
Rihanna 32
Michael Jackson 30
Elton John 29
Mariah Carey 28
Stevie Wonder 28
Justin Bieber 27
Janet Jackson 27
Lil Wayne 26
Elvis Presley 25

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 10h

Taylor Swift ties Drake & Michael Jackson for the fourth most #1 hits in Billboard Hot 100 history (13 each).

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 10h

Biggest U.S. streaming weeks for an album on the Billboard 200:

#1. The Tortured Poets Department, 891.4M
#2. Scorpion, 745.9M
#3. Certified Lover Boy, 743.7M
#4. The Life of a Showgirl, 680.9M
#5. Midnights, 549.3M
#6. For All The Dogs, 514M
#7. Her Loss, 513.6M
#8. One Thing at a Time, 498.3M
#9. I’m The Problem, 462.6M
#10. Tha Carter V, 433M

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 10h

Biggest U.S. vinyl sales weeks in the modern era (since 1991):

#1. The Life of a Showgirl, 1.334M
#2. The Tortured Poets Department, 859K
#3. 1989 (TV), 693K
#4. Midnights, 575K
#5. Speak Now (TV), 268K
#6. The Tortured Poets Department, 191K
#7. Harry’s House, 182K
#8. The Tortured Poets Department, 164K
#9. Lover: Live From Paris, 161K
#10. Man’s Best Friend, 160K

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 10h

Taylor Swift now holds 8 of the top 10 selling weeks on Vinyl in the modern era (since 1991), and each of the top 6.

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 10h

Biggest U.S. sales weeks in Billboard 200 history (modern era):

#1. The Life of a Showgirl, 3.479M
#2. 25, 3.378M
#3. No Strings Attached, 2.416M
#4. The Tortured Poets Department, 1.914M
#5. Celebrity, 1.88M
#6. The Marshall Mathers LP, 1.76M
#7. Black & Blue, 1.591M
#8. 1989 (TV), 1.359M
#9. The Eminem Show, 1.322M
#10. Oops! …I Did It Again, 1.319M

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 10h

Biggest units weeks in Billboard 200 history (streaming era):

#1. The Life of a Showgirl, 4.002M
#2. 25, 3.482M
#3. The Tortured Poets Department, 2.61M
#4. 1989 (TV), 1.653M
#5. Midnights, 1.578M
#6. Reputation, 1.238M
#7. 25, 1.193M
#8. 25, 1.162M
#9. Views; 1.039M
#10. Lover, 867K

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 10h

Artists with the most #1 albums in Billboard 200 history:

The Beatles19
Taylor Swift 15
Jay-Z 14
Drake 14
Eminem 11
Future 11
Bruce Springsteen 11
Barbra Streisand 11
Kanye West 11
Elvis Presley 10
Garth Brooks 9
Kenny Chesney 9
Madonna 9
The Rolling Stones 9

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 10h

Taylor Swift becomes the first soloist ever to earn 15 #1 albums on the Billboard 200.

She surpasses Drake and JAY-Z this week with ‘The Life of a Showgirl’.

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 1d

HUNTR/X’s “Golden” is currently aiming to return to the top 3 on next week’s Billboard Hot 100 (dated October 25th) with a new points peak (297 points projected).

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 1d

Taylor Swift will challenge to become the first artist ever to occupy each of the top 10 positions on the Billboard Global 200.

10 of the 12 tracks off of ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ earned over 100 million worldwide streams last week.

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 1d

Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” is expected to break the record for biggest units week in Billboard Global 200 chart history, earning nearly 1 million units in worldwide activity opening week, all by way of streaming.

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 1d

Early Billboard Hot 100 Predictions (chart dated October 25th, 2025)

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 1d

Taylor Swift is still expected to occupy 8 of the top 10 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 (second tracking week for ‘The Life of a Showgirl’).
All 12 tracks to remain top 15 based on early forecasts.

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 2d

Final Billboard Hot 100 Predictions (chart dated October 18th, 2025)

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 2d

The 12 tracks off of Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ earned more U.S. on-demand streams than all 88 other songs on the Billboard Hot 100 combined this week (~680M vs ~635M).

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Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 2d

Taylor Swift's "The Fate of Ophelia" is predicted to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
It will become Taylor's 13th #1 single and will debut with the biggest U.S. on-demand audio streaming week of all-time (84M audio plays; 92.5M total streams).

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 2d

Taylor Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” is predicted to occupy the entire top 12 of the Billboard Hot 100.
Taylor will occupy the entire top 10 of the chart for the 3rd time (no other artist has yet to do it once).
The 12 tracks earned ~685 million U.S. streams (~680M on-demand).

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 3d

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 4.005 million units first week, 3.478 million pure sales (via @hitsdd.bsky.social).

Both all-time records.

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