Taylor Swift’s ‘The Fate of Ophelia’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Global Charts

Taylor Swift holds 9 of the apical 10 spots connected some the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts, each acknowledgment to her caller album, The Life of a Showgirl.

“The Fate of Ophelia” leads the lists, debuting arsenic Swift’s sixth and 4th No. 1, respectively, dating to the charts’ starts successful September 2020. On the Global 200, she passes Ariana Grande for the astir leaders among women; connected Global Excl. U.S., she ties Grande and BLACKPINK for the astir among solo women oregon all-female groups.

HUNTR/X’s “Golden,” from Netflix’s animated hit movie KPop Demon Hunters, is the lone opus successful Swift’s mode successful the apical 10 of the charts, astatine No. 5 connected the Global 200 and No. 2 connected Global Excl. U.S., falling from No. 1 aft 12 weeks atop each tally, opening successful July.

The Life of a Showgirl, released Oct. 3, charges successful astatine No. 1 connected the U.S.-based Billboard 200 illustration with the biggest week for an album, by equivalent medium units and medium sales, since Luminate began collecting medium information electronically successful 1991. Swift earns her 15th No. 1 set, passing JAY-Z for the astir among soloists successful the chart’s history.

On the U.S.-based Billboard Hot 100, “The Fate of Ophelia” opens astatine No. 1 arsenic Swift’s 13th leader.

The Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts fertile songs based connected streaming and income enactment culled from much than 200 territories astir the world, arsenic compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide information and the Global Excl. U.S. illustration comprises information from territories excluding the United States.

Chart ranks are based connected a weighted look incorporating official-only streams connected some subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video euphony services, arsenic good arsenic download sales, the second of which bespeak purchases from full-service integer euphony retailers from astir the world, with income from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

“The Fate of Ophelia” rules the Global 200 with 216.9 cardinal streams worldwide successful the week ending Oct. 9. (It, similar each tracks from The Life of a Showgirl, has nary income counting toward the chart, arsenic they were not disposable for acquisition individually during the album’s archetypal week of release.)

The opus scores the fifth-highest streaming week worldwide since the Global 200 began:

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