The new Stray Kids album DO IT debuted at #1, ending Taylor Swift’s seven week streak at the top of the Billboard 200 with The Life of a Showgirl, which dropped to #3. DO IT is the eighth Stray Kids album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200. It is the 30th mostly non-English-language album to hit #1, and the third of 2025 (following their previous album KARMA and Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS).
The soundtrack for Wicked: For Good debuted at #2, making it the highest debut for a soundtrack in 2025. KPop Demon Hunters remains at #5 and the Hazbin Hotel soundtrack jumped up to #8. This is the first time in six years that three soundtracks have been in the top 10 (in 2019, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born was #6, Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody was #9, and Mötley Crüe’s The Dirt was #10).
Aerosmith’s collaboration with YUNGBLUD debuted at #9, giving Aerosmith their 10th album in the top 10. They are one of the only musical artists to have top 10 albums in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s. The Rolling Stones are the only other band to have achieved this. Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, and James Taylor have done it too.
This week’s top 10 albums:
1. DO IT – Stray Kids
2. Wicked: For Good
3. The Life of a Showgirl – Taylor Swift
4. I’m the Problem – Morgan Wallen
5. KPop Demon Hunters
6. So Close to What – Tate McRae
7. The Art of Loving – Olivia Dean
8. Hazbin Hotel: Season 2
9. One More Time – Aerosmith & YUNGBLUD
10. Finally Over It – Summer Walker
On the Hot 100, The Fate of Ophelia was #1 for the eighth week, tying Taylor Swift’s previous record for Anti-Hero. Translation: expect to see another variant released this week to boost Ophelia sales so that Taylor can break her record and get a ninth week at #1.
Ophelia is the first song to spend its first eight weeks on the Hot 100 at #1 since Olivia Rodrigo’s Drivers License in 2021. 86 other songs have debuted at #1 on the Hot 100. One Sweet Day by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men holds the record, spending its first 16 weeks on the chart at #1.
The other songs in the top 3 remained the same for the sixth week in a row with KPop Demon Hunters’ Golden at #2 and Alex Warren’s Ordinary at #3. Olivia Dean’s Man I Need maintained #4 for the third week in a row. Mutt by Leon Thomas dropped from #6 to #9, and Taylor Swift’s Opalite fell from #5 to #10.
The Queen of Christmas Mariah Carey jumped to #5 with her perennial classic All I Want for Christmas Is You, followed by three more holiday songs. AIWFCIY actually beat Ophelia in streams last week (AIWFCIY had 22 million streams while Ophelia had 21.6 million streams), but Ophelia had 25,000 sales, thanks in large part to the new Chainsmokers remix that was released last week.
AIWFCIS has collectively held the #1 spot for 18 weeks (3 weeks in 2019, 2 weeks in 2020, 3 weeks in 2021, 4 weeks in 2022, 2 weeks in 2023, and 4 weeks in 2024). The current record for most weeks at #1 is a tie between A Bar Song (Tipsy) by Shaboozey and Old Town Road by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, which were both #1 for 19 weeks. Mariah needs one week at #1 to tie the record and two weeks to set a new record.
This week’s top 10 singles:
1. The Fate of Ophelia – Taylor Swift
2. Golden – KPop Demon Hunters
3. Ordinary – Alex Warren
4. Man I Need – Olivia Dean
5. All I Want for Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey
6. Last Christmas – Wham!
7. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee
8. Jingle Bell Rock – Bobby Helms
9. Mutt – Leon Thomas
10. Opalite – Taylor Swift
The other songs from The Life of a Showgirl have continued to drop steeply. Aside from Ophelia and Opalite, there are only 5 songs left in the top 100. Honey fell off the chart last week and this week Wood, Actually Romantic, Eldest Daughter, and CANCELLED! disappeared from the top 100 too. The remaining songs:
53. Elizabeth Taylor – Taylor Swift
69. Father Figure – Taylor Swift
71. Wi$h Li$t – Taylor Swift
80. The Life of a Showgirl
98. Ruin the Friendship – Taylor Swift
Four of the songs from Wicked: For Good debuted on the Hot 100 this week:
43. For Good – Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
56. No Good Deed – Cynthia Erivo
91. As Long As You’re Mine – Cynthia Erivo & Jonathan Bailey
100. The Girl in the Bubble – Ariana Grande
Holiday songs are already beginning to take over the Hot 100 chart. In addition to the four songs in the top 10, there are almost 20 more holiday songs on the chart this week:
13. Santa Tell Me – Ariana Grande
17. It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Andy Williams
18. The Christmas Song – Nat King Cole
19. Underneath the Christmas Tree – Kelly Clarkson
20. Sleigh Ride – The Ronettes
21. It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas – Michael Bublé
22. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! – Dean Martin
23. Feliz Navidad – José Feliciano
24. A Holly Jolly Christmas – Burl Ives
25. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – Darlene Love
31. Jingle Bells – Frank Sinatra
34. White Christmas – Bing Crosby
38. It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas – Perry Como
39. Run Rudolph Run – Chuck Berry
42. Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) – Gene Autry
45. Deck the Halls – Nat King Cole
49. Santa Baby – Eartha Kitt
50. Blue Christmas – Elvis Presley