Its consumption is down week-on-week for the first time, but Golden is No.1 for the fifth week in a row and sixth time in all for Huntr/X, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast.
Achieving consumption of 68,222 units (2,207 digital downloads, 66,015 sales-equivalent streams), it weakens 1.59%. Its 17.20% lead over nearest challenger Man I Need by Olivia Dean, shrinks to 10.41% as the latter track continues to strengthen, improving 4.46% to 61,789 units – the highest for a No.2 so far this year, as it secures its third straight week as runner-up. The last No.2 to have higher consumption was Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You, which racked up 94,170 units (187,566 without ACR) in the last week of 2024.
The two other songs from the Netflix movie soundtrack in the Top 10 – credited to Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast – both climb a place but remain below earlier peaks with Soda Pop recovering 5-4 (38,247 sales) and Your Idol rallying 8-7 (31,812 sales). Like Golden, Your Idol suffers its first dip in consumption but Soda Pop grows for the 11th week in a row, albeit by a minuscule 0.62%.
Three songs from Sabrina Carpenter’s new album, Man’s Best Friend, are in the Top 10 again this week, with Tears (3-3, 40,638 sales) and Manchild (4-6, 32,328 sales) both present and correct but My Man On Willpower, which debuted at No.7 last week is now ‘starred-out’ (23,668 sales), losing out to When Did You Get Hot?, which completes Carpenter’s trio under primary artist rules, debuting at No.9 (28,520 sales) to become her 22nd hit in all, and 11th Top 10 entry.
Sombr scores his third Top 10 hit, as 12 To 12 climbs 12-10 (26,756 sales).
No Broke Boys (6-5, 35,306 sales) by Disco Lines & Tinashe and Nice To Each Other (9-8, 29,791 sales) by Olivia Dean both climb but are below their peak positions, and have declining consumption.
In retreat ever since it debuted at No.1 five weeks ago, The Subway exits the Top 10 for Chappell Roan, falling 10-14 (21,534 sales).
One of three songs newly added to the digital edition of her latest album Mayhem, and featured in the new, second season of Netflix’s hit Gothic comedy Wednesday, The Dead Dance debuts at No.13 (21,542 sales) for Lady Gaga, becoming her 36th Top 75 and 33rd Top 40 hit. Two other new tracks on Mayhem – Can’t Stop The High and Kill For Love – fail to chart in their own right but help the album, which debuted at No.1 26 weeks ago, to achieve its highest position for 17 weeks, jumping 82-38 (3,359 sales).
Justin Bieber’s latest album, Swag, has also been extended, and spawns new hit Speed Demon (No.51, 7,890 sales), the Canadian’s 81st hit, while giving a boost to existing hits Daisies and Yukon, which rebound 13-11 (23,219 sales) and 20-17 (14,064 sales), respectively.
After announcing their first tour in seven years, with tickets already on sale for their four O2 gigs in November, Radiohead’s most popular title, 1993 No.7 hit Creep (81-71, 6,144 sales) returns to the Top 75 for the first time since 2008. It is joined not by any of their other 21 hits but by Let Down (89-73, 6,093 sales), a song from their 1997 third album, OK Computer. Both are on ACR. Creep has to-date consumption of 2,379,680 units – more than twice that of their second most-consumed track, 1998 No.4 hit No Surprises (1,121,478 units) – while Let Down, which previously peaked at No.85, is their eighth most popular track (449,550 units).
On the album chart, 1997 chart-topper OK Computer jumps 74-52 (2,655 sales) to achieve its highest chart placing since it reached No.2 in a 2017 revival, immediately after its release in expanded, remastered 20th anniversary editions.
Also new to the Top 75: Ocean (No.34, 10,536 sales), a collaboration between Calvin Harris and Canadian singer Jessie Reyez which delivers his 52nd Top 75 and 46th Top 40 hit, her third Top 75 and second Top 40 hit. They first teamed in 2019 for the uncharted Hard To Love, and worked together again, along with Sam Smith, for I’m Not Here To Make Friends, which reached No.23 in 2023, delivering Reyez’s highest chart placing. Her uncharted Lewis Capaldi collaboration, Rush, and Eminem feature Good Guy are her most-consumed titles with to-date tallies of 487,928 and 198,757 units, respectively.
Although a tube strike caused the postponement of some of their Wembley gigs this week, Coldplay reach another peak with 2000 track Sparks (19-18, 13,739 sales), while their iconic Yellow (17-19, 13,682 sales) and Viva La Vida (20-22, 12,816 sales) remain in close attendance.
There are also new peaks for: Dive (22-21, 13,366 sales) by Olivia Dean, WGFT (29-25, 12,139 sales) by Gunna & Burna Boy, Breakin’ Dishes (31-30, 11,164 sales) by Rihanna, Folded (47-41, 9,582 sales) by Kehlani and Make Me Feel (64-55, 7,126 sales) by Oskar Med K.
Overall singles consumption is up 0.60% week-on-week to 29,861,948 units, 2.80% above same week 2024 consumption of 29,048,172 units. Paid-for sales are down 5.47% week-on-week at 268,097, 13.11% below same week 2024 sales of 308,549.
