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Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 1d

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

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 5h

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 · 5h

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 · 5h

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 · 5h

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

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 5h

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 · 1d

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

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 2d

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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Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 2d

JISOO & ZAYN’s “Eyes Closed” has entered the top 3 of US iTunes.

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 2d

HITS Daily Double reports that Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ sells 4.005 million units in its opening week, breaking the record for biggest units week in Billboard 200 history.

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 4d

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

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 4d

Every track off of Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ has already earned more points than last week’s #1 (5 days of official tracking).
The album is locked to occupy the entire top 12 of the chart this week.

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 4d

Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” is challenging for the biggest U.S. single streaming week this decade, aiming for nearly 94 million streams based on midweek forecasts.
Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” currently holds the record with 93 million streams.

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 4d

Note: The standard editions of ‘THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT’ and ‘Midnights’ (excluding the deluxe tracklist and streams) would place at at around 39M and 35M respectively.

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 4d

Albums with the highest U.S. streaming averages per song first week (OnDemand):

#1. The Life Of A Showgirl 57M streams per song (projected)
#2. CLB 35.4M
#3. Her Loss 32.1M
#4. GNX 31.6M
#5. Scorpion 29.8M
#6. TTPD 27.8M
#7. Midnights 27.5M
#8. SOUR 27.3M
#9. The Off-Season 27.1M
#10. KOD 26.9M

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 4d

Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” becomes the first song ever to surpass 100 million streams on Spotify in under 5 days.

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 4d

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ is now expected to debut with 4 million units on the Billboard 200, 3.5 million pure sales (via @hitsdd.bsky.social).

It has already surpassed Adele’s ‘25’ for biggest first week sales in U.S. history.

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 5d

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

Aiming for well over 600K in units based off of streaming alone.

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 5d

Billboard Hot 100 2025 Year-End List Week 51
︀︀Top 10 Cutoff lowered to 5,800
︀︀Passed T50 Cutoff: Mystical Magical
︀︀Passed T100 Cutoff: Free, Takedown, House Again
Passing T25 Cutoff Next Week: Golden
︀︀Passing T100 Cutoff Next Week: Folded

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 5d

Songs with the highest weekly points on the Billboard Hot 100 in the 2020s decade so far (estimated):

#1. WAP 904
#2. Dynamite 844
#3. Butter 735
#4. The Fate of Ophelia 680*
#5. I Had Some Help 674
#6. Drivers License 658
#6. Easy On Me 658
#8. Anti-Hero 616
#8. The Box 616
#10. Fortnight 601

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 6d

Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” is currently aiming for the fourth highest points week on the Billboard Hot 100 this decade (nearly 700 points).

Biggest points week since BTS’ “Butter” in 2021.

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 6d

Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” is currently at risk of falling below the top 25 and going recurrent on the Billboard Hot 100.

It has spent 77 weeks on the chart, and unofficially ranks as the biggest hit in Hot 100 history.

Talkofthefart @talkofthefarts.bsky.social · 6d

Taylor Swift’s “The Life of A Showgirl” moves 3.4 million U.S. album units with just 3 days of tracking.
The album has already broken the record for the biggest album sales week in Nielsen history; 4 days of tracking data still remaining.