Taylor Swift’s The Fate of Ophelia has reached the No. 1 spot on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts, leading each list for a third total week. The song spent its first two weeks on each tally at the summit in October.
The Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.
Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.
The Fate of Ophelia tops the Global 200 with 82.7 million streams (down 5% week-over-week) and 35,000 sold (up 199%) worldwide in the week ending Nov 27. Helping spark its sales surge, its remix with the Chainsmokers was released digitally Nov 25.
Golden by HUNTR/X (the singing trio of EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI), from Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters, drops to No 2 after 17 weeks atop the Global 200 beginning in July.
Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You jumps 6-3 on the Global 200 with 55.5 million streams (up 41%) and 3,000 sold (up 34%) worldwide. The carol has spent a record 19 weeks at No 1.
Olivia Dean’s Man I Need slips to No 4 from its No 3 Global 200 best, and Alex Warren’s Ordinary falls 4-5, following 10 weeks on top beginning in May.
Two holiday classics return to the Global 200’s top 10, with WHAM!’s Last Christmas up 12-6, with 50.8 million streams (up 43%) and 2,000 sold (up 50%) worldwide, and Brenda Lee’s Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree climbing 24-10, with 35.3 million streams (up 51%) and 1,000 sold (up 32%) globally. The songs have both hit No 2 highs on the chart.
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