{"id":319868,"date":"2025-10-21T00:39:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T00:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/319868\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T00:39:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T00:39:15","slug":"taylor-swifts-the-fate-of-ophelia-no-1-on-global-200-second-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/319868\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift\u2019s \u2018The Fate of Ophelia\u2019 No. 1 on Global 200, Second Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/taylor-swift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/taylor-swift-life-of-a-showgirl-chart-records-broken\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">record-shattering<\/a> album The Life of a Showgirl rules the U.S.-based Billboard 200 for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/taylor-swift-showgirl-second-week-number-one-billboard-200-1236092614\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second week<\/a>, the superstar claims eight of the top 10 spots on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-global-200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billboard Global 200<\/a> chart, as well as four of the top 10 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-global-excl-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billboard Global Excl. U.S.<\/a> For a second frame, the set\u2019s \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d leads both song lists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tA week earlier, Swift held nine of the top 10 on both the Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tElsewhere, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/jisoo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JISOO<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/zayn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ZAYN<\/a> storm Global Excl. U.S. as \u201cEyes Closed\u201d debuts at No. 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tChart 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\u2019 calculations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d tops the Global 200 with 139.8 million streams (down 36%) and 20,000 sold in the week ending Oct. 16. Notably, it shows an individual sales total for the first time, after no songs were available to purchase \u00e0 la carte during The Life of a Showgirl\u2019s first week of release; in its second week, \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d was.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHere\u2019s where songs from The Life of a Showgirl rank in the top 10 on the latest Global 200:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No. 1 this week, \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d (No. 1 last week)<\/li>\n<li>No. 3, \u201cOpalite\u201d (No. 2)<\/li>\n<li>No. 4, \u201cElizabeth Taylor\u201d (No. 3)<\/li>\n<li>No. 5, \u201cFather Figure\u201d (No. 4)<\/li>\n<li>No. 7, \u201cWi$h Li$t\u201d (No. 7)<\/li>\n<li>No. 8, \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl,\u201d feat. Sabrina Carpenter (No. 8)<\/li>\n<li>No. 9, \u201cWood\u201d (No. 6)<\/li>\n<li>No. 10, \u201cActually Romantic\u201d (No. 10)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe other two songs in the Global 200\u2019s top 10: HUNTR\/X\u2019s \u201cGolden,\u201d from Netflix\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/articles\/kpop-demon-hunters-release-date-cast-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">record-breaking<\/a> animated movie KPop Demon Hunters (5-2, following 12 weeks at No. 1 beginning in July), and Alex Warren\u2019s \u201cOrdinary\u201d (14-6, after 10 weeks at No. 1 starting in May).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d leads Global Excl. U.S. with 91.7 million streams (down 27%) and 9,000 sold beyond the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAlso from The Life of a Showgirl, Swift charts in the Global Excl. U.S. top 10 with \u201cOpalite\u201d (steady at No. 3), \u201cElizabeth Taylor\u201d (4-5) and \u201cFather Figure\u201d (5-7).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cGolden\u201d holds at No. 2 on Global Excl. U.S., after 12 weeks at No. 1 since July, and Kenshi Yonexu\u2019s \u201cIris Out\u201d rebounds 13-4, after reaching No. 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tNew in the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, JISOO and ZAYN\u2019s \u201cEyes Closed\u201d debuts on the chart at No. 10 with 43.9 million streams and 5,000 sold outside the U.S. With the duet, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/blackpink-jisoo-zayn-eyes-closed-duet-listen-1236086561\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dropped Oct. 10<\/a>, JISOO, of BLACKPINK, earns her second solo top 10 on the chart, after \u201cFlower\u201d debuted at its No. 2 best in April 2023. ZAYN, formerly of One Direction, notches his first top 10 since the survey began.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Oct. 25, 2025) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Oct. 21. For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard\u2019s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLuminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. 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