Stray Kids’ HOP leads the 2025 World Albums year-end chart after seven weeks at No.1, with KARMA close behind at No.2.

21 Savage sets Dec 12 for What Happened to the Streets?, a 14-track follow-up to his Billboard 200-topping American Dream.

Trisha Yearwood announces The Mirror (Deluxe) for Jan 23 plus “The Mirror Tour,” an acoustic storytelling run with Leslie Satcher and Bridgette Tatum.

Two Metallica fans receive fines and lifetime bans from Perth’s Optus Stadium after scaling a speaker tower during a show.

Converge drummer Ben Koller survives a hit-and-run that flipped his car; ID recovered from the fleeing driver’s bumper.

Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” regains No.1 on the Hot 100 for a record-tying 19th week; Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl holds the Billboard 200 top spot for an eighth week.

Major 2025 industry deals included Tencent’s $2.4B purchase of Ximalaya, Chord Music’s $2B fundraise, Concord’s $1.76B securitization, and a $1.4B Pershing Square UMG sale, alongside moves by Warner, Pophouse, and Live Nation.

Sumerian Pictures debuts the Dec 9 teaser for The Wolf, The Fox & The Leopard, featuring Bad Omens’ “Left For Good.”

KATSEYE named TikTok’s 2025 Global Artist of the Year after 30B views and 12M creations, expanding from platform success to Grammy nods and Hot 100 entries.

TOP Albums (Billboard 200):

5. Wicked: For Good (Soundtrack)

4. DO IT (EP) – Stray Kids

3. KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack)

2. I’m the Problem – Morgan Wallen

1. The Life of a Showgirl – Taylor Swift

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