Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl holds No. 1 for a fifth week with 120K units. Florence + the Machine’s Everybody Scream debuts at No. 4, their fifth top 10 album. Tyler, The Creator’s CHROMAKOPIA reissue surges from 117 to 5.

Katy Perry’s Bandaids tops Billboard’s fan-voted poll with 44%, praised for its emotional honesty about moving on from a long-term relationship.

Perry’s manager Bradford Cobb reignites tension with Wendy’s after the chain’s planned closures and prior social media jabs. Perry responded with a post promoting self-belief.

Salt-N-Pepa, joined by DJ Spinderella, enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame—Spinderella becomes the first female DJ inductee. The trio also continues their legal battle with UMG over master rights.

Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst releases A Hundred Years or More, written while battling stage 3 pancreatic cancer, featuring collaborations with his daughters and bandmates. Out Nov 14.

Country artist Colt Ford says he saw Toby Keith during a near-death experience following a heart attack; claims Keith told him to return. Ford, aka Jason Farris Brown, has faced multiple health challenges.

Stanley Simmons, the sons of KISS’s Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, debut Body Down Dec 5 with an accompanying video and full album in progress.

Evergrey drop Oxygen! ahead of a European tour with Katatonia. The band calls it their heaviest track yet, following 2024’s Theories of Emptiness.

Tesla announce a covers project highlighting Jeff Keith’s vocals, with tracks by The Temptations and Supertramp, produced by Brian Wheat.

Top Singles:

5. Man I Need – Olivia Dean

4. Opalite – Taylor Swift

3. Ordinary – Alex Warren

2. Golden – HUNTR/X

1. The Fate of Ophelia – Taylor Swift

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