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"Dai Dai" tops the United World chart for a 7th straight week with 347,000 points, including 254,000 points from streaming, 29,000 points from sales and 64,000 points from Global Airplay (up 7%)! It's Shakira's first United World chart topper in 20 years and her 3rd overall after "Whenever Wherever" which ruled the chart for 10 weeks (week 10 - 21, 2002), and "Hips Don't Lie" which held at #1 for 16 weeks (week 21 - 36, 2006)! "Dai Dai" is Burna Boy's 1st United World chart #1 hit! It's the first official World Cup anthem to top the United World chart! Shakira's former FIFA World Cup song, "Waka Waka", peaked at #6 on the United World chart in July 2010 with 229,000 weekly points! "Dai Dai" scores a 7th straight week atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. with 41.8 million streams and 4,000 sold outside of the U.S. as per Luminate! It's Shakira's 2nd chart topper on the Global Excl. US after "TQG", and Burna Boy's 1st! Burna Boy is the 2nd Nigerian Artist in history to reach #1 on the Global Excl. US! "Dai Dai” is #3 on this week's Global 200 after topping the chart for 4 weeks! It's Shakira's 2nd Global 200 No. 1, following “TQG,” with Karol G, which debuted atop the chart in March 2023, and Burna Boy's 1st Global 200 chart topper! "Dai Dai" is the first official World Cup anthem to reach No. 1 in Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. US chart history! "Dai Dai" was released on 15 May 2026 via Ace Entertainment and Sony Music Latin as the official anthem for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America. Legends of football are mentioned in the song including Pelé, Diego Maradona, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and Mohamed Salah! It marks the 4th official FIFA World Cup song performed by Shakira and the first since "La La La (Brazil 2014)" for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. "Dai Dai" has topped the Global Spotify Daily song chart for over 4 weeks so far, and is the 2026 song and female song with the most days at #1 on Global Spotify this year and the 3rd overall! It has topped the Worldwide iTunes song chart for almost 5 weeks! It topped the Worldwide Apple Music song chart for 11 days & is still #1 on European Apple Music for a 7th week! It reigns atop YouTube's most watched videos Worldwide Rank for almost 7 weeks and is the World's Most watched 2026 video with over 772 Million views and over 7M likes! It's the 8th Fastest MV to hit 700M in YouTube history! It's Shakira's fastest MV to reach this Milestone and Burna Boy's 1st! Shakira has now the two most viewed performances on YouTube of the 2026 FIFA World Cup with her Opening performance and Final Halftime Show! Shakira is now the #1 Artist with the highest monthly audience in YouTube history (1,040 Billion) and and has broken the All-Time audience record for a Female Artist across Spotify and YouTube Music combined! In the U.S. "Dai Dai" has reached #17 so far on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the highest charting World Cup Anthem ever on the US chart! It's Shakira's 9th Top 20 hit on the Hot 100! ‘Dai Dai’ is the first song by a female Latin artist to enter the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 since ‘TQG’ in 2023! It has also reached #1 on the US World Digital Song sales chart and the US Latin Airplay, extending Shakira's record on the latter for the most #1 songs on the chart for a female artist in history (25)! It has reached new peaks his week tat #7 on US Rhythmic Airplay and #26 on US Pop Airplay! "Dai Dai" is Shakira's 6th Top 5 hit on the Digital Song Sales chart. "Dai Dai" has reached #3 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100! It's Shakira's 1st Top 10 hit in Canada since 2009 and Burna Boy's 1st ever Top 10 hit! "Dai Dai" scores a 9th week at #1 on the Swiss official chart, becoming the hit with the longest run at #1 so far this year! "Dai Dai" is #1 on the Official German chart for a 6th straight week! "Dai Dai" is #1 on the French SNEP chart for a 5th straight week! "Dai Dai" has reached #2 on the Official Promusicae singles chart in Spain and has reached #1 on the Airplay chart! The song has been certified Platinum for over 100,000 sales units! "Dai Dai" holds at its peak of #2 on the Official UK chart! "Dai Dai" has reached a peak of #10 on the ARIA chart in Australia and is #13 this week! "Dai Dai" has now reached #1 on the weekly charts in 35 countries including Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, MENA, the Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain (Airplay), Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, the UAE & Venezuela, and has topped the Central America Airplay chart (Monitor Latino), the Central America & Caribbean Airplay chart and the Latin America Anglo Airplay chart! "Dai Dai" has been certified 2x Platinum (Latin) by the RIAA (120,000) in the US, Platinum in France (200,000), Portugal (25,000), (Slovakia (1.7M streams) & Spain (100,000), Gold in Colombia, Czech Republic (2,5M streams), Greece (1M streams), Hungary (20,000) & Silver in the UK (200,000°


WORLD'S #1 ARTIST OF 2025

Posted on June 30, 2026

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Taylor Swift tops the IFPI Global Artist Chart for a 6th year and a 4th consecutive (2014, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025), extending her record as the Artist with the most #1's in IFPI Global Artist Chart History!

   

IFPI Global Artist Chart 2025 (Top 10)

 

  1. Taylor Swift
  2. Stray Kids
  3. Drake
  4. The Weeknd
  5. Bad Bunny
  6. Kendrick Lamar
  7. Morgan Wallen
  8. Sabrina Carpenter
  9. Billie Eilish
  10. 10.  Lady Gaga 

 


WORLD'S #1 ALBUM OF 2025

Posted on June 30, 2026

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Taylor Swift's’The Life of a Showgirl ‘ was the Best-Selling Album of 2025 globally.

 

IFPI Global Album Chart 2025 (Top 10)

 

  1. Taylor Swift – The Life of a Showgirl
  2. Morgan Wallen – I'm The Problem
  3. Various Artists – K-Pop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack)
  4. Bad Bunny – DEBÍ TIRAR MÁS FOTOS
  5. Sabrina Carpenter – Short n' Sweet
  6. Stray Kids – KARMA
  7. SZA – SOS
  8. Billie Eilish – HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
  9. Lady Gaga – MAYHEM
  10. 10.  Mrs. GREEN APPLE

WORLD'S #1 SINGLE OF 2025

Posted on June 30, 2026

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The IFPI #1 Global Single of 2025 is "APT." by ROSÉ and Bruno Mars is the #1 IFPI Global Single of the Year with 2.06 billion equivalent units ! It’s the first #1 single in the IFPI chart's history with non-English lyrics and a lead artist who is not from the US or Europe.

 

IFPI Global Single Chart 2025 (Top 10)

 

  1. "APT." – ROSÉ and Bruno Mars (2.06 billion)
  2. "Golden" – HUNTR/X (2 billion)
  3. "Ordinary" – Alex Warren (1.9 billion)
  4. "Die With A Smile" – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars (1.86 billion)
  5. "Beautiful Things" – Benson Boone (1.35 billion)
  6. "Birds Of A Feather" – Billie Eilish (1.29 billion)
  7. "Lose Control" – Teddy Swims (1.24 billion)
  8. "luther" – Kendrick Lamar & SZA (1.18 billion)
  9. "That's So True" – Gracie Abrams (1.07 billion)

10. "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar (1.06 billion) [1]


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"Billie Jean" earned another 224,000 points this week on the United World chart, including 190,000 points from streaming, 29,000 points from sales and 5,000 points from global airplay (up 17%)! It's the third time that 'Billie Jean' has reached the top 3 of the United World chart. The song was 7 weeks at No. 1 in March/April 1983, and placed No.2 on the Year-End Chart 1983. After Michael Jackson's sad passing, it re-peaked at No. 3 in the calendar week 28, 2009! Michael's "Beat It" lifts 8-7 on this week's United World chart scoring another 172,000 points while his iconic hit "Human Nature" lifts to #23 (+3) with 112,000 points! His epic "Smooth Criminal" holds at #35 with 96,000 points while his smash hit "Chicago" enters the chart at #37 with 95,000 points! Michael's self-written "Billie Jean" was released by Epic Records on January 2, 1983, as the 2nd single from Jackson's 6th studio album, 'Thriller' (1982) and was produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones. "Billie Jean" reached #1 in the UK, Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, Switzerland and Belgium, and top ten in many other countries, becoming one of the best-selling singles of 1983, and Michael's best-selling single, helping 'Thriller' become the best-selling album of all time. "Billie Jean" was certified diamond in the US, selling 18 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the highest-selling singles of all time. On May 15, 2026, “Billie Jean” surged back to the top of the international charts, after the huge success of the Biopic 'Michael', and reached No. 1 on the Global Spotify Chart for the very first time. It also reached No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 shortly afterwards, and #3 on the Billboard Global Excl. US! "Billie Jean" rebounds 8-3 on this week's Billboard Global 200 and holds at its peak at #2 on the Billboard Global Excl'US! Upon its release, "Billie Jean" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and topped the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart within three weeks, becoming Michael's fastest-rising No. 1 single since his time as a member of the Jackson 5. It rockets 32-19 on this week's Hot 100 with Michael extending his record as the only artist in history to earn a new Billboard Hot 100 entry in six consecutive decades (1970s–2020s)! Billie Jean lifts 4-3 on this week's Official UK singles chart, after peaking at #1! "Billie Jean" has so far reached #1 in Australia, Belgium (Flanders), Canada, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Middle East & North Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the UAE, the UK & the US. It has also reached #2 in Austria, Finland, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa & Sweden, #3 in Bolivia, Ecuador, Italy, Lithuania & Zimbabwe, #4 in Peru & Portugal, #5 in Saudi Arabia, #6 in Norway & Slovakia, #7 in Chile, #8 in Denmark & Jamaica, #10 in Malaysia, #11 in Costa Rica, #12 in Romania, #14 in Czech Republic & North Africa, #15 in New Zealand, #18 in Mexico, #23 in Singapore, #28 in Poland, #36 in Croatia, #38 in Belgium (Wallonia), #47 in Israel, #70 in Kazakhstan & #76 in Japan! It has been certified 3x Diamond in Mexico (1,05M), Diamond in the US (10M), 9x Platinum in Australia (630k), 7x Platinum in New Zealand (210k), 5x Platinum in the UK (3M), 4x Platinum in Denmark (360k) & Spain (400k), 3x Platinum in Portugal (75k), 2x Platinum in Italy (140k), Platinum in Austria (100K) & France (1M) and 3x Gold in Germany (900k) and Gold in Japan (100k) & Spain (20k)! The "Billie Jean" music video, directed by Steve Barron, was the first performance by a black artist to be aired non stop on MTV and helped videos become an integral part of popular music marketing. "Billie Jean" won 2 Grammy Awards and an American Music Award. Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1983. In 2000, Rolling Stone and MTV ranked "Billie Jean" the 6th-greatest pop song since 1963. Rolling Stone placed it at No. 58 on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004, and at No. 44 in its updated 2021 list. The song was also included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.




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