Taylor Swift is #1 on the United World Chart for a 3rd week! The Superstar holds atop the Global Digital Artist rank for a 25th day since the release of 'evermore' which is #1 on the Worldwide Apple Music Album Chart  for a 27th day and #1 on the Worldwide ITunes Album Chart for a 20th day following the release of her new deluxe version! 

'evermore' scores a 3rd week at no.1 on the United world chart after selling another 153,000 units. According to the United World Chart 'evermore' has sold 874,000 official units so far excluding China where she is the top-selling foreign Artist. As per Republic Records, 'evermore' sold over 1 Million Records in its 1st week globally including China. 'evermore' is Taylor's 9th studio album, released on December 11, and is a "sister album" to 'folklore' which was released 5 months earlier. The critically acclaimed album was a huge commercial success, debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 in America, with Swift becoming the first woman in American history with 8 consecutive number-one debuting albums!  All 15 of 'evermore' tracks entered the Billboard Hot 100 the same week, with the lead single, "Willow", becoming her 7th No.1 single on the chart. Swift became the first act to simultaneously debut atop both Billboard 200 and Hot 100 charts twice! 'evermore' also hit #1 in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK where she also broke the record for fastest female artist to score 6 No. 1 albums in the UK, and the fastest female Act to score 2 x No. 1 albums in Australia! 

Taylor's album 'folklore', released via Republic Records on July 24, broke many streaming records, and won the Guinness World Record for the biggest opening day on Spotify for an album by a female artist. According to Republic Records, 'folklore' sold two million copies in its first week globally! It reached No. 1 in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK and many other countries. 'folklore' is also the best-selling album of 2020 in America. It spent 8 weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200, making it the longest-running chart-topper since 2017. All of its 16 tracks entered the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously. The lead single "Cardigan" became Swift's 6th US number-one single, with the hitmaker becoming the first act to debut atop both the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 simultaneously! 'folklore' topped genius lyrics, the "only album of 2020 to surpass the million mark in 2020! The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards has nominated  'folklore' and its songs for 5 awards including Album of the Year, Song of the Year for "Cardigan", and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Exile". 'Folklore' is considered the exemplary quarantine album, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential albums of 2020. Taylor is the only artist to have two of the most acclaimed albums of 2020 with 27 and 28 reviews!

Back to this week's United World Chart, Japanese Duo Kinki Kids scored the highest debut of the week with their latest 'O Album',  landing at #2 on the United World Chart with 136,000 equivalent sales in its 1st week.

New entry at #3 for Playboi Carti's 'Whole Lotta Red' after selling 124,000 units in its 1st week globally!

Former chart topper, Michael Bublé's 'Christmas' album lifts 6-4 after selling another 89.000 units and 13.822.000 so far! Its the best-selling holiday album of All time!

Real Pop Smoke's former chart topping album, 'Shoot for The Stars,  Aim For The Moon', reenters the Top 10 at #5 in its 24th week on the chart, selling another 82,000 units and 3,260,000 so far!

BTS's former chart topper 'BE' reenters the Top 10 at #6 after seling another 76,000 equivalent units and 3.362.000 so far!

Ariana Grande's chart topping album, 'Positions', reenters the United World Top 10 at #7, selling another 75,000 units and 1,104,000 so far while former #1, AC/DC's 'Power Up' holds at #8 in its 7th week after selling another 75,000 units and 1,082,000 units so far!

New entry at #9 for Lil Durk's new album 'The Voice', after selling 74,000 units in its first week, while Harry Styles' 'Fine Line' reenters the United World Top 10 at #10, in its 29th week, with sales of 64,000 and 4,061 million so far!

Taylor opens 2021 atop the United World Chart for a 2nd week, and at #1 on the Global Digital Artist Rank for an 18th day since the release of 'evermore' which tops the Worldwide Apple Music Album Chart for a 20th day and the Worldwide ITunes Album Chart for a 14th!

'evermore' scores a 2nd week at no.1 on the United world chart after selling another 271,000 units. According to the United World Chart 'evermore' has sold 721,000 official units so far excluding China where she is the top-selling foreign Artist. As per Republic Records, 'evermore' sold over 1 Million Records in its 1st week globally including China. 'evermore' is Taylor's 9th studio album, released on December 11, and is a "sister album" to 'folklore' which was released 5 months earlier. The critically acclaimed album was a huge commercial success, debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 in America, with Swift becoming the first woman in American history with 8 consecutive number-one debuting albums!  All 15 of 'evermore' tracks entered the Billboard Hot 100 the same week, with the lead single, "Willow", becoming her 7th No.1 single on the chart. Swift became the first act to simultaneously debut atop both the Billboard 200 and the Hot 100 charts twice! 'evermore' also hit #1 in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK where she also broke the record for fastest female artist to score 6 No. 1 albums in the UK, and fastest female Act to score 2 x No. 1 albums in Australia! 

Taylor's album 'folklore', released via Republic Records on July 24, broke many streaming records, and won the Guinness World Record for the biggest opening day on Spotify for an album by a female artist! According to Republic Records, 'folklore' sold two million copies in its first week globally! It reached No. 1 in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK and many other countries. 'folklore' is also the best-selling album of 2020 in America. It spent 8 weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200, making it the longest-running chart-topper since 2017. All of its 16 tracks entered the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously. The lead single "Cardigan" became Swift's 6th US number-one single, with the hitmaker becoming the first act to debut atop both the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 simultaneously! 'folklore' has just topped genius lyrics, the "only album of 2020 to surpass the million mark in 2020! The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards has nominated  'folklore' and its songs for 5 awards including Album of the Year, Song of the Year for "Cardigan", and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Exile". 'Folklore' is considered the exemplary quarantine album, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential albums of 2020. Taylor is the only artist to have two of the most acclaimed albums of 2020 with 27 and 28 reviews.

Back to this week's United World Chart. Music legend Paul McCartney scored the highest debut of the week with his 18th solo album 'McCartney III' which landed at #2 with 252,000 equivalent sales. It is the top selling album of the past week in "pure" sales.

Japanese Band Hey! Say! JUMP debuts at #3 this week on the United World Chart with 'Fab! Music Speaks' after selling 250,000 units!

Korean Trot singer Kim Hojoong lands at #4 with his 'Classic Album Vol.1: My Favorite Arias' selling 240.000 equivalent units in its 1st week and occupies the 5th position with his 'Classic Album Vol.2: My Favorite Arias' which has sold 238,000 units.

Former chart topper, Michael Bublé's 'Christmas' album lifts 7-6 after selling another 158.000 units and 13.733.000 so far! Its the best-selling holiday album of All time!

Eminem's new edition of his former chart topping album, 'Music To Be Murdered By', reenters the Top 10 at #7, selling another 138,000 units and 2,003,000 so far!

Former #1, AC/DC's 'Power Up' dips 6-8 in its 6th week after selling another 137,000 units and 1,007,000 so far while former chart topper, NCT's 'Resonance Pt. 2 reenters the Top 10 at #9 after selling another 132,000 units and 601,000 so far!

Former #1, Mariah Carey's 'Merry Christmas' reenters the United World Top 10 chart at #10 with sales of 91,000 and 13,5 million so far. 'Merry Christmas' is the 2nd best-selling holiday album of all time, just 233,000 units behind Michael Bublé's 'Christmas'!

Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" kicks off 2021 on top of the United World Chart with 427.000 points. Its the 5th week atop the world chart and the 2nd week this year. The song first went to #1 on the United World Chart in December 1994, the year it was released. "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is also #1 on the new Billboard Global 200 chart for a 3rd week, up 55% with 130 million streams and 27,000 sold worldwide in the week ending Dec. 24. The Song scored the 2nd biggest streaming week since the chart began behind BTS' "Life Goes On" which hit 152.5 million streams the week of December 5. "All I Want For Christmas" is also #1 this week on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, Up 2-1 from last week with 58.5 million streams and 11,000 sold outside of the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 24.! Mariah made history 2 weeks ago, returning to the top of the US Hot 100 for a 4th week, and scoring the longest run at the top for a xmas song, while topping the Official UK chart for the first time in 26 years! The Song is back #1 this week on the US hot 100 for a 5th week and holds at #2 on the Official UK Chart for a 2nd week. "All I Want For Christmas Is You" was just certified 5x Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry, and was named the No. 1 holiday song of the decade! It's Carey's best-selling single in Great Britain! The song tops the Official German Singles chart, for a 5th week this year! "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is Mariah's biggest global hit, having topped the weekly charts in 26 countries! In 2019, the song topped the Billboard US Hot 100 for the first time in 25 years since its original release, with Mariah breaking several records, including the first artist in history to top the chart in four separate decades: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s & 2020s. The song has also peaked at #1 in Australia, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden & Switzerland. It has reached #2 in Japan, Luxembourg & Scotland, #3 in Estonia, Guatemala, Ireland, and Spain, #4 in Singapore, #5 in Belgium, #7 in Poland and #9 in Colombia & Malaysia! The track has sold over 16 million copies, and is the best-selling Christmas single by a female artist and one of the best-selling singles of all time!

'Last Christmas' by Wham! lifts 5-2 this week on the United World Chart with 316,000 points (up 42%). It's the highest position since its release in 1984, when it debuted behind Band Aid's charity single 'Do They Know It's Christmas’!

Former #1, BTS' “Dynamite”, rebounds 4-3 with 229,000 points after topping the United World Chart for 8 incredible weeks and making history as the 1st Asian Act to do so! It's BTS's first english language bop and the 1st song in 2020 to sell over 1 million downloads, scoring the biggest global sales debut of 2020 and the biggest debut of 2020 on Global Spotify!

The highest debut this week comes from the Japanese idol group, King and Prince, whose new smash hit, 'I Promise', lands at no.4 globally with 226,000 points, after debuting last week atop the Oricon chart in Japan selling 567,000 singles. 

Brenda Lee Official's "Rockin Around The Christmas Tree" shoots 9-5 on the United World Chart with 225,000 points, while former chart topper, “Dákiti", by Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez, slips 2-6 with 216,000 points after topping the chart for 2 weeks. It's the first song ever to simultaneously debut at #1 on the Hot Latin Songs chart and in the Top 10 of the US Hot 100! 

Ariana Grande's Xmas hit, "Santa Tell Me”, shoots 12-7 this week with 213,000 points while Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" lifts 11-8 on the United World Chart scoring 206,000points.

Former chart topper, "Mood", by 24kGoldn feat. iann dior, slips 4-9 in its 18th week on the chart with 205,000 points after topping the chart the week of November 21!

Michael Bublé's "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" rebounds 20-10 on the United World Chart with 198,000 points this week.