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Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl adds a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Nov. 1), with 194,000 equivalent album units earned (down 43%) in the United States in the week ending Oct. 23, according to Luminate.
The Life of a Showgirl is only the second album in 2025 to spend its first three weeks at No. 1, following Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem, which spent its first eight weeks atop the list (of its total 12 at No. 1).
Elsewhere in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200, Tame Impala claims its third top five-charted album, as Deadbeat debuts at No. 4.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new, Nov. 1, 2025-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Tuesday (Oct. 28). For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X and Instagram.
Of The Life of a Showgirl’s 194,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 156,000 (down 34%, equaling 200.68 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks — it ranks at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums for a third week), album sales comprise 38,000 (down 63% — it’s No. 1 on Top Album Sales for a third week) and TEA units comprise less than 1,000 (down 42%).
The chart-topping KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack holds at No. 2 on the latest Billboard 200 (96,000 equivalent album units, down 8%) and Wallen’s I’m the Problem is stationary at No. 3 (83,000, up 5%).
Tame Impala’s first full-length studio album in five years, Deadbeat, debuts at No. 4 with 70,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, pure album sales comprise 37,000 (it debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 33,000 (equaling 41.72 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks; it debuts at No. 7 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.
Deadbeat is the third top five (and top 10) project for Tame Impala, following 2020’s The Show Rush (No. 3) and 2015’s Currents (No. 4).
The new album was preceded by a trio of charted songs: “End of Summer” (No. 20 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, No. 7 on Hot Dance/Pop Songs), “Loser” (No. 15 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs) and “Dracula” (No. 7 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, No. 19 on Alternative Airplay, No. 55 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100).
Deadbeat’s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across seven vinyl variants and five deluxe CD boxed sets (containing a copy of CD and branded merch), alongside a standard CD, cassette and digital download album.
Sabrina Carpenter’s chart-topping Man’s Best Friend is steady at No. 5 on the latest Billboard 200 (43,000 equivalent album units, down 5%) and Cardi B’s former leader AM I THE DRAMA? falls 4-6 (40,000, down 21%).
Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving is pushed down 6-7, though it gains 1% in its fourth week on the chart (and fourth week inside the top 10).
SZA’s former No. 1 SOS holds at No. 8 (31,000 equivalent album units, down 2%), Wallen’s chart-topping One Thing at a Time rises 10-9 (30,000, down 3%) and Alex Warren’s You’ll Be Alright, Kid dips 9-10 (nearly 30,000, down 7%).
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It’s official: Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau are dating.
Months after first being spotted together, the pop superstar, 41, and the former Canadian prime minister, 53, made their first public appearance as a couple on Saturday (Oct. 25).
Perry and Trudeau celebrated the singer’s 41st birthday with a date night at Crazy Horse Paris, according to TMZ. Photos from the evening show the couple leaving the theater, hand in hand and smiling.
Their relationship confirmation comes about two weeks after Perry jokingly addressed the dating rumors during her London concert on Oct. 13. While performing, she noticed a fan’s sign that read, “Katy Perry, will you marry me?”
“You heard I was single? That’s interesting,” Perry said. “You know you really should have asked me about 48 hours ago.”
She added playfully, “He’s just a little too late…,” hinting that she was already off the market.&
Before that moment, photos had surfaced of Perry and Trudeau kissing on a yacht, following earlier sightings of them dining together in Canada shortly after Trudeau attended Perry’s July concert in Montreal. The politician was even spotted singing along to “Firework” during her Lifetimes Tour stop at the Bell Centre.
Perry’s new romance comes a few months after her split from actor Orlando Bloom in early July. The couple dated on and off for nearly nine years and share a daughter, Daisy Dove.
“Due to the abundance of recent interest and conversation surrounding Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry’s relationship, representatives have confirmed that Orlando and Katy have been shifting their relationship over the past many months to focus on co-parenting,” their representatives said in a statement to Billboard at the time. “They will continue to be seen together as a family, as their shared priority is — and always will be — raising their daughter with love, stability and mutual respect.”
Trudeau also went through a public separation in August 2023, announcing his split from wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, with whom he shares three children.
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The Jonas Brothers’ performance at the 2025 World Series left some viewers scratching their heads.
On Saturday (Oct. 24), the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers faced off in game two of the World Series at Toronto’s Rogers Centre.
By the fifth inning, the score was tied 1–1 when the game paused for the annual Stand Up To Cancer tribute. Players left the field as the stadium’s giant screens lit up, and fans, athletes, and broadcasters held signs bearing the names of loved ones impacted by cancer.
Most viewers expected play to resume immediately after the emotional moment. But instead, some baseball fans were caught off guard when the Jonas Brothers appeared onstage to perform “I Can’t Lose,” from the New Jersey trio’s 2025 album, Greetings From Your Hometown.
“If the Jays lose it’s entirely on that weird Jonas Brothers performance in the middle of the game,” one person wrote on X. Another added, “I’m trying to watch the World Series and they doing a damn Jonas Brothers concert after the 5th inning.”
The social media commentary didn’t stop there. Many fans expressed frustration over what they viewed as an ill-timed interruption.
“A Jonas Brothers concert in the middle of a World Series pitcher’s duel??” one fan wrote. Another joked, “’Thank you for honoring those fighting cancer. Here’s the Jonas Brothers.’ was not on my bingo card for this World Series.”
Some even credited the brief break with shifting the game’s momentum, joking that it gave the Dodgers an edge as they went on to defeat the Blue Jays 5–1.
“Where were you when the Jonas Brothers saved the Dodgers’ season,” one commenter quipped.
Prior to Saturday’s game, the Jonas Brothers — who serve as Stand Up To Cancer ambassadors — shared their gratitude for being part of the event.
“We’re proud to celebrate our partnership with Mastercard in support of Stand Up to Cancer during such a meaningful moment at the World Series with a performance of ‘I Can’t Lose’ in tribute to this powerful campaign,” the siblings said in a statement. “As lifelong baseball fans, it’s special to be part of a moment where music and purpose come together.”
During the opening game of the 2025 World Series, MLB featured another musical moment, with Pharrell and the Voices of Fire choir performing a two-song set from their Ophaním album. Voices of Fire also delivered both the U.S. and Canadian national anthems before the first pitch.
Watch the Jonas’ Brothers 2025 World Series performance here.
Hip-Hop fans are gathered in mourning the loss of a pioneering rapper from Los Angeles’ sprawling underground Hip-Hop scene. P.E.A.C.E., a member of Freestyle Fellowship, passed away over the weekend, and social media has been flooded with moving tributes.
Details are scant regarding the passing of P.E.A.C.E., but the official Instagram account for Freestyle Fellowship shouted out the rapper in a post sharing condolences.
“Rest well brother P.E.A.C.E [flying angels emojis]. You had a great heart and you were authentic. One of West coast Hiphop royal treasures. You will be surely missed my friend,” read the caption of the post with a photo of the rapper.
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Ari Fletcher found herself fending off folks on social media after hitting send on another ridiculous thought that should have stayed inside her head.
Saturday, Fletcher hopped on X (formerly Twitter) to express her confusion about “grown folks” going to homecoming, since she thought it was only for the kids who attended the school.
“Why are grown adults at college homecoming? Is that normal? I’m genuinely asking because I didn’t go to a big college that did stuff like that. But it seems so off. I thought that was for the kids in school event,” she wrote.
It didn’t take long for the schooling to begin, with people explaining to her that homecoming was an event where alumni came back to the school to celebrate their alma mater.
“noooo it’s for alumni to come back too and show love, cook, and some alumni even give scholarships during this week to students and give back to the school in general,” one person wrote in response to Fletcher’s post.
Another person hit her with a strong “this you?” moment, reminding Fletcher that her “grown a**” went to FAMU’s homecoming a few years ago.
Instead of just accepting she was wrong about what she asked, Fletcher tried to tweet through the moment and clap back at folks who corrected her.
“Yall offended cause I made y’all feel old. I was just asking. Big and mad, literally,” she wrote.
Oh sis.
Ignorance is definitely bliss.
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George Clooney is looking back at one of the more surreal moments from his early Hollywood days — getting personally scolded by the legendary Frank Sinatra.
While attending the Los Angeles premiere of his new film Jay Kelly on Thursday (Oct. 23), the actor recalled his brushes with legendary artists like Sinatra and Tony Bennett during a time when he was trying to get a foothold in the industry.
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“I remember being on the road […] I was my Aunt Rosemary’s driver when she was singing,” Clooney told People. “And I hadn’t known her much when I was young because I lived in Kentucky. She was the Hollywood aunt. So I came out to make a living and I was her driver.”
At the time, Clooney found himself in close proximity to giants of American music, including Bennett, Sinatra and more.
“I got to drive [her] and Tony Bennett, and all of these really wonderful singers around for a year,” he said. “I got a really good life lesson in success and failure, and handling it.”
One of the more unexpected encounters came courtesy of Sinatra himself, who wasn’t thrilled with a press boycott Clooney was involved in. “I remember he was mad at me once because I led this boycott about […] some press freedoms, and he called me because people thought he was sick and there were helicopters flying over his [home],” Clooney recalled. “And he called me going, ‘It’s not working what you’re doing!’”
Still, Clooney took the confrontation in stride. “He was great,” he added. “I got yelled at by Frank Sinatra!”
Clooney, who would go on to win Oscars for both acting and producing, said those formative experiences helped shape his approach to success — especially the importance of staying grounded.
“Most of my friends, we’ve been friends for 40 years. I slept on their couch when I was broke. And they’re always around when people are giving you too much credit,” he said. “They’re the first people to remind you that they’re full of crap.”
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Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has opened up about the band’s extended break from touring, revealing that personal loss and emotional burnout contributed to the group’s seven-year absence from the stage.
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In a new interview with The Times, Yorke reflected on the final days of the band’s A Moon Shaped Pool tour in 2018, which ended with a show in Philadelphia in August that year.
“I guess the wheels came off a bit, so we had to stop,” Yorke said. “The shows felt great but it was, like, let’s halt now before we walk off this cliff.”
The band recently announced their return to live performance with a limited run of 20 shows across five European cities — Madrid, Bologna, London, Copenhagen and Berlin — kicking off Nov. 4. All dates sold out shortly after going on sale.
Yorke also addressed his personal grief following the death of his first wife, Dr. Rachel Owen, in late 2016. “I needed to stop anyway, because I hadn’t really given myself time to grieve,” he said. “My grief was coming out in ways that made me think, I need to take this away.”
He added that while music was a source of healing, it also became a painful reminder. “There have been points in my life where I’ve looked for solace in music and played the piano, but it literally hurts. Physically. The music hurts, because you’re going through trauma.”
Guitarist Ed O’Brien also spoke candidly about the toll the band’s last tour took on him, admitting that by the end of it, “I was effectively over Radiohead.” He continued, “I enjoyed the gigs but hated the rest. We felt disconnected, f—ing spent.”
That distance eventually gave way to reflection and reconnection. “I hit the bottom in 2021. And one of the things that was lovely coming out of it was realising how much I love these guys. I met them when I was 17 and I’ve gone from thinking I can’t see myself doing it again to realising that, you know, we do have some stellar songs.”
While the band is preparing for its return to the spotlight, past controversies continue to follow them. In the interview, members addressed criticism over their 2017 performance in Tel Aviv, Yorke’s confrontation with a protester during a 2024 solo show in Melbourne, and Jonny Greenwood’s collaboration with Israeli artist Dudu Tassa.
Yorke said the “low-level Arthur Miller witch-hunt” surrounding their stance on Israel and Palestine “wakes me up at night,” though Greenwood said he “politely disagreed” with boycotts of Israeli artists.
Radiohead’s upcoming European tour will be their first run of shows since 2018. Their return begins Nov. 4 in Madrid, with additional stops in London, Berlin, Bologna and Copenhagen through December.
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Hailey Bieber is opening up about whether she and her husband, Justin Bieber, are ready to expand their family.
During an appearance on the In Your Dreams With Owen Thiele podcast, posted Friday (Oct. 24), the 28-year-old Rhode Beauty founder shared that she’s definitely open to having more children following the birth of her first son, Jack Blues Bieber, in August 2024.
After host Thiele joked that she and Justin could soon have “five Biebers running around,” Hailey didn’t rule out the idea.
“I know I want more than one, but I’m not in a rush,” the model said. “I always knew I wanted to be a mom, though. Since I was a little kid, I always envisioned myself having kids. You know what’s funny? The older I’ve gotten and now that I have a kid, I think any decision anyone makes about having them or not having them is totally amazing.”
She admitted that motherhood has come with its challenges, adding that having her first child at 27 “felt a little daunting.”
“I do think there were fears around it,” Bieber said. “I didn’t know what to expect. Once they’re here, you just figure it out day by day. And it’s like every single day I’m learning about how to be a mom and what’s best for my son and what’s best for me as a mom.”
While she describes herself as “super, super, super hands-on” with 14-month-old Jack Blues, Hailey also acknowledged that she has help with childcare.
“I do have help, I have full-time help and I’m super not ashamed to say that,” she said. “And I would never shy away from talking about that because I wouldn’t be able to have my career and do the things that I do without the help, and I’m really grateful for that.”
She added, “If he’s not with me, he’s with his dad. He’s always with his family and he’s always with one of us, or with his godparents.”
Hailey also shared that she and Justin plan to take Jack along on their travels so he can experience the world alongside them.
“I think I want him to grow up in multiple places,” Bieber said. “I think we’re such travelers as a family and we were that way before we had him. So, I think I just want him to grow up traveling, which is honestly how I grew up and I love that. I learned so much.”
Hailey and Justin Bieber married in a New York City courthouse in 2018 before celebrating with a larger wedding ceremony in Bluffton, South Carolina, the following year.
Watch Hailey’s full conversation on the In Your Dreams With Owen Thiele podcast here.
