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Music / Charts & awards

Charts
& awards

Who is on top of the big charts this week, and who won what. We show a short summary and link to the chart or the academy that owns it.

US · singles · weekly

Billboard Hot 100

This week’s top three could not be read from Billboard’s site, so we do not repeat them here. See the chart.

Full chart at the source ↗

US · albums · weekly

Billboard 200

This week’s top three could not be read from Billboard’s site, so we do not repeat them here. See the chart.

Full chart at the source ↗

UK · singles · weekly

UK Official Charts

  1. 1PATIENT ZEROTaylor Swift
  2. 2GREAT EXPECTATIONSienna Spiro
  3. 3CLEVELANDTaylor Swift
Full chart at the source ↗

Chart week 2–8 Oct 2026 · checked 8 Oct 2026

Japan · singles · weekly

Oricon

  1. 1イチャイチャ虫日向坂46

Places 2 and 3: see the chart (their titles use characters we could not read back reliably).

Full chart at the source ↗

Sales week 28 Sep – 4 Oct 2026 · checked 8 Oct 2026

The awards calendar

Winners and chart places are copied only as short facts, with the source linked · full charts stay on the owners’ sites · checked 8 Oct 2026