Michael Jackson, ILLIT, Mariah Carey & More: Chart Highlights

All of Billboard 's charts update each Tuesday. 11/10/2026 Michael Jackson sings at halftime during Super Bowl XXVII at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. Rick Stewart/Allsport Tuesday is new Billboard chart day each week!

As all charts update each Tuesday, here’s a look at highlights of the latest rankings dated Nov. 14 and reflecting the Oct. 30-Nov.

5 measurement week, according to data tracker Luminate. Among this week’s chart stars are Michael Jackson , ILLIT, Ella Langley, Teddy Swims and Mariah Carey. The late King of Pop’s Thriller vaults 13-2 on the Billboard 200 , scoring its highest rank on the list since 1984, when it logged its 37th and most recent week on top.

The set continues to hold the record for the most weeks at No. 1 for a title by a singular artist. On the Billboard Hot 100 , “Thriller” hits a new No.

2 high, surpassing its prior No. 4 best in 1984. Jackson appears in the charts’ top two simultaneously for the first time since January 1992, when “Black or White” was in its seventh and last week atop the Hot 100 and parent album Dangerous ranked at No.

2 following four weeks leading the Billboard 200. It’s the 26th total week in which he’s been No. 1 or No.

2 on the charts together, dating to his first double-up in March 1983, also via Thriller , which led the Billboard 200 as “Billie Jean” ruled the Hot 100. Thriller is also No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for a milestone 40th week, while the title cut, thanks to Halloween play, roars to the top of both Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales for the first time.

Read on for more key highlights from this week’s Billboard charts below. For a deeper dive into all of the above and more, go to Billboard ’s Chart Beat hub, sign up for the weekly Chart Beat newsletter , among other e-blasts, and browse the full menu of Billboard ’s charts, which refresh every Tuesday (and each Wednesday during holiday weeks).

Ella Langley “Choosin’ Texas” claims a record-extending 27th week atop the Hot 100. Tame Impala & JENNIE “Dracula” ascends two spots to a new No. 3 Hot 100 best.

With the rise, JENNIE ties her BLACKPINK bandmate ROSÉ for the highest rank on the chart by a woman prominent in K-pop (Korean pop). Bruno Mars and ROSÉ’s “APT.” peaked at No. 3 in February last year.

ILLIT Image Credit: Swan Gallet/WWD The act achieves its first Top Album Sales No. 1 and first Billboard 200 top 10 with Break Even . BigXthaPlug Better Over Time debuts as his first Top Rap Albums No.

1, third Billboard 200 top 10 and third leader on Independent Albums. Nickelback Everything Under the Sun launches as the group’s fourth Top Hard Rock Albums No. 1.

Meanwhile, the set’s “Make Me Love You” enters Pop Airplay at No. 37, returning the band to the chart 15 years to the week since its last debut (“When We Stand Together”). Nickelback boasts two Pop Airplay leaders, starting with “How You Remind Me,” which reigned for 10 weeks in 2001-02.

Mariah Carey Image Credit: Lexie Moreland/WWD Carey reenters the Billboard 200 with two albums: Merry Christmas and Glitter . The latter places on the chart for the for the first time since 2001, sparked by its 25th anniversary reissue. The sets are top five, respectively, on Top Holiday Albums and Soundtracks.

“The making of this album was filled with so much joy, and I’m so happy that it’s back out in the world for us to enjoy,” Carey beamed on X of Glitter Oct. 30. “For this deluxe edition, I loved going back in the vault and finding demos, a fun live medley and a couple of unreleased songs that I always felt belonged on the original album.

I hope you love this album as much as I do!!” Andrew Gold The late artist is No. 1 on a Billboard chart for the first time, as Andrew Gold’s Halloween Howls: Fun & Scary Music tops Kid Albums. The long-viral “Spooky, Scary Skeletons,” from the set and released in 1996, debuts in the Hot 100’s top 40, where he last ranked in 1978 with “Thank You for Being a Friend.” Teddy Swims The singer-songwriter adds his second Pop Airplay No.

1 with “Mr. Know It All.” Los Ángeles Azules & TINI “Pa’ Él” tops Regional Mexican Airplay, where it’s the acts’ respective ninth and first No. 1.

Boney James & Larry Carlton “Storybook” becomes the former’s record-extending 23rd Smooth Jazz Airplay No. 1 and the first for the latter, and fellow genre cornerstone. Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox Sign Up