Official UK Singles Chart, Week of October 26, 2026: Top 40 and Biggest Moves

Official UK Singles Chart, week of October 26, 2026: Jamie Miller’s “Babydoll” remains at No. 1, Tate McRae’s “Housewife” holds No. 2, and Ashe’s “Stop the Wedding” climbs to No. 3. These are the results from the Official Singles Chart published Friday, October 30, 2026, the latest completed ranking available for the calendar week beginning Monday, October 26. The official chart listing is dated October 30–November 5, 2026; the comparison edition is October 23–29. The table below covers all 40 positions and the largest changes using the chart compiler’s published rankings, not platform-specific playlists or predictions.

Quick results: the top of the UK Singles Chart

At the top, the leading two songs are unchanged. “Babydoll” logs its second consecutive week at No. 1, after rising from No. 2 in the October 23 edition; its listing now shows ten chart weeks overall. “Housewife,” which debuted at No. 2 in the preceding chart, stays there for its second chart week. Ashe moves up one place to No. 3, while Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan’s “Expectations” moves from third to fourth. Sienna Spiro’s “Great Expectation” remains fifth.

The main new arrival in the Top 10 is not a debut: Sombr’s “My Body Isn’t Ready” rises from No. 13 to No. 10, its highest position in the official listing. Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s “Rein Me In” also moves up three places, from No. 11 to No. 8. This creates a modest reshuffle within the Top 10 even though the No. 1 and No. 2 spots do not change.

Official UK Singles Top 40: October 30–November 5, 2026

The following positions and prior-week ranks come from the Official Charts Company’s October 30 Top 40. “Up” and “Down” measure the change from the October 23–29 edition; a dash indicates no change. “RE” means the song has returned to the chart. For “Mimesis,” the official listing shows a last-week placeholder of −1 and one week on the chart, so no numerical weekly move is calculated.

Biggest chart climbers this week

Harry Styles — “Coming Up Roses”: No. 59 to No. 35, up 24 places. This is the largest numeric rise among the songs that finish inside the latest Top 40. It crosses the Top 40 boundary from outside last week’s list and is shown at its current peak of No. 35.

Michael Jackson — “Thriller”: No. 39 to No. 17, up 22 places. The gain is striking in the run-up to Halloween on Saturday, October 31, but the chart position alone does not establish precisely which listening behavior or promotional activity caused it. The song had returned at No. 39 the previous week; this week it moves well into the Top 20.

RAYE — “Where Is My Husband”: No. 51 to No. 40, up 11 places. The song reenters the Top 40 without being a new release or a new entry to the full Top 100. Season 25’s “Shotta’s.” improves from No. 38 to No. 30, a gain of eight positions. Robyn’s “Dancing on My Own” rises from No. 43 to No. 38, crossing back inside the Top 40. These are movements in overall UK chart ranking, not separately measured changes in streams or downloads.

New and returning songs — and the biggest falls

JADE’s “Angel of My Dreams” returns at No. 13 after being absent from the preceding Top 100 edition. It is marked as a re-entry rather than a new song. Fontaines D.C.’s “Mimesis” is shown at No. 34 with one chart week and an unusual “−1” last-week field on the official page. Because that field is not a conventional numbered prior ranking, it should not be translated into a movement such as “up 35.”

The largest numeric drop by a song remaining in the current Top 40 is Fontaines D.C.’s “Marianne,” falling from No. 12 to No. 21, down nine. Taylor Swift’s “Patient Zero” moves from No. 10 to No. 16, down six, while Fontaines D.C.’s “Japan” slips from No. 14 to No. 19, down five. The absence of a song from this week’s Top 40 does not necessarily mean it has left the full Top 100, and the table should not be used to claim otherwise.

What changed compared with the October 23 chart?

The October 23–29 official Top 40 provides the correct previous snapshot. Last week “Babydoll” took the top spot from Taylor Swift’s “Patient Zero”; in the latest release, it consolidates that lead. Tate McRae’s “Housewife” stays No. 2 after its debut, and “Expectations,” which had vaulted from No. 35 to No. 3 in the prior edition, now eases one position to No. 4. The headline story is therefore less about turnover at No. 1 and more about strong rebounds farther down the list, particularly the climbs by Harry Styles and Michael Jackson.

Rank movement should be read as a relative change in position. A climb of 24 places does not mean sales or streams rose by 24 percent, and a fall can occur even when a track maintains a substantial audience. The official chart combines qualifying consumption across multiple formats and platforms. Without published track-level week-on-week totals, the ranking does not reveal the exact percentage change in consumption for any of these songs.

Chart dates, publication schedule and methodology

The October 30 edition is not a chart covering only Monday, October 26. The UK music-chart tracking window runs from Friday through Thursday, and the next rankings are published on Friday. For this release, eligible sales and streams were gathered during October 23–29, 2026, then reflected in the chart dated October 30–November 5. That makes it the newest official chart released within the October 26–November 1 calendar week. The UK had switched to Greenwich Mean Time on October 25, so London used GMT (UTC+00:00) on its Friday, October 30 publication date.

According to the Official Charts Company’s explanation of its methodology, the Official Singles Chart combines qualifying UK physical sales, downloads, and audio and video streams from participating retailers and services. Streaming is converted into chart-equivalent units under the company’s methodology rather than each play being counted as a single purchase. The company publishes its weekly ranking on Friday and the Top 40 is featured on BBC Radio 1. It is a consolidated UK consumption chart, not a Spotify-only, Apple Music-only, or pure-sales ranking.

How to check a ranking or track a song yourself

1. Choose the exact date. Open the October 30 UK Top 40 for this edition instead of relying on a general chart page that can change each Friday.
2. Compare like for like. Use the October 23 Top 40 for the preceding week, not a monthly playlist or midweek projection.
3. Read the labels. “LW” is last week’s position, “Peak” is the song’s highest chart position, and “Weeks” shows its accumulated chart weeks. A re-entry is not the same as a debut.
4. Check positions below No. 40. When a song moves into or out of the Top 40, consult the Official Singles Chart Top 100 for its position in the wider UK ranking.
5. Keep the date attached. A chart screenshot or quoted rank without its October 30 date may be outdated after the next Friday release.

Bottom line: For the week beginning October 26, the latest published Official UK Singles Chart is the October 30–November 5 edition. Jamie Miller leads with “Babydoll,” Tate McRae follows with “Housewife,” and Ashe reaches No. 3. Harry Styles’ “Coming Up Roses” (+24) and Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” (+22) post the two biggest numerical climbs among the current Top 40, while JADE returns at No. 13. All 40 positions above are grounded in the official October 30 chart.