Billboard’s Top Holiday Albums chart returns for the 2025 season, with familiar favorites among the top 10 of the Nov. 1-dated list, including Vince Guaraldi Trio’s A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack, Michael Bublé’s Christmas and Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas (at Nos. 2, 3 and 5, respectively).

Leading the tally is the Christmas-meets-Halloween soundtrack to Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, which notches its 18th nonconsecutive week at No. 1.

The Top Holiday Albums chart will continue to be published on a weekly basis through early January of 2026, when it will jingle away until the next holiday season. (The chart generally returns to Billboard’s weekly chart menu every October.)

The Top Holiday Albums chart ranks the 50 most popular seasonal albums of the week in the United States based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each units equals one album sales, 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. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

As for the rest of the top 10 titles on the returning Top Holiday Albums chart, we have Sabrina Carpenter’s Fruitcake (No. 4), Bing Crosby’s Ultimate Christmas (No. 6), Frank Sinatra’s Ultimate Christmas (No. 7), Nat King Cole’s The Christmas Song (No. 8), Pentatonix’s The Best of Pentatonix Christmas (No. 9) and Andy Williams’ The Andy Williams Christmas Album.

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LAFC is bringing K-pop energy to the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs thanks to a new partnership with HYBE, marking the first-ever collaboration between the entertainment giant and Major League Soccer. For soccer and music fans looking to tune in, we’ve compiled everything you need to know to watch the match online as well as how to shop Son Heung-Min LAFC merch.

Tonight’s collaboration honors the deep connection between Los Angeles and South Korea and the Korean culture that plays a major part in the city’s identity. BMO Stadium, LAFC’s home, is no stranger to Korean culture, as the venue has quickly become a staple location of major K-pop tours. Most recently, SEVENTEEN played two shows at BMO as part of their “NEW_” world tour. As part of the sponsorship, fans can enjoy Korean-inspired eats while enjoying a choreographed light show set to HYBE artist tracks at today’s match.

“We’re honored to be chosen as HYBE’s first Major League Soccer partner. At LAFC, we know the power of passionate fan culture, and HYBE shares that same energy and commitment,” says LAFC Co-President Larry Freedman.

LAFC shared an announcement last week across social media with a video cut to BTS’ 2017 hit “MIC Drop,” a track that got the group their first track to reach the top 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Keep scrolling to learn how to stream the playoff match online as well as how to shop Son Heung-Min LAFC merch online.

How to Watch the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs

Kicking off on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 7:30 P.M. PT, the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs matches can be streamed via the MLS Season Pass on Apple TV in the US. Earlier this month, Sports Business Journal revealed that MLS and Apple are offering the league’s playoff matches to Apple TV subscribers at no additional cost.

Apple TV+ and Apple TV offer a nice selection of live sports, including Major League Baseball’s Friday Night Baseball and Major League Soccer. The MLS Season Pass features every MLS match, including pre-season, the all-star match, post-season and MLS Cup, with no blackout dates. Please note that MLS Season Pass is on Apple TV and not Apple TV+. Learn more about MLS Season Pass here.

Also, last minute tickets to the game are also available on Ticketmaster and VividSeats.

How to Shop Son Heung-Min LAFC Merch Online

Since joining the MLS this past August, LAFC star player Son Heung-Min has become a fan favorite in his home of South Korea but also in the states. After scoring his first MLS goal earlier this season, fans have voted the special moment as the MLS Goal of the Year. With his rise in popularity, Heung-Min soccer kits have been flying off the shelves this season.

Finding his home kit may be hard to come by, but there are plenty of alternative merch, including pre game kits (with options both in English and Korean), graphic tees and more worth shopping ahead of the playoffs. See below.

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Grammy-winning legend Patti LaBelle has brought her estimable music catalog to Primary Wave Music. The new partnership deal includes the singer-songwriter’s artist royalties across a catalog that encompasses 18 studio albums, three live albums, 14 compilation albums and 47 singles. To date, according to Primary Wave’s press announcement, LaBelle has sold more than 50 million records worldwide.

“We are so honored to be in business with a legend such as Ms. Labelle,” said Primary Wave partner Steven Greener in a statement. “She’s a true icon and trailblazer. We are looking forward to doing great things together.”

Among LaBelle’s memorable hits are “Lady Marmalade,” “If Only You Knew,” “New Attitude” and “On My Own.” Recorded in 1974 by the group LaBelle, “Lady Marmalade” topped the Billboard Hot 100. The song then reclaimed that peak in 2001 for five weeks when it was covered by Christina Aguilera, Mya, Pink and Lil’ Kim — whose version appeared on the film soundtrack for Moulin Rouge. “Lady Marmalade” was later chosen for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress in 2021.

“On My Own,” another of LaBelle’s aforementioned career highlights, is the singer’s duet with Michael McDonald. Released in 1986, the song reached No. 1 on the Hot 100, where it reigned for three weeks. Written by Burt Bacharach, it also earned a Grammy nomination for best performance by a duo or group. In addition to her No. 1s on the Hot 100, LaBelle counts 42 singles that have appeared on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and she has charted 20 albums on the Billboard 200.

In addition to her two Grammys and 13 nominations, LaBelle has received several other music industry accolades. Those include an American Music Award, four NAACP Image Awards and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Also an Emmy nominee, LaBelle has appeared in several films and TV programs (A Soldier’s Story, A Different World, The Masked Singer), written six books (most recently, the 20th anniversary edition of her best-selling cookbook, LaBelle Cuisine) and helms the successful food and lifestyle brand Patti’s Good Life.

Publishing company Primary Wave is home to a diverse roster of iconic singer-songwriters. Among its roster: Bob Marley, Prince, Stevie Nicks, The Doors, Whitney Houston and Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons.

A$AP Rocky spoke about working with Denzel Washington and Spike Lee on Highest 2 Lowest and said there’s a reason why he doesn’t drop music that often.

In a new interview with Perfect Magazine, Rocky explained how working with Washington and Lee on Highest 2 Lowest was a “dream come true.”

“Their dynamic alone is just historical,” Rocky said. “So I’m honored to be an honorary member of their legacy.”

Rocky also explained how he helped Lee develop his Yung Felon character, adding that at first Rocky felt, “There were a few things the character needed to become more real.”

“[Spike Lee] let me develop my character full-throttle,” Rocky said. “They put me in the right environment that was familiar with a little nostalgia, and it allowed me to take the character to different places, and borrow stories from the people I was around growing up, and their circumstances. I appreciate that he [Lee] was receptive to all my changes for my personal character.”

Rocky also spoke briefly about Don’t Be Dumb and his music career as a whole, saying he’s not so eager to drop new music because he wants to make sure it all feels right for his legacy.

“It’s about who did it the best,” Rocky said. “Everything I do is based off building legacy. That’s why I’m not so eager to just drop, drop, drop. I don’t do things to just try and stay relevant, or keep my name in the conversation. I try to do natural things, creative, ambitious things that really satisfy me.”

The comments come as Rocky continues to tease his fourth studio album Don’t Be Dumb. In an interview with GQ back in February, he said it’s been so long, fans are likely tired of hearing about the album.

“I’m in the mixing and mastering realm of it,” he told the outlet. “But I think quite frankly, people are tired of hearing about updates about the album. They’re just ready to get this sh–, you know what I’m saying? I don’t think anybody wants to hear where I’m at with it, how far is it along and all that. They just want to hear some sh– just to see where I’m at, and I promise I got some new sh– in store. I’m challenging myself. It’s like anything, I approach it with a different tactic, degree, or finesse.”

Fat Joe says he got depressed once he reached age 40 because he worried his hit-making days might be over.

On the latest episode of Joe and Jada on Tuesday (Oct. 28), Joe opened up about aging in a career that values partying and young people, and said it was hard for him to reimagine his career.

“I’ve been rapping, I’ve been in the game since I’m 19,” Joe explained. “So, when I’m about to turn 40, all I know is standing on couches and popping bottles. But that 40 hit you like a different, like… I was depressed.”

He added that people had been telling him they’d “never [seen] a rapper hit one out the park after 40,” meaning it was hard to make a hit record once you hit middle age.

“So my man Dre [from] Cool & Dre came over on my birthday. I was straight depressed and he was like, ‘Yo, Joe, you know Tina Turner ain’t have her first hit till she was 47.’ So he start breaking all this down. Made me feel a lot better,” Joe said. “‘Cause I was scared of what the future was for what we’re doing…So what we’re doing is we’re selling this brand. We’re selling this and this and that. And then, for a guy like me, it felt like, Oh, they know I’m old now.”

Jada then joined in the conversation and said he’d actually planned on retiring from rap at age 30. “I remember saying, I don’t want to rap at 30,” Jada recalled. “When 30 came, that was out of the f—king question. Then when forty came, I’m like, ‘Yo, got to live a little.’ I felt like I had a lot of more work to do.”

A lot of rappers — including Lil Wayne and Raekwon — have had plenty of success in their 40s and beyond. However, André 3000 admitted in 2023 that his age was a big factor when it came to him hanging up the microphone.

“I’m 48 years old. And not to say that age is a thing that dictates what you rap about, but in a way it does,” André told GQ. “And things that happen in my life, like, what are you talking about? ‘I got to go get a colonoscopy.’ What are you rapping about? ‘My eyesight is going bad.’ You can find cool ways to say it, but….”

Check out the full episode of Joe and Jada below.