I was watching this video of Vanessa Williams performing her song "The First Thing On Your Mind" and I noticed that a lot of the comments on this and another video of the song were specifically praising the album it came from as "the best thing Vanessa ever released."

Vanessa Williams (while an icon in her own right) is not really an artist that I think of as having an especially acclaimed music career- most people would only be able to name a few songs, which is why I think it was so interesting to get the perspective of her fans and see that she does have a "classic" album to her name, at least in their eyes.

Although the terms "singles artist" and "album artist" are entirely arbitrary, made-up terms, I did think it could be fun to go a bit further with this line of thinking.

If you're familiar with the discography of an artist primarily known for only a few singles (especially older ones), which album stands out as their BEST? What is it about it that makes it so good, better than the others and better than people might expect?

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Hot 50 Spotify Playlist // #1s Spotify Playlist // Every Song to Ever Chart (Credit to /u/FLLH for this amazing playlist!)

Popheads Weekly Hot 50: Week of October 26th, 2026

For this chart issue, we tracked everyone's top 10s from Thursday October 15th, 12:00 PM GMT to the next Thursday October 22nd, 11:59 AM GMT.

If you want to see the points and number of listeners for each song in the top 50 chart, click here

• Highest Debut: #1. Olivia Rodrigo - expectations (feat. Chappell Roan)
• Highest Re-Entry: #7. Olivia Rodrigo - expectations
• Biggest Gain: #10. Olivia Rodrigo - stupid song (+20)
• Biggest Decrease: #45. Troye Sivan - Love So Big It Hurts (-26)

Popheads Top 5 Bubbling Under Chart October 26th, 2026

Personal Chart of the Week

One of the joys some people have on the chart is seeing their own impact on the chart. Whether its seeing your #1 song at #1, or seeing it bubbling under, people like seeing songs they like being adored by other users. In this section, one lucky chart participant will see their own chart and the impact it had on the full chart this week. NOTE: In the case of charts exceeding 15 songs, I will trim down the lowest tie to fit the chart by using the songs that charted the highest (or are funniest). This week, we have the chart of /u/seusscannon!

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The tracking dates for the next weekly chart is October 22, 12:00 PM GMT - October 29, 11:59 AM GMT and results will come out next Monday, November 2.

How The Chart Works:

These charts are created based on how frequently each song appears in the top 10 songs/albums for all of the users signed up for the chart. If the song or album occupies that user's #1 spot in their individual chart, it receives 15 points, then 14 points for #2, so on and so forth until 6 points for #10. If there is a tie, which is a common occurrence, then the number of points is averaged across those positions, e.g. if two songs are tied for #1, both will receive 14.5 points. Oftentimes there will be multiple songs tied for the last place, in which case the number of points each song receives decreases until it bottoms out at 1 point each.

Credits

• Reddit Post Author / Chart Runner: /u/ImADudeDuh
• Video Editor: /u/rickikardashian
• Statistician: /u/RandomHypnotica

Chart Wiki

Last Week’s Chart

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