A few of music’s biggest rising stars are getting big breaks this fall, with Saturday Night Live announcing Friday (Oct. 17) that Sombr and Olivia Dean will make their musical guest debuts on upcoming episodes.

Sombr will perform on the episode airing Nov. 8, which Nikki Glaser will host. The week prior, Miles Teller will helm an episode airing Nov. 1, with Brandi Carlile serving as musical guest for the third time in her career.

Then, Dean will perform at 30 Rock on Nov. 15. Teller’s Top Gun: Maverick costar Glen Powell is set to host for the first time.

The news comes as both Sombr and Dean’s careers are taking off. The former’s breakout hit “Back to Friends” made him a Gen Z alt-pop sensation, peaking at No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100. He’s currently riding the success of his debut album, I Barely Know Her, which helped propel him to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Songwriter’s Chart.

The latter is one of the most promising singer-songwriters of 2025, earning critical acclaim for her new album, The Art of Loving. So far, the project has reached a peak of No. 7 on the Billboard 200, and Dean is currently on tour in support of the LP.

The trio of new musical guest announcements mark just the latest stars SNL has booked for this season. This weekend, Sabrina Carpenter will make her debut as host in addition to performing tracks from her Billboard 200-topping album Man’s Best Friend.

Bad Bunny also returned to SNL to host for a second time on Oct. 4, while Role Model recently made his musical guest debut.

Taylor Swift has retained the top spots on the U.K.’s Official Albums and Singles charts for a second consecutive week on the tallies dated Friday (Oct. 17).

The Life of a Showgirl holds on to the top spot on the Albums chart, while its lead single, “The Fate of Ophelia,” extends its stay at the summit of the Singles chart for a second consecutive week. The latter is the first time in three years that one of Swift’s singles has enjoyed a run of multiple weeks in the top spot. “Anti-Hero” from 2022’s Midnights earned six weeks at No. 1, while “Fortnight” (2024) and “Is It Over Now?” (2023) lasted just a single week.

The Life of a Showgirl broke numerous records on its way to No. 1 in the U.K. The record had the fastest selling opening week (423,00 units) since Ed Sheeran’s 2017 LP Divide (672,000). It also became the fastest selling album on vinyl this century in the U.K., and fastest ever since records modern Official Chart records began in 1994.

The Life of a Showgirl is her 14th U.K. No. 1 album; she also extends her lead with the most No. 1s on the U.K. Albums Chart for an international artist, and is tied for second overall with The Rolling Stones (14). The top spot is also currently a tie between The Beatles and Robbie Williams, who both have 15 apiece.

Olivia Dean takes the runner-up spot on both the Official Albums Chart and Singles Chart with The Art of Loving and its breakout song, “Man I Need,” both topping out at No. 2. Earlier this month, Dean achieved a rare double for a British artist with No. 1s on the aforementioned charts.

Fresh off his Oasis support slots, former Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft earns the No. 3 spot on the Official Albums Chart with Lovin’ You. Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend closes at No. 4, and The Weeknd’s greatest hits compilation The Highlights lands at No. 5.

On the Singles Chart, “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters ends the week at No. 3, having already enjoyed an eight-week run at the summit. Swift’s “Opalite” (No. 4) and “Elizabeth Taylor” (No. 6) continue to see success, while RAYE’s “Where Is My Husband!” lifts one place to No. 5.

Morgan Wallen delivers his 19th career No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as “I Got Better” rises two spots to top the Oct. 25-dated survey, up 13% to 32.7 million audience impressions Oct. 10-16, according to Luminate.

The Joey Moi-produced single — with seven cowriters including Wallen, Ernest, HARDY and Blake Pendergrass — becomes the fifth No. 1 from Wallen’s album I’m the Problem, released in May. One more chart-topper from the set and he’d match the six from his 2023 LP, One Thing at a Time, which remains tied for the one-album record (discounting deluxe editions) with Luke Bryan’s 2015 Kill the Lights.

Boosting the profile of “I Got Better,” its official video premiered Oct. 1.

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I’m the Problem has led Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart for its first 21 weeks, followed at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively, on the Oct. 18-dated ranking by One Thing at a Time and Wallen’s 2021 release, Dangerous: The Double Album. Together, the three projects form one of the most formidable runs in modern country music history, combining for 205 weeks at No. 1 (with a record 97 frames at the summit belonging to Dangerous).

Before topping Country Airplay, “I Got Better” completed a full-format sweep, hitting No. 1 on the Oct. 18 Hot Country Songs chart thanks to 13.2 million official U.S. streams, 31 million in radio audience and 1,000 sold. The win gave I’m the Problem four leaders on the list, equaling the output of One Thing at a Time.

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Lainey Wilson breaks into the Country Airplay top 10 (12-10) with “Somewhere Over Laredo” rising 9% to 16 million in audience. The song, which interpolates “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” from the iconic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, is her ninth top 10. It’s from the September deluxe edition of her 2024 album, Whirlwind.