Long Island, Tate McRae is running up the charts.
Her new single “Housewife” debuted at No. 1 on Australia’s ARIA Singles Chart this week. That’s the first Australian No. 1 of her career. Her best there before? “greedy,” which stalled at No. 2 in 2023.
- Song
- “Housewife,” lead single from her fourth album (title and date not announced)
- Released
- Oct. 15, 2026, on RCA Records
- Australia
- No. 1 debut on the ARIA Singles Chart, her first
- UK
- No. 2 debut on the Official Singles Chart, behind Jamie Miller’s “Babydoll”
- Spotify
- No. 1 on the global chart, with 5.67 million first-day streams, her biggest single-day debut
Ten days, a lot of wins
The song is only ten days old. Since then Tate debuted it live at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, and Billboard readers voted it the best new music of the week with 51% of the vote, ahead of Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan.
She has called “Housewife” a song about “a woman who can’t be contained.” She wrote it with Julia Michaels and Ryan Tedder, among others.
What’s next
The U.S. verdict comes Monday, when Billboard reveals its new Hot 100. We’ll tell you where “Housewife” lands.
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Sources: ARIA, Official Charts, Billboard, Rockumweb. Photo: Patrick Cristiano, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
