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"Hotel California" rises on two Billboard global charts while Eagles album slips on rock and Billboard 200 lists
The Eagles track climbed to No. 128 on the Billboard Global 200 and reentered the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. at No. 189 this week.
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"Hotel California" by the Eagles rose to new peak positions on two of the three Billboard charts on which it appears this week. The song climbed from No. 145 to No. 128 on the Billboard Global 200 chart, its highest position since first appearing on the ranking in September 2020.
It has now spent 146 weeks on the Billboard Global 200. "Hotel California" reentered the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart at No. 189 in its third week on the list, marking a new high for the track on that ranking.
The song first appeared on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart in January 2023. The track also reentered the Rock Streaming Songs chart at No. 25. It previously peaked at No. 3 on that list. The Eagles have two songs that have charted on the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl.
U.S. charts. Their holiday single "Please Come Home for Christmas" reached new highs on both global charts on the January 3, 2026, dated charts and entered the top 40 on each. Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) fell to No.
20 on the Top Rock Albums chart, No. 97 on the Billboard 200 chart.
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