Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” achieves a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking its entire duration on the chart thus far.
To support the song’s ongoing dominance on the Hot 100, Swift released its “Alone in My Tower Acoustic Version” for digital purchase on Oct. 28, just after 4:30 p.m. ET, ahead of the tracking week’s end on Oct. 30. (A CD single of the new mix, along with its instrumental, and a CD single of the original version and its instrumental were available for pre-order in Swift’s webstore from late Oct. 30 through the afternoon of Oct. 31; those CD sales will influence charts once singles are shipped.)
Meanwhile, after first appearing on the Hot 100 in 2016, Kehlani achieves her first top 10 on the chart, as “Folded” rises seven spots to No. 7, boosted by high-profile remixes released on Oct. 24.
Check out the complete rundown of this week’s Hot 100 top 10 below.
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‘Ophelia’ Streams, Airplay & Sales
“The Fate of Ophelia” garnered 29.1 million official streams (down 13%) and 54.5 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 10%) while selling 22,000 copies (up 236%) in the United States from Oct. 24-30.
The single secures a fourth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart and a third week atop Digital Song Sales while maintaining its No. 5 position on Radio Songs.
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Swift: 40 Career Weeks at No. 1
“The Fate of Ophelia” marks Swift’s 13th career Hot 100 No. 1, tying her for the fourth-most in the chart’s history.
Swift now holds the eighth-most weeks spent at No. 1 on the Hot 100, as “The Fate of Ophelia” increases her total to a milestone of 40 weeks, breaking her tie with Bruno Mars:
- 97 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, Mariah Carey
- 60, Rihanna
- 59, The Beatles
- 56, Drake
- 50, Boyz II Men
- 47, Usher
- 46, Beyoncé
- 40, Taylor Swift
- 39, Bruno Mars
- 37, Michael Jackson
Beyoncé’s total above does not include her 17 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 as a member of Destiny’s Child; Jackson’s total does not include his ten weeks atop as part of the Jackson 5.
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Hot 100 No. 1s for a Month or More
Swift also ties for the fifth-most Hot 100 No. 1s that have dominated for four or more weeks; “The Fate of Ophelia” becomes her fifth such hit. Here’s a look at artists with the most long-leading hits (with their overall No.1 totals in parentheses):
- 7 four-week-plus Hot 100 No.1s, Mariah Carey (19 total No.1s)
- 7, Rihanna (14)
- 6, Beyoncé (9)
- 6, Usher (9)
- 5, The Beatles (20)
- 5, Drake (13)
- 5, Bruno Mars (9)
- 5, Katy Perry (9)
- 5, Taylor Swift (13)
Swift’s five Hot 100 No.1s that have led for at least four weeks each are: “Anti-Hero” (eight weeks beginning Nov.5,2022); “Blank Space” (seven weeks beginning Nov.29,2014); “The Fate of Ophelia” (four weeks beginning Oct.18,2025); “Cruel Summer” (four weeks beginning Oct.28,2023); and “Shake It Off” (four weeks beginning Sept.6,2014).
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No.1 Record Extended Atop Billboard 200 & Hot 100
Image Credit: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggot It was previously reported that “The Fate of Ophelia” parent album The Life of a Showgirl adds a fourth week atop the Billboard 200 chart after its record-setting debut with four million equivalent album units three weeks earlier.
swift’s concurrent dominance over Billboard‘s top album and song charts reaches historic heights; among the sixteen instances where acts launched atop both charts simultaneously,The Life of a Showgirl and “The Fate of Ophelia” represent the first occurrence where an artist maintains both titles for their first four weeks.
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Swift & ‘Showgirl’: Three in Top Ten
swift places three songs in the top ten of this week’s Hot100; all from The Life of a Showgirl, following her four top tens last week and eight two weeks ago:
- No.1 this week is “The Fate of Ophelia” (No.1 last week)
- No.4 is “Opalite” (No.4 last week/No.2 peak)
- No.8 is “Elizabeth Taylor” (No.5 last week/No.3 peak)
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Kehlani’s First Hot100 Top Ten
Image Credit: Brianna Alysse Kehlani collects her first Hot100 top ten as “Folded” jumps from fourteen to seven with thirteen million streams (up thirty-five percent), thirty-two point nine million in airplay audience (up eleven percent), and three thousand sold (up seventy-four percent) during the tracking week; it also becomes Kehlani’s first top ten on Streaming Songs (from twenty-eight to ten) and Radio Songs (from eleven to eight).
To help propel “Folded,” six remixes were released on October twenty-four as an “Homage Pack,” one each featuring Toni Braxton, Brandy, JoJo, Mario, Ne-Yo and Tank; all versions except for Tank’s contribute to its singular chart listing due to Kehlani’s vocals being much more minimized than on others; meanwhile Kehlani remains credited as the only artist on Hot100 since none of its remixes outperformed the original in consumption for that week.
The Oakland native has charted eighteen entries on Hot100 including two top forty hits besides “Folded,” both via featured roles on Cardi B songs: “Safe” debuted and peaked at twenty-six in October while “Ring” debuted and peaked at twenty-eight in two thousand eighteen; Kehlani first appeared on charts with “Gangsta” in August two thousand sixteen proving that persistence pays off as her wait between first appearing on charts and hitting top ten marks longest since Kacey Musgraves took ten years eight months and two weeks from “Merry Go Round” in two thousand twelve through Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything,” where she is featured in two thousand twenty-three.
“Folded” also becomes Kehlani’s first number one on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs rising one spot each multimetric chart.
Billboard recently asked Kehlani what she would say to her ten-year-younger self; among other advice she said: “Lock in focus on your relationship with God perfect your craft take your time have fun.”
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Rest of Top Ten: ‘Golden’ & More
HUNTR/X’s “Golden,” from Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters , remains steady at No .2onHot100 after eight weeks atNo .1startinginAugust.
Alex Warren’s “Ordinary,” which ledHot100for tenweeks startinginMay , holdsatNo .3while toppingRadioSongsfor landmarktwentiethweek(78 .5millioninaudience , down1%). Onlytwoothersongshave reachedtwentyorweeksatopairplaytally : Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song(Tipsy)”(27 ,beginninginAugust2024)andTheWeeknd’s “BlindingLights”(26 ,startinginApril2020).
Olivia Dean’sfirstHot100entry,”Man I Need,”becomesherfirsttopfivehit,rising8 -5,andJustinBieber’s”Daisies”pushes7 -6afterreachingNo .2 .
MorganWallen’s”I GotBetter”holdsatNo .9onHot100afterreachingNo .7asitleadsthemultimetricHotCountrySongschartforfourthweek,andLeonThomas’Mutt sitsatitsNo .10Hot100high.
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