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Taylor Swift's 'Opalite' Reaches No. 1, Tying Rihanna With 14 Hot 100 Leaders

A concentrated burst of physical shipments under Billboard’s updated rules powered the climb.

Overview

  • Billboard and Luminate report 168,000 weekly sales for the track, including 144,000 physical copies across one vinyl and six CD variants.
  • Official U.S. streams totaled 11.4 million for the tracking week as radio airplay rose 17% to 58.9 million impressions.
  • Timed shipments of previously sold physical editions and new remixes counted in mid‑February, creating the sales spike that lifted the song.
  • Swift initially premiered the music video with short exclusives on Apple Music and Spotify after free YouTube streams were excluded from chart calculations.
  • The single hit No. 1 in its 20th week and becomes the second chart‑topper from The Life of a Showgirl after “The Fate of Ophelia,” as Swift marked the milestone with behind‑the‑scenes posts featuring collaborators Max Martin and Shellback.