taylorswift: Just a few Opalite memories to celebrate the Hot 100 #1 you guys just got this song!! I can’t even sum up my excitement and I’m so blown away by the love you’ve shown this song and video. To put this into perspective… This is actually the first time I’ve had two Hot 100 #1s off of one album since my album 1989 came out in 2014, nearly twelve years ago! I know that’s a lot of numbers but it all adds up to me being so thankful to the fans who helped make this happen by welcoming this song into your lives with open arms. Seriously bouncing off the walls about this!! Just wanted to say THANK YOU, might go buy a giant pretzel at the mall to celebrate, iykyk 🥨🌵🪨 (x)
You can find the videos from the rest of the post at the link.
Taylor Swift’s “Opalite” surges seven spots to become her 14th No. 1 on the Hot 100, and the second from her album “The Life of a Showgirl.”
The sky’s the limit for Taylor Swift’s “Opalite,” which bounds seven spots to become her 14th No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Swift ties Rihanna for the third-most Hot 100 No. 1s, after only The Beatles (20) and Mariah Carey (19), dating to the chart’s start. “Opalite” is Swift’s ninth No. 1 since 2020, extending her mark for the most this decade.
Meanwhile, “Opalite” is the second Hot 100 leader from Swift’s 2025 album The Life of a Showgirl, after “The Fate of Ophelia” ruled for a personal-best 10 weeks beginning in October. The set, on Republic Records, becomes her second to generate multiple leaders, after 1989 (“Shake It Off,” “Blank Space” and “Bad Blood,” featuring Kendrick Lamar) in 2014-15.
“Opalite” tops the Hot 100 (after initially peaking at No. 2 upon its October debut) sparked by a surge of physical sales that shipped to consumers and new remixes released during the tracking week. Earlier in February, its official video premiered.
Elsewhere, Bruno Mars’ former Hot 100 No. 1 “I Just Might,” at No. 6, rises to the top of the Radio Songs chart.
Check out the full rundown of this week’s Hot 100 top 10 below.
The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated Feb. 28, 2026) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Feb. 24. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram. Plus, for all chart rules and explanations, click here.
Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.
‘Opalite’ Streams, Airplay & Sales
“Opalite” drew 11.4 million official streams (down 20% week over week) and 58.9 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 17%) and sold 168,000 (up 2,290%) in the U.S. Feb. 13-19.
The single falls 11-17 on the Streaming Songs chart, after reaching No. 2 upon its debut (it soared by 70% in streams a week ago after the Feb. 6 arrival of its video); jumps 7-3 for a new high on Radio Songs; and blasts 7-1 on Digital Song Sales, where it becomes Swift’s record-extending 31st leader.
Driving the song’s sales splash, 7-inch vinyl and CD singles sold in Swift’s webstore shipped to consumers during the tracking week, while official remixes by BUNT., Chris Lake, Ely Oaks and Skream, its “Life Is a Song” acoustic mix and an instrumental version were also released in that span. The remixes and acoustic version were additionally made available for streaming, along with two nine-minute-plus versions of the audio of its official video.
Of the 168,000 sales for “Opalite” Feb. 13-19, 144,000 were physical (six CD singles, including for each of its remixes, and one vinyl version) and 24,000, digital. The song claims the highest overall weekly sales since Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town” (175,000; Aug. 5, 2023) and the top physical total since Travis Scott’s “4X4” (165,000; Feb. 8, 2025).
Swift’s 14th Hot 100 No. 1
Pushing her count to 14 Hot 100 No. 1s, Swift ties for the third-most in the chart’s history.
Most Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s:
20, The Beatles
19, Mariah Carey
14, Rihanna
14, Taylor Swift
13, Drake
13, Michael Jackson
12, Madonna
12, The Supremes
11, Whitney Houston
10, Janet Jackson
10, Stevie Wonder
Here’s a rundown of Swift’s 14 Hot 100 No. 1s:
“Opalite,” one week at No. 1 to date, Feb. 28, 2026
“The Fate of Ophelia,” 10 weeks, beginning Oct. 18, 2025
“Fortnight,” feat. Post Malone, two, May 4, 2024
“Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) [From the Vault],” one, Nov. 11, 2023
“Cruel Summer,” two, Oct. 28, 2023
“Anti-Hero,” eight, Nov. 5, 2022
“All Too Well (Taylor’s Version),” one, Nov. 27, 2021
“Willow,” one, Dec. 26, 2020
“Cardigan,” one, Aug. 8, 2020
“Look What You Made Me Do,” three, Sept. 16, 2017
“Bad Blood,” feat. Kendrick Lamar, one, June 6, 2015
“Blank Space,” seven, Nov. 29, 2014
“Shake It Off,” four, Sept. 6, 2014
“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” three, Sept. 1, 2012
With nine Hot 100 No. 1s in the 2020s, Swift widens her lead over Drake (seven) for the most this decade. BTS and Ariana Grande follow with six each in the ‘20s.
Plus, Swift and Mariah Carey are the only acts to rank at No. 1 on Hot 100 charts dated in each year this decade, with Carey having extended her streak with “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” Career-wide, Swift has reigned in 11 distinct years, second only to Carey’s 22.
Swift’s Newest No. 1 as a Writer & Producer
Swift co-wrote and co-produced “Opalite” with Max Martin and Shellback. She has now co-written 14 Hot 100 No. 1s and co-produced eight.
Martin adds his 29th Hot 100 No. 1 as a songwriter, trailing only Paul McCartney’s 32. Martin tallies his record-extending 27th No. 1 as a producer.
Shellback scores his 12th Hot 100 leader as a writer and 11th as a producer.
(Swift, Martin and Shellback also co-wrote the three Hot 100 No. 1s from 1989, which Martin and Shellback co-produced. They first led as a writing trio via “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” which Martin and Shellback co-produced with Dann Huff.)
your creativity, your intelligence, your wit, your generosity, your grace. i had so much fun doing this, and the entire time i was thinking “taylor directing me again when??”! 🥹
The 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees were revealed on "CBS Mornings" on Wednesday. See the full list.
“CBS Mornings" exclusively revealed the star-studded roster of 2026 inductees to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, celebrating artists whose work has left a lasting mark on music history, with some making history themselves.
At 36 years old, Taylor Swift has become the youngest woman by nearly a decade to be bestowed with the honor. Swift is joining a long list of legends in the coveted Hall of Fame.
Here are this year's new inductees, many of whom have written the soundtrack to our lives.
2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees
Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley
Christopher "Tricky" Stewart
Alanis Morissette
Terry Britten and Graham Lyle
Kenny Loggins
Walter Afanasieff
Taylor Swift
[excerpt]
Last but not least, there's Taylor Swift.
Since signing a publishing deal at 14 years old, Swift has gone on to land 69 songs in the Top 10. Thirteen of those - her favorite number - have hit No. 1 on the Billboard chart.
Swift's newest album, "The Life of a Showgirl," became Spotify's most streamed album in a single day in 2025.
In a 2019 interview with "CBS Sunday Morning," Swift said many of her songs are written overnight, when inspiration unexpectedly strikes
"It's usually in the middle of the night. Or if I'm trying to get to sleep and I can't and then I get an idea. And I'm, like, 'Well, I'm not tired anyway!' And then kind of wander over here," she told correspondent Tracy Smith, gesturing to her piano.
Our Travis and Taylor Olympic vacation plans are looking up. Apparently Travis donated to the gofundme for the Cleveland heights hockey player he shouted out. Italy winter vacation! Do an in person new heights tasting Milan food
HAHAHAH idk if they’re going but this rocks. everyone watches women’s sports!
Laila Edwards spoke with PEOPLE exclusively about Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce's sweet gesture ahead of her 2026 Winter Olympics debut, prai
DisneyPlus: Here’s your first look at episodes 3 & 4 of Taylor Swift’s The End of an Era before they premiere tomorrow at 12am PT. PLUS, as an early gift to fans around the world, the final two episodes will premiere early on December 23 at 12am PT, only on Disney+.
