Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” tops the Billboard Hot 100 for a ninth week, besting “Anti-Hero” as the sole longest-leading hit among her 13 career No. 1s.
“The Fate of Ophelia” surges back to the Hot 100’s summit from No. 28 as holiday hits recede from the chart’s upper reaches, a week after they claimed a weekly-best top 24 positions. The lead single from Swift’s album The Life of a Showgirl reigned in its first eight weeks on the ranking, dating to its mid-October debut. “Anti-Hero” claimed its eight-week No. 1 run upon its start in November 2022.
Elsewhere, Ella Langley lands her first Hot 100 top 10, as “Choosin’ Texas” vaults 48-5. It leads the Hot Country Songs chart for a sixth week.
Check out the full rundown of this week’s Hot 100 top 10 below.
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‘Ophelia’ Streams, Airplay & Sales
“The Fate of Ophelia” drew 18.3 million official streams (up 9% week-over-week) and 60.7 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 12%) and sold 30,000 (up 779%) in the United States Dec. 26-Jan. 1.
The single adds an eighth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart; falls to No. 3 from its No. 2 high on Radio Songs; and lifts 5-4 on Digital Song Sales after six weeks at No. 1. It’s the highest-selling song of the week overall, with 26,000 in physical singles, via vinyl versions that shipped during the tracking week, and 4,000 downloads.
Alone in Her Tower: ‘Ophelia’ Now Swift’s Longest-Leading Hit
As “The Fate of Ophelia” one-ups “Anti-Hero” for Swift’s longest Hot 100 rule, here’s a recap of her signature 13 No. 1s, ranked by most weeks at the summit.
“The Fate of Ophelia,” nine weeks at No. 1 to date, beginning Oct. 18, 2025
“Anti-Hero,” eight weeks, beginning Nov. 5, 2022
“Blank Space,” seven weeks, beginning Nov. 29, 2014
“Cruel Summer,” four weeks, beginning Oct. 28, 2023
“Shake It Off,” four weeks, beginning Sept. 6, 2014
“Look What You Made Me Do,” three weeks, beginning Sept. 16, 2017
“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” three weeks, beginning Sept. 1, 2012
“Fortnight,” feat. Post Malone, two weeks, beginning May 4, 2024
“Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) [From the Vault],” one week, Nov. 11, 2023
“All Too Well (Taylor’s Version),” one week, Nov. 27, 2021
“Willow,” one week, Dec. 26, 2020
“Cardigan,” one week, Aug. 8, 2020
“Bad Blood,” feat. Kendrick Lamar, one week, June 6, 2015
“The Fate of Ophelia” contributes to Swift’s eight Hot 100 No. 1s totaling 27 weeks on top in the 2020s — both the most among all artists this decade.
Overall, Swift’s 13 No. 1s tie her for the fourth-most in the Hot 100’s history. She has spent 45 weeks atop the chart, eighth-best all-time.
Swift No. 1 in an 11th Year
With the latest Hot 100 dated Jan. 10, 2026, Swift has now placed at No. 1 in 11 distinct years (per chart dates), encompassing her 13 leaders: 2012, 2014-15, 2017, 2020-24 and, thanks to “The Fate of Ophelia,” 2025-26.
Among the six acts that have each spent time atop the Hot 100 in 10 or more individual years, Swift now solely boasts the second-best total:
22 years: Mariah Carey (1990-2000, 2005-06, 2008, 2019-26; she held the record at 14 years prior to her latest eight years at No. 1 with “All I Want for Christmas Is You”)
11 years: Taylor Swift (2012, 2014-15, 2017, 2020-26)
10 years: Paul McCartney/Wings (1971, 1973-76, 1978, 1980, 1982-84; additionally, The Beatles, with him as a member, led in seven years: 1964-70)
10 years: Beyoncé (2003, 2006-09, 2017-18, 2020, 2022, 2024; plus, Destiny’s Child, with her as a member, ruled in three years: 1999-2001)
10 years: Michael Jackson (1972, 1979-80, 1983-84, 1987-88, 1991-92, 1995; also, The Jackson 5, with him in the group, led in 1970)
10 years: Madonna (1984-87, 1989-92, 1995, 2000)
Langley’s First Top 10
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Ella Langley achieves her first Hot 100 top 10, as “Choosin’ Texas” soars 48-5 (topping its prior No. 11 peak before the holidays). It totaled 15.7 million streams (up 5%), 25 million in radio reach (up 2%) and sold 5,000 (up 1%) in the tracking week.
The trad-country single rebounds 4-1 for a second week atop Digital Song Sales, as it leads the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart for a sixth week, dating to its first in early December.
Meanwhile, Langley and Beyoncé are the lone stars with Hot 100 top 10s that name-check Texas in song titles. Prior to Langley (who’s from Alabama), Houston’s own Beyoncé logged two weeks at No. 1 in 2024 with “Texas Hold ‘Em.” (One other such song has hit the top 40: Waylon Jennings’ classic “Luckenbach, Texas [Back to the Basics of Love]” reached No. 25 in 1977. Plus, Mitch Miller’s recording of the traditional American folk song “The Yellow Rose of Texas” was one of the biggest hits of 1955, three years before the Hot 100’s inception.)
Rest of Top 10: ‘Golden’ & More
HUNTR/X’s “Golden,” from Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters, flies 25-2 on the Hot 100, after eight weeks at No. 1 beginning in August.
Alex Warren’s “Ordinary,” which ruled the Hot 100 for 10 weeks starting in May, returns at No. 3, tying for the highest reentry in the chart’s archives (reflecting rules related, in part, to the fall of holiday songs). It adds a 24th week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (67.8 million, up 24%).
Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” blasts back, from No. 36, to its No. 4 Hot 100 high.
Kehlani’s “Folded” rises to a new No. 6 Hot 100 best, from No. 51. It tops the multimetric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs charts for a fourth week each.
Sombr’s “Back to Friends” bounds 52-7 for a new Hot 100 high, as it adds a 13th week at No. 1 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs.
Swift’s “Opalite” revisits the Hot 100’s top 10 (54-8), after hitting No. 2, and two more songs reenter the chart in the tier: Leon Thomas’ “Mutt,” at No. 9 after reaching No. 6, and Justin Bieber’s “Daisies,” at No. 10 after peaking at No. 2.
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