US EditionTaylor Swift’s ‘Opalite’ Shines as Her 14th Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
Swift's 'Opalite' hit No. 1 driven by 168,000 sales, mostly physical copies, boosting her to tie Rihanna's record for most Billboard Hot 100 leaders.
- On February 24, 2026, Taylor Swift's Opalite topped the Billboard Hot 100, giving Swift her 14th No. 1 and tying Rihanna for most chart-toppers.
- Swift's team timed a video and remix rollout, with the Opalite video premiering earlier this month and a Feb. 6 single release, plus a surge of physical sales and exclusives on Apple Music and Spotify Premium.
- Luminate reports the single recorded 11.4 million streams and 168,000 sales, with 144,000 physical copies across one vinyl and six CD variants, and radio impressions rose 17% to 58.9 million.
- Only two artists sit ahead of her in Hot 100 history: The Beatles and Mariah Carey, while the milestone amplified attention as Travis Kelce's NFL future remains undecided.
- Billboard's counting rules shifted during the race as free YouTube streams were excluded, Luminate authenticated data, and Bad Bunny's post-Super Bowl resurgence influenced timing.
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