{"id":58737,"date":"2026-02-23T20:20:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/taylor-swifts-opalite-hits-number-one-on-billboard-hot-100\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T20:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:20:27","slug":"taylor-swifts-opalite-hits-number-one-on-billboard-hot-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/taylor-swifts-opalite-hits-number-one-on-billboard-hot-100\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift&#8217;s &#8216;Opalite&#8217; Hits Number One on Billboard Hot 100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>It&#8217;s the second song off <em>The Life of a Showgirl<\/em> to reach the top spot<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/taylor-swift\/\" id=\"auto-tag_taylor-swift\" data-tag=\"taylor-swift\">Taylor Swift<\/a> has danced her way to the top of the <em>Billboard<\/em> Hot 100 once again with <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-opalite-music-video-1235511440\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-opalite-music-video-1235511440\/\">\u201cOpalite.\u201d<\/a> It marks the pop superstar\u2019s 14th song to reach Number One. With the achievement, Swift ties Rihanna for the third-most Number One songs on the Hot 100, behind only the Beatles and Mariah Carey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe track debuted at Number Two on the Hot 100 when it was released as part of Swift\u2019s 12th studio album, <em><a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/taylor-swift-the-life-of-a-showgirl-album-review-1235439733\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/taylor-swift-the-life-of-a-showgirl-album-review-1235439733\/\">The Life of a Showgirl<\/a><\/em>. Her lead single, <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-the-fate-of-ophelia-passes-anti-hero-number-1-1235494237\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-the-fate-of-ophelia-passes-anti-hero-number-1-1235494237\/\">\u201cThe Fate of Ophelia,\u201d<\/a> just came off a record-breaking run as her biggest hit, charting at Number One on the <em>Billboard<\/em> Hot 100 for 10 weeks and marking the star\u2019s longest-running feat. Now that \u201cOpalite\u201d has reached Number One as well, it\u2019s a defining moment in the legacy of her <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/the-life-of-a-showgirl-taylor-swift-sheffield-1235442519\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/the-life-of-a-showgirl-taylor-swift-sheffield-1235442519\/\">most divisive album<\/a> to date. The only other time Swift has secured two chart-topping songs on the same album was for 2014\u2019s <em><a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/1989-90808\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/1989-90808\/\">1989<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taylor Swift - Opalite (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1FVF-9KQiPo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cOpalite\u201d also reinforces Swift\u2019s unshakeable chart dominance. The song marks the singer\u2019s ninth one to top the chart this decade; she leads as the artist with the most for the 2020s. According to Luminate via <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/taylor-swift-opalite-hot-100-number-one\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/taylor-swift-opalite-hot-100-number-one\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Billboard<\/em><\/a>, the song drew 11.4 million official streams and sold 168,000 (up 2,290 percent) in the U.S. the week of Feb. 13-19. Its success comes after Swift released CD singles, <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-opalite-remix-chris-lake-1235516394\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-opalite-remix-chris-lake-1235516394\/\">remixes<\/a>, and vinyl versions of \u201cOpalite.\u201d Of the total sales, 144,000 were physical.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tEarlier this month, Swift shared a Nineties-throwback music video for the song. Notably, the pop superstar did not initially share the glittery visual on YouTube; instead, she chose to premiere the \u201cOpalite\u201d video on two of the largest streaming platforms exclusively: Spotify and Apple Music. The move coincides with <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/youtube-announces-intention-withdraw-data-billboard-charts\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/youtube-announces-intention-withdraw-data-billboard-charts\/\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube\u2019s decision<\/a> to withdraw its data from <em>Billboard<\/em> charts following changes to the charts\u2019 methodology.\u00a0 Of course, neither music video for\u00a0<em>The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>\u00a0has had a traditional release. She premiered\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-the-fate-of-ophelia-video-1235441075\/\">\u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d<\/a>\u00a0in theaters across the country as part of the her album release\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-life-of-a-showgirl-theater-screening-film-1235440676\/\">parties<\/a>\u00a0in October. A few days after its premiere, the \u201cOpalite\u201d video was available on YouTube.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-opalite-number-one-billboard-hot-100-1235521139\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the second song off The Life of a Showgirl to reach the top spot Taylor Swift has danced her way to the top&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":58738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}