Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” notches a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, encompassing its entire run on the chart so far.
Helping the song’s continued Hot 100 command, Swift released its “Alone in My Tower Acoustic Version” for digital purchase Oct. 28, just after 4:30 p.m. ET, ahead of the tracking week’s close at the end of Oct. 30. (A CD single of the new mix, along with its instrumental, and a CD single of the song’s original version and its instrumental went up for pre-order in Swift’s webstore from late Oct. 30 through the afternoon of Oct. 31; those CD sales will impact charts once singles are shipped.)
Meanwhile, after first appearing on the Hot 100 in 2016, Kehlani achieves her first top 10 on the chart, as “Folded” surges seven spots to No. 7, aided by high-profile remixes released Oct. 24.
Check out the full rundown of this week’s Hot 100 top 10 below.
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“The Fate of Ophelia” drew 29.1 million official streams (down 13%) and 54.5 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 10%) and sold 22,000 (up 236%) in the United States Oct. 24-30.
The single scores a fourth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart and a third week atop Digital Song Sales and is steady at its No. 5 high on Radio Songs.
“The Fate of Ophelia” became Swift’s 13th career Hot 100 No. 1, tying her for the fourth-most in the chart’s archives.
Swift now solely has the eighth-most weeks spent atop the Hot 100, as “The Fate of Ophelia” ups her count to a milestone 40, breaking her out of a tie with Bruno Mars:
(Beyoncé’s total above does not include her 17 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 as a member of Destiny’s Child, while Jackson’s doesn’t include his 10 weeks on top as part of the Jackson 5.)
Swift also ties for the fifth-most Hot 100 No. 1s that have dominated for four or more weeks, as “The Fate of Ophelia” becomes her fifth. Here’s a look at the artists with the most such long-leading hits (with their overall No. 1 totals in parentheses):
Swift’s five Hot 100 No. 1s that have led for at least four weeks each: “Anti-Hero” (eight, beginning Nov. 5, 2022); “Blank Space” (seven, Nov. 29, 2014); “The Fate of Ophelia” (four, Oct. 18, 2025); “Cruel Summer” (four, Oct. 28, 2023); and “Shake It Off” (four, Sept. 6, 2014).
As previously reported, “The Fate of Ophelia” parent album The Life of a Showgirl adds a fourth week atop the Billboard 200 chart, following its modern-era-record debut with 4.002 million equivalent album units three weeks earlier.
Swift’s concurrent command over Billboard’s premier album and song charts hits more historic heights. Of the 16 instances of acts launching atop the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 simultaneously, The Life of a Showgirl and “The Fate of Ophelia” make for the first occurrence of an artist doing so and both titles maintaining their respective reigns for their first four weeks.
Swift stacks three songs in the top 10 of the latest Hot 100, all from The Life of a Showgirl, following her four top 10s a week ago, eight the week before that and all 10 songs in the region in their debut week:
Kehlani collects her first Hot 100 top 10 as “Folded” bounds 14-7, with 13 million streams (up 35%), 32.9 million in airplay audience (up 11%) and 3,000 sold (up 74%) in the tracking week. It also becomes Kehlani’s first top 10 on Streaming Songs (28-10) and Radio Songs (11-8).
Helping propel “Folded,” six remixes were released Oct. 24 as an “Homage Pack,” one each with Toni Braxton, Brandy, JoJo, Mario, Ne-Yo and Tank. (All versions except for the one with Tank contribute to the song’s singular chart listing; that mix does not due to Kehlani’s vocals being much more minimized than on the others. Meanwhile, Kehlani remains the only artist credited on the song on the Hot 100, as none of its remixes outperformed the original in consumption for the week.)
The Oakland, Calif., native has charted 18 Hot 100 entries, including two top 40 hits in addition to “Folded,” both via featured turns on Cardi B songs: “Safe” (No. 26 debut and peak, October) and “Ring” (No. 28 debut and peak, 2018). Kehlani first reached the chart with “Gangsta” in August 2016 and is proof that persistence pays off, as her wait of nine years, two months and two weeks between first appearing on the chart and first hitting the top 10 marks the longest such journey since Kacey Musgraves took 10 years, eight months and two weeks from “Merry Go Round” in 2012 through Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything,” on which she’s featured, in 2023.
“Folded” also becomes Kehlani’s first No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs, rising a spot on each multimetric chart.
Billboard recently asked Kehlani about what she would say to the version of the singer-songwriter a decade ago. Among other advice: “Lock in, focus on your relationship with God and perfect your craft. Take your time and have fun.”
HUNTR/X’s “Golden,” from Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters, is steady at No. 2 on the Hot 100, following eight weeks at No. 1 beginning in August.
Alex Warren’s “Ordinary,” which led the Hot 100 for 10 weeks starting in May, keeps at No. 3, while topping Radio Songs for a landmark 20th week (78.5 million in audience, down 1%). Only two other songs have reached 20 or weeks atop the airplay tally: Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” (27, beginning in August 2024) and The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” (26, starting in April 2020).
Olivia Dean’s first Hot 100 entry, “Man I Need,” becomes her first top five hit, climbing 8-5, and Justin Bieber’s “Daisies” pushes 7-6, after reaching No. 2.
Morgan Wallen’s “I Got Better” holds at No. 9 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 7, as it leads the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart for a fourth week, and Leon Thomas’ “Mutt” sits at its No. 10 Hot 100 high.
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