Taylor Swift’s ‘The Fate of Ophelia’ Rules Hot 100 for Sixth Week, Sombr Scores First Top 10 With ‘Back to Friends’

“The Fate of Ophelia” drew 26.2 million official streams (down 4% week-over-week) and 62.2 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 5%) and sold 25,000 (down 13%) in the United States Nov. 7-13.

The single rebounds a spot for a fifth week atop the Streaming Songs chart; rises 5-4 for a new best on Radio Songs; and adds a fifth week at No. 1 Digital Song Sales.

Of the song’s sales total, 15,000 were from CD singles (its original and “Alone in My Tower Acoustic Version” mixes, each featuring instrumentals as second cuts) that shipped during the tracking week and 10,000 were downloads.

“The Fate of Ophelia” ties “Anti-Hero” as Swift songs that have ruled the Hot 100 in their first six weeks each on the chart.

Swift joins just one other artist who has earned the honor twice: Mariah Carey’s “Fantasy” spent its first eight weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 beginning in September 1995. Follow-up “One Sweet Day,” with Boyz II Men (with both songs from her album Daydream), debuted that December and ran up its first 16 weeks on the chart at No. 1 (then a record reign).

As previously reported, “The Fate of Ophelia” parent album The Life of a Showgirl notches a sixth week atop the Billboard 200 chart (following its modern-era-record debut with 4.002 million equivalent album units four weeks earlier).

Swift’s concurrent command over Billboard’s premier album and song charts extends to more historic heights. Of the 16 instances of acts debuting atop the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 simultaneously, The Life of a Showgirl and “The Fate of Ophelia” mark the first combination of an artist stretching the titles’ respective reigns to their first six weeks.

Sombr claims his first Hot 100 top 10 as “Back to Friends” rises 11-10. It drew 10.3 million streams (up 1%) and 29.9 million in radio audience (up 11%) and sold 2,000 (up 169%), combining vinyl and downloads.

The song, which sombr solely wrote and produced, became his first Hot 100 hit in April and he rose to a No. 16 high with his fellow breakthrough single, “Undressed,” in October. “Back to Friends” reaches the top 10 in its 33rd week, completing the longest trip to the tier for a male soloist’s first entry, surpassing Sean Paul’s 29-week ascent with “Gimme the Light” in 2002.

“Back to Friends” adds a sixth week at No. 1 on the multimetric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart — having dethroned “Undressed,” which led for six weeks starting in September.

“There’s always a part of having ‘hits’ that puts pressure on you, but I try to block that out,” sombr, born Shane Boose — who is nominated for best new artist at the Grammy Awards (to be held Feb. 1, 2026) — told Billboard earlier this year. “Every time I’m feeling it, I remember why I made those songs. I didn’t make them to have hits; I made them because I was feeling something and I needed an escape. I needed to pour my thoughts and feelings out, and when I put them out, I received so many messages and people telling me after shows that the music has been therapeutic for them, which is exactly what it was for me.”

HUNTR/X’s “Golden,” from Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters, holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100, following eight weeks at No. 1 beginning in August.

Alex Warren’s “Ordinary,” which ruled the Hot 100 for 10 weeks starting in May, is steady at No. 3, while topping Radio Songs for a 22nd week (74.3 million in audience, down 4%).

Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” climbs 5-4 for a new Hot 100 high; Swift’s “Opalite,” from The Life of a Showgirl, dips 4-5, after hitting No. 2; and Justin Bieber’s “Daisies” keeps at No. 6, after reaching No. 2.

Leon Thomas’ “Mutt” runs 8-7 for a new Hot 100 best as it leads the multimetric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for a 12th week and Hot R&B Songs for a 29th frame. Notably, Warren, Dean, Thomas and sombr make for four best new artist Grammy nominees currently in the Hot 100’s top 10.

Kehlani’s “Folded” falls to No. 8 from its No. 7 Hot 100 high and Morgan Wallen’s “I Got Better” is steady at No. 9, also after reaching No. 7, as it tops Hot Country Songs for a sixth week.