{"id":4777,"date":"2026-01-05T22:16:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4777"},"modified":"2026-01-05T22:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:17:25","slug":"taylor-swifts-the-fate-of-ophelia-becomes-her-sole-longest-leading-hot-100-hit-surpassing-anti-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4777","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift\u2019s \u2018The Fate of Ophelia\u2019 Becomes Her Sole Longest-Leading Hot 100 Hit, Surpassing\u00a0\u2018Anti-Hero\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<script>\r\nif( document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ) ) document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ).insertAdjacentHTML( \"beforebegin\", \"<link rel='stylesheet' href='https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/wp-content\/themes\/themify-music\/themify\/themify-builder\/css\/themify-builder-style.css' type='text\/css' \/>\" );\r\n<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t\n<p>Plus, Ella Langley earns her first Hot 100 top 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/taylor-swift\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d tops the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>&nbsp;for a ninth week, besting \u201cAnti-Hero\u201d as the sole longest-leading hit among her 13 career No. 1s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d surges back to the Hot 100\u2019s summit from No. 28 as holiday hits recede from the chart\u2019s upper reaches, a week after they claimed a weekly-best&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/mariah-carey-hot-100-christmas-22nd-week\/\">top 24<\/a>&nbsp;positions. The lead single from Swift\u2019s album&nbsp;<em>The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>&nbsp;reigned in its first eight weeks on the ranking, dating to its mid-October&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/taylor-swift-hot-100-fate-of-ophelia-number-one\/\">debut<\/a>. \u201cAnti-Hero\u201d claimed its eight-week No. 1 run upon its start in November 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ko70cExuzZM?si=Tp2ozUQvLp4VuRaW\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/ella-langley\/\">Ella Langley<\/a>&nbsp;lands her first Hot 100 top 10, as \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d vaults 48-5. It leads the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/country-songs\/\">Hot Country Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart for a sixth week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the full rundown of this week\u2019s Hot 100 top 10 below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated Jan. 10, 2026) will update on&nbsp;Billboard.com&nbsp;tomorrow, Jan. 6. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram. Plus, for all chart rules and explanations, click&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/billboard-charts-legend\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4777\" data-postid=\"4777\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4777 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus, Ella Langley earns her first Hot 100 top 10. 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