Chart Commentary — November 8, 2025

SWIFT’S TOP 40

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.  “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:

• 97 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, Mariah Carey
• 60, Rihanna
• 59, The Beatles
• 56, Drake
• 50, Boyz II Men
• 47, Usher
• 46, Beyoncé
• 40, Taylor Swift
• 39, Bruno Mars
• 37, Michael Jackson

(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.)

#1s FOR A MONTH OR MORE

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):

• 7 four-week-plus Hot 100 No. 1s, Mariah Carey (19 total No. 1s)
• 7, Rihanna (14)
• 6, Beyoncé (9)
• 6, Usher (9)
• 5, The Beatles (20)
• 5, Drake (13)
• 5, Bruno Mars (9)
• 5, Katy Perry (9)
• 5, Taylor Swift (13)

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)
• “Shake It Off” (four, Sept. 6, 2014)

3 IN THE 10

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:

• No. 1 this week, “The Fate of Ophelia” (No. 1 last week)
• No. 4, “Opalite” (No. 4 last week/No. 2 peak)
• No. 8, “Elizabeth Taylor” (No. 5 last week/No. 3 peak)

“MAN” MOVES

Olivia Dean’s first Hot 100 entry, “Man I Need,” becomes her first top five hit, climbing 8-5.

KEHLANI’S FIRST

Kehlani collects her first Hot 100 top 10 as “Folded” bounds 14-7.  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.