Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” rises a spot to No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Pop Airplay chart dated Nov. 29. The song becomes her 14th leader on the list, the most among soloists. Overall, only Maroon 5 has more, with 15.
The track became the highest debuting hit in the chart’s history at No. 8 (Oct. 18).
“The Fate of Ophelia” concurrently leads the Pop Airplay chart for a second week and the all-genre, multimetric Billboard Hot 100 for a seventh week. Concurrently, parent album The Life of a Showgirl likewise rules the Billboard 200 for a seventh week.
How rare is it to crown the Billboard 200, Hot 100, Pop Airplay and Adult Pop Airplay simultaneously? Swift is the first artist to achieve the feat since Harry Styles did so for two weeks in June 2022, thanks to his album Harry’s House and its smash lead single, “As It Was.”
Here’s a look at the elite artists who have claimed such concurrent commands on the four charts:
- Taylor Swift: The Life of a Showgirl, “The Fate of Ophelia,” Nov. 29, 2025
- Harry Styles: Harry’s House, “As It Was,” June 4 & 11, 2022
- Adele: 30, “Easy On Me,” Dec. 11 & 18, 2021
- Ed Sheeran: Divide, “Shape of You,” March 25 & April 1, 2017
- Adele: 25, “Hello,” Dec. 12, 19 & 26, 2015
- Taylor Swift: 1989, “Blank Space,” Jan. 3 & 10, 2015
- Adele: 21, “Rolling in the Deep,” June 25, 2011
Here’s a recap of Swift’s 14 Adult Pop Airplay No. 1s.
Title, Weeks at No. 1, Year(s):
- “The Fate of Ophelia,” one (to date), 2025
- “Fortnight,” feat. Post Malone, one, 2024
- “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) [From the Vault],” one, 2024
- “Cruel Summer,” 23, 2023
- “Karma,” two, 2023
- “Anti-Hero,” nine, 2022-23
- “Willow,” three, 2021
- “Delicate,” four, 2018
- “Wildest Dreams,” four, 2015
- “Bad Blood,” three, 2015
- “Style,” two, 2015
- “Blank Space,” six, 2014-15
- “Shake It Off,” eight, 2014
- “I Knew You Were Trouble.,” one, 2013
Somehow Both ‘Ordinary’ & Record-Tying
“The Fate of Ophelia” dethrones Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” after the latter’s 25 weeks atop Adult Pop Airplay. The song tied Santana’s “Smooth,” featuring Rob Thomas, for the longest No. 1 run in the chart’s history.
Here’s a review of the longest-leading Adult Pop Airplay No. 1s:
- 25 weeks, “Ordinary,” Alex Warren, beginning June 7, 2025
- 25, “Smooth,” Santana feat. Rob Thomas, Oct. 23, 1999
- 23, “Cruel Summer,” Taylor Swift, Aug. 26, 2023
- 23, “Wherever You Will Go,” The Calling, Dec. 22, 2001
- 20, “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd, May 23, 2020
(The Adult Pop Airplay chart, which began in Billboard’s pages in March 1996, ranks songs by weekly plays on nearly 80 adult top 40 radio stations monitored by Mediabase, with data provided to Billboard by Luminate.
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