SM. Taylor Swift Sets Hot 100 Record, Takes Top 12 Spots With Songs From ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’
Another “record” for Taylor Swift: Her new album The Life of a Showgirl has become the first album ever to place all of its songs uninterrupted from the No. 1 to No. 12 spots on Billboard‘s Hot 100.
According to Billboard, the chart dated October 18 is topped by “The Fate of Ophelia,” with the next 11 spots taken by, in order, “Opalite,” “Elizabeth Taylor,” “Father Figure,” “Wood,” “Wi$h Li$t,” “Actually Romantic,” “The Life of a Showgirl,” feat. Sabrina Carpenter, “Eldest Daughter,” “Cancelled!,” “Ruin the Friendship” and “Honey.”
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Swift previously had become the only artist ever to hold the Hot 100’s entire top 10 with her 2022 release Midnights in November 2022, then topped that with 14 top positions from her 31-track The Tortured Poets Department in 2024.
With “The Fate of Ophelia,” Swift has her 13th career Hot 100 No. 1, and her 69th top 10, the most among women.
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“The Fate of Ophelia” has 92.5 million official U.S. streams, according to data tracker Luminate via Billboard. That’s the most for a title in a single week since official streams became the metric’s sole contributor to the Hot 100 in September 2020.
The album pushed KPop Demon Hunters from the top chart spot; that soundtrack dropped to No. 2.
Earlier today, Swift announced two projects for Disney+: a full concert film, The Eras Tour | The Final Show, as well as a six-episode docuseries on the tour, both arriving December 12.
