Taylor Swift's "Opalite" Tops Hot 100, Ties Rihanna at 14 No. 1s

Taylor Swift achieved her 14th number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 this week with "Opalite," tying Rihanna for the third-most chart-toppers in the ranking's history, behind only the Beatles with 20 and Mariah Carey with 19. The milestone marks the second number one from her 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," released in October, and comes nearly 11 years after she last secured two leaders from a single project with 2014's "1989."

The track, which debuted at number two during the album's launch week, climbed to the top in its 20th week on the chart, according to Billboard data from Luminate. It garnered 11.4 million official U.S. streams for the tracking period ending February 19, alongside 168,000 single sales, a 2,290 percent increase from the prior week. Of those sales, 144,000 were physical copies, including vinyl and six CD variants that began shipping mid-February. Radio airplay also rose 17 percent to 58.9 million audience impressions, helping propel the song past competitors. Last week, "Opalite" was blocked from the summit by a surge in Bad Bunny's catalog following his Super Bowl halftime performance, though strategic timing of sales pushes contributed to...