Taylor Swift’s ‘The Fate of Ophelia’ Makes Record Start on Billboard’s Radio Charts

As Taylor Swift’s caller album, The Life of a Showgirl, forges an historic archetypal week, its accolades widen to Billboard’s vigor charts.

The Republic-released set’s pb azygous promoted to radio, “The Fate of Ophelia,” blasts successful arsenic the archetypal opus ever to debut successful the apical 10 of Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart, astatine No. 8 connected the database dated Oct 18. It passes 2 hits — 1 by Swift — that each started astatine a anterior No. 12 best: her ain “Shake It Off” (Sept. 6, 2014) and Mariah Carey’s “Dreamlover” (Aug. 14, 1993). Those hits went connected to 2 and 8 weeks astatine No. 1, respectively; Swift holds the grounds for the astir leaders — 13 — successful the chart’s 33-year history.

Multiple chains gave “The Fate of Ophelia” concentrated play connected its archetypal time of merchandise (Oct. 3), portion Swift has made promotional rounds including connected iHeartMedia’s Elvis Duran and the Morning Show that day. “That one, conscionable arsenic soon arsenic we wrote it, I had a feeling it would beryllium the that 1 we’d spell with archetypal and the 1 I’d get to marque a music video for,” she told Duran of the song.

“The Fate of Ophelia” besides makes an unprecedented commencement connected Adult Pop Airplay, astatine No. 8. It’s conscionable the 3rd opus — each by Swift — to unfastened successful the chart’s apical 10, outpacing No. 9 bows for “Fortnight,” featuring Post Malone (May 4, 2024), and “Shake It Off” (Sept. 6, 2014).

Plus, “The Fate of Ophelia” charges onto Adult Contemporary astatine No. 10, Swift’s archetypal apical 10 debut connected the illustration and the champion opening since Adele’s “Easy of Me” (No. 6, Oct. 23, 2021, connected its mode to a 24-week command).

Given its entranceway connected Pop Airplay, “The Fate of Ophelia” is, thus, the archetypal opus ever to debut successful the apical 10 of each 3 pop/adult vigor rankings.

Swift scores her 27th apical 10 connected Pop Airplay, 2nd lone to Rihanna’s 30. On Adult Pop Airplay, Swift adds her record-extending 33rd apical 10. On Adult Contemporary, she ups her number to a milestone 20 apical 10s.

Billboard’s Pop Airplay illustration ranks songs by play plays connected much than 150 mainstream apical 40 vigor stations monitored by Mediabase, with information provided to Billboard by Luminate. Adult Pop Airplay ranks songs by play plays connected astir 80 big apical 40 stations and Adult Contemporary ranks songs by play plays connected much than 80 big modern stations.

Meanwhile, different songs from The Life of a Showgirl marque airplay illustration debuts. “Opalite” (No. 34); the rubric track, featuring Sabrina Carpenter (No. 38); and “Wi$h Li$t” (No. 39) each participate Pop Air...