‘The Fate of Ophelia’ Dethrones ‘Anti-Hero’ as Taylor Swift’s Longest-Running Number One

“The Fate of Ophelia” has dethroned “Anti-Hero” as Taylor Swift‘s longest-running Number One single. The Life of a Showgirl single returns to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for a ninth week. “Anti-Hero” previously spent eight weeks at Number One and 53 total weeks on the chart.

“The Fate of Ophelia” slipped out of the Top 10 and down to Number 28 at the onset of the holiday streaming rush, but returns alongside “Opalite,” which moves from Number 54 to Number Eight. Swift has another entry on the chart with “Elizabeth Taylor.”

The Life of a Showgirl has spent 12 weeks at Number One on the Billboard 200, but is still six weeks away from breaking the career record set with The Tortured Poets Department, which remains in the top 50 after 88 weeks. Midnights, Folklore, 1989 (Taylor’s Version), Lover, Evermore, Red (Taylor’s Version), and Reputation also remain on the Billboard 200.

In November, Swift shared “The Fate of Ophelia (The Chainsmokers Remix).” The DJ duo celebrated the release, commenting on Instagram, “This is truly an honor. we love u T.” Swift has also released the “Loud Luxury Remix” and “Alone in my Tower Acoustic Version” renditions of the song.

In December, Rolling Stone named “The Fate of Ophelia” one of the best songs of 2025, writing, “‘The Fate of Ophelia’ is Taylor’s biggest Swiftspearean drama since ‘Love Story,’ rewriting Hamlet the way her teenage self rewrote Romeo and Juliet. Just as she did in ‘Love Story,’ she goes back in time to rescue a tragic young heroine and give her a new story — except instead of country twang, she goes for thrillingly exuberant synth-pop. Your English teacher took this Bardcore romance to Number One for seven weeks (and counting) — that’s just her way of keeping it one hundred on the land, the sea, the sky.”

From Rolling Stone US.