Overview
- Billboard confirms “Opalite” is No. 1 on the Hot 100, giving Swift her 14th leader and tying her with Rihanna for third all‑time behind the Beatles and Mariah Carey.
- In the Feb. 13–19 tracking week, the song logged 11.4 million official U.S. streams and 168,000 sales, including 144,000 physical copies across vinyl and six CD variants.
- Shipments of previously sold collectible editions counted during the week, creating a concentrated sales spike that helped lift the 20‑week‑old track to the summit.
- Swift initially premiered the video on Apple Music and Spotify Premium before a later YouTube release, a rollout linked by outlets to Billboard’s change excluding free YouTube streams from Hot 100 calculations.
- It’s the second Hot 100 No. 1 from The Life of a Showgirl after “The Fate of Ophelia,” and Swift celebrated the milestone with a six‑slide Instagram post of behind‑the‑scenes studio and video footage.