‘The Fate Of Ophelia’ has become Taylor Swift‘s longest-running Number One single in the UK after topping the Official Singles Chart for a seventh week.
The lead single from Swift’s latest album ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’ it was released on October 3, the same day as the album, and first got to Number One on October 16, knocking Olivia dean’s ‘Man I Need’ off the top spot. It spent three weeks there before being replaced by ‘Golden’ from Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters as performed by fictional K-pop group Huntr/x, which Swift then replaced again after two weeks.
‘The Fate Of Ophelia’ also registered the largest first-week sales of 2025 and of Swift’s career, with 132,000 units sold.
Previously, ‘Anti-Hero’, from Swift’s 2022 album ‘Midnights’ had been her longest-running Number One, spending six consecutive weeks at the top. At the time, she also became the first woman since Miley Cyrus in 2013 to top the albums and singles charts simultaneously, while the track also spent 15 non-consecutive weeks in the top 10.
Altogether, the singer has topped the UK chart with five different tracks. Her first was ‘Look What You Made me Do’ in 2017,which spent two weeks at Number One,followed by ‘Anti-Hero’ in 2022 and then ‘Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version)’ in 2023 and ‘Fortnight’ the following year,both of which spent a week there,and then ‘The Fate Of Ophelia’.
‘The Life Of A showgirl’, meanwhile, became Swift’s 14th Number One album in the UK, spending four non-consecutive weeks at the top spot. She has the most Number One albums for an international artist, and only The Beatles and Robbie Williams – both with 15 – have more overall. She’s in joint-second place with The Rolling Stones.
NME gave ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’ three stars writing: “To seek escapism is not a s
## Taylor Swift Faces Competition for Christmas Number One From John Lewis Soundtrack and Raye
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Currently, McFly’s Tom Fletcher with ‘One Of Us’ from *Paddington: The Musical* is a strong contender, while Raye’s ‘Where Is My Husband!’ is holding strong at Number Two, having spent 11 weeks in the chart.Festive classics are also in the mix, with Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’ at Number Three and Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ at Number Four. Notably, ‘Last Christmas’ achieved the Christmas Number one title for the past two years.*The Eras Tour: The Final Show* captures Swift’s final performance of the ‘Eras Tour’ at BC Place stadium in Vancouver, Canada, in december. The film includes the complete setlist from her *Tortured Poets Department* era, adding to the extensive footage from the hugely successful tour.
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