Swifties have been long anticipating “Opalite” outdoing its No. 2 October debut on the Billboard Hot 100 to become the second No. 1 hit off Taylor Swift‘s The Life of a Showgirl album, following the 10-week reign of “The Fate of Ophelia.” Next week, they may get their opportunity to celebrate. 

“Opalite” jumped 11-8 on this week’s Hot 100 (dated Feb. 21), following the Feb. 6debut of its star-studded music video, which includes turns from Domnhall Gleeson, Greta Lee, Lewis Capaldi and other co-stars from her 2025 appearance on The Graham Norton Show (including Norton himself). The jump would have likely been a bigger one if not for the huge gains enjoyed by Bad Bunny following his performance at halftime of Super Bowl LX, which resulted in the superstar enjoying his biggest global streaming week ever, and also nabbing four of the top six spots on the Hot 100, including his first unaccompanied No. 1 with set-closer “DtMF.” 

But with Bad Bunny’s numbers receding some in his first full week following the Super Bowl, the opportunity is there for “Opalite” to zoom in and grab the top spot — and it’s one Swift looks to be capitalizing on, with the release of several new versions of the song, as well as the shipment of fan-preordered “Opalite” vinyl 7-inches, and newly announced CD singles. 

While the “Opalite” 7-inches had been originally scheduled to be shipped “on or about February 9,” according to Swift’s website, they ultimately got delayed a week, instead shipping by this Monday (Feb. 16). In addition, Swift released multiple CD singles featuring new remixes of the song, including versions with dance producers Chris Lake and Skream. The “Life Is But a Song” acoustic version of “Opalite,” included on the B-side of the vinyl single, was also released to iTunes at a discounted price of 69 cents. 

The result of all this is that the sales numbers for “Opalite” next week should be extremely robust — possibly even in the six figures. (For comparison’s sake, the best U.S. song sales week of 2026 thus far was posted this past tracking week by Kid Rock’s “‘Til You Can’t,” with 51,000, according to Luminate.) That sales number, combined with the song still pulling daily streams in the millions and also still growing in radio airplay, should make it a very strong contender for No. 1 on next week’s Hot 100 (dated Feb. 28). 

If “Opalite” does top the Hot 100 next week, that would mark Swift’s 14th career No. 1 on the chart — breaking her tie with Drake and Michael Jackson for fourth-most in chart history, and moving her into a tie with Rihanna for third-most, behind just The Beatles (20) and Mariah Carey (19). (It would also tie her with Rihanna for most No. 1s by any artist this century.) 

Additionally, “Opalite” reaching pole position on the Hot 100 would make Showgirl Swift’s first album since 2014’s 1989 — which topped the chart with three singles, “Shake It Off,” “Blank Space” and “Bad Blood” (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — to notch multiple No. 1 hits. In the 12 years since that album, Swift has racked up a whopping nine No. 1s, but each of them has come from a different album.