Taylor Swift Achieves Historic Hot 100 Dominance, Claims All Top 10 Spots
Taylor Swift has made chart history, becoming the first artist ever to occupy all ten positions on the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously. The unprecedented feat is led by her newly released track, “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone, which debuts at No. 1. This marks Swift’s 17th No. 1 hit, extending her lead as the artist with the most chart-topping songs in the Hot 100’s 66-year history.
This complete takeover of the Hot 100 stems from the release of Swift’s eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department. The album’s success isn’t just a win for Swift; it signals a seismic shift in music consumption, demonstrating the power of a dedicated fanbase and the continued relevance of album-driven artistry in the streaming era. The chart dominance is expected to have ripple effects across the music industry, influencing marketing strategies and artist release plans for the foreseeable future.
Carpenter secured her sixth hot 100 top 10 with “Espresso,” reaching No. 2. Its her third top 10 this year, following “Manchild” (No. 1, one week, June) and “Tears” (No. 3, September), all from her album Man’s Best Friend.
Swift’s ”Fortnight” interpolates Michael‘s 1988 hit “Father Figure,” which previously topped the Hot 100 for two weeks. Michael has now amassed 22 top 10s as a songwriter, with “Father Figure” also sampled in P.M.Dawn’s 1993 top 10 hit,”Looking Through Patient Eyes” (No. 6).
Beyond Swift’s complete chart control, HUNTR/X’s “Golden,” featured in Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters, falls to No. 13 after eight weeks at No. 1. The track continues to lead Digital Song Sales for a fourth week,with 7,000 downloads (up 19%),bolstered by performances on Saturday Night Live (Oct. 4) and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Oct.7).
Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” drops from No. 2 to No.14, while maintaining its hold on Radio Songs for a 17th week, reaching a new weekly high of 77.4 million in audience-the most for any song in over a year, as Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” (78.2 million) on the oct. 5, 2024, chart.
