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Taylor Swift’s “Opalite” celebrates a mammoth week at radio, rising to #1 on the Mediabase airplay charts for both pop and hot adult contemporary.<\/p>\n

— Played ~16,759 times during the February 15-21 tracking period, “Opalite” rises two places to #1 on the pop chart. The spin count tops last week’s mark by 1,980, ranking as the top airplay gain.<\/p>\n

Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” drops a level to #2, while sombr’s “back to friends” slides one spot to #3. Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might” moves up one place to #4, and HUNTR\/X’s “Golden” descends one level to #5.<\/p>\n

— The Swift single meanwhile rises one place to #1 at Hot AC, courtesy of its ~5,884 spins. With a week-over-week spin increase of 623, “Opalite” also earns the greatest gainer distinction at Hot AC.<\/p>\n

“Man I Need” (#2, -1), “Golden” (#3, +1), Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” (#4, +1), and “back to friends” (#5, -2) form the balance of the Top 5 at Hot AC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Opalite” tops two airplay charts this week.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1047],"tags":[16688,40,17223,17248,17322,17096,145],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\nTaylor Swift's "Opalite" Officially Earns #1 At Pop, Hot Adult Contemporary Radio<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Taylor Swift's "Opalite" celebrates a mammoth week at radio, rising to #1 on the Mediabase airplay charts for both pop and hot adult contemporary. --\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2026\/02\/23\/taylor-swifts-opalite-officially-earns-1-at-pop-hot-adult-contemporary-radio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Taylor Swift's "Opalite" Officially Earns #1 At Pop, Hot Adult Contemporary Radio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Taylor Swift's "Opalite" celebrates a mammoth week at radio, rising to #1 on the Mediabase airplay charts for both pop and hot adult contemporary. --\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2026\/02\/23\/taylor-swifts-opalite-officially-earns-1-at-pop-hot-adult-contemporary-radio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-23T06:01:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Taylor-Swift-Opalite.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1432\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"924\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2026\/02\/23\/taylor-swifts-opalite-officially-earns-1-at-pop-hot-adult-contemporary-radio\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2026\/02\/23\/taylor-swifts-opalite-officially-earns-1-at-pop-hot-adult-contemporary-radio\/\",\"name\":\"Taylor Swift's \\\"Opalite\\\" Officially Earns #1 At Pop, Hot Adult Contemporary Radio\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-23T06:01:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-23T06:01:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"Taylor Swift's \\\"Opalite\\\" celebrates a mammoth week at radio, rising to #1 on the Mediabase airplay charts for both pop and hot adult contemporary. --\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2026\/02\/23\/taylor-swifts-opalite-officially-earns-1-at-pop-hot-adult-contemporary-radio\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News & Charts, TV News & Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. 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