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Ella Langley Breaks a 45-Year Country Barrier at No. 1 on the Hot 100 with ‘Choosin’ Texas’
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Taylor Swift vs. the 2020s Chart Reality: Can ‘Opalite’ Beat the Odds? What History Says
Taylor Resorts to 1980s Tactics – a Vinyl Single and Music Video – to Push “Opalite” to The Top (February 7, 2026) – It’s tough these days to get two…