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‘Elizabeth Taylor’ Is the Next Radio Single From Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’

The set's third promoted track is trending toward a debut on the March 21-dated airplay charts.

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Mert Alas & Marcus Piggot

Radio is ready for a double-dose of Taylor, as “Elizabeth Taylor” is the newly promoted single from Taylor Swift’s album The Life of a Showgirl.

The track is trending toward a debut on the March 21-dated Pop Airplay, Adult Pop Airplay and Adult Contemporary charts. Among early supporters of the song are SiriusXM’s Hits 1 and The Pulse, iHeartMedia’s WHTZ (Z100) New York and Bonneville International’s KMVQ (99.7 NOW) San Francisco, according to Mediabase (which provides airplay data to Luminate for Billboard’s radio rankings).


“Elizabeth Taylor” follows “The Fate of Ophelia” and “Opalite” as the first two radio singles from The Life of a Showgirl. On Pop Airplay, the latter two songs — with all three co-written and co-produced by Swift, Max Martin and Shellback — became Swift’s record-extending 14th and 15th No. 1s, respectively. They also marked her 14th and 15th leaders on Adult Pop Airplay, with “Opalite” tying her with Maroon 5 for the most in the chart’s history. Both have also hit the Adult Contemporary top 10, pushing her total to 21 career visits to the region.

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The Life of a Showgirl, on Republic Records, launched with a record-obliterating 4.002 million first-week equivalent-album units last October, becoming Swift’s 15th Billboard 200 No. 1, the most among soloists. “Elizabeth Taylor” simultaneously debuted at its No. 3 high on the Billboard Hot 100, as the set’s songs occupied the chart’s top 12 spots, the most for an artist from No. 1 on down in a single week.

Swift last boasted three radio singles from an album via 2022’s Midnights: “Anti-Hero,” “Lavender Haze” and “Karma.”

All charts dated March 21 will update Tuesday, March 17, on Billboard.com.

This article was first published by Billboard U.S.

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