Taylor Swift has tied Rihanna for the most top 10 entries in the history of Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart with 30 each, as her single “Patient Zero” climbs three spots to No. 10 on the list dated Oct. 31, billboard.com reported.
The milestone places Swift and Rihanna side by side at the top of the radio survey, which tracks weekly plays on nearly 150 U.S. mainstream top 40 stations as tabulated by Mediabase and provided by Luminate. Beyond their matching counts of top 10 singles, the two artists are tied for the most overall appearances on the 40-position chart with 52 entries each. Billboard.com noted that while the two share the record for total top 10s, Swift holds the record for the most Pop Airplay No. 1 hits with 16.
Radio Airplay Records and Chart History
- Taylor Swift and Rihanna share the record for the most Pop Airplay top 10s at 30 each, followed by Ariana Grande with 25.
- Both artists also share the record for overall chart entries on the 40-position survey, with 52 appearances each.
- Swift leads the all-time list for Pop Airplay No. 1 singles with 16, ahead of Bruno Mars with 13.
The tracking history for both artists on the Pop Airplay chart spans across two decades. Swift first reached the Pop Airplay upper tier with her first entry, “Teardrops on My Guitar,” which hit No. 7 in February 2008. Rihanna’s haul of top 10s on the chart spans from her debut, “Pon de Replay” (No. 2, September 2005), through her featured turn with Bryson Tiller on DJ Khaled’s “Wild Thoughts” (No. 4, September 2017).
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Bruno Mars ranks second behind Swift in total Pop Airplay No. 1s with 13. He is followed by a group of artists tied with 11 No. 1 hits each, including Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Maroon 5, Katy Perry, and Rihanna. Among currently charting artists on the survey, Ariana Grande holds 25 top 10s and is present in the current top 10 tier with both “Hate That I Made You Love Me” and “Petal,” according to billboard.com.
“Patient Zero” arrived as one of four new tracks added to the deluxe version of Swift’s 2025 album, The Life of a Showgirl, which was released Sept. 25. Upon its debut on the Oct. 10-dated Billboard Hot 100, the single became Swift’s 16th No. 1. That figure represents the third-best total in the 68-year history of the Hot 100, trailing only The Beatles with 20 and Mariah Carey with 19.
| Artist | Pop Airplay Top 10s | Overall Chart Entries | Pop Airplay No. 1s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rihanna | 30 | 52 | 11 |
| Taylor Swift | 30 | 52 | 16 |
| Ariana Grande | 25 | – | 11 |
| Justin Bieber | 22 | – | 11 |
| Maroon 5 | 22 | – | 11 |
| Bruno Mars | 21 | – | 13 |
The Pop Airplay chart launched in October 1992. The survey measures mainstream top 40 radio airplay by monitoring song rotations across participating stations nationwide.
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