Taylor Swift has had her 15th No. 1 song Toy Story 5 “I Knew It, I Knew You” debuted atop Billboard’s Hot 100, the publication confirmed Monday.
“I Knew It, I Knew You” took Swift back to her country roots, an appropriate aesthetic choice considering the song is an ode to cowgirl Jessie. The track marks Swift’s first release since she dropped her 12th studio album The life of a showgirl Last September, she reunited with longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff, who co-wrote the song and also provided the instrumentation.
Swift undressed Ariana Grande for her Petal The single, “Hate that I Made You Love Me”, attracted 27.2 million streams in its first week as well as 87,000 sales per week. Bulletin board. Ella Langley’s “Choosin'” came in second place this week, while Drake’s “STFU” came in third. Langley’s song “Be Her” is at number four. “Hate That I Made You Love Me” cracks the top five. Swift’s Republic Records label represents both Drake and Grande, meaning the label has topped the Hot 100 with new songs in each of the past three weeks.
“I knew it, I knew you” could see a spike in the coming weeks as well Toy Story 5 It heads to theaters on Friday.
The first bow is just another milestone for Swift, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame last week, becoming the youngest woman ever to receive the honor. She gave an emotional speech in New York to close the induction ceremony, thanking her family for their sacrifices early in her career, and offering advice to the next generation of hitmakers as well.
“If you look back at my 23-year career in music, there are ups and downs, industry battles, trials and tribulations, tears and cheers and an accumulation of doubt, fair and unfair criticism, complete loss of privacy, world tours, ego wars, twists of fate, and the absolute magical chaos of this path I chose when I was too young to remember it was ever a choice: songwriting was the easiest,” Swift told the audience. “The thing I’ve ever done.”
