Taylor Swift’s true action-figure rise on the charts continues, as it was announced on Monday that her Toy Story 5 song “I Knew It, I Knew You” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
This is the third time a theme song for a Disney animated film has reached the peak, after 1993’s “A Whole New World” from “Aladdin” and, of course, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from 2022’s “Encanto.”
This is Swift’s 15th No. 1, making her the third-most Hot 100 topper in chart history, Billboard reported. She is behind the Beatles at No. 20 and Mariah Carey at No. 19. Reaching this new milestone moves her out of a third-place tie with Rihanna and Drake, who were each at 14th place earlier this week.
The movie song underperformed with 27.2 million on-demand streams. The broadcast received 46.7 million viewer impressions. In terms of sales, the first week’s numbers were 87,000 (all of which were digital downloads, as the CD and vinyl copies that Swift listed as limited editions on her web store did not ship until after her debut week).
The song received heavy promotion on country radio, something that hasn’t happened with any other Vault song other than “Taylor’s Version” since she officially declared herself a pop artist before releasing “1989” in 2015. The format was well received, to say the least. The song debuted at No. 8 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, where new songs rarely debut in the top 10. It also peaked at number 9 on the Adult Contemporary Airplay chart. It reached the top 20 on the pop and adult pop airplay charts.
On the Overall Country Songs chart, which combines streaming and radio results, “I Know It, I Know You” debuted at No. 1, marking the 10th time it topped the chart.
There are four country songs in the top 10 of this week’s Hot 100, with Swift following No. 1 with three songs from Ella Langley: “Choosin’ Texas” at No. 2, “Be Her” at No. 4, and “I Can’t Love You Anymore” (a duet with Morgan Wallen) at No. 9.
Also in the top 10 are Drake’s “Janice” “STFU” came in at number 3, Ariana Grande’s “Hate That I Made You Love Me” at number 5, Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might” at number 6, Olivia Deen’s two songs “Man I Need” and “So Easy (To Fall In Love)” at number 6 and 7, and Tame Impala and The Jennys. 10th place is “Dracula”.
There are fewer actions to make a statement on the Billboard 200 album chart. Drake’s “Iceman” remained at No. 1 for four consecutive weeks, with 133,000 album equivalent units, a modest 22% decrease from the previous week.
The album’s debut at number one was Malcolm Todd’s “Do That Again,” which reached number five with 67,000 units. The only other album in the top 10 in its first week was Niall Horan’s Dinner Party, which came in at No. 7 with 55,000 units.
The Billboard 200 top 10 is rounded out by Ella Langley’s “Dandelion” at No. 2 (up 87,000 units, a very modest 7% decline), Morgan Wallen’s “I’m the Problem” at No. 3, Noah Kahan’s “The Great Divide” at No. 4, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” at No. 6, and “Number.” “One Thing” returned to the top 10 at #6 and #7, followed by Warren’s “One Thing at a Time” at #9 and Olivia Deen’s “The Art of Loving” at #10.
