{"id":606337,"date":"2026-08-27T15:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T15:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/606337\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T15:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T15:46:10","slug":"taylor-swift-hits-no-1-after-missing-the-throne-with-several-recent-singles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/606337\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Hits No. 1 After Missing The Throne With Several Recent Singles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" top-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787845570_840_0x0.jpg\" alt=\"67th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Arrivals\" data-height=\"2629\" data-width=\"3945\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift&#8217;s &#8220;I Knew It, I Knew You&#8221; becomes the singer&#8217;s ninth No. 1 on Billboard&#8217;s Radio Songs chart, where she claims the second-most rulers of all time. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA &#8211; FEBRUARY 02: Taylor Swift attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images for The Recording Academy<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not unusual to see <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/08\/22\/taylor-swift-shatters-an-all-time-chart-record\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/08\/22\/taylor-swift-shatters-an-all-time-chart-record\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Taylor Swift\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Taylor Swift<\/a> sit at No. 1 on a Billboard chart, though the singer-songwriter leads some tallies more often than others. The superstar is back in charge of the most competitive airplay ranking in the nation, as she returns to the summit of the Radio Songs chart with her latest hit.<\/p>\n<p>Swift has been on a winning streak lately \u2013 for more than a decade and a half, really \u2013 thanks to her 2025 album The Life of a Showgirl and the several hit singles it spawned. As she continues to promote that set, which is not even a year old, Swift is also pushing \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You,\u201d a standalone single written and recorded for the animated film Toy Story 5. That track climbs to the loftiest space on one roster this week after recently settling for second place behind an even more successful artist on the same rundown.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift Returns to No. 1 on the Radio Chart<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hDU4GB1PTxc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hDU4GB1PTxc\" aria-label=\"\u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d\">\u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d<\/a> rises from No. 2 to No. 1 on the <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/radio-songs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/radio-songs\/\" aria-label=\"Radio Songs chart\">Radio Songs chart<\/a> this week. The ranking measures the songs that reach the largest total audiences across radio formats (which are usually differentiated by genre) throughout the United States. Swift trades places with Bruno Mars, as his \u201cRisk It All,\u201d which led the roster last frame, slips to second place.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift Scores Her Ninth Radio No. 1<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d becomes Swift\u2019s ninth career No. 1 on the Radio Songs chart and her first new leader in nearly three years. She last conquered the roster with \u201cCruel Summer,\u201d which became a surprise smash years after its release after Swift included it in the setlist for The Eras Tour.<\/p>\n<p>Here are all of Taylor Swift\u2019s No. 1 hits on Billboard\u2019s Radio Songs chart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnti-Hero\u201d\u201cBad Blood\u201d with Kendrick Lamar\u201cBlank Space\u201d\u201cCruel Summer\u201d\u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d\u201cI Knew You Were Trouble.\u201d\u201cShake It Off\u201d\u201cWildest Dreams\u201d\u201cYou Belong with Me\u201dThe Life of a Showgirl\u2019s Singles Missed the Radio Summit<\/p>\n<p>Somewhat surprisingly, none of the singles she pushed from The Life of a Showgirl reached No. 1 on the Radio Songs ranking. Lead cut <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ko70cExuzZM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ko70cExuzZM\" aria-label=\"\u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d\">\u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d<\/a> came closest, peaking at No. 2. As it stalled in that space, the tune matched \u201cLove Story,\u201d \u201cDelicate\u201d and \u201cI Don\u2019t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)\u201d with Zayn, which all similarly missed out on ruling by one rung. Follow-up cut \u201cOpalite\u201d nearly did the same, as it topped out at No. 3. Third promotional cut \u201cElizabeth Taylor\u201d missed the top 10 entirely and instead stopped climbing at No. 17, tying \u201cWillow,\u201d \u201cFifteen,\u201d \u201c\u2026Ready for It?\u201d and \u201cOut of the Woods\u201d as it did.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift Ranks Fourth All-Time Among All Acts<\/p>\n<p>Even as Swift earns another Radio Songs No. 1, she does not advance on the list of artists with the most leaders, though she comes closer to doing so once more. Rihanna, Bruno Mars and Mariah Carey remain in first, second and third place, respectively on the all-time tally. Rihanna leads with a lucky 13 champions, Mars recently earned his twelfth with \u201cRisk It All\u201d and Carey trails him by only one hit. Swift follows with nine, and she will need two more rulers before she can climb again. Usher, Katy Perry and Maroon 5 sit two wins behind her with seven No. 1s apiece.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d Is a Multi-Chart No. 1<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d appears on a dozen Billboard charts this week and has already ruled many of them. The single has reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales charts and the Billboard Global 200, and it also brought Swift back to several country rankings, wasting no time conquering some of them. Radio often takes longer to respond to a new release, though \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d had already climbed to No. 1 on the Adult Pop Airplay chart before finally taking over the general Radio Songs tally.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/08\/22\/taylor-swift-shatters-an-all-time-chart-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Taylor Swift Shatters An All-Time Chart Record\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/08\/22\/taylor-swift-shatters-an-all-time-chart-record\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForbesTaylor Swift Shatters An All-Time Chart RecordBy Hugh McIntyre<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift&#8217;s &#8220;I Knew It, I Knew You&#8221; becomes the singer&#8217;s ninth No. 1 on Billboard&#8217;s Radio Songs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,257024,257025,61,60,278,217837,257028,257030,257029,257031,257026,257027,34385],"class_list":["post-606337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-https-www-forbes-com-sites-hughmcintyre-2026-08-22-taylor-swift-shatters-an-all-time-chart-record-taylor-swift","tag-i-knew-you","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-taylor-swift-i-knew-it-i-knew-you","tag-taylor-swift-number-one","tag-taylor-swift-number-one-billboard","tag-taylor-swift-number-one-charts","tag-taylor-swift-number-one-radio","tag-taylor-swift-radio-hits","tag-taylor-swift-radio-number-one","tag-the-life-of-a-showgirl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}