Taylor Swift’s ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’ Makes No. 1 Hot 100 Debut

“I Knew It, I Knew You,” on Pixar/Walt Disney/Republic Records, with country radio promotion by MCA Nashville, opens with 27.2 million official streams, 46.7 million radio airplay audience impressions and 87,000 sold in the U.S. from its June 5 release through June 11.

The track debuts as Swift’s 11th No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart; at No. 7 on Radio Songs; and as her record-extending 32nd No. 1 on Digital Song Sales, with 70,000 of its overall sales from downloads. It also sold 17,000 via three CD single options: its original, acoustic and piano versions that shipped to customers during the tracking week.

As for the tune’s Radio Songs entrance, Swift becomes the first artist with multiple top 10 debuts since the chart became an all-format ranking in December 1998. Here are the select songs to start in the tier:

“I Knew It, I Knew You” debuts at No. 8 on Country Airplay, No. 9 on Adult Contemporary and in the top 20 on Pop Airplay and Adult Pop Airplay.

Upping her count to 15 Hot 100 No. 1s, Swift now solely has the third-most in the chart’s 67-year history.

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Here’s a rundown of Swift’s Hot 100 No. 1s:

*No. 1 debut

With 10 Hot 100 No. 1s in the 2020s, Swift widens her lead over Drake and Ariana Grande (eight each) for the most this decade.

Swift also becomes just the fourth artist with a double-digit total of Hot 100 No. 1s in a single decade, with her 10 in the ‘20s following Mariah Carey’s 14 in the 1990s and The Beatles’ 18 and The Supremes’ 12 in the ‘60s.

Plus, as “I Knew It, I Knew You,” the 1,194th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s history, and the 93rd single to debut at the summit, follows Swift’s triumph with “Opalite” in February, she’s the first artist with two new No. 1s this year.

“I Knew It, I Knew You” is also Swift’s ninth career No. 1 Hot 100 debut, as she passes Grande for the most among women. Overall, Drake has a leading 10.

Swift’s 15th Hot 100 No. 1 is also her 70th top 10, dating to her first, “Change,” in August 2008.

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“I Knew It, I Knew You” is also Swift’s 178th top 40 Hot 100 hit and her 277th entry overall. The marks are the most among women and second among all acts only to Drake’s 241 and 402, respectively.

“I Knew It, I Knew You” is the third Hot 100 No. 1 ever from an animated Disney film, and the first from its Pixar studio — as well as the first to debut in the top spot and Swift’s first leader from a movie. It follows the ensemble “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” from Encanto, in 2022 and Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle’s “A Whole New World,” from Aladdin, in 1993.

Toy Story 5 premieres wide in theaters June 19, following its June 9 Hollywood preview, at which Swift gave “I Knew It, I Knew You” its first live performance.

“Writing this song felt like a musical departure and coming home at the same time,” Swift shared June 1 on Instagram. “Creating something for Jessie was a new challenge and also felt like second nature all at once. And being a @toystory kid from the age of 5 til now … is an adventure I plan to be on, to infinity and beyond.”

The song marks Pixar’s first No. 1 Hot 100 placement, Walt Disney Records’ second — after “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” — and MCA Nashville’s third.

Republic, with the REPUBLIC Collective the top Hot 100 label for five years running, links its third consecutive new No. 1, following Ariana Grande’s “Hate That I Made You Love Me,” which debuted on top a week earlier, and Drake’s “Janice STFU,” which led in its first two chart weeks before that. The company is the first ever to notch three Hot 100 No. 1 debuts in as few as four weeks.

Swift cowrote and coproduced “I Knew It, I Knew You” with Jack Antonoff. She has now cowritten all 15 of her Hot 100 No. 1s and coproduced nine.

The youngest ever inductee to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, as of June 11, Swift ties for the seventh-most Hot 100 No. 1s all-time among writers.

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Antonoff earns his 11th Hot 100 No. 1 as both a writer and producer. It’s his sixth and seventh in those respective roles with Swift, a chart-topping partnership that they began with “Look What You Made Me Do” and had most recently expanded with “Fortnight.”

“I Knew It, I Knew You” concurrently bounds in at No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart, as Swift’s milestone 10th leader. Here’s a recap:

*No. 1 debut

(Of Swift’s 10 Hot Country Songs No. 1s, she has tallied four since the chart adopted its current multimetric methodology in October 2012; before that, the list solely measured country radio airplay.)

Dating to her first Hot Country Songs No. 1 — and even with her pivot to pop with her fifth proper studio set, 1989, in 2014 — Swift is one of six acts with 10 or more leaders on the chart in that nearly 19-year span, joining Luke Bryan, Morgan Wallen (12 each), Blake Shelton (11), Kenny Chesney and Carrie Underwood (10 each). Swift and Underwood, thus, have the most among women since “Our Song” hit No. 1.

Meanwhile, “I Knew It, I Knew You” is the 32nd hit to have topped both the Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs, dating to 1958 (when the latter became the country genre’s singular Billboard chart). It’s the 12th so far in the 2020s, the most of any decade.

Ella Langley claims three songs in the Hot 100’s top 10, all of which hold in place: “Choosin’ Texas,” at No. 2 following 10 weeks at No. 1 beginning in February; “Be Her,” at No. 4 after reaching No. 2; and “I Can’t Love You Anymore,” with Morgan Wallen, at No. 9, after it debuted at its No. 7 high. Plus, “Choosin’ Texas” posts a second week at No. 1 on the Songs of the Summer chart.

Drake’s “Janice STFU” remains at No. 3 after spending its first two weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 1 beginning late last month. It logs a fourth week atop the multimetric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Grande’s “Hate That I Made You Love Me” falls to No. 5 a week after it debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100.

Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might” slips 5-6 on the Hot 100 after three weeks at No. 1 between January and March. It tops Radio Songs for a 17th week (69 million, down 2%) and the multimetric Hot R&B Songs chart for a 22nd week.

Olivia Dean charts two songs in the Hot 100’s top 10: “Man I Need” (6-7, after peaking at No. 2) and “So Easy (To Fall in Love)” (7-8, after reaching No. 5).

Elsewhere in the Hot 100’s top 10, Tame Impala and JENNIE’s “Dracula” keeps at its No. 10 best, as it leads the multimetric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a 23rd week and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs for a sixth week.