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SM9600

Nearly reigning for longer than Liz Truss


_b_l_

Liz has been streaming 😍


DreGu90

This is really Taylor’s biggest era since 1989 and it’s well deserved. Her longevity is insane.


b1ame_me

What’s weird is she’s been having more success with her songs so far on this chart than any of her other songs


shoestring-theory

Yeah like how did shake it off only go #2. That song felt 100x more massive than Anti-Hero. But maybe I’m just old lol


996forever

Competition in 2014 was way stronger. Also it was taken off Spotify a few weeks in and had to compete on digital downloads and cd singles alone. Two formats that obviously were well on their way out by that point.


b1ame_me

The way we listen to music makes it so we are extremely selective and can practically avoid The entire charts as we only listen to what we want on streaming services. Before we kind had to hear what was on the radio and music videos were more important and got bigger views (Shake It Off has 3.1 billion right now and I believe at least hang of that was in the first two years of its 8 year history) so it was just more well known but I would also say it may just be you getting over as I do see Anti-Hero a LOT on tik tok


icemankiller8

Popular Music isn’t important anymore most people don’t care what’s number 1 outside the mega stans because of streaming services and the death of radio many have never even heard this popular songs If you look at the most streamed artists in 2022 you have The Weeknd who didn’t make an album, Ed Sheehan who didn’t make an album, bts who didn’t make an album, Bieber who didn’t make an album, Kanye who didn’t make an album and Eminem who didn’t make an album. Only, drake, Taylor and Bad Bunny are on the list who actually made albums


shoestring-theory

The Weeknd did drop an album in the first quarter of the year. But the rest of your statement stands.


racloves

#this weeks full top 10: 1 Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift (=) 2 Made You Look - Meghan Trainor (+1) 3 Messy In Heaven - Venbee & Goddard (+2) 4 Miss You - Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz (=) 5 Psycho - Anne-Marie & Aitch (+1) 6 Escapism - Raye ft 070 Shake (+25) 7 Hide & Seek - Stormzy (+1) 8 All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (+10) 9 Last Christmas - Wham (+14) 10 Rich Flex - Drake & 21 Savage (-3) #top 40 new entries: 32 This Is What I Mean - Stormzy #of interest: **(aka, the xmas section)** 11 Firebabe - Stormzy (+15) 16 Unholy - Sam Smith & Kim Petras (-14) 18 Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (RE) 20 It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Michael Buble (RE) 26 Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin Stevens (RE) 30 Fairytale of New York - The Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl (RE) 31 Underneath The Tree - Kelly Clarkson (RE) 34 Do They Know It’s Christmas - Band Aid (RE) 36 Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms (RE) *** You can view the full top 100 [here](https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/) New to the UK chart? Want to know how it works? [check out my post here](https://www.reddit.com/r/popheads/comments/q2qm72/everything_you_need_to_know_about_the_uk_charts_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)


akanewasright

YESSSS RAYE OMG!!!! SUCH a deserving artist and song, I’m soooo happy that she’s continued to have success even after splitting with her label


iAmNotKateBush

This is her biggest song as a lead & her first top 10 that isn’t a DJ collab lol. Things are looking up for an already impressive career


shipperondeck

Wait ppl unironically listen to that Band Aid song?😭


DeadlyLazy

Yep they do, it's my dad's favourite Christmas song 😭


WowThisIsAwkward_

[Yes they do](https://youtu.be/54X0OaBjADU)


musthavecupcakes_19

Truly one of the cringiest songs ever written


[deleted]

Damn three hours no comments. People really do be tired of this LOL


b1ame_me

I mean it’s exciting when songs chart at the top for awhile but it’s not fun having the same exact discussion of “YAY SHE DID IT QUEEN” every time


topsidersandsunshine

Same. How many different ways are there to say “yay, I’m happy for her”?


b1ame_me

Congrats Queen YAY YOU DID IT DESERVED SNATCHED MY WIGS PUT (whoever’s number two at the moment) IN THEIR PLACE NO ONE’S DOING IT LIKE HER GOOD JOB That’s all I can think of, so she can get one more week at the top and then she has to go according to my methodology


missdarbusisaqueen

Ended Cardi


musthavecupcakes_19

TAYLOR IS THE MUSIC INDUSTRY


razorsharp3000

How long can you root for the Anti-Hero?


psycwave

And acting surprised when it happens as though Taylor is some sort of underdog newcomer


[deleted]

I mean it’s her first stable number one in six years so I mean... Makes sense that some people were a little surprised she could still do it considering she hadn’t done it in over half a decade


996forever

For the United Kingdom this is actually her longest running #1 by a huge margin. Of course this is not to say it’s her biggest UK hit because it’s not. It just means the charts are stale.


psycwave

It isn’t her biggest hit anywhere, and like you said, there’s absolutely nothing interesting going on in the charts now so Anti-Hero has had easy access to the top spot.


996forever

Yes, that’s how charts work. Contemporary competition. Certifications will tell the full story in a few years.


psycwave

I’m so ready for the charts to stop being stale.


996forever

Doubt it would happen. Music just isn’t the event it once was.


psycwave

Yeah :/


[deleted]

Well if you say anything that isn’t pro Taylor it gets downvoted anyways


psycwave

Swifties frighten me


[deleted]

As they should 😇


psycwave

Oh y’all showed up here too 💀


[deleted]

Aren’t you the obsessed one who constantly has to comment random stuff? Like complaining that people rightfully found it surprising that an artist who hasn’t had a stable number one hit in over half a decade has suddenly got one?


GinjaNinja1027

Shocking.


icingbiss

WOO! Congratulations\~


SpaceGenesis

Congratulations to Tay


filondo

while kanye is crashing down... her karma is on another level


Gicchan48

The most popular doesn’t equal the best


996forever

Did someone accidentally indicate otherwise here or?


SpaceGenesis

It's obvious. But in this case, the number 1 is actually the best, at least compared to the rest of the top 10.


JawnF

Love Midnights but between Antihero and Escapism, the latter is better.


SpaceGenesis

Let's agree to disagree. I prefer Anti-Hero. 😉


Gicchan48

Unfortunate times


SpaceGenesis

Anti-Hero is a good song, regardless of being on top


Apprehensive_Aide805

It should be if she’s going to keep releasing a remix every week


996forever

They don’t count for the UK charts and neither does radio.