Taylor Swift Breaks Her Historic Tie With Rapper Lil Baby With Another Major Hit

As Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated album Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) dominates the Billboard 200 chart, the songs featured on the album are making significant moves on various Billboard charts. Swift’s loyal fanbase wasted no time in playing the title on platforms like Spotify and Apple
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Music, propelling almost every track to the Streaming Songs chart, where the most-streamed tunes in the U.S. are ranked weekly. With a string of new top 10 hits on this chart, Swift has once again made history.

As she scores five new top 10 hits on the Streaming Songs chart, Swift’s career total placements in the competitive region now stands at an impressive 39 smashes. This latest grouping of wins breaks her tie with rapper Lil Baby, who previously was on the same level as the pop superstar, with 34 top 10 hits on the Streaming Songs chart.

The only artist who surpasses them when it comes to the total number of placements inside the top 10 on this chart is the Canadian hip-hop powerhouse, Drake, who reigns in an incredibly distant first place with a staggering 85 smashes to his name.

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As Swift debuts five songs inside the top 10 on the Streaming Songs chart, her name also appears in a sixth position within the highest region. Her current single “Cruel Summer” falls to the No. 10 spot as her surge of just-released cuts arrives.

First up from Swift is “I Can See You (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault),” which enters the Streaming Songs chart at No. 2, coming in behind only Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night.” The singer occupies the entire lower half of the top 10 on the Streaming Songs chart, with all of the following new appearances: “Mine (Taylor’s Version)” (No. 6), “Back To December (Taylor’s Version)” (No. 7), “Enchanted (Taylor’s Version)” (No. 8), “Sparks Fly (Taylor’s Version)” (No. 9) and the aforementioned “Cruel Summer” at No. 10.

Currently occupying an astounding 22 spots on the 50-rung Streaming Songs chart, Swift sets a new record for the most simultaneous hits by a female artist. Remarkably, she breaks her own record, having claimed 20 spaces on the chart last year, setting a new high bar for female artists in the streaming era.

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Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2023/07/23/taylor-swift-breaks-her-historic-tie-with-rapper-lil-baby-with-another-major-hit/