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Taylor Swift came close to securing another No. 1 hit on the Hot 100 chart this week, but sadly she missed out by just one spot. The singer-songwriter’s new remix of her current single “Karma” returns to the highest region on the tally but couldn’t surpass Morgan Wallen’s unstoppable hit, “Last Night,” which remains at No. 1 for a ninth consecutive week.
“Karma” enjoys a significant leap from No. 27 to No. 2 on the Hot 100 this week, reaching a new peak position. While it may not be a newcomer to the top 10, as the track debuted in the highest tier when Swift’s album Midnights was released in late 2022, it’s still another massive win for the star.
This remix of “Karma” marks featured musician Ice Spice’s highest position on the Hot 100. She previously peaked at No. 3 with her breakout hit, “Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2,” featuring PinkPantheress. Spice is now credited on “Karma,” which was originally a solo track. Her version, released on May 26, accounts for the majority of the song’s consumption.
“Karma” is performing strongly across all Hot 100 metrics. The song accumulated 38.4 million in airplay audience, 22.5 million streams and 17,000 copies sold, according to Billboard.
Billboard also reported that “Karma” makes significant gains in various charts this week. It jumps from No. 50 to No. 4 place on the Streaming Songs chart, makes its way to No. 2 on the Digital Song Sales chart and rises from No. 18 to No. 12 on the Radio Songs chart, hitting new highs on each listing.
“Karma” is the third top two hit from Swift’s album Midnights and the second to remain in the runner-up position, at least for now. The lead single, “Anti-Hero,” spent eight weeks at No. 1, making it her longest-running chart-topper. Another track from the album, “Lavender Haze,” missed out on the top spot by one position when “Anti-Hero” debuted and never managed to surpass its initial performance.
The tune is one of the 10 top 10 hits from Midnights, as Swift made history when the album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. She became the first artist to occupy the entirety of the top 10 on the Hot 100, with “Karma” being one of those successful 10 tracks.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2023/06/05/taylor-swift-narrowly-misses-charting-another-hot-100-no-1-as-karma-stalls-at-no-1/