‘Anti-Hero’ Surpasses ‘Shake It Off’ As Taylor Swift’s Second-Longest-Running Billboard Hit

Topline

Taylor Swift’s single “Anti-Hero” spent a fifth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, marking her second-longest reign atop the chart, surpassing her 2014 hit “Shake It Off.”

Taylor Swift poses in the press room during the 2022 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on … [+] November 20, 2022, in Los Angeles.

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Key Facts

The longest-running single at No. 1 from Swift is 2014’s “Blank Space,” which spent seven weeks at the top of the chart.

Swift’s other No. 1 hits include: “We Are Never Getting Back Together” (three weeks); “Bad Blood” featuring Kendrick Lamar (one week); “Look What You Made Me Do” (one week); “Willow” (one week); “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” (one week); and “Cardigan” (one week).

With five weeks at No. 1, “Anti-Hero” tied Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” and the cast of Encanto’s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” as the second-longest-running No. 1 song of 2022, behind Harry Styles’ “As It Was” (15 weeks).

Tangent

For the tracking week ending November 24, holiday songs took over a majority of the Top 10. Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas” reached No. 5 on the chart, followed by Christmas classics “Rockin Around The Christmas Tree,” “Jingle Bell Rock” and “A Holly Jolly Christmas.” Michael Bublé’s album Christmas earned the No. 10 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 Singles

“Anti-Hero,” Taylor Swift
“Rich Flex,” Drake and 21 Savage
“Unholy,” Kim Petras and Sam Smith
“Bad Habit,” Steve Lacy
“All I Want For Christmas Is You,” Mariah Carey
“Rockin Around The Christmas Tree,” Brenda Lee
“I’m Good (Blue),” David Guetta and Bebe Rexha
“As It Was,” Harry Styles
“Jingle Bell Rock,” Bobby Helms
“A Holly Jolly Christmas,” Burl Ives

Billboard 200 Top 10 Albums

Midnights, Taylor Swift
Her Loss, Drake and 21 Savage
Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny
It’s Only Me, Lil Baby
Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen
The Highlights, The Weeknd
Thriller, Michael Jackson (40th Anniversary Re-Release)
Harry’s House, Harry Styles
Jupiter’s Diary: 7 Day Theory, Rod Wave
Christmas, Michael Bublé

Key Background

Though it was released in October, Swift’s Midnights is the third-longest-running No. 1 album of the year, with four weeks at the top of the chart. Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti had 13 weeks at No. 1, and the soundtrack to the movie Encanto had 9. There are only five full tracking weeks left of 2022, so it’s possible that Midnights could rise in rankings.