#TaylorSwift made her debut 20 years ago and is the undisputed #1 Artist of our generation, a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon who redefined music itself and whose cultural impact transcends eras...💪🐐👑🤍
She is the #1 best-selling Artist of the 21st century with 270 equivalent album units sold, the #1 Billboard 200 Artist of All Time with the biggest album debut in Billboard 200 history (4M units), the only Artist to have 8 albums debuting on the Billboard 200 with over 1M units each, the Artist with the most Hot 100 No. 1s of the Century (15) and of the Decade (10), the Female Artist with the most Hot 100 debuts (9), the only Artist to occupy the whole Top 10 (3 times), Top 12 & Top 14 simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100, the Solo Artist with the most No. 1s on the Billboard Global 200 (7) and the Artist with the most No. 1s on Digital song sales (32)! She is the #1 most-streamed Female Artist in Apple Music history & the most streamed Artist of all time on Spotify (126.5B) with the biggest album debut in history (314.5M)! She's the artist with the most Album of the Year wins in GRAMMY history (4)! She's the #1 highest-grossing touring Artist of all time with the highest-grossing Tour (Eras Tour, $2.1B! She's also the youngest woman ever to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the only musical act to be named TIME’s Person of the Year!
A visionary songwriter, business powerhouse, and Global Icon, Taylor, the Legend, doesn’t just break records and make history, she rewrites the rules!
#20YearsOfTaylorSwift
Today marks #20YearsOfTaylorSwift.
Widely regarded as the biggest star on the planet, Taylor Swift has cultivated an era-defining career spanning 20 years, with her twelve record-shattering albums catapulting her into music history’s Big 5 (joining The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, and Queen), claiming the honor of being the #1 best-selling female artist of all time (with 270 million album units) and solidifying her place as the de facto leader of the 21st century.
She is the #1 highest-grossing touring artist of all time, the #1 Billboard 200 artist of all time, the #1 most-streamed artist in Spotify history, the #2 most-streamed artist in Apple Music history, the #1 best-selling artist of the 21st century, the #1 most-awarded female artist of all time, the youngest woman to ever be inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the only musical act to ever be hailed TIME’s Person of the Year, the only artist to ever have eight 1M+ debuts on Billboard 200, and the record holder for the most Album of the Year wins in GRAMMYs’ seven-decade history (with a legendary four AOTY wins).
Among the near-unbreakable records that have cemented and immortalized her legacy, the biggest of them all are her cataclysmic, economy-shifting, earthshaking Eras Tour holding the title as the #1 highest-grossing tour of all time (with an unprecedented $2.077 billion total); her streaming behemoth “THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT” obliterating the record for the biggest album debut in Spotify history (with a whopping 314.5 million first-day streams); her being the only artist in history to ever *completely* sweep the entire Top 10, the entire Top 12, and the entire Top 14 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart; and her sales juggernaut “The Life of a Showgirl” holding the record for the biggest album debut in Billboard 200 history, amassing an astronomical 4.005 million album copies (U.S.) on its first week alone and practically breaking every single sales record in existence.
Her monumental 13th studio album is yet to come.
#TaylorSwift's self-penned history-making marvel, "I Knew It, I Knew You", the lead single from the soundtrack to Walt Disney's animated film Toy Story 5, is the #1 song in the world, and debuts atop the United World chart, becoming Taylor's Milestone 10th #1 and 44th top 10 hit with Taylor now the Artist with the 2nd most Top 10 hits in United World chart history! The song also debuts atop the Billboard Global 200! 💪💃☁️1⃣🤝🌎📈✖️🔟🎶🎉➕4⃣4⃣🔝🔟🐐👑🤍
"I Knew It, I Knew You" scored 261,000 points in its first week on the United World chart, including 151,000 points from streaming, 76,000 points from sales, and 34,000 points from airplay.
"I Knew It, I Knew You" is Taylor's 7th Billboard Global 200 chart topper, extending her record as the Artist with the most No. 1s among Solo Artists since the chart began in September 2020! “I Knew It, I Knew You” drew 51.5 million streams and sold 91,000 downloads worldwide (June 5 - 11) as per Luminate. The song debuts at No. 3 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart!
“I Knew It, I Knew You” exploded at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It's Taylor's 15th Hot 100 No. 1 with Taylor making history, becoming the Artist with the Most Hot 100 No. 1's of the century! Taylor broke her tie with Drake and Rihanna, becoming the Artist with the 3rd-most No. 1s in Hot 100 history, after only The Beatles (20) & Mariah Carey (19)! Taylor scores her 9th No. 1 Hot 100 debut, surpassing Ariana Grande for the most among women, and her 70th top 10, extending her record for the most among female artists! Taylor also extended her All-Time Record for most #1 hits on the Hot 100 this Decade (10)! “I Knew It, I Knew You” is now the 1st Song released by Disney to debut atop the Hot 100 with 27.2 million official streams, 46.7 million radio airplay audience impressions and 87,000 sold in the U.S. (June 5-11) as per Luminate. The track debuted atop Streaming songs, becoming Taylor’s 11th No. 1 and at #1 on Digital song sales, extending Taylor's record for most No. 1s in history (32)! Taylor is the first artist with multiple top-10 debuts on Radio Songs! It's also Taylor's 10th #1 single on Hot Country Songs and the first song by a female artist, and 2nd overall, after Garth Brooks's "More Than a Memory" (2007), to land in the top 10 of Country Airplay.
Taylor wrote and produced "I Knew It, I Knew You" with Jack Antonoff after viewing an early screening of the film, and being inspired by the story of the film's cowgirl heroine Jessie in the Toy Story franchise. I Knew It, I Knew You" broke numerous streaming, becoming the most-streamed country song in a single day by a female artist on Spotify and the most-streamed soundtrack single in its first day on Apple Music. It scored the highest first-day streams of 2026 on Amazon Music, becoming the biggest country single of 2026 on Apple Music. "I Knew It, I Knew You" is the first song by a female artist in Mediabase history to be added by every US country radio station in its first week.
"I Knew It, I Knew You" is Taylor's 14th #1 song in Canada and Australia, tying her with Elvis Presleyfor the 2nd-most No. 1s in Australia!
In the UK, it became Taylor's 7th number-one song with Taylor now the first international artist with 2 UK #1's in 2026 with "Opalite"!
"I Knew It, I Knew You" is Taylor's 3rd No. 1 hit in Germany!
It has also reached #1 in Austria, #2 in Ireland, #5 in New Zealand & Singapore, #9 in the Netherlands and #10 in France and a Top 20 hit in Argentina, India, Philippines & Switzerland!
.@taylorswift13 earns her milestone 15th career No. 1 on the #Hot100 this week with "I Knew It, I Knew You"!
Take a look at all 15 of her No. 1s, and tap here for details: https://t.co/nAodaoOC3h
.@taylorswift13 earns her 15th career No. 1 hit on the #Hot100 this week with "I Knew It, I Knew You"!
She breaks out of a tie with Rihanna and Drake for the third-most No. 1s in the chart's history.
Take a look at the artists with the most No. 1 songs in Hot 100 history, and tap here for details: https://t.co/sg5D1KS7Wx
#TaylorSwift’s self-penned history-making "I Knew It, I Knew you" debuts at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her 15th chart topper, and is now the 1st Song released by Disney to debut atop the chart!💪💃☁️💥🥇🇺🇸🔥💯✖️1⃣5⃣🎶& 🥇🏰🎶💥1⃣🐐👑💛