Taylor Swift Makes Billboard Country Airplay Chart History

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Taylor Swift has made Billboard Country Airplay chart history with her latest release, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” reported by Billboard.

The tune, written for the Toy Story 5 soundtrack, debuted at No. 8 on the June 20-dated list with 19.4 million audience impressions in the week ending June 11, according to Luminate. With this, Swift becomes the first woman to debut in the Country Airplay top 10, dating back to the chart’s January 1990 start. The only other song to do so was Garth Brooks’ “More Than a Memory,” which debuted at No. 1 in September 2007.

“I Knew It, I Knew You” marks her 19th Country Airplay top 10, and her first since “Red” in December 2013. Swift has notched seven No. 1 Billboard Country Airplay hits throughout her career.

“I think Taylor is arguably the biggest music star in the world. [“I Knew It, I Knew You” is] part of one of the biggest films of the summer. It fits sonically and in style to what else is on country radio. All three of those things make it the easiest programming decision of the year,” Brent Michaels, PD/on-air personality at KRJK-FM and KUZZ-AM/FM Bakersfield, Calif., told Billboard. “If Taylor is creating music that fits alongside the other biggest hitmakers in country, we’re crazy to not go along for the ride. She moves the needle with every project.”

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