SamJ 8,008 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Here is a list of every Taylor swift hit that has ever entered the Official UK charts. 2009: Love Story: Peak 2 / 7 weeks in top 10 / 44 weeks in top 100 2009: White Horse: Peak 60 / 2 weeks in top 100 2009: Teardrops On My Guitar: Peak 51 / 10 weeks in top 100 2009: Crazier: Peak 100 / 1 week in top 100 2009: You Belong With Me: Peak 30 / 16 weeks in top 100 2010: Today Was A Fairytale: Peak 57 / 3 weeks in top 100 2010: Mine: Peak 30 / 4 weeks in top 100 2012: Safe And Sound: Peak 67 / 3 weeks in top 100 2012: Eyes Open: Peak 70 / 1 week in top 100 2012: Both Of Us (with B O B): Peak 22 / 5 weeks in top 100 2012: We Are Never Getting Back Together: Peak 4 / 10 weeks in top 10 / 33 weeks in top 100 2012: Begin Again: Peak 30 / 2 weeks in top 100 2012: Red: Peak 26 / 4 weeks in top 100 2012: I Knew You Were Trouble: Peak 2 / 11 weeks in top 10 / 40 weeks in top 100 2012: State Of Grace: Peak 36 / 1 week in top 100 2012: Everything Has Changed (ft Ed Sheeran): Peak 7 / 2 weeks in top 10 / 17 weeks in top 100 2013: 22: Peak 9 / 1 week in top 10 / 24 weeks in top 100 2013: Sweeter Than Fiction: Peak 45 / 1 week in top 100 2013: The Last Time (ft Gary Lightbody): Peak 25 / 2 weeks in top 100 2014: Shake It Off: Peak 2 / 12 weeks in top 10 / 50 weeks in top 100 2014: Welcome To New York: Peak 39 / 2 weeks in top 100 2014: Blank Space: Peak 4 / 10 weeks in top 10 / 32 weeks in top 100 2015: Style: Peak 21 / 19 weeks in top 100 2015: Bad Blood (ft Kendrick Lamar): Peak 4 / 3 weeks in top 10 / 16 weeks in top 100 2015: Wildest Dreams: Peak 40 / 12 weeks in top 100. so what are your favs and are there any surprises? Here is a link to other artists uk single chart performances I have posted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaylan 1,326 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Welcome to New York spent 2 weeks in the top 100 of a different country lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlaeUrAnus 15,579 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I'm surprised she has not had a #1 yet. In my messy era. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haroon 49,685 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 1 minute ago, SlaeUrAnus said: I'm surprised she has not had a #1 yet. Same She's had three that peaked at #2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamJ 8,008 Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 5 minutes ago, SlaeUrAnus said: I'm surprised she has not had a #1 yet. 1 minute ago, Haroon said: Same She's had three that peaked at #2 Love Story We Are Never Getting Back Together I knew you were trouble shake it off blank space those five would have been well deserved number 1s with their longevity and airplay they were all really popular Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Gaga 22,034 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 11 minutes ago, UK Monster said: Style: Peak 21 underrated bop, deserved better Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlond 14,112 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Only 10 top 10's despite a decade in the music industry. This is what I present to people when they say Taylor's so international now. And all those hits are hits for a reason, except for Love Story, which was a genuinely surprising #2. Other than that, every single one of her top 10's are generic pop songs or feature someone who's big in the UK. With no Spotify streaming, minimal promo and years of making bland country songs have really hampered her chances of making it here. I still can't quite believe she managed to properly make it here after nearly a decade of being unknown and one of the un-coolest names in music for a UK audience. Love Story was the only surprise. Everything else had a clear reason. If she ever goes back to her old style, she'll be old news here. 1 minute ago, SlaeUrAnus said: I'm surprised she has not had a #1 yet. That's what happens when you don't let Spotify stream your music. It's the ultimate deciding factor on if a song goes to #1 now. Shake It Off could have done it and Blank Space could have definitely done it because it was #1 on itunes almost all week but because it had zero streaming figures to promote, it had to settle for #4. She would have had 2 UK #1's by now (possibly 3 since Bad Blood had a lot of success too) but because of her greed, it didn't happen. And they say Taylor's an amazing businesswoman? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haroon 49,685 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 9 minutes ago, StrawberryBlond said: Only 10 top 10's despite a decade in the music industry. This is what I present to people when they say Taylor's so international now. And all those hits are hits for a reason, except for Love Story, which was a genuinely surprising #2. Other than that, every single one of her top 10's are generic pop songs or feature someone who's big in the UK. With no Spotify streaming, minimal promo and years of making bland country songs have really hampered her chances of making it here. I still can't quite believe she managed to properly make it here after nearly a decade of being unknown and one of the un-coolest names in music for a UK audience. Love Story was the only surprise. Everything else had a clear reason. If she ever goes back to her old style, she'll be old news here. That's what happens when you don't let Spotify stream your music. It's the ultimate deciding factor on if a song goes to #1 now. Shake It Off could have done it and Blank Space could have definitely done it because it was #1 on itunes almost all week but because it had zero streaming figures to promote, it had to settle for #4. She would have had 2 UK #1's by now (possibly 3 since Bad Blood had a lot of success too) but because of her greed, it didn't happen. And they say Taylor's an amazing businesswoman? Being "international" doesn't mean you need loads of #1s, she's had hits in our charts and people definitely know her here And yeah we aren't country people so she won't do as well here with that type of material, it is what it is Since when was Taylor Swift's name uncool? I can't remember any stigma like that being attached to her Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlond 14,112 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 23 minutes ago, Haroon said: Being "international" doesn't mean you need loads of #1s, she's had hits in our charts and people definitely know her here And yeah we aren't country people so she won't do as well here with that type of material, it is what it is Since when was Taylor Swift's name uncool? I can't remember any stigma like that being attached to her It's the length of time its taken her to get those hits. No, you don't need lots of hits to be international but when you're a popstar, you sure do. Taylor's name was uncool until she made Red. Even then, she was still heavily stigmatised for making babyish tunes. She never won awards or had hits here because she just wasn't hip. I don't remember anyone at school knowing who she was 2006-07, when she was unknown here. I am genuinely surprised how well Fearless did considering it only had one hit and nobody talked about her, except to put her down. Speak Now pushed her even further into bland territory. To us, she was like one of those American girls you hear about that grow up in mega religious families in the South and keep themselves for marriage. That kind of role just doesn't fly in the UK. We've always liked our popstars sexual and streetwise and she was just too twee for us. There's just something about her that brings out my inner mean girl. Like she's walking past me in the corridor and I'm all: "Ugh, she's soooo dreary." I wasn't aware that someone who had such a dorky image can go on to reinvent themselves as the most popular girl in school. It's like every teen movie cliche come to life. People have short memories, I swear. The fact Shake It Off was a massive UK hit for her shows how much our musical taste has changed. That kind of stuff would be laughed off the charts back in the day when we were all about Xtina, Eminem, Britney, 50 Cent and so on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
malazam 15,710 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 58 minutes ago, SlaeUrAnus said: I'm surprised she has not had a #1 yet. I can't believe it! How did You Belong With Me, We Are Never Getting Back Together and Blank Space to not be #1 (ty, Haroon) Even Telephone was #1 there another shot before we kiss the other side Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamJ 8,008 Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 18 minutes ago, malazam said: I can't believe it! How did You Belong With Me, We Are Never Getting Back Together and Blank Space to not be #1 (ty, Haroon) Even Telephone was #1 there Telephone was massive here though it was always on the radio. It was number 1 for 2 weeks it was a big number 1 not just one that scraped number 1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
malazam 15,710 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 1 minute ago, UK Monster said: Telephone was massive here though it was always on the radio. It was number 1 for 2 weeks it was a big number 1 not just one that scraped number 1. What I tried to say, YBWM, WANGBT and BS are more UK radio friendly than Telephone (in my opinion but I don't live there so, I'm probably wrong) another shot before we kiss the other side Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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