Taylor Swift ties Dolly Parton for a Billboard country chart record
She might have moved into pop music, however Taylor Swift has secured herself a new record on the earth of country.
The star, 31, has seen her re-recording of her previous hit “Love Story” — now referred to as “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” — meet large success.
The tune has topped Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, which is predicated on airplay, gross sales and streaming numbers.
The event marks Swift’s first debut within the place, and her eighth time filling the spot total, in line with Billboard.
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Among these eight was the unique model of the music when it was launched again in 2008.
Taylor Swift is the second artist to high Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with two variations of the identical music after ‘Love Story (Taylor’s Version)’ debuted at No. 1.
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Topping the chart with two totally different variations of the identical music has solely been executed as soon as earlier than — and it was by country legend Dolly Parton.
The star’s iconic “I Will Always Love You” hit No. 1 in June 1974 earlier than once more filling the place in October 1982 when Parton, now 75, up to date her recording. Parton charted a third time for the music in 1995 when she launched a duet model of the music with Vince Gill, although it solely hit No. 15.
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“This is my first time having a No. 1 debut on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and I’m so grateful to the fans for making this a possibility,” Swift mentioned in a assertion to Billboard. “They’re the ones who emboldened me to reclaim my music and they really showed up this week to see it through.”
She added: “It blows me away that they’ve sent a song to No. 1 that had its first life over a decade ago. I couldn’t be happier that it happened now, and in this way.”
Dolly Parton’s ‘I Will Always Love You’ topped the chart twice. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images)
Billboard experiences that “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” has additionally topped Country Digital Song Sales, having offered 25,000 downloads in its first body.
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The music is just not being actively promoted to radio stations for airplay and has already drawn 1.1 million all-format airplay viewers impressions within the week ending Feb. 21. Most of the airtime got here from pop, grownup modern and grownup pop stations, however country radio was accountable for 9% of that viewers.
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The final time Swift hit the highest spot on Hot Country Songs was a 10-week streak in 2012-13 with “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.”
Additionally, she is now the primary artist to guide Hot Country Songs within the 2000s, ’10s and ’20s.
