Try this record on for size: Taylor Swift is the first artist to have simultaneous No. 1 debuts for an album on the Billboard 200 and song on the Hot 100 as “cardigan†joins folklore with a No. 1 entry. It’s her second No. 1 debut (since “Shake It Offâ€), her first No. 1 in three years (since “Look What You Made Me Doâ€), and her sixth No. 1 overall (also joining “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,†“Blank Space,†and “Bad Bloodâ€). With “the 1†sitting at No. 4, she’s also the first woman with two simultaneous top-five debuts, joining Lil Wayne and recent record-tier Juice WRLD. (Neither of those cases, for what it’s worth, included two top-four debuts.) With “exile†at No. 6, she joins a select club of three top-ten debuts that also includes Drake, J. Cole, and Lil Uzi Vert. Bon Iver, meanwhile, is just happy to be here, logging his highest-ever chart position and first top ten with “exile.â€
Swift’s surprise album folklore already posted the biggest debut of the year — and since, well, her last album, Lover, in 2019 — entering the albums chart with 846,000 units (including a strong 615,000 in album sales thanks to some merch bundles and special editions). She reacted to the news of her record’s record with a simple GIF of the Rock.
Aside from that shake-up, it’s more of the same on the Hot 100. Former No. 1s DaBaby and Roddy Ricch shift down to No. 2 with “Rockstarâ€; former No. 1 hopeful Jack Harlow is still at No. 3 with his packed “Whats Poppin†remix; former No. 1 the Weeknd is somehow still comfortably in the top five with “Blinding Lights.†And, in a fun bit of news, the top ten is rounded out by two songs with “Savage†in the title: Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé’s former No. 1 “Savage†remix and Jason Derulo’s new “Savage Love (Laxed — Siren Beat)†with producer Jawsh 685.