Taylor Swift boosts to #1 with "Look What You Made Me Do"

The pop star goes 40-1. She also debuts a song in the Top 10, and takes up over 10% of the whole chart, breaking the record for most songs on the chart.

"Look What You Made Me Do" rises 39 spots to take the #1. It breaks multiple records this week. Most points earned in a week (10,000). This amount overtakes the previous record holder, kirstin's "Break a Little", by 3000 points. It also breaks the record for biggest jump to #1. I could this sticking around for a while, if only a certain someone didn't decide to drop a amazing song of Spanglish goodness (which I will get to later). Now, this pushes back "Honest" by Drake Bell down to #2, which is facing a lot of competition despite its momentum. Now, what doesn't have a lot of momentum is "Craving You" by Thomas Rhett and Maren Morris. Its days are numbered, it's lasted quite long. It'll be replaced soon likely by the #4, "Unforgettable" by Thomas Rhett. 

Now, "Imaginary Parties" by Superfruit and "Break a Little" by kirstin, these Pentatonix members have done well on the chart, but those songs are starting to sputter out. Now, we get to our #7, and I can't believe I'm saying this, it's "Sixteen" by Thomas Rhett, meaning we could have three Thomas Rhett songs in the Top 5 eventually. Joy. Now, another competitor is "Why" by Sabrina Carpenter, which rose 10-8, and it's still doing fine. Now, "Cut To The Feeling" by Carly Rae Jepsen... well, it might get a modest boost from Leap!, but it's falling to #10. If it does come back, it'll be short-lived. 

Back to discussing Taylor Swift, as the heartfelt ballad "Ronan", about a 4-year-old boy who died of nueroblastoma back in 2011, debuts at #9. It's a damn good song, and when people say all Taylor Swift writes about is breakups... there you go. Along with this, she takes over 10% of the chart, with 16 songs currently on the chart. But, the big challenger is "Hey Guapo" by kirstin and Play-N-Skillz. With only three hours of tracking, the Spanglish pop song debuts at #42, and like I said, could make a serious play for #1.

According to predictions, it may slightly overtake "Look What You Made Me Do", and could achieve double the points of Drake Bell's "Honest". If it does, it'll be the first foreign language song to top the chart, and will mark Kirstin's third #1 (not counting her work with Pentatonix). Although, these two songs may not be the best thing for the chart, as this could lead to a lock up of at least the top 2 spots, if not more.

For a link to the full chart for this week, click here!