Anti-Hero on track to become Taylor Swift's second UK Number 1 single as Midnights track dominate Official Singles Chart Top 3
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As Taylor Swift and Arctic Monkeys go head to head in this week’s albums race, three tracks from Taylor’s Midnights dominate today’s Official Chart First Look.
Midnights' self-referential lead single Anti-Hero is leading the charge to become Taylor’s second UK Number 1 single. It would be Tay's first chart-topper in half a decade, since the incendiary Look What You Made Me Do in 2017.
Prior to Midnights release, Taylor had previously shared how Anti-Hero has become one of her favourite songs she has ever recorded. The sprightly synth-pop tune, co-produced and co-written with Jack Antonoff, sees Taylor examine her relationship to her celebrity, and how fame has isolated her from her closest relationships.
MORE: Taylor's Official Charts history in full
Not far behind, album opener Lavender Haze (2) and Lana Del Rey collaboration Snow On The Beach (3) complete the Top 3.
Snow On The Beach would also see alt-pop goddess Lana Del Rey secure her fifth UK Top 10 single, her first since 2019 mega meet-up Don't Call Me Angel with Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus, which peaked at Number 2.
Elsewhere this week, Arctic Monkeys could debut two tracks from new album The Car straight inside the Top 20; I Ain’t Quite Where I Think I Am (14) and Sculptures of Anything Goes (15).
While Taylor’s new songs are proving a force to be reckoned with on streaming platforms, could the artists’ physical releases change things up over on the Official Albums Chart?
The midweek Official Albums Chart Update will be published tomorrow at 5.45pm on officialcharts.com providing a first glimpse at the biggest chart battle of the quarter so far.
Article Image: Taylor Swift/EMI/Beth Garrabrant
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RyanT
I like the lyrics..but the song itself is so meh. the video is a bit silly too, not as smart as The Smart
thierry henon
Great news on the Billboard HOT 100!! Kim Petras and Sam Smith are the new number single in the USA right now!! Cannot believe it and so happy about it!! Their first number 1 single there..
thierry henon
So not looking forward to the new Top 10 this week!! 3 Taylor's singles inside the Top 5 is far too many!!! and getting 2 new Artic monekys inside the Top 20 is 2 too many!! Hopefully next week, these 5 singles will drop massively and we can get a proper number 1 single....
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Conor
Hope taylor can hold the entire top 3, what an achievement for her if she does
🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜
i also feel like taylor may get the number 1 album, due to the collectors edition cds all forming a clock with their back covers (which i thought was a great touch, but i’m too broke to buy them all 😢)
Piran
No Top 20 table this week? 🤔
🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜
only her second?? she should’ve had more by now :(
still, im really really happy that one of the best songs on midnights is looking to be number 1, and i’m hoping it stays that way
⁉️
it’s so weird how she’s had so many good songs chart, but only had awful ones go number 1 lol
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mehaan
i agree look what you made me do is probably 1 or 0 out of 10
Piran
Reviewing the new Arctic Monkeys album tonight, but glad to see 'There'd Better Be A Mirrorball' looking to hit the Top 20!
It was honestly a decent lead single. :)
DJF VLOGS
Was Hoping Sam & Kim Would Stay At Number 1, Although Anti Christ By Taylor Swift Is Quite Good
Piran
Woah, Taylor got the entire Top 3? 🤯
Glad that 'Anti-Hero' is heading for the top though! It's not my favourite track on the album, but it always had the most single potential & I still like a lot. :)
Would definitely be an upgrade from her other #1, 'Look What You Made Me Do'!
🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜
absolutely, and i wished evermore would’ve been released after christmas so willow could’ve got there
it really that her only number 1 is one of her weakest
Piran
Yeah, that was unlucky timing on Taylor's part! 😅