Taylor Swift Heading For No. 1 On Hot 100 With 'Shake It Off'
August 22, 2014 3:11 PM EDT
Expect a major "shake"-up atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart next week, as Taylor Swift appears headed for a No. 1 debut with her new single, "Shake It Off."
Based on expected massive first-week sales, airplay and streaming, the song looks likely to open atop the ranking.
Here's a look at how her new hit is shaping up in the Hot 100's three measurement metrics.
SALES
"Shake" could start with more than 475,000 downloads sold in the U.S. in its first week. Such a sum would mark the biggest arrival this year, besting Ariana Grande's "Problem," which bowed with 438,000 sold and debuted at No. 1 on the May 17 Digital Songs chart.
STREAMING
In addition to launching as the top-selling song in the country, "Shake" should begin as the most-streamed in its first week, too. "Shake" easily drew the most streams in the U.S. on Aug. 18-19 on Vevo on YouTube: 6.3 million. Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" ranks second with 2.7 million streams in that two-day span.
AIRPLAY
"Shake" is also bound for a monster frame of radio airplay in its first full week of availability.
On BDS' building chart, the song ranks at No. 10 with 22 million in all-format audience since Wednesday. ("Shake" debuted on this week's Radio Songs chart at No. 45 with 29 million impressions in its first two days.)
In all, Swift seems a safe bet to storm in at No. 1 on the Hot 100 next week. 
