One year ago today, Taylor released “ME!” as the lead single off of “Lover”, one of the most successful albums of 2019.

The song broke countless records worldwide. In this thread, we will celebrate all of its records and achievements:

Even before its release, the “ME!” music video was an instant viral success, with over 400K+ users joining the premiere page. This makes it one of the most watched music video premieres in YouTube history!

The “ME!” music video swiftly rose to #1 trending on YouTube, garnering over 13 MILLION views on YouTube in less than 3 hours!

After a full 24-hour tracking, the video amassed 65.2 MILLION views on the platform, simultaneously breaking both the YouTube and VEVO records!

In its first full day of release, “ME!” opened with 67K pure copies (downloads) in the US, already becoming one of the bestselling singles of 2019 on its opening day.

“ME!” was a huge success on streaming platforms, debuting with over 7.94 MILLION Spotify streams, becoming the biggest male-female collaboration debut in the platform’s history.

“ME!” broke streaming records on Spotify Mexico, becoming the biggest first-week EVER for a song in the country. Additionally, it broke the record for highest-debut for an English song on Mexican Radio!

The song also broke FOUR Amazon Music streaming records, becoming the biggest first day AND first week debut on the platform. Amazon also reported that “ME!” doubled the record for most Alexa on-demand requests!

On US Apple Music, “ME!” reached an overall peak of #2, and #1 on the Pop chart!

When “Lover” was made available for pre-add on Apple Music, “ME!” alone propelled the album onto the platform’s chart!

Dated May 11th, 2019, “ME!” catapulted 100-2 on the Hot 100, marking the biggest jump in the chart’s 61-year history. Not only that, but the song also managed to amass 193K downloads in its first full-week of availability, the biggest week for a song since Taylor’s own “LWYMMD”.

Despite not reaching #1 on the US Hot 100, “ME!” was still a global success, reaching the top 10 in more than 30 countries, including China, Hungary, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, & Scotland where it peaked at #1 in all respectively!

The song, along with reaching #2 in the US, became Taylor’s fifth No. 2 song (without peaking #1) on the Hot 100, putting her behind Madonna for the artists with the most Hot 100 No. 2s. With “ME!”, Taylor also earned her 23rd top 10 single on the chart!

Finally, a year later, “ME!” has sold over 10 MILLION units worldwide, has amassed more than 1 BILLION streams (all platforms), and is one of 2019’s biggest singles!

13 years into her career, “ME!” proved that Taylor is still a juggernaut in the music industry. The comeback single became a major success, breaking countless of records, rewriting the history of pop. #1YearOfME