As of July 2023[update], Swift had achieved 137.5 million certified digital single units based on sales and on-demand streaming by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

[2] Red (2012), 1989 (2014), and Reputation (2017) spawned successive number-one singles: "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (her first Billboard Hot 100 number one),[4] "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", "Bad Blood", and "Look What You Made Me Do" (her first number one in Ireland and the UK).

[6][7] The albums also contained the top-10 singles "I Knew You Were Trouble", "Style", "Wildest Dreams", and "...Ready for It?".

[4] With Folklore (2020) and its lead single "Cardigan", Swift became the first artist to debut atop both the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 in the same week;[9] she achieved this feat five more times with "Willow" from Evermore (2020), "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)"—the longest song in duration to reach number one[10]—from Red (Taylor's Version) (2021), "Anti-Hero" from Midnights (2022), "Is It Over Now?"

[14] Besides material for her albums, Swift has recorded songs for film soundtracks including her first number-one Canadian single "Today Was a Fairytale" for Valentine's Day (2010),[8] the Billboard Hot 100 top-30 entries "Safe & Sound" featuring the Civil Wars and "Eyes Open" for The Hunger Games (2012),[15] and the international top-five single "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" with Zayn for Fifty Shades Darker (2017).