Here's The Story Of The Reality Star Who's Beaten Taylor Swift To No. 1 On The iTunes ChartSkip To ContentHomepageSign InSearch BuzzFeedSearch BuzzFeedlol Badge Feedwin Badge Feedtrending Badge FeedCalifornia residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data.Do Not Sell My Personal Information 2022 BuzzFeed, Inc PressRSSPrivacyConsent PreferencesUser TermsAd ChoicesHelpContactSitemapPosted on 7 Sept 2017 Here s The Story Of The Reality Star Who s Beaten Taylor Swift To No 1 On The iTunes Chart Yep, Megan McKenna, British reality TV royalty, is currently occupying the top two positions of the iTunes chart, where Taylor has dominated for two weeks. by Ellie WoodwardBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestTwitterMailLink This is Megan McKenna Essex resident and reality TV royalty Eamonn M. Mccormack / Getty Images Back in 2009 she reached the semi-finals of Britain's Got Talent, while in 2013 and 2014 she auditioned for The X Factor, making it to bootcamp both times. But she really shot to fame in 2015, when she appeared on Ex on the Beach, which led to her becoming a housemate on Celebrity Big Brother in 2016. Shortly after that she joined the cast of The Only Way Is Essex, and she recently landed her own spinoff show, There's Something About Megan, which aired on ITVBe this week. She quickly gained a reputation for her fiery temper In fact if you ve ever watched a show in which Megan appears there s a high chance you ll have seen her face contort as she screams bloody murder at everyone around her Channel 5, ITVBe Trolls even went so far as to brand her "Mental Megs". Not only is she arguably the angriest and most prolific reality TV star in the UK Megan has also been harbouring a deep desire to be a country singer for years View this photo on Instagram instagram.com She's been obsessed with Taylor Swift since her teenage years, and begged her parents to take her to Nashville so she could attempt to emulate Taylor's career. However, the family could never afford the trip, and Megan never went. She even auditioned as a country artist on The X Factor but Simon Cowell told her she d never be taken seriously ITV / Sycho She recently revealed that Simon told her: "Essex girls can't sing country. No one will take you seriously." But Megan said she walked out of the audition with her "head held high" and decided to pursue the country route regardless. But then reality TV came calling and Megan decided to try to use the opportunity to establish a profile strong enough to break into the music industry Jeff Spicer / Getty Images And it paid off In the spring of 2017 producers at ITV approached her with an idea – a show following Megan to Nashville where she d attempt to forge a country music career View this photo on Instagram instagram.com She'd be writing with world-renowned musicians and performing at open mic nights. When ITV announced the show people who were only used to seeing Megan raging on TV were sceptical about the concept of the programme and her singing ability Lizzy McKibbin @lizzymckibbin Errr why does Megan McKenna have her own show where she's going to Nashville to do country singing so grim Mon Jul 24 21:10:37 UTC+0000 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Lay Z @lauravincent97 Who tf has given Megan McKenna her own reality show 09:10 PM - 24 Jul 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite But when the show aired in a three-part special this week it drew rave reviews Many people were very surprised by how good a singer Megan actually is ITVBe Samantha Lowry @SamanthaLowry13 Holy crap @Megan_Mckenna_ you can sing girl officially found a new show i am obsessed with.. #TheresSomethingAboutMegan 12:26 PM - 04 Sep 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Then hours after the final episode aired Megan dropped two tracks – High Heeled Shoes and a song she wrote about boyfriend and TOWIE costar Pete Wicks Far Cry From Love View this photo on Instagram instagram.com She then woke up to the news that the tracks had shot into the iTunes top 10 at No 5 and No 9 respectively View this photo on Instagram instagram.com instagram.com She'd also reached No.1 and No. 2 on the country chart. As the day progressed Megan s songs kept rising the charts eventually knocking Taylor Swift – who s been occupying the top two positions of the chart for the past two weeks – into fourth and fifth place iTunes Just to be clear about what s happening here Megan McKenna is currently outselling Taylor Swift – an artist who hasn t released any new music for three years whose new tracks have broken sales records and sent the entire world into a tailspin iTunes Oh, and she's beaten a little known artist called Pink as well. Naturally Megan lost her shit instagram.com And everyone else was in shock too Nicola @Nicoli_Mitchell Can't believe Megan McKenna is the queen of country. Taylor Swift is shook. Wed Sep 06 23:11:09 UTC+0000 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Alister Borthwick @Alister_13 Megan McKenna just casually strolled past dua lipa, Taylor swift and P!nk and went to No. 1 & 2 on ITunes.... What… https://t.co/bDpcX1yomE 09:06 PM - 06 Sep 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Steph major @Stiffany83 @Megan_Mckenna_ to get to number 1 is pretty good itself, but knocking off @taylorswift13 off the spot is just amazing!! 08:13 AM - 07 Sep 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite shana @spaghettifarm megan mckenna is beating taylor swift on the itunes chart and i'm not even mad about it 08:44 AM - 07 Sep 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Rebecca shaw @rebzy2412 Wow @Megan_Mckenna_ knocking the big players of pop pink and Taylor swift off the top of the iTunes Charts. Amazing girl done good 09:20 AM - 07 Sep 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Some people are making excellent jokes Ross @7arambae Me: Oh I'm really not looking forward to hearing Taylor Swift's #1 singles non-stop through 2018 Megan McKenna: 11:52 PM - 06 Sep 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite tessa milligan @tessmillsy If anyone's wondering where the old Taylor Swift went, she reincarnated into Megan McKenna 10:13 AM - 07 Sep 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Kathryn @KathrynAnne88 Taylor Swift right now on Megan McKenna 07:39 PM - 06 Sep 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Mr Matthews @Seyinoir Taylor Swift could never “Is Megan McKenna the new Taylor Swift? ” https://t.co/9GuURqaqPE 08:23 PM - 06 Sep 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Others are living for it hayley @hayleymitchx I can't believe Megan McKenna is the person who dethroned Taylor Swift I love 2017 07:31 PM - 06 Sep 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Orla @PrismaticPerry I AM SCREAMINGGG MEGAN MCKENNA'S NEW SONGS ARE #1 and #2 SHE'S THE NEW TAYLOR SWIFT KFJDKDJDKDLJSLDKSLD 07:37 PM - 06 Sep 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite And many people noted the irony that Megan s songs actually sound a lot like the Old Taylor s music Sophie Lusty @sophie_lusty My sister thought it was Taylor swift singing in my room but it was @Megan_Mckenna_ Amazing love the two songs Wed Sep 06 19:07:19 UTC+0000 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Victoria Khan @VictoriaKhan96 Literally reminds me of the old @taylorswift13 @Megan_Mckenna_ #HighHeeledShoes #farcryfromlove 07:32 PM - 06 Sep 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite steph @stephmcglinchey Megan McKenna's new songs so remind me of Taylor swift 2k8, lovin it!!! 08:16 PM - 06 Sep 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Now Megan s revealed that her chart position is even more special given that she s looked up to Taylor for years View this photo on Instagram instagram.com Speaking to MailOnline, Megan said:To even be next to her on the chart is amazing. She's someone I look up to. I love the old Taylor, when she did "Our Song" and "Teardrops On My Guitar," and the really heartfelt stuff. That's why I'm hoping people will love my music as it's so real. The lyrics, the feelings, they're all me. I'm just happy everyone loves it. Megan added that she s relishing finally being taken seriously after her reality show past View this photo on Instagram instagram.com She said:I love to do silly things and sing all the time, and it's a relief now that people have seen this side of me. People are finally taking me seriously, which is such a nice feeling. I've had to deal with a lot of c**p over last few years, with trolls and being called "mental Megan", but all that time I was just wishing they could see me for me. 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