base talk Who the f*** is Taylor competing with ?

[Diocles]

Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj.

 

[Into The Void]

i guess the closest are Dua and Doja 

 

 

 

but honestly why are threads about numbers always made by one fandom

[The Music Industry]

11 minutes ago, Jjang said:

You can relate to her teeny beeny lyrics and I won't hold that against you.

Yes nothing screams teeny beeny more than folklore and evermore

 

[Jjang]

2 minutes ago, Nexto said:

Is this how the pressed OTHs are coping nowadays?

I don't care enough for her to be a OTH I just genuinely think she's a perfect representation of sensationalized white mediocrity 

[BnPac]

You guys care so much about numbers.  It is 95% of what you talk about.

 

So let me give you an answer that'll please you : no one, she is a beast, consistency unmatched etc. So please, do act less insecure, pretty please. 

[Diocles]

1 hour ago, Saintlor said:

Do swifties have anything better to do than brag all day about a celebrity’s accomplishments 

 

Taylor doesn’t care about you and her accomplishments aren’t yours 

 

You do realise that the other singers you’re comparing to Taylor are all 100x more successful than you, right?

 

 

[Into The Void]

1 hour ago, Saintlor said:

Do swifties have anything better to do than brag all day about a celebrity’s accomplishments 

 

Taylor doesn’t care about you and her accomplishments aren’t yours 

 

You do realise that the other singers you’re comparing to Taylor are all 100x more successful than you, right?

this thread was made so obvs not

[KeshaSwift]

1 hour ago, Isaiah said:

Let’s be real… At this point she’s only actually competing with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Elton, Madonna, Barbra, Michael, etc. 

 

The stats are all there, and it’s no longer appropriate to compare her to current MPGs or the 00s/10s icons, she’s crossing over into the legend lane and OTH will just have to cry 

 

This 

 

1 hour ago, Chika said:

Ma'am that's 4 albums compared to Doja's 2, Olivia's 1, Billie's 2 etc. And you're not slick combining Red and Red TV (which is like 50 songs long aswell ) like we wouldn't notice 

You realize Taylor is 16 year in the games, while these girls are like 3.. right?

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She’s the Queen of pop

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[katara]

Dua Lipa

[LustSpell]

Camila Cabello

[dreampop]

2 hours ago, Chika said:

Considering Evermore, her most recent studio album, was outsold by 30, Sour, Planet Her, Future Nostalgia, 2 Weeknd albums and many more male albums in 2020, I'd say she's pretty middle of the pack. Obviously when you consider she's releasing music every couple of months and already has a 10 album lead on everyone else she's gonna have the biggest discography streams, but the new music just ain't selling. 

[GoodGuyGoneGhetto]

Let’s wait until Rihanna releases.

 

 

She’s the only current MPG whose catalogue is streamed just as heavily as Swift’s, on average. The only difference is that Fenty hasn’t released an album since 2016 (to help boost her numbers) and has released only four singles between 2017-2020. It’s incredible that she’s still above so many current artists despite the former. 
 

Notwithstanding, Adele’s current era may have stalled (for obvious reasons) but the album had a massive start and there’s no doubt she’ll dominate the IFPI list bar BTS. I’m not sure she’s being ignored here; Beyoncé too.
 

That said, only male acts have been releasing, as a whole, this year thus far. Bad Bunny and Kendrick Lamar are 2022’s heavyweights as of now.

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[gustavothehuman]

No one, literally no one. The re-recordings were supposed to make her a little less untouchable since no artist have actually succeeded in this endeavor but she just went ahead and made everyone get down and bow 

[JorgeM]

1 hour ago, Chika said:

And yet 30 has outsold every Taylor album since Reputation.

No it hasn’t. As much as you want to repeat a lie it is not going to become true. Lover and Folklore are ahead and seeing currents numbers they are going to remain. But well at least 30 has outsold evermore, although if you compare their respective 4th albums…how much would Adele sell in her 9th album?

[Protocol]

She is in the megastar category, her "fight" now isn't on the charts, it's future legacy and whether or not she will be remembered as a legend. So in that sense she's in the same category as Beyonce, Gaga, Rihanna from her generation.

[Ditayoncé]

Taylor Swift is indeed the only female superstar in the industry right now. I don’t see any competition. 

[Ditayoncé]

1 hour ago, Jjang said:

I don't care enough for her to be a OTH I just genuinely think she's a perfect representation of sensationalized white mediocrity 

The “white mediocrity” argument is very old at this point. 

 

Taylor Swift has proved herself several times to be an unmatched songwriter/singer and a great artist overall. Skin color has nothing to do with talent. 

[NausAllien]

I don't know... BTS maybe?

[Ferret]

Bad bunny

[The Music Industry]

1 hour ago, GoodGuyGoneGhetto said:

She’s the only current MPG whose catalogue is streamed just as heavily as Swift’s, on average.

That's just... not true. Even when you exclude her recent studio albums, Taylor's old albums have way better recurrents than Rihanna's  With the release of the re-recordings it's now harder to compare on an album-to-album basis for their old records, but even before then Taylor was ahead on both Spotify and Apple Music  

[Fetish for MiMi]

Ava Max

[Safe&Sound]

The Beatles

[brainmaniac]

At this point, Taylor is competing with no one. People thought Adele would be the last one in her way, but now even Adele fell, and Taylor really had the last laugh 

[brainmaniac]

4 hours ago, Artistofthedecade said:

This week

US 

Lover - #47 (week 141)

30 - #56 (week 26)

 

UK 

Lover - #47 

30 - #48

 

Daily Spotify Streams 

Lover - 3,834,726

30 - 3,799,667 

 

And Lover has like 2-2.5M more units than 30. Folklore is also above it. 

I didn’t realize things had gotten that bad for Adele  

[Broken]

She has no competition.