album Taylor Swift - '1989 (Taylor's Version)'

[Edge Of Glory]

i'm sorry but taylor nation HQ will be receiving an in-person complaint if taylor and them decide no lead single AGAIN is the way to go for ts11 

 

i can understand it for the TVs (besides ofc snippets of the stolen versions so ppl get an idea of how some of the recreations sound), and it was a cute chaotic lil gimmick for midnights, but i'm throwing hands if the future of her album promotion is limited to tiktoks and announcements of the 15th variation in a different color with 2 new photos 

[GagaStefi]

I just hope reputation (Taylor's Version) does as well as this 

[P!NK2LOVE]

I’m not ready to revisit THEEEEEE reputation… my most played album EVER even after the last four years since Lover. Her crown will never be snatched I fear 

[naval23]

Damn I'm obsessed with "Now That We Don't Talk"

 

It should've been #1 over Is It Over Now

[mael]

ReputaTV will debut with 1 million but have Her biggest ever second week drop.

 

[loveisdead9582]

4 hours ago, littlebodybigheart said:

all the cards would have to be stacked in her favor for her to hit 2 million. like…late night shows (which is unlikely but she did it for red taylor’s version so who knows), a massive hit (anti-hero level) and a vast pre-order time. signed cds, etc etc. it will have to be her best album campaign.

 

i think she definitely can do it. but it’s not as guaranteed as people make it seem. i already think the fact that she did this twice in the streaming era is crazy, so if she falls short of 2 million it’s gonna be considered an “underperformance” which is crazy to say cause nobody else is pulling these numbers.

 

but then again, not many people batted an eye when lover “only” opened with 860k.

I feel like she wouldn’t bother with it since the Eras tour/movie has been so successful and she’s already slayed first week sales. The single release seemed to be spur of the moment/streaming demand which means she probably has remixes/singles planned for all of the vault tracks and they just chose the most popular one. 
 

Then again, I was wrong with her doing anything for Cruel Summer so who knows. She probably has enough material to keep this era going if she doesn’t want to do any actual promo by releasing droplets. 
 

To me, the smartest thing she could do would be to finish the re-releases and put out TS11 and then do the eras PT2 tour and build on the momentum.

Edited November 6, 2023 by loveisdead9582

[fra]

The fact that 1989TV is her 13th #1 album and biggest debut ever 

[Dear Reader]

8 minutes ago, Taylor Swift said:

You Are In Lena being the lowest in points, the lack of taste 

[Life Savers]

Dress TV will serve a Style TV upon release 

[Feanor]

6 hours ago, littlebodybigheart said:

kinda concerned about the crazy expectations for the follow up to midnights. i mean, the fact that she was able to do these numbers with midnights and 1989 is already impressive enough. i know not to doubt taylor but these 2m+ expectations floating around are just absurd. if anybody can do it, of course it’s her but i feel like she’s prematurely being set up.

Taylor has made all of us numb with the insane levels of success she's been having of course, but I don't think 2M+ is really that impossible for her to achieve:

 

'1989 (TV)' sold 1.36M in pure sales and that's without signed copies, which contributed around 100k to the first week of 'Midnights'. If '1989 (TV)' also had them, it would've sold 1.46M in pure sales. Then her new albums usually have more SEA units too and 'Midnights' did 420k in SEA units and I really don't see TS11 getting less than that, unless it's a short album.

 

So in this hypothetical scenario, TS11 with '1989 (TV)'-like pure sales & 'Midnights'-like signed copies + SEA would have a debut of 1.88M already.

 

With some extra promo + considering the fact that her pure sales are growing ('1989 (TV)' did >300k more than 'Midnights' excluding the latter's signed copies), and 2M is within reach.

[Dear Reader]

34 minutes ago, Life Savers said:

Dress TV will serve a Style TV upon release 

so it will be amazing? 

 

[WonderstruckFR]

POP

28 +2 TAYLOR SWIFT Is It Over Now? 2243 7.243

+439 Spins
+1.330M Audience

 

 

[Klein]

17 minutes ago, WonderstruckFR said:

POP

28 +2 TAYLOR SWIFT Is It Over Now? 2243 7.243

+439 Spins
+1.330M Audience

 

 

The TSU keep coming 

[LiamVillain]

Spotify Global: 

 

#5 Is It Over Now? - 4,072,746

#6 Cruel Summer - 4,037,989

 

#43 Style TV - 1,863,915

#58 Styel OG - 1,628,840

 

#59 Blank Space OG - 1,622,126

#65 Blank Space TV - 1,574,518

 

[mael]

Quality always prevail.

 

[Enrique523]

10 hours ago, littlebodybigheart said:

kinda concerned about the crazy expectations for the follow up to midnights. i mean, the fact that she was able to do these numbers with midnights and 1989 is already impressive enough. i know not to doubt taylor but these 2m+ expectations floating around are just absurd. if anybody can do it, of course it’s her but i feel like she’s prematurely being set up.

No, i really think she'll hit 2M+. If a RE-RECORDING can give her her best debut week sales ever, an whole new album post-Midnights/Eras Tour/re-recordings can definitively do it. The pure sales AND streaming numbers will be insane.

Edited November 6, 2023 by Enrique523

[Enrique523]

9 hours ago, oceans said:

do you think she should release a lead single or not?

Absolutely not. Releasing a single before the album would set her up for what people will THINK the whole album sounds like and if people don't like the song, the hype would deflate really quickly. Releasing the whole album at once like she did with Midnights is the best way to go.

[Enrique523]

1 hour ago, mael said:

Quality always prevail.

 

I don't think it's a question of quality at all, people are just too used to the original versions.

[Clarksonator]

Any news on second week sales?

[Hunter_13]

15 minutes ago, Clarksonator said:

Any news on second week sales?

They should come tomorrow 

[Klein]

14 minutes ago, Clarksonator said:

Any news on second week sales?

HDD predicted Jung Kook at #2 with 140-160k. No numbers were given for 1989 TV though. We can only expect it's higher than 160k. 

[Kool_Aid_King]

11/6 Spotify Update

 

Global Spotify: 

5 (=) Is It Over Now

14 (=) Now That We Don't Talk

20 (=) Slvt

24 (+1) Say Don't Go

42 (-5) Style

61 (-7) Wildest Dreams

65 (-13) Blank Space

67 (-10) Suburban Legends

96 (-18) Out of the Woods

119 (-26) Welcome to NY

146 (-29) New Romantics

182 (-43) All You Had to Do Was Stay

189 (-38) Shake it Off

197 (-27) Clean

OUT (x2) I Wish You Would

OUT (x2) I Know Places

OUT (x2) This Love

OUT (x2) Wonderland

OUT (x2) Bad Blood 

OUT (x2) How You Get the Girl

OUT (x2) You Are in Love

OUT (x3) Bad Blood Remix

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58 (+5) Style (Scooter's Version)

59 (+3) Blank Space (Scooter's Version)

 

US Spotify:

 

1 (=) Is It Over Now

2 (=) Now That We Don't Talk

7 (-3) Slvt

10 (-3) Say Don't Go

18 (-3) Suburban Legends

24 (-4) Style

34 (-8) Wildest Dreams

37 (-9) Blank Space

41 (-12) Out of the Woods

45 (-7) Welcome to NY

55 (-11) New Romantics

63 (-14) All You Had to Do Was Stay

66 (-10) Clean

84 (-24) I Wish You Would

97 (-31) Shake it Off 

102 (-34) Wonderland

105 (-26) You Are in Love

112 (-34) I Know Places

113 (-30) Bad Blood Remix 

116 (-30) This Love

125 (-36) How You Get the Girl

140 (-41) Bad Blood

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145 (-10) Style (Scooter's Version)

167 (-15) Blank Space (Scooter's Version)  

[Klein]

The stability on US Spotify is impressive. 

[vale9001]

Not the OGs already over the karaoke versions 

[19SLAYty9]

 

 

rep tv surprise drop?