It's the battle of Taylor's autumn vs summer album's singles

Which singles are bigger of these following albums?

 

I Knew You Were Trouble vs Cruel Summer

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together vs You Need To Calm Down

All Too Well vs Lover

22 vs ME!

Red vs The Man

Red

I Knew You Were Trouble vs Cruel Summer (although CS will surpass in the long run)

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together vs You Need To Calm Down

All Too Well vs Lover

22 vs ME!

Red vs The Man

 

Red wins by a long shot. It's also the better, more acclaimed and bigger album and enabled her to peak TWICE with both 1989 and Midnights, as opposed to Loser which had her undergo an entire genre and career overhaul after the poor reception of its singles.

Sister albums

SacRED STOMPING her UGLY SISTER

Red easily. Cruel Summer might end up being the biggest song overall but Red had 3 massive singles

in the US, Red but WW is Lover

 

Begin Again sweetie, I am SO sorry. 

We Are Never Ever felt ubiquitous in a way that the Lover singles didn't IMO

 

I heard that at my college bar, the gay club, random house parties.... an iconic moment

Red, although Cruel Summer will be the biggest overall. 

Red with ease 

better album too

 

red sweetie

ikywt alone OBLITERATES loser

what a disrespectful comparison to sacRED 

RED, and rightfully so!

 

Biggest to weakest:

 

1. Cruel Summer

2. I Knew You Were Trouble

3. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

4. You Need to Calm Down

5. ME!

6. All Too Well

7. 22

8. Lover

9. Red

10. Everything Has Changed

11. The Man

12. I Bet You Think About Me

13. Begin Again

14. Message in a Bottle

15. The Last Time

 

Cruel Summer and IKYWT are really close but I will give edge to CS since it will peak higher and stay longer in the top 10. But all in all, Red still has the bigger singles since WANEGBT/IKYWT/22 is much bigger than ME!/YNTCD/The Man.

Edited October 19, 20232 yr by BtDecember
I forgot Lover 😭

1 hour ago, Achilles. said:

Begin Again sweetie, I am SO sorry. 

Ikr where is Begin Again

OT: Red

Red 

Red by a lot lol

 

But Cruel Summer will eat all the singles from both albums and probably her entire career in the next years

Red.. It was her proper first pop era and she got so much criticism for going pop. But it raised her global profile like no other. So when twitter fans call it country album, I find it weird. Because I know how much criticism she got for going pop.. But in end it paid off.

 

Wanegbt and ikywt were such mega smashes globally and paved the way for 1989's success. After fearless, sn was a let down globally in singles performance. Even though album sold well. So red revived her globalness. Cruel summer is absolute smashing and I love lover song. But it wasn't possible for five years old album to have smashes later. Red was instant mega success. Lover is getting it's due now and is way to her fourth 20 million seller. But red was a big turning point for her in global stardom

 

The plethora of stinkers in this list tho 

I Knew You Were Trouble vs Cruel Summer

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together vs You Need To Calm Down

All Too Well vs Lover

22 vs ME!

Red vs The Man

 

So RED singles > Lover singles

11 hours ago, Achilles. said:

Begin Again sweetie, I am SO sorry. 

okay maybe 

 

9 hours ago, BtDecember said:

Biggest to weakest:

 

1. Cruel Summer

2. I Knew You Were Trouble

3. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

4. You Need to Calm Down

5. ME!

6. All Too Well

7. 22

8. Red

9. Everything Has Changed

10. The Man

11. I Bet You Think About Me

12. Begin Again

13 Message in a Bottle

14. The Last Time

 

Cruel Summer and IKYWT are really close but I will give edge to CS since it will peak higher and stay longer in the top 10. But all in all, Red still has the bigger singles since WANEGBT/IKYWT/22 is much bigger than ME!/YNTCD/The Man.

where's the billion song, Lover?

Singles wise RED is better ofc x

I think something that people need to keep in mind when comparing the digital era and the streaming era is that streams for singles and streams for albums are not differentiated like purchases of albums and purchases of singles.  So to accurately compare “units” you need to account for how well the album was doing in the digital era as well.  
 

that said: it’s a bit of a slaughter for RED:

 

I Knew You Were Trouble vs Cruel Summer

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together vs You Need To Calm Down

All Too Well vs Lover. [Was all too well even a single in 2012-13?]

22 vs ME!

Red vs The Man

I Knew You Were Trouble vs Cruel Summer

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together vs You Need To Calm Down

All Too Well vs Lover

22 vs ME!

Red vs The Man