charts discussion HDD: "1989 (Taylor's Version)" 1,586,516; beats Midnights, 10 albums top 40

[Mystic Boy]

[Enrique523]

5 hours ago, JaXXXon said:

Okay, I think the Swifties might be imploding now but yet another country I just checked and she’s not even Top 50 there 

 

So that now makes it Austria, Belgium, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy,, Portugal, Egypt, Nigeria, Japan, Mexico, Brazil and now Turkey where she isn't doing well on Spotify and the Swifties will continue saying she’s the next Michael Jackson or that this is Beatlemania  

 

Let’s keep the list going! Anyone has the stats for countries where Swift is NOT Madonna level? Let’s humble them. 

She's literally the most streamed female artist in ALL those countries on Spotify, wtf are you talking about? 

Also, if Taylor is as "local" as you pretend she is, why has her Eras Tour sold out literally everywhere when it's all stadium dates? How do you explain the WW success of Midnights? I could go on and on and on 

 

Aren't you embarrassed already of the endless cherry-picking? Taylor is the biggest star in the world and that's an objective, quantifiable fact.

Edited October 29, 2023 by Enrique523

[Klein]

6 minutes ago, Enrique523 said:

She's literally the most streamed female artist in ALL those countries on Spotify, wtf are you talking about? 

Also, if Taylor is as "local" as you pretend she is, why has her Eras Tour sold out literally everywhere when it's all stadium dates? How do you explain the WW success of Midnights? I could go on and on and on 

 

Aren't you embarrassed already of the endless cherry-picking? Taylor is the biggest star in the world and that's an objective, quantifiable fact.

You don't need to reignite the fire especially after all these points were already addressed 3 hours ago.  

[Enrique523]

1 hour ago, Klein said:

You don't need to reignite the fire especially after all these points were already addressed 3 hours ago.  

I just came back on ATRL not that long ago and haven't read all the posts so far.

[Mr. Duff]

4 hours ago, JaXXXon said:

The only part of this that’s stupid is the fact that this simply does not satisfy the Swifties. She has to be THE biggest of ALL-TIME or it’s trolling. What’s up with that? 

We can say the same to you, it's like it does not satisfy you to keep claiming that she's not up there with Michael and Madonna. Like YOU can proclaim that by just looking at Spotify stats. What's up with that?

 

OT: If this beats Midnights  

She's really unmatched and unstoppable. BIGGEST ARTIST OF ALL-TIME indeed  

[spiritboy]

Just wow. Taylor makes the charts exciting again and i'm glad it's a female artist breking these records (just like Adele did).

[slw84]

It's the fact that the numbers will go UP for me.

 

It'll likely near 1.75M when it's all said and done.

[LovaticSwiftie]

There always has to be two or three of those Karen users in every Taylor related thread. Stay pressed, Karens  

[1989]

Scooter (and half of ATRL) punching the air rn 

[Enrique523]

1 hour ago, 1989 said:

Scooter (and half of ATRL) punching the air rn 

Considering the problems he's having right now i'm pretty sure Scooter Braun is FUMING at her success. Karma is real indeed 

[Maroonx]

Gahh I love coming to these topics and seeing the haters meltdown... The best part is that they will go out of their way to spend hours to google random stats and check every spotify charts to see where Taylor isn't doing well to point that out... Nice seeing you try to cover your favs arse. Tay is still winning dollfaces x

[UNNAMI]

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project a first week total of 1.45-1.55m
The original 1989 opened with 1.29m in 2014. 

this is something I cant even imagine, how-!

[Taemira]

with that terrible karaoke production and lazy vocals? only white privilege can explain this situation.

[Lille]

Outselling a lighting-in-a-bottle original album with a re-recorded version, years after the fact with even more reduced industry sales, without a music video or any traditional promotion in site.

 

Only the biggest star on earth. It's an undeniable and quantifiable fact that she is in the same conversation as The Beatles, Elvis, Madonna, Michael, etc.

 

Scott Borchetta must cry himself to sleep every night. GOOD.

[Axolotl]

6 minutes ago, Taemira said:

with that terrible karaoke production and lazy vocals? only white privilege can explain this situation.

Name another white person doing it like her in 2023? Quickly

[UNNAMI]

why suddenly madonna is in this topic? I thought this is about taylor

[UNNAMI]

11 hours ago, JaXXXon said:

Is naming Austria, Egypt, Spain, Italy, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Japan, Mexico, France cherry-picking? 
 

The definition of cherry-picking is mentioning three countries (US, Australia and the UK) and claiming they’re the be all- end all of the world. 
 

She did 100 million but is nowhere near a record breaker in most places and nowhere near Madonna level there is what would be the better answer. 

and where was madonna on that countries with her last album?

[Starchild]

24 minutes ago, Taemira said:

with that terrible karaoke production and lazy vocals? only white privilege can explain this situation.

you're such a pathetic sad troll to be using serious issues like that for a "dRaG", get better at trolling 

[ForgottenSoul]

jesus crazy

[skizzo]

43 minutes ago, Lille said:

Outselling a lighting-in-a-bottle original album with a re-recorded version, years after the fact with even more reduced industry sales, without a music video or any traditional promotion in site.

To be fair to the original 1989, I believe there was only 1 version of the album available at the time, and people werent collecting vinyls and memorabilia to the extent they do now with her. Original 1989 was enormous.

[byzantium]

2 minutes ago, skizzo said:

To be fair to the original 1989, I believe there was only 1 version of the album available at the time, and people werent collecting vinyls and memorabilia to the extent they do now with her. Original 1989 was enormous.

Technically there was the target deluxe edition for the original 1989 and the standard version.  But also since it wasn’t in streaming, buying it was the only way to listen.  
 

 

[Klein]

5 minutes ago, skizzo said:

To be fair to the original 1989, I believe there was only 1 version of the album available at the time, and people werent collecting vinyls and memorabilia to the extent they do now with her. Original 1989 was enormous.

Just now, byzantium said:

Technically there was the target deluxe edition for the original 1989 and the standard version.  But also since it wasn’t in streaming, buying it was the only way to listen.  

And technically, each physical was coming with a different set of polaroids iirc. Giving an incentive to fan to buy multiple copies to have the entire set.

[skizzo]

Just now, Klein said:

And technically, each physical was coming with a different set of polaroids iirc. Giving an incentive to fan to buy multiple copies to have the entire set.

Didnt know about that detail. Interesting. I still think there was less of an incentive at the time for multiple purchases though, as someone who has watched the fandom grow and Taylor memorabilia becoming more desired with time.

[Popboi.]

16 minutes ago, skizzo said:

To be fair to the original 1989, I believe there was only 1 version of the album available at the time, and people werent collecting vinyls and memorabilia to the extent they do now with her. Original 1989 was enormous.

There were multiple sets of polaroid packs randomly placed in the deluxe copies, and there was no way to know which pack you got until you purchase and open. So that was actually an even bigger incentive of multiple purchases than with this (knowing exactly what you get).

[Enrique523]

1 hour ago, Starchild said:

you're such a pathetic sad troll to be using serious issues like that for a "dRaG", get better at trolling 

The way people are weaponizing racism just because they hate Taylor is truly low. You see it all the time on Twitter