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

[KKW]

Bro

[burninredhot]

She makes it seem so easy 

[Catch22]

[hungrymuffin]

the fact us swifties were hoping 1989 would break britneys record, but it fell short, now revenge time  

[BtDecember]

Funny that the two 1-million debuting albums that she own has higher sales that the first four

 

BroSH!Tta kicking himself once again. Like, how could you betray THE Taylor Swift? Her career is literally reaching new heights yet you messed up your relationship with her?  Taylor is once in a lifetime artist: she has the sales, acclaim, fans, touring, industry respect, etc. She is literally a record label's wet dream

[Michael196]

yet again... no words 

 

throwback to the og's hdd thread

https://classic.atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=702950

 

(10/27) HDD removed their 800k-1M statement and replaced it with just 1M.
(10/28) '1989' with a 'comfortable projection' that she will sell 1M+
(10/29) '1989' predicted to sell 1.1-1.2M, with RED's sales possibly in reach.
(10/30) '1989' updated with projection of 1.2-1.25M, reaching RED's debut and going for Britney.
(10/31) '1989' predicted to now reach 1.3M. Real possibility she passes Britney.
 

 

Edited October 28, 2023 by Michael196

[Lemon]

10 minutes ago, theoghon said:

If only the re-recordings were ACTUALLY of equal quality (if not better) to the OGs...otherwise just another hollow statistic, which is sad

They are. 

[modern thing]

and it might increase... she really has no competition other than herself 

 

 

[Popboi.]

B-b-b-but overexposure?

The ruined songs?

People are sick of her???
No wigs no choreo?

[ALA]

That is insane rep will do 1m+ too I-

[monster_enriquer]

im scared of her omg

[mypaintoyou]

Ts11

ooening with 2 million 

[Komet]

19AOTY89 the classique you are

[DemDam92]

Wow absolutely amazing numbers, her album chart success over the last years is one of the kind.

[wastedpotential]

13 minutes ago, doonerr said:

Wow, no which of those sales belong to people who don't already own this?

Now don't tell me you didn't buy multiple copies of Chromatica during its debut. Did you get one with a jockstrap?

 

I can't say I'm surprised that this is obliterating, but I didn't think it would obliterate THIS hard. 1.6M incoming 

[itsjem]

Bruh... I understand the OTH, IT IS NOT EASY TO WITNESS THIS 

[4Real]

Ofc swifties are acting like sales and streams = quality

 

 

[PoisonedIvy]

1 minute ago, Popboi. said:

B-b-b-but overexposure?

The ruined songs?

People are sick of her???
No wigs no choreo?

Like, if she COULD dance like Janet and belt like Whitney I fear her detractors would need to be sedated because they’d have nothing left to cry over   Taylor lacking a couple skills is honestly just her being generous and leaving something for the other girls to outdo her in 

[Chartman]

It‘s even more crazy that a 350k debut (BB200) and 60-70 Million first day Spotify streams are already considered the current pinnacle for successful female artists. Taylor with a re-recording: 1.55 Million first week sales and 176 Million first day streams 🤯

[EnigmaticAndroid]

More than the original??? 

 

B*tch is untouchable. Our poor favs. 

[PoisonedIvy]

Just now, 4Real said:

Ofc swifties are acting like sales and streams = quality

 

 

Babe we don’t need to act like anything. We already know subjectively that the music is high quality without any external input, but it sure is backed up by every objective metric known to mankind. 

 

[Machete]

But ATRLers stuck in the Bush era will tell you she isn’t bigger than Britney

[TaylorNation]

1 minute ago, 4Real said:

Ofc swifties are acting like sales and streams = quality

 

 

with a 95 on metacritic we have sales, streams AND quality. thank you for worrying about us!

 

[itsjem]

The fact that this is a re-recording of a 9-years-old mammooth-selling album 

[G.U.Y_Del_Rey]

Doing that with a re-recording and even beating the OG 

Debuting with more than 1M twice, oh 1989 the legendary album that you are , the fact that it could even beat MIDnights