artist stats HDD: Taylor 200m+ units. 40m -1989 ,20m+ 4 albums, Mid 17m

[FolkLover1989]

 

 

[Squall]

First off, our weary abacus tells us that Tay's releases—including all "Taylor's Version" re-recordings—are collectively north of 200m in global activity RTD.

 

The original 1989—her 2014 pop breakthrough—leads the pack with just under 40m (while 2023's Taylor's Version has amassed about 9m), while Lover, Fearless, Red and Reputation have all done around 20m, and the TV reissues of Redand Fearless have racked up just south of 9m and north of 7m, respectively.

 

2022's Midnights, which has done 17m+ worldwide, is probably the most relevant release for comparison as we await the bow of TORTURED POETS, seeing as it's Tay's most recent album of entirely new material.

 

https://m.hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=340919&title=

[FolkLover1989]

https://m.hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=340918&title=A-SWIFT-UPDATE:-HOW-HIGH-CAN-TTPD-GO

 

 

While HDD isn't much reliable in global units , this could paint a picture of where her numbers are

 

 

[Raspberries]

1989 50M combined  

[Cruel Summer]

Fascinatingly, this aligns very well with ChartMasters. Seems like she's on her way to that #1 spot after all

 

[wastedpotential]

1 minute ago, Cruel Summer said:

Fascinatingly, this aligns very well with ChartMasters. Seems like she's on her way to that #1 spot after all

 

Yeah, if anything this proves that ChartMasters is actually underestimating a lot of her recent output, as this has Rep, Lover, and Midnights all 2M over where CM has them 

 

[Vespertine]

Reputation the success that you have, and that the retrospective acclaim and additional success you will soon have An ERA! 

[vale9001]

1989 

 

Not everyone has a 90 metacritic album people actually listen to for a decade, and not with critics giving a vote at the "concept" and then don't listen to It anymore from day 2 

Edited April 22 by vale9001

[Cruel Summer]

Just now, wastedpotential said:

Yeah, if anything this proves that ChartMasters is actually underestimating a lot of her recent output, as this has Rep, Lover, and Midnights all 2M over where CM has them 

 

Omg let's start doing the math on the best numbers from each, I wanna see something 

 

[vale9001]

5 minutes ago, Raspberries said:

1989 50M combined  

I think it's already combined. 

[bjorn]

6 minutes ago, Raspberries said:

1989 50M combined  

More than 21 

[wastedpotential]

2 minutes ago, vale9001 said:

I think it's already combined. 

But they kept Red and Fearless separate, which is weird 

[Cruel Summer]

Filling in the gaps for albums they didn't report on here with ChartMasters as a passable substitute puts her around 219m units before TTPD. 

[Squall]

8 minutes ago, wastedpotential said:

Yeah, if anything this proves that ChartMasters is actually underestimating a lot of her recent output, as this has Rep, Lover, and Midnights all 2M over where CM has them 

 

Well, he doesn't count all of the Chinese sales for rep/Lover

[vale9001]

4 minutes ago, wastedpotential said:

But they kept Red and Fearless separate, which is weird 

 

Maybe they have china numbers 

[dumbsparce]

You mean to tell me that 1989 has almost matched Thriller in sales?

[vale9001]

Just now, dumbsparce said:

You mean to tell me that 1989 has almost matched Thriller in sales?

??? Girl with sps counted thriller Is at 140m probably 

Edited April 22 by vale9001

[wastedpotential]

2 minutes ago, Squall said:

Well, he doesn't count all of the Chinese sales for rep/Lover

Oh trueeeeeeeee 

 

Anything to appease the MJ and Britney fans in the comments screaming about the inauthenticity of their sales figures 

[OnlyManInTheWorld]

B-b-b-U-t 77 on Metacritic and 6.6 on Pitchfork 

[vale9001]

@Squallanyways you should clarify the thread Is about album Sales.

Cause some fanbases have titles about 250m Total Sales for example but of course that includes 80% of singles Sales 

Edited April 22 by vale9001

[DevilsRollTheDice]

Chartmasters doubters losing yet again 

 

Oh, Taybiggestartistofalltime, I see why ATRL is seething this week!

Edited April 22 by DevilsRollTheDice

[Romova99]

I don't understand, she has 200M albums sold worldwide? like 200M are her general numbers?

[nostalgic]

1989 deserves all the flowers in the world 

[vale9001]

3 minutes ago, Romova99 said:

I don't understand, she has 200M albums sold worldwide? like 200M are her general numbers?

Yes only albums. With the songs Sales should be at around 450M

Edited April 22 by vale9001

[Feanor]

14 minutes ago, Cruel Summer said:

Fascinatingly, this aligns very well with ChartMasters. Seems like she's on her way to that #1 spot after all

 

Yeah, Chartmasters also has her at 202M album units.

 

As for the discrepancy in some of these specific album units, my guess would be that it comes down to 1. Chartmasters weighing-down Chinese sales and 2. giving views from YouTube also a lower weight than audio streams. The biggest discrepancies are with '1989', 'RED' and 'reputation' and all three eras were massive on YT, so this is probably why their units are higher than on Chartmasters.

 

But bottom line is, it's nice to see another legitimate industry source use album units to measure artist-based success, just like Billboard/Luminate and the IFPI have also switched to using career album units, but watch some stans still try it with "record sales!!!".