Nickimeetsatrl Posted May 21 Posted May 21 I hope this causes Billie number to skyrocket! Also Taylor is HORRIBLE 3 4
ontherocks Posted May 21 Posted May 21 Am I the only one who thinks that this whole situation is also boosting Billie's numbers? I can't be the only one 1
Popular Post RideOrDie Posted May 21 Popular Post Posted May 21 Just now, KatyPrismSpirit said: It's too much. Isn't it more telling how Taylor is as a person to hold onto the #1 spot for five weeks with different versions to spite other artists because they potentially shaded her poor environmental practices? miss thing could definitely use therapy, but she didn't become the biggest artist on the planet by being nice. and she was also raised to be this type of person by constantly being mistreated and victimised. there's definitely some trauma there and a defense mechanism of "i can't let anyone talk bad about me/walk over me", it's not some moral issue about her character or wanting to eradicate all competition. she gets her claws out when she feels slighted and that's just a trauma response. it definitely makes for entertaining pop culture moments like this. as a fellow artist, just don't talk **** about her or judge her business practices and you won't be on her radar 15 2
PoisonedIvy Posted May 21 Posted May 21 6 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said: It's too much. Isn't it more telling how Taylor is as a person to hold onto the #1 spot for five weeks with different versions to spite other artists because they potentially shaded her poor environmental practices? Is 4 weeks at #1 the ceiling for success now? 1 2
family.guy123 Posted May 21 Posted May 21 I'm terrified for what she's going to do to all the artists who didn't cheer when she announced TTPD at the Grammys 3
JorgeM Posted May 21 Posted May 21 1 minute ago, family.guy123 said: Agreed. It's Taylor's responsibility to punish young women when they speak out of turn. She is good enough to give them valuable lessons 1
Zari Posted May 21 Posted May 21 Taylor the biggest artist of all time and this is just the beginning. I'm gonna enjoy all the meltdowns when she surpasses Madonna and claims her rightful spot as the most relevant, most adored, most talented, most acclaimed, hardest working female musician EVER. 4 7 6
zzmyth Posted May 21 Posted May 21 If this ended at 350.000 for TTPD and 350.001 for HMHAS I would just laugh sooooooo harddddd 1
family.guy123 Posted May 21 Posted May 21 Just now, ontherocks said: Am I the only one who thinks that this whole situation is also boosting Billie's numbers? I can't be the only one No. It's a marketing tactic. See 50 v kanye 1 1
Brikenbur Posted May 21 Posted May 21 3 minutes ago, Raspberries said: Imagine using Drake to try and drag Taylor for this. He is well-known for dropping when pop girls release Receipts, quickly 2
ATRL Moderator supaspaz Posted May 21 ATRL Moderator Posted May 21 17 minutes ago, rivers said: I can't at some of you thinking she would give away the #1 spot as charity to Billie This is such a weird mentality of treating it like a sport rather than a reflection of what people are consuming in a week 7 2
IBeMe Posted May 21 Posted May 21 OMG 350k and blocking the Britney Spears of Gen Z Millennial Madonna DID THAT Spoiler I'm waiting for your stones ladies 9
PoisonedIvy Posted May 21 Posted May 21 You know, it's actually pretty fun rooting for the villain of pop. Or, the Anti-Hero, as it were. 8 5 2
KKW Posted May 21 Posted May 21 (edited) I'm lowkey crying at Tay consistently employing the "I don't care how long it take to get an opp back" philosophy like it's a ki Edited May 21 by KKW 5
Zari Posted May 21 Posted May 21 (edited) 2 minutes ago, RideOrDie said: miss thing could definitely use therapy, but she didn't become the biggest artist on the planet by being nice. and she was also raised to be this type of person by constantly being mistreated and victimised. there's definitely some trauma there and a defense mechanism of "i can't let anyone talk bad about me/walk over me", it's not some moral issue about her character or wanting to eradicate all competition. she gets her claws out when she feels slighted and that's just a trauma response. it definitely makes for entertaining pop culture moments like this. as a fellow artist, just don't talk **** about her or judge her business practices and you won't be on her radar Taylor is the industry. To challenge her is to get your ass handed to you. This is the reality and these artists are just gonna have to deal. Edited May 21 by Zari 1 6 4
Squall Posted May 21 Author Posted May 21 3 minutes ago, Gaia said: You have no way of quantifying this or substantiating this claim though. Billie's discography got a massive boost with HMHAS release but by your logic her catalog should have taken a hit with everyone listening to the album? note: people can listen to more than one song a day and most people don't obsessively spam music all day. Using your logic, Cowboy Carter's streams shouldn't be so low since it has more than 25 songs. Billie had people to catch attention from so it makes sense some people also listened to her discography, especially since her album debuted with « normal » numbers. Taylor's case is special since the numbers were unreal + she already had huge streams before the release of TTPD so her discography couldn't take advantage of it. Not everyone spams music but it's quite obvious Taylor's strength is also her faithful fan base that streams her songs. Also, good luck convincing a non-fan to go through an album of 31 songs, it can also be a turn off. 8
Démodé Posted May 21 Posted May 21 1 minute ago, IBeMe said: OMG 350k and blocking the Britney Spears of Gen Z Millennial Madonna DID THAT Hide contents I'm waiting for your stones ladies "Millennial Madonna" 1
dumbsparce Posted May 21 Posted May 21 How on earth is Taylor doing both more SEA and pure sales than Billie??
PoisonedIvy Posted May 21 Posted May 21 3 minutes ago, ontherocks said: Am I the only one who thinks that this whole situation is also boosting Billie's numbers? I can't be the only one It is, competition is healthy and benefits everyone, even the ones that don't come out "on top." But they can't see that because they don't have ambition. 1 1
rivers Posted May 21 Posted May 21 Can you really blame Taylor when it's the swifties that keep eating up everything she puts out? You should blame the consumer more than the creator. The capitalist queen outputs goods that are in demand 1
OnlyManInTheWorld Posted May 21 Posted May 21 Billie played the game with 150 vinyls and lost. Why are y'all even trashing Taylor? 4 2
Popular Post Zari Posted May 21 Popular Post Posted May 21 Drake is gone. Adele is gone. Gaga never started. But the THE MUSIC INDUSTRY is still standing 3 16
Walk_Away21 Posted May 21 Posted May 21 6 minutes ago, Popboi. said: Billie's album has even more vinyl variants than Taylor's, digital version exclusive, signed copies etc. She played the game but got beaten in it, some of y'all need to enter the reality check that the music business is that, a business. the only card she didn't play was adding more songs to the album, but adding another 50k units from streams is totally unrealistic from Billie. Not to mention Billie has been on sale in the Fortnite store for WEEKS leading up to the album then released a second pass/skin variant when the album dropped. And it's not like these skins are cheap. She's getting a ton of product placement on her Fortnite collab. Her stans need to ******* give up on this "art not the charts" bullshit. This girl was tackily advertising at the goddam Louvre 1 1 5
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