PoisonedIvy

What's most impressive is even if there are other artists that have a bigger peak year (say, Bunny, Olivia, Sabrina), it's harder for them to sustain that level over time. While Taylor seems to maintain an above average trajectory. This has been the pattern of her entire career where people count her out because she isn't QUITE the tip of the iceberg every single time, ignoring the rest of her glacial state that remains as generations of artists come and go around her. She's the stuff legends are made of, truly. Congrats to Taylor, Benito, and everyone else on this list,— these are impressive stats for everyone. Olivia, Sabrina, Billie, Dua, and Doja all holding it down for the new generation of female pop stars Ariana & Abel & Bieber all holding strong against the freshmen class, too BTS even gets a thank you for helping to keep Drake out of the top 10

I'm clocked in, McRibs. Where do I suit up to support this era from the start?

I don't know either of those people because dominating in the infancy of your art form is not comparable to dominating past its prime. As an industry is still building its foundations, just as Hollywood was in the silent era, records will be broken at a much more frequent rate than they will be once the industry is more stable.

Real life events still exist. If the artist in question is able to translate their virtual success to tangible success in our reality (tours/concerts/live shows/etc), then it's safe to assume "bots" or "fraudulence" are not the dominant factor in their success.

Legends are tales that are passed down through time, spanning across generations. A successful artist is one whose legacy has lived on in history beyond their lifespan. In this scenario yes, being the best selling artist enters you into the history books by default keeping your legacy alive even long after you are gone. Any criticism or consumption comes secondary to that.

These are 3 astounding songs, oh wow Enchanted because of its grandiosity and storytelling, but the other 2 are generational as well.

No, but we are owed an apology for the lack of an evermore long pond session

It is definitely a strong batch yes

100 weeks at #1 for the albums chart is an important milestone. Congrats Taylor! If this is her during her imminent downfall, I have no words

Im sorry but this is impossible, if you go for Enchanted you leave out Dear John, Last Kiss, & Long Live. If you go for Love Story you leave off Fearless, You Belong With Me. If you go for August you miss cardigan, cowboy like me, ivy, tolerate it. You choose Style and lose Blank Space. Like there's just no world where her catalogue can be properly represented in 12 songs I could whittle it down to 30 at best.

This is discrimination against one of the greatest female vocalists of all time

Taylor Swift has a song about this

I didn't "get" her either, but then I heard Dear god, purple lace bra, and Horseshoe. Maybe one day it'll click for you!

Yall will cackle at anything, even something literally every other artist does

Macavity's first live performance incoming

Oh wow, the first reply hit the nail right on the head. There is literally no better answer than these two

The best part of reaching rock bottom is knowing things don't get any worse. There is literally nowhere to go but up. That doesn't mean a week from today things will be a total 180, but it does mean that you reaching your breaking point means you are reaching the lowest point you'll probably ever reach, and everything else from this point forward will be a slow climb back up to a new peak. It doesn't mean you'll never have low points again, but you will be better equipped when they come back around. Life is a series of ups and downs, just as the ocean cycles between high tide and low tide. Low tides are calm, peaceful, and worry free. High tides are stressful, overwhelming, and, at times, volatile, dangerous, and suffocating. Some people drown in high tides, but others learn to float. The strong ones even learn to swim. Just keep swimming, and the next time those high tides come, you'll be stronger than you were before. Your heart is a muscle, and just like any other muscle, it gets stronger with exercise and experience. The more pressure it's under, the more durable it becomes. You'll see all of this in due time; but I hope I was able to offer you even an iota of comfort and understanding. My heart goes out to you, and I hope that things get better much, much quicker than you anticipate.

The best sign to be thank you bby

A deal's a deal, and a reward is due. Check back tomorrow

Wait this is so sweet, thank you everyone for the wishes I wasn't expecting this & thank you so much to @Rian I'm happy to have built this friendship with you Let's ruin it?

Taylor all across the board. That they are solo is the cherry on top.

You know, you can win this argument because frankly I do not care enough about charts to do this with yall today. I genuinely dgaf, Patient Zero can be the most forgotten #1 of all time if it makes you happy You're supposed to be on my ignore list so I'm done acknowledging you, have a nice day Doctor!

Her substantial and abnormal success is not sustainable long term, but what is sustainable long term is the "low" end of her performance being on par with the high end of everyone else. It's like if a movie opens with $300M then slow crawls its way to a billion over the next 6 months, while other movies open with $100M and earn $50M consistently for the next 3 months, but only cap out around 5-700M. Despite a softer "fall," the smaller movies never reach the peak OR the overall consumption of the bigger movie

The fact Taylor has enough headroom to plummet in engagement from her monstrous debuts and STILL pull the same numbers as some other artists peak smash hits is exactly why everyone gets so upset at her

The general public do not hear songs within one week of release, that's what makes them the general public. Even for an artist of Taylor's size, casual music listeners still only learn of a songs existence over time, via radio, public play listing, and promotional pushes on video & social media platforms.