alejandreaux

ok i'm neutral on Taylor Swift but this actually is kinda wild is this normal for a lot of huge songs that spend weeks the top 5 on the Hot 100?

it did respectable numbers for normal pop star standards, but it was a sizable step down from her astronomical standards, so i understand why it's considered a flop. she was also coming off of one of the most successful/impactful pop star rollouts in history with her first 3 projects. its all about expectations and how the album is received. ARTPOP had a mixed reception and was her overexposure/backlash era on top of not performing as well, so that feeds into the "flop" narrative even though it did decent numbers.

is anyone denying or pushing back against the fact that it probably would've been top 10 with YouTube data counted? i didn't see the outcome of the other threads, but is it really this big controversial topic that needs so much re-iteration?

Blame it on the Rain stays being one of my go-to 90s pop songs. i NEVER gaf

it's really not that hard to understand. in conversations about industry achievements, TF/M is treated as one project because they were technically packaged together as a deluxe. the industry abides by technicalities like that. in conversations about artistic achievement, they are treated as two separate projects because they had two distinct eras/identities attached to them in the cultural memory. it's not some "coup" devised by little monsters to be able to pick and choose when to apply bragging rights, the fans didn't choose for it to be released this way it's a genuine anomaly that applies to this album and very few others that have deluxe editions that serve as their own mini-era.

Abracadabra being above 4 Hot 100 #1 songs, and yet it's the only song out of those people would argue with you that it's not a hit

Top 5 released in 2026: you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love - Olivia Rodrigo Confessions II - Madonna Sexistential - Robyn MAYHEM Requiem - Lady Gaga Iceman - Drake Olivia's is the only one to really click with me so far this year, and Madonna's is getting there. NEEEEED Bey or Lana to drop this year so i can have my true 2026 blockbuster moment Top 5 overall: you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love - Olivia Rodrigo Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell MAYHEM - Lady Gaga SOS/LANA - SZA EUSEXUA Afterglow - FKA twigs

i think them naming Whitney as the definitive version and then saying "followed closely" by Gaga and Chris specifically is what makes it seem like they are singling those 2 out as the next best ones following Whitney.

Imagine having Oppenheimer, The Dark Night, Inception, Interstellar and now THIS in your filmography

out of her top 10 most daily streamed, 4 are from post-2009 mind you, including the #1 most streamed

to be fair, Spotify's user base has basically doubled since 2020. but on top of that, ROM was more of an "event hit" while Abracadabra was an actual hit with more sustained longevity on streaming and charts.

My personal faves: Renaissance, BRAT, EUSEXUA *Confessions II could challenge EUSEXUA's spot over time. Most essential overall: Renaissance, BRAT, Future Nostalgia

the thread title really does unintentionally contain 3 different Taylor song titles doesn't it

am i misreading this, or did you just say Gaga chases trends and then say Disease is experimental and daring in the next sentence?

i'm kinda screaming at the idea of Madonna, who's been making house music since its' peak of popularity in the early 90's, looking to Chromatica for guidance in that area 😭

Made my top 100: Taylor Swift - #4 Kanye West - #6 Kendrick Lamar - #8 Drake - #14 Ariana Grande - #16 Travis Scott - #35 The Weeknd - #37 Future - #51 Eminem - #94 Tanked: Chris Brown - #103 Ed Sheeran - #130 Gunna - #138 Justin Beiber - #143 Lil Baby - #149 Post Malone - #235 Lil Durk - #431 Bad Bunny - #449 NBA Youngboy - #491 Morgan Wallen - #520 Rod Wave - #960 a lot of these rappers would be a lot higher if last fm counted features towards an artist's overall plays. but to be fair my millennial/elder Gen Z ass stopped keeping up with all these new rappers after a certain point fr fr so lemme stop making excuses lol

29 is tooooo young and he's responsible for so many bops. RIP ugh

Next up: more iconic Rihanna lead single - Russian Roulette vs. We Found Love

Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, and Lennon/McCartney came to my mind first

i've always found this song to be slightly corny, but if you're in the right mood and give into the corniness, it can hit so hard

whatever his intentions are, we definitely gotta categorize the act of him putting his hand down your pants while touching himself as something other than "flirting"

21 opened the door for EDM to no longer be the central force in mainstream pop music Born to Die started the moody alt-pop wave sonically and aesthetically that would influence the rest of the decade Pure Heroine established that sound as a mainstream blockbuster success that could be directly followed as a business model

and they tried to say Kendrick needed the Drake beef to do huge numbers. meanwhile he is present on this list and Drake is not

my tie-breaker didn't seem to apply to this week's chart either i came here to see if anyone had a solution

i genuinely believe the vast majority of them will never do that no matter what she does