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I Knew It, I Knew You = 13 weeks top 3 Million Reasons + Stupid Love + Rain On Me + Shallow + Rain On Me = 13 weeks top 10 No wonder the 2nd fanbase is fuming!

Speaking of melted OTH brains... I love that IKI,IKY is such a smash in the US and how much it's killing them. In 20 years, literally no one will care where the song was charting on Spotify on its 100th day of release. Just like no one IRL cares now! The song is widely known, associated with a beloved franchise, and well received. It doesn't exploit any streaming trick that every single country song in the US isn't already exploiting. It has a nearly identical ratio of its streams coming from outside Spotify as Boston and several Morgan Wallen songs. The song spent ~8 weeks in the top 10 of the streaming chart and is still 18 months after release with two Dolly songs currently ahead of it. The song also debuted at number 1 without any additional versions and had a 100 point lead! Mariah begged, borrowed, and stole her way to her number 1s record and you don't even see people on fan forums like this pointing that out 20 years later. Oh, I Smashed It, I Slew You! The meltdowns over the incoming Grammy (and possibly Oscar hi hi) will be delicious!

TTPD is a much, much better album. HTIMYLM is by far the best single, but Fortnight and Broken Heart are both better than Petal.

Congrats to this longevity queen!

I genuinely think the snark internet echo chamber about Taylor (literally ~100k dumb ******* telling each other "No, exactly") would say folklore was try hard and desperate if it had been released in the place of Showgirl last year. No serious person thinks one of the alleged worst albums of all time contains Ophelia, Opalite, ET, Father Figure, Ruin The Friendship, Honey, and the title track. Wi$h Li$t is great too when you don't have a dumb ***** in your ear virtue signaling about things they don't actually care about! The critical reception for Showgirl was classified as mixed to positive! Remove the Rolling Stone review and she's still green on Metacritic. Did y'all know that there isn't a single Metacritic review characterized as negative? I am being 100% serious when I say some users on here should consider processional help regarding how they feel about a pop star who is literally no better or worse morally than any of the other fabulously wealthy pop stars they worship.

Watching the Monsters and Hive fight in that solo streaming thread and realizing Ophelia + Opalite alone outstreamed the solo totals of both albums. Ophelia alone getting very close to Cowboy Carter solo. But Taylor's over, right?

Girl, hide this! They're gonna come after Mayhem instead of Katy.

"Taylor is pure evil" in here and she, Gaga, Beyonce, and the entire old guard are basically indistinguishable from one another as normie Dems. The obsession is getting weird and even more parasocial than psychotic fans. Like, why does this article need to mention Taylor at all? The way Taylor has even given away hundreds of millions of dollars in the last five years

I would say yes. But people need to be more consistent about this definition. Usually it is applied thus: "Is the song with decent stats by an artist I like? Yes? Hit. No? Flop." Crossing 1 billion in ~one year (and I don't think all three will do this, drop dead is likely) is a Manchild/Opalite level hit in terms of consumption. I'd call that a moderate hit for pre-2024 standards and a solid/genuine hit for 25/26 streams, especially for solo female pop. That context matters. I also think people like to selectively use chart runs/consumption depending on what favors their favorite artists/allows them to drag artists they don't like. Chart runs will always have some importance, but I personally think consumption matters more. But their lackluster chart performance is notable. Feel more like Billie slow burn hits than songs that had a big moment. But that's unequivocally still a hit IMO.

IKI,IKY debuted at number 1 on streaming and sales. I wouldn't expect you to recognize a solo female number 1, though!

The LAYERS to this post. Taylor approaching number 1 on country radio for the first time in nearly 15 years just like Odysseus returning to Ithaca!

I mean sure, in a sense. But that's also because of airplay which many people also hate. Didn't Taylor, Ariana, Drake, and Olivia all also debut at number 1 on streaming? You could make the same case for endless songs, especially ones that must endure the Christmas freeze. That's all just part of it. OT: I'd guess she'll get to 30.

Cruel Summer We Found Love Someone Like You Toxic Summertime Sadness Halo 7 Rings Dark Horse Die With A Smile I don't think DWAS is bad, it's just NOT my type of music. Probably my least favorite of Gaga's 20 most streamed. Would never willingly put it on, but would hum along if I heard it in public. Otherwise a very strong list!

I think that's well reasoned, but I don't know why both things can't be true. There was an enormous narrative around her being previously snubbed that was even referenced on stage at the Grammys by her husband. It was a very well made album, in a favorable year with favorable conditions, and she had a long running narrative about deserving the award. I'm sure all factors contributed.

Well, yes! I understand her somewhat political win for Cowboy Carter, but this should've been her AOTY. Self-titled/Lemonade were worthy too but had deserving competition. Renaissance truly was head-and-shoulders above the competition artistically and people enjoy listening to it. Cuff It definitely feels like the 2020s Beyonce song.