1. Taylor Swift — 380M2. Taylor Swift — 260M3. Taylor Swift — 239M4. Taylor Swift — 228M5. Taylor Swift — 209M6. Taylor Swift — 208M (yesterday)7. Bad Bunny — 195M8. Taylor Swift — 194M9. Bad Bunny — 183M10. Drake — 177M
Who gives a fuck
>>121538944Popular doesn't equal good
What a tasteful expansion!
>>121538944Was the 380 million day TPD release day? April 19th?
>>121538944please nuke this entire planet
>>121538944I'll never forgive her for hurting carly by releasing her album the same day. mean
The original Fearless is better than Taylor's version because she has a younger voice and sounds cute. I want to hear a 15 year old tell me she loves me, not some old lady.
normies never had great tastethe best selling album in america is eagles greatest hits (somehow), but nobody with taste would claim the eagles are the best rock band ever
>>121538944this illustrates how meaningless streams are compared to old school sales of the 1950's-1990's or whenever.No chart in the 1970's let's say ever had Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin or Steely Dan or Earth, Wind and Fire taking more than two positions on a singles chart.And that was extremely rare.7/10 positions is meaningless.I contributed to that, too - but I didn't download a single TS song from the new album.
>>121538944based. I Lover
>>121539218her younger voice also fits better with the immature lyrics
>>121539067of course, TTPD did 315m
>>121539218
>>121539309>compares Taylor Swift to Steely Dan and Earth Wind & Firenap time maybe?
>>121539309>I don't like streaming because it didn't exist when I was young
>>121538944Stay in your containment thread, retard.>>121509727
>>121538944Tay Tay rules!>>121538960Delusional. Popular is not mutually exclusive to good. Both can coexist and Taylor is a proof.
>>121539455huge music groups, what's the problem?EWF was the 2nd biggest selling group of the 1970's, Taylor must be the 1st or close in this erawhat's the problem
>>121539566you're missing the point millennial, go be old somewhere elsestreaming numbers are meaning less compared to sales.do you disagree?
>>121539763stay in yours >>121539652
>>121539922millennial site faggot
>>121539903Steely Dan was obviously not a "huge group" and EW&F was obviously not the "2nd best selling group of the 70s" with their, what, 20m albums sold? the Bee Gees had one album selling 30m at the time, comparing these bands with Taylor Swift is ludicrous
>>121539922>you're missing the pointSaying something is "meaningless" isn't a point, your only argument is "Pink Floyd never had 2 songs in a singles chart" or something which has nothing to do with OP's list
>>121538944I fucking love streaming so much. God bless Spotify. I will never go back to downloads or physical media. I own nothing and I’m LOVING IT BABYYY. It’s so liberating to rent everything I need for a small fee as opposed to buying things and then having to manage and store them myself.
>>121539989I already posted "not music" in there.
>>121540332this but unironically
>>121540332Why not both? Fuck Spotify tho.
>>121540392I hope you don't only post about stuff you don't like, this kind of negativity isn't healthy
>>121539253They have #3 too, Hotel California
The cover art for TTPD is even worse than Midnights'.
>>121538944music is just so grim in the 2020's
>>121539872She's easily the peak of female sexuality. I'd give anything to spend the night with her.
>>121539253>>121541399There has to be some RIAA/label fuckery going on here. Eagles are popular, but I refuse to believe they are so popular to have 2 of the 3 best selling albums ever in the US
>>121543833It happened in 2018, the Greatest Hits went from 29xp to 38xp and Hotel California 15xp to 26xp. Their label (Rhino) did the same thing with Hootie & The Blowfish shortly before that, 16xp to 21xp. It's extremely shady to say the least.
>>121540201>>121540201>Steely Dan was obviously not a "huge group"9 Grammy nominations3 Grammy wins40 million records sold worldwide>EW&F was obviously not the "2nd best selling group of the 70s" with their, what, 20m albums sold?They are among the best-selling bands of all time, with sales of over 90 million records worldwide.
>>121539253>but nobody with taste would claim the eagles are the best rock band everwhat would someone with taste claim is, tho?
Will Taylore ever have her own family?She's 35 and single.tik...tik...tik...
>>121538944based taytay
>>121540332>yt-dlp
>>121545137Fleetwood Mac.
It's not fair to compare music sales from the 70s to hits on Spotify for a number of reasons.1) Radio was far more commonly listened to and you don't have any control over what comes on2) Records were bulky and expensive3) In the 70s there was a lot more artists worth listening to so sales were a lot more spread outYou can take any year you want from the 70s and it'll have more top quality music than the entire last two decades.
>>121548881how many boomers are there on this board holy shit
>>121548881I looked up vinyl prices in the 70s and got this:>the average retail sale price of a vinyl EP/LP was $7.32 – equal to $30.18 in today's dollars when adjusted for inflation.that's interesting actually. I was going to disagree because I thought they were cheaper but they were kinda expensive
>>1215488811971:>Led Zeppelin IV>What's Going On - Marvin Gaye>Songs of Love And Hate - Leonard Cohen>Meddle - Pink Floyd>Master of Reality - Black Sabbath>Imagine - John Lennon>Maggot Brain - Funkadelic>Hunky Dory - Bowie>Blue - Joni Mitchell>Ram - Paul McCartney>Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones>Who's Next - The Who>Fireball - Deep Purple>LA Woman - The Doors>Aqualung - Jethro Tull>Bryter Layter - Nick Drake>Fragile - Yes>You can take any year you want from the 70s and it'll have more top quality music than the entire last two decades.Might unironically be true lol
>>121550320albums were very expensive until the late 70s, but album sales were also 3x lower than in the 90s for example
update:1. Taylor Swift — 380M2. Taylor Swift — 260M3. Taylor Swift — 239M4. Taylor Swift — 228M5. Taylor Swift — 209M6. Taylor Swift — 208M7. Bad Bunny — 195M8. Taylor Swift — 194M9. Taylor Swift — 189M (yesterday)10. Bad Bunny — 183M
>>121543833Nielsen said that it sold nowhere close to what it was certified up to
>>121551063Eagle records claims that the album Hotel California sold 4 million in a single year from 1990-1991, and 10 million in 2018 alone. Which is total horseshit
I don't give a shit. Make a change, KYS.
>>121550926>>121550320The average price of a vinyl LP in 1969 was $3. By 1977 it was over $7 due to the general inflationary trend of the era. You recall Tom Petty suing his own label for what he considered unfair price hikes of his albums.
>>121551142damn, successful people seem to make you really angry for some reason
>>121551324And also Christgau denouncing Queen for selling an $8 album.
>>121551324from some dude on Quora:33⅓ rpm mono album$2.98 - $4.9833⅓ rpm stereo album$3.99 - $6.98Sgt Pepper's would have been $7 for example
>>121538944She uses botfarms to get streams, big whoop
>>121551881
WTF where's Black Flag?
>'CAUSE I'M A REAL THOUGH KID I CAN HANDLE MY SHIT>THEY SAY FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT AND I DID>LIGHTS CAMERA BITCH SMILE EVEN WHEN YOU WANNA DIE
>>121552082t. bot
>>121538944>Bad Bunny
>>121543833It's based on units shipped not units sold, I believe. So all those copies sitting on the $5 CD racks in the electronics section in Walmart count.
>>121539253Prime example of NOT Taking it Easy.
>>121553870grim
the album is now sure of selling at least 2.5m in its first week, beating Nsync's masterpiece No Strings Attached:1. Adele - 25 3.5m2. Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 2.5m+3. NSYNC - No Strings Attached 2.4m4. NSYNC - Celebrity 1.9m5. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 1.8m
>>121556816How did Nsync and Eminem do that like 25 years ago?
>>121556830album sales peaked in 1999
>>121557171Hell yeah
>>121538944>1. Taylor Swift — 380M>2. Taylor Swift — 260M>3. Taylor Swift — 239M>4. Taylor Swift — 228M>5. Taylor Swift — 209M>6. Taylor Swift — 208M (yesterday)>7. Bad Bunny — 195M>8. Taylor Swift — 194M>9. Bad Bunny — 183M>10. Drake — 177M> real numbers...Riiiight...
>>121557355elaborate? jews, bots, what is it?
>>121557394Record execs and teenaged girls
>>121557394>jews, bots, what is it?Oh no I mean, i don't think it's that complicated lol I just think that Spotify itself, for whatever reason, reports bullshit numbers, perhaps because someone in Taylor's circle (and probably other artists, too) have paid them to do so or some shit, is my guess.
>>121550320That’s really cheap in comparison to what music used to cost on iTunes.
>>121540000holy quads
>>121539922> millennial> oldThe ironic part about this statement is that those millenials at the lower end, closer to gen x'ers are all infinitely healthier and more able-bodied than 90% of zoomers whose endocrine systems have been wrecked by freebasing goyslop and all kinds of other at-home science experiment hormones they've been tricked into thinking were a good idea courtesy of their tiktok addiction. And to make the situation all the more humorous, they also ackshually believe their mental & physical illnesses are advantageous. Sad!
>>121557423so just for publicity? it wouldn't be worth the risk, also these numbers aren't surprising when you consider other things like her $2b grossing tour, being the most searched person on Google for the last 18 months...etc, she just has no competition
>>121557430what? albums on itunes would cost like $10
>>121557606*also she kicked Drake from the top 10 >>121551015
>>121557606but i mean, even that, most searched person on Google, tour figures, etc.; we only know that cuz that's what's been reported. Could be bullshit.
>>121538944Can we at least admit that this is the most brave lyric writing ever? Its like The White Album if it had shit tier instrumentals. I can see people enjoying it on the level where.. see they are already parasocial towards Taylor right? So these are the deepest darkest weirdest thoughts of someone you idolize, its like she wrote the lyrics so you could see the real her.Otherwise its shitty music entirely. I just can see the angle this album is going for hitting perfectly with many people.
>>121557670I see, you're an Alex Jones fan, hey he said "fuck Hitler" so it could be worse
>>121557724> "I see, you're an Alex Jones fan"Please explain how on Earth you arrived at that. Do you not understand that skepticism of certain things is not limited to one type of person? How old are you lol
