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Taylor Swift Followers Gained on Spotify (Last 7 days): 592,147
I mean... Who cares?
I'm from southeast Asia since when was blinding lights more popular than cruel summer... Blinding lights was popular for a much longer time yes but once cruel Summer's time is over we'll know which was more popular
Two songs in ifpi top ten chart #7 cruel summer and #9 anti hero. First time in her career she landed two songs in top ten in single year. Cruel summer will make 2024 chart too the way it is going. If new albums song becomes hit. She might end up with two songs in yec again. So much for not many hits according to one specific person here.
She also ties Lady Gaga as the female artist with most top 15 entries with six each. All of Lady Gaga's entries are Top 10 but impressive nonetheless
Top 15 on the IFPI
Love Story #6
Shake It Off #14
Blank Space #7
I Don't Wanna Live Forever #11 (Highest song by a female artist from 2017)
Anti-Hero #9
Cruel Summer #7
Not to mention in download era. Songs sold most in first few months. And Taylor releasing in August harmed her enteries because her sales got split over two years.
Taylor Swift's Billboard 200 entries ranked by weeks top 10 ( as of December 11 , 2021 ):
1. 59, 1989
2. 58, Fearless
3. 20, Folklore
4. 18, Lover
5. 17, Taylor Swift
5. 17, Red
7. 15, Speak Now
8. 12, Reputation
9. 11, Evermore
10. 4, Fearless (TV)
11. 3, Red (TV)
12. 2, Beautiful Eyes
Total: 236 weeks
Taylor Swift’s Billboard 200 entries ranked by weeks top 10 ( as of March 1 , 2024 ):
1. 68 , Midnights
2. 60, 1989
3. 58, Fearless
4. 54, Lover
5. 30, Folklore
6. 17, Taylor Swift
7. 17, Red
8. 17 , 1989 (TV)
9. 15, Speak Now
10. 12, Reputation
11. 11, Evermore
12. 9 , Speak Now (TV)
13. 9, Red (TV)
14. 4, Fearless (TV)
15. 2, Beautiful Eyes
16. 1 , Folklore : Long pond studio sessions
Total: 384 weeks ( All time record ahead of The Beatles ( 382 weeks ))
Great achievement but we also have to factor that billboard didn't allow catalog albums to chart for decades. So comparison gets skewed by that
Maybe . On the other side , Taylor Swift have much weaker competitors than The Beatles had .
Also , She's the only artist with 4 albums being 1 year in top 10 ( 52+ weeks ) . No one have more than 1 album with this achievement . Next week Morgan Wallen will be the 2-nd artist with 2 albums .
It seems that Country's popularity is high again, thanks to e.g. For Swift. Morgan Wallen sold massive amounts of his music. There have been other names as well. A healthy trend, the melody is also important.
But were a lot of catalog albums having residencies in the Top 10 that lasted more than 18 months and were then removed?
