It's kind of ridiculous (when she has sold out Wembley 8 times in a row!) to say that she is not going to be remembered.

Of course, that's up for the people to decide. Since her US numbers are so big it might look like she is a local on Europe lol but she is absolutely not. TTPD was no 1 here in Germany, Fortnight even 2. She is a household name everywhere at this point.

Sure, we could talk about Generations but no one who has grown up in the 2000s or 2010s doesn't know who she is. But that is the paradox. She is pulling insane numbers yet the older Generations don't seem to know her.

And you could say the same thing about any modern artist. Will we be listening to Shape of You 10-20 years from now. We don't know. The fact that 1989(shake it off, blank space etc) is still so loved by many shows me that the potential is 100% there.

That's what the point was about though, will her tracks still be huge in the future, not if she will be remembered. Obviously, she's going to be remembered long into the future, but how popular and well known will her music be in the future, nobody knows.

Take acts like Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd huge album sales, sold out tours, great catalogue sales and relatively good streams but how many kids know their music today, certainly with Led Zeppelin, as has been specifically pointed out by posters in this thread (think in particular M), who I think from memory mentioned that they know none of their tracks and that nobody talks about them or listens to them amongst their friends and age group, yet this was a group that was one of the biggest, if not the biggest of the 1970s.

She reminds me of these people (mainly women) who become obsessed with plastic surgery, as they age, thinking it makes them more aesthetically beautiful but the reality, in the eyes of everyone else, is that they have just made themselves look so unnatural, that they actually look quite grotesque and damaged.

I wouldn't compare the Beatles and Madonna at all. Taylor and the Beatles, oh well.

True to be fair, but what you’ve seemingly removed yourself from popular culture completely, which means that you aren’t going to hear anything you don’t know already

I wouldn't say he's removed himself from popular culture (although maybe he has), he's just not using some of the contemporary methods, that younger generations tend to use, to consume or find music. I don't use Tik Tok either and don't use Facebook or Instagram for music, but I still keep abreast of what is currently popular to an extent, I just do not tend to consume it or be influenced by it.

Your accusation is not only a daring but actually quite outrageous!

Of course I haven't removed myself from cultural life. For me the world would be pretty sad and, to be honest, not worth living in at all if it only consisted of Taylor Swift.

There is so much more diverse and poignant culture to discover than on the channels that feature Top-40 formatted artists.

I suppose you can think logically here. If her tracks are already not very widespread among the general public, then obviously this will not happen in the future. So the answer is no, she won't be remembered. After her activity stops, I give her 7/8 years to be completely forgotten. And in fact, it's not just about her. 

Hence there is another question. And hasn't the time of the world's all-famous hits passed in general? My opinion - yes, it has passed. And there are many reasons for this, including those that you and the "landischorsch" listed above. In our country, even Adele is rarely heard anymore. Maybe our people still know Beyonce, but they don 't remember any of her songs. And Swift, Dua, Sheeran and other mainstream artists, are known among the younger generation.

So, my opinion is that the great hits are in the past. Now there is a lot of music available, many things began to be replaced and disappear faster. But that's just my opinion

Forgive me, English is not my native language, there may be many mistake

This is entirely speculative and the notion Taylor Swift will be 'competely forgotten' amongst the 'general public' in 7-8 years is deluded.

People again describing their personal feelings to downplay her. When they don't matter. Tens of millions of people attending her concert all over world matter. Your so called gp but artist can't have that. She has gp as her fd. But me n my frnds opinion is subjective thing.feeli gs are subjective. Actual stats are in her favour

I think this is unfair to Taylor (who I don't even like). Katy Perry hasn't had a huge hit since Dark Horse and her older hits still stream very well. If anything, Taylor will be remembered for a while (even if her music isn't).

Yeah I'm not exactly sure what the deal is with this. Why are we entertaining this speculative conversation based on a super small sample of random peoples' personal subjective exposure to music? The whole purpose of this website is to be providing clarity to music sales to demonstrate popularity. This feels like a conversation better suited for a reddit or music forum or something.

I guess because people like to speculate. The TS comments section is littered with speculative posts about subjects such as, how many EAS she'll add next year, if next year will be her best ever, where she will end up in the grand scheme of things, if she'll catch MJ or The Beatles, where she'll be at the end of the decade, what career decisions she'll make after her Eras tour etc.

I guess the best thing to do is, just ignore all and every speculative post, as I doubt they will ever be absent from sites that measure and discuss music sales.

Of course, it may be wrong. That's why I'm clarifying "just my opinion." I didn't want any speculation,
and I'll only be glad if she's remembered for a long time. And if not. It's unclear how this diminishes her, or anyone else's, talent

It's not about speculation. Speculating on numbers can be valid because there is ample to evidence to back it up. Speculating about familiarity of songs amonst random demographics in random countries is a based on the very limited experiences of 3-4 random people on this comment section and drawing conclusions from it, like AnnaJupiter.