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To the end of 2024 - about 230 million EAS - in the league of Pink Floyd and Frank Sinatra .
Midnights is the blockbuster era we fans were urging to have.. I hope ts11 had pre release single and then second single. Post album singles is dead concept today. And i want multiple smashes from era. I know she doesn't care as album equivalent is what counts in end. But still wish for multiple hits era like 1989, fearless, red.
Taylor in europes biggest market. Germany. Two albums in top 10 yec. 7 in top 50. Local to Germany
50 date your upcoming in Europe. Next year smashery gonna be crazy there. Might become her biggest ever year in Europe. In her 18 th year of career. Singles job is to sell albums which she does plenty!
I meant massive hit combo like ls ybwm, wrnegbt ikywt and sio bs. Karma isn't on par with those
Taylor sold 23 million albums in 2022 and only 8 million were in USA.
In 2023 she is about to sell 45 million albums worldwide and only 20 million is in USA.
Even without America, Taylor will sell over 100 million units outside America by 2024 end. Logic isn't ur cup of tea. She by 2025 ens will have double the career sales of adele. Taylor isn't about two big eras, but madonna level consistent
Do we really have te react to remarks 6 years ago? A lot has changed since then. Enjoy it!
Biggest European market Germany. Your precious europe yec chart placement
1989 tv number five
Midnights number 9 ( last year was number four)
Total 7 albums in top 50. Germany is biggest music market in Europe. She has it all
More popular than beatles in 60s, MJ in 1984 to 1987 or Whitney during 1993?
As successful as Taylor is, her fans exagerate her popularity.
Why should they? Streams has made music accessible to small village where I live. Which wasnt possible in past. Music is reaching new places than before. It's like saying why 90s albums had more sales than 60s ones? Should we downplay them too? She has a billion dollar tour to match it. And is now expected to gross 1.8 billion usd. Even madonna at peak couldn't do 150 stadiums in single tour ( 88 is her best and no ifs n what's don't count). Taylor has set new level of achievements for women too. But people don't wanna admit.
It is not her fans. Many worldwide media publications are saying this. Same way we can say naysayers can't digest the fact that she is that massive. She has numbers and impact in the age of social media, where radio and mtv are no more the only source of consumption and people have countless choices. To keep there interest is so tough compared to past, when you have only few modes of entertainment. I will say mj's peak is highest even as Taylor fan , because of racial boundaries he broke. But she is behind him only. You can argue whitney's bodyguard era is massive as well, but then we can say Taylor billion dollar tour ( which will do 1.7 billion plus in end) , a movie on her own name and star power which became blockbuster.
Bodyguard had Kevin costner who was massive movie star at that time. Look it up. Taylor has 45 million plus selling album unit year. She has been called the queen of all media this year too. At this point, you are in denial. Numbers, impact, successful movie, biggest tour, worldwide media coverage. She has it all. What else she needs to do? Go to Mars to prove it? You guys age is showing up. Nothing more. 2023 is where her celebrity has reached mj level. Now cope.
She's simply selling more than they ever sold at their peak, make of that what you will.
"which will do 1.7 billion plus in end"
Over 2 billion from what I've read?
Jake will crate alternative theories to cope and i said 1.7 billion usd as conservative estimate as ticket prices in Europe, Asia, south America, australia won't be on par with America.
So it looks like Taylor will have 5 albums in the top 10 of 2023 in the US, equaling The Beatles' record of 1964. I don't think anyone else ever had 4 albums.
She has sold 18 million album units in 2023 in USA. By end of year. Her total must be around 19 million USA and worldwide 45 million in 2023. Like even if she slow down after 2024, her catalog sales would be enough to make her best selling female artist of all time. And we know she will release more music. Crazy part. Her overseas sales will make her ifpi number one artist even without USA.
She is historically on way to become biggest solo act of all time in USA. And fun part is she is moving mote units outside America in this phase of career. And is on way to 100 million plus album units outside USA as well!
For some people who cry about adding reissues to originals ( never see same crying for old Rock yt bands with countless best of ). The average will be 13 million plus for 14 releases. That even makes it more incredible and they will keep increasing year after year. No female artist in history had such consistency. Even madonna had some underperforming albums despite her consistent success for first 25 years. Taylor is amazing in this regard too.
And i think she sold around 7 to 8 million plus pure sales worldwide too this year in this day and age. If she manage the consistent 5 millio plus pure for over next decade, 100 million plus pure is on cards and i am not counting Chinese sales, which are considered pure sales by ifpi. If we count them, She will reach there in five or six years, with more albums and great catalog sales. Personally I see them as pure sales like itunes download albums.
Elvis did 200m in the US though, similar to The Beatles. "Biggest solo act of all time" in the US essentially means biggest act period.
Oh I forgot about that. I meant charting wise not overall sales. Then she has long way to go. I guess as women artist she is clearly number one?
I know is from a different album but Anti-Hero and Cruel Summer made the combo for this eras era
