Well Breakway by Kelly Clarkson was a huge smash. 1989 by Taylor Swift is also duing huge numbers. I am Sasha Fierce by Beyonce did great. It's all in the public perception to the artist, whether they are credible artists who delivers magnificent goods and songs, is respected, and/or talented.

No it isn't. Stop trying hard.

I haven't seen that excuse. I've actually seen people drag other's faves for not being able to shift albums while having number 1s...

Anyway no, Taylor's album is not the first one to sell a lot with pop music. TTAL, Bruno, Born This Way are all 6-7M selling albums from the past 3 years with pop music. If we go a litle bit further back, TFM, TD, Loud etc.

Being pop doesn't mean it is going to be a hit.

See G.U.Y. selling 40k while Break Free (made by the same producer) 1.4m.

If that was true how come KATY isn't selling like her

Also You forgot Britney

Yes.

Yes. No one's done it like her in the 2010s.

Neither Breakaway, nor IASF are PURE pop albums, and mainly not the way 1989 is.

People have to feel that you're worth investing in if they're going to buy a full album. There are very few Pop stars that can sell albums and singles while their songs are #1 on radio.

Britney did sell like her for that exact reason she was the female counterpart to BSB/NSYNC. And Katy is more adult oriented than Taylor

Katy is nothing like Bieber/1D in terms of strong fanbase. Nor does she explicitly speak to the same demographic. Sure Cali Gurls, Teenage Dream are cutesy but she still had whip cream busting out her breasts and kicked off her career kissing girls. Taylor is cookie clean, so she'll access that fanbase easier.

Britney doesn't speak to them either. Her fanbase (raging gays for most part) spend their $20 on pills to dance to their illegal copy of Femme Fatale.

It doesn't even matter what genre it is when it got played SO MUCH on Pop radios.

As if the GP is going to start making distinctions when they constantly hear a song being played on their Popular radio stations...

no, she sells albums by her name most of all. music is secondary for her fans

BEYONCE is not a pop album and was not targeted as one. Drunk In Love was never send to Top 40 radios or worldwide. Keep trying hard I guess.

That excuse never existed

That excuse never existed, and if it did Madonna would have killed it.

She's immune with thosw flop diseases. Britney did well but coma after infected with B.Jean, Artpop cancer did the same on Gaga, Beyonce deteriorated after having 4 fever and luckily recovered with self title pills. Katy did well too with TD but Prism showed symptoms and she probably end up with same fate as Britney if she doesn't try to fight

Except that doesn't make any sense, because acts who appeal to "prepubescent girls" always see their sales dwindle after a few years as their fans grow up.

Taylor has been killing it for almost a decade now. All her "prepubescent girls" have grown up with her, if anything.