So does Katy Perry. I think that says quite a lot about how important having #1s is

And Billboard Hot 100 =/= the whole world, what about her international no. 1 singles?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Ga...graphy#Singles

and don't forget Christina and Britney.

Taylor is the Queen of pop rn.

Considering Katy is second only to Taylor in terms of success right now, I don't see how she works well as an example?

#1s are useful to brag just like Grammys and stuff like that.

Taylor also has three #2s

Impact is in the eye of the beholder, my dear.

What impact did Just Dance & Poker Face have?

Cool. Congrats Hope to see Gaga get another one with her next album.

Maybe to you, but everyone else disagrees.

The amount of people with 'Gaga' in their sig fuming

Gaga and Taylor are both GRAMMY winning artists so having #1's doesn't really matter when you're music's good.

But congrats to Taylor for having the first album since you-know-what to have 3 #1 singles from it

Okay but so do numerous other artists
I'm happy for Taylor and will continue bopping to 1989

Considering the fact that she is the first artist since Xtina to have her first two singles reach #1, both selling 6M+ singles in the US (first to do this), and soon to be 7M+ singles. I would say that it had impact.

Not to mention both songs achieving worldwide success, selling over 10M WW.

Statements like this are so petty.

Why is this still open ?