Page Six has an exclusive today about how much Taylor Swift thinks about Katy Perry.
Taylor Swift is "obsessed" with getting more No. 1 hits than Katy Perry and is making a...push to get songs from her album “1989” promoted to beat her pop rival’s record. “She wants seven No. 1s,” said an industry source, adding, “Katy tied Michael [Jackson]’s record for having five No. 1s from a single album, and Taylor...wants to be the greatest.”
Other sources tell Page Six that it’s not about Katy Perry. That this is standard procedure for the label – to get as many #1s as possible.
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It can be a good thing. It was a good thing last night when Venus played Serena at the US Open. They competed during the match. They supported each other after the match. Taylor wants more #1s than Katy. Katy is supposed to be releasing a new album next year. And then Katy will want that album to score more #1s than Taylor. And they’ll keep hitting it hard back to each other, back and forth, back and forth, and stealing each other’s dancer talent or producer talent …is that such a terrible thing? Serious question. Is it?
I COMPLETELY respect her drive. I don't blame her one bit for wanting to outdo Katheryn and MJ, I feel like most pop girls would. Truly a force to be reckoned with and a pop princess to respect!
I don't like her, but this isn't being obsessed with Katy. This is being obsessed with being the best that she can be. And if every pop star was a bit more like that, we wouldn't have such a bland music scene right now.
Well considering she's 4 singles in and only has 2 I doubt it. Even if Wildest Dreams goes #1 she'd need to release at least 4 more singles and have them all go number one to get 7 #1s.
I don't like her, but this isn't being obsessed with Katy. This is being obsessed with being the best that she can be. And if every pop star was a bit more like that, we wouldn't have such a bland music scene right now.
She won't get six number ones from 1989. Wildest Dreams surely isn't hitting that mark, so she'd need to release at least three-four more singles if she wants to do that. The album will be well past its peak by then. And since she wants to be absent from Spotify, I really don't see how that's going to happen.
I hope not 7 #1s would be impressive but unattainable and I really think it's best that she concludes the era relatively soon so she doesn't risk overexposure.
7 #1s would be impressive but unattainable and I really think it's best that she concludes the era relatively soon so she doesn't risk overexposure.
