Her career went downhill after Circus mostly because she's lost her looks.
If she was half-assing, but looking like this, she'd be much more successful.
It doesn't take much to debut at #1 right now b/c of how low digital sales have fallen. Taylor shouldn't have any issue. Even if she only opens with like 400k (which would be quite a dip from the 620k the previous lead opened with, and less than "Problem"), she'll still easily get #1. Rude/SWM are selling like 110k/week.
Her career went downhill after Circus mostly because she's lost her looks.
If she was half-assing, but looking like this, she'd be much more successful.