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WANEGBT finally peaked. Now let's give the girls Trouble. 
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Member Since: 12/13/2011
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Originally posted by castle13
WANEGBT finally peaked. Now let's give the girls Trouble. |
I don't know, I think Trouble will under perform like WANEGBT. People are hyping the song up way too much.
She could of had a moderate hit with Eyes Open. It was doing so well. 
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Member Since: 9/7/2012
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Originally posted by dragonhunter
11/13/12
POP
3 = TAYLOR SWIFT We Are Never Ever Ge... 12808 SPINS (-101) 85.943 AI (-0.814)
HAC
7 = TAYLOR SWIFT We Are Never Ever Ge... 3666 SPINS (-17) 25.642 AI (-0.181)
AC
10 = TAYLOR SWIFT We Are Never Ever Ge... 1021 SPINS (-7) 6.975 AI (-0.021)
RHYTHMIC
46 = TAYLOR SWIFT We Are Never Ever Ge... 422 SPINS (+2) 2.411 AI (-0.017)
COUNTRY
16 = TAYLOR SWIFT Begin Again 3370 SPINS (+42) 26.885 AI (+0.357)
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Member Since: 12/19/2009
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Originally posted by dragonhunter
11/13/12
POP
3 = TAYLOR SWIFT We Are Never Ever Ge... 12808 SPINS (-101) 85.943 AI (-0.814)
HAC
7 = TAYLOR SWIFT We Are Never Ever Ge... 3666 SPINS (-17) 25.642 AI (-0.181)
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10 = TAYLOR SWIFT We Are Never Ever Ge... 1021 SPINS (-7) 6.975 AI (-0.021)
RHYTHMIC
46 = TAYLOR SWIFT We Are Never Ever Ge... 422 SPINS (+2) 2.411 AI (-0.017)
COUNTRY
16 = TAYLOR SWIFT Begin Again 3370 SPINS (+42) 26.885 AI (+0.357)
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WANEGBT I'm ready for those 200-300 spin decreases though.
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Member Since: 12/19/2009
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Tay's Eyes Open performance. Turning the song country 
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Member Since: 3/19/2012
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Originally posted by Icannot
I don't know, I think Trouble will under perform like WANEGBT. People are hyping the song up way too much.
She could of had a moderate hit with Eyes Open. It was doing so well. |
IKYWT will smash, i'm sure of it. People clearly prefer that song over WANEGBT.
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In defense of Taylor Swift
A master of quirky pop sincerity, she wouldn't be as ridiculed — or as successful — if she were a guy
By Lizzy Goodman
On Sunday, Salon published a piece that asked the question: Is Taylor Swift being taken too seriously? The author, Mark Guarino, argued that while Swift is an able songwriter and an obvious superstar she’s not a serious artist. I disagree. Taylor Swift is being taken exactly as seriously as she should be and I’ll get into why in a minute. But I want to first say that though Guarino’s opinion is manifestly unpopular (the piece inspired a round of vitriol on Twitter, spearheaded by New Yorker music critic Sasha Frere-Jones), I suspect it’s more widely held than the euphoric press on Swift would suggest.
Like many great pop songwriters who break through freakishly young (Swift signed her publishing deal at 14 and released her first album two years later), Swift’s lyrical style is so direct it can be misunderstood as facile. She is an artist who, without irony, titles her songs “Love Story” and “Innocent.” You’ll find wit and sass and even sarcasm in Swift’s lyrics but never cynicism or hopelessness, and for those who’ve actually experienced life after 22, that can be difficult to stomach. Then there’s the fact that a very short list of largely female solo artists (Adele, Lady Gaga, Rihanna) currently prop up what remains of the traditional music industry. It’s bad business to bite one of the few hands that still feeds you.
All that having been said, the reason most critics love Taylor Swift is because she’s everything we wait for in an artist. The best pop songs feel instantly familiar, like they’re already downloaded into your psyche, part of the software the human brain comes with at birth. When I first heard Taylor Swift’s “Our Song,” a twangy hit off her self-titled debut, I thought it was a cover, that’s how primary and obvious it felt. When you blend that kind of lyrical easefulness with relatable good looks (boys want to kiss her, girls want to have her over for slumber parties) and a genuine warmth and comfort with the press, you have a superstar. That’s the decades-old equation.
There are two ways to go about calling the mathematics of Swift’s awesomeness into question. You can say you just don’t like the sound of her music; it’s too slick or too country or her voice irritates you. That’s a subjective, to-each-his-or-her-own kind of thing and go with God. The other is to dismiss her as insignificant because she writes songs about how it feels to be young. That is a profound misunderstanding of the fundamentals of pop music. At its core — and this distinguishes it from other genres of contemporary art like film and literature — pop music is about the universality of adolescence. It’s about tapping into the version of our selves that is simultaneously most basic and most complete, the version formed in high school, when, as John Hughes once said, “it feels as good to feel bad as it does to feel good.”
There is nothing more emotionally sophisticated in the Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” or Dion and the Belmonts’ “Teenager in Love” or the Crystals’ “Then He Kissed Me” than in Swift’s best songs. And though I realize this will sound like blasphemy to many, Swift’s “Fifteen” could be the sequel to Big Star’s “Thirteen.” 1.2 million 22-year-old girls didn’t buy Swift’s new album, “Red,” when it came out last month; 1.2 million moms and older sisters and 16-year-olds and at least a couple of dads and a lot of gay men did because that feeling of being, as Swift puts it, “happy, free, confused and lonely in the best way” never really leaves you. A very brainy male friend of mine in his late 30s who sometimes quotes from medieval religious texts recently got his hands on a copy of “Red” and started inserting lyrics from it into the language of his emails. This girl has serious cross-demographic appeal.
I suspect that when Swift critics accuse her of not being adult enough they don’t mean it. I don’t think anyone who really loves pop music can misunderstand it as a realm for grown-ups. I suspect that what we really disagree about is the packaging. Frere-Jones found an inherent sexism in Guarino’s argument. I’m not going to get into that, but what I will say is I think Swift would be neither as ridiculed nor as successful if she were a dude. More than the token Serious Female Singer Songwriters (Joni Mitchell, Lucinda Williams, Carole King,) Swift reminds me of masters of quirky pop sincerity like Alex Chilton and Jonathan Richman. Mocking an ex for liking a record that’s “much cooler” than hers (as Swift does on “We Are Never Getting Back Together”) is so something Richman might do. If these guys had been 6-foot-tall blonds with cupid’s bow lips, they might have been resented by the rock boy demographic. Instead, they are adored.
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http://www.salon.com/2012/11/13/in_d..._taylor_swift/
Nice article. Although i think the author is underestimating Taylor`s demographic a bit. Snubbing us 17-30 yr-old straight males. 
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95% downloaded of the Vh1 Storytellers episode. 
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Gay men >>>> Straight men 
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These are just based off certifications not actual sales. Soon she will be ahead of Rihanna once Red, IKYWT, and Begin Again get certified. 
34,000,000 - Rihanna
33,500,000 - Taylor Swift
29,500,000 - Katy Perry
24,500,000 - Flo Rida
22,500,000 - Lady Gaga
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Member Since: 7/15/2012
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Originally posted by CountryFriedChick
These are just based off certifications not actual sales. Soon she will be ahead of Rihanna once Red, IKYWT, and Begin Again get certified.
34,000,000 - Rihanna
33,500,000 - Taylor Swift
29,500,000 - Katy Perry
24,500,000 - Flo Rida
22,500,000 - Lady Gaga |
Effortless 
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Originally posted by CountryFriedChick
These are just based off certifications not actual sales. Soon she will be ahead of Rihanna once Red, IKYWT, and Begin Again get certified.
34,000,000 - Rihanna
33,500,000 - Taylor Swift
29,500,000 - Katy Perry
24,500,000 - Flo Rida
22,500,000 - Lady Gaga |
Miss Fenty is the Queen. Her success is something that local betch like Alison couldn't ever imagine 
Miss Fenty gonna release 16 singles from Unapologetic and the local Alison will be distant behind 
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Member Since: 12/19/2009
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Originally posted by TaylorFantasy
Miss Fenty is the Queen, not some betch like the local girl Alison
Miss Fenty gonna release 16 singles from Unapologetic and the local Alison will be distant behind |
but sis which of these 2 has Female artist for the EMA's which of these 2 has a #1 album in 'merica' which of these 2 has a #1 album in Australia. That flop gurl could never 
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Member Since: 11/19/2011
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Originally posted by muddysquirrel
95% downloaded of the Vh1 Storytellers episode. |
i want to download it 
Plz give me the link
Thank you !!
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Member Since: 11/29/2010
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Originally posted by B[2]D
i want to download it
Plz give me the link
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I downloaded it but it does not start to play and i have to run to work. 
Will try again tomorrow. i wish somebody uploaded it to youtube or vimeo or something. Would be so much easier.
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Member Since: 5/26/2012
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I just saw some blasphemies 
The bible >>>>>>>> the lessors
Starlight alone >>>>>>> Taylor Swift, Fearless and Flop Now combined so let Red alone.
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Member Since: 12/31/2011
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How dare they mention Taylor on 1D's new album iTunes page.
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Member Since: 5/26/2012
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off topic but PM me a link to Unapologetic, please, i can t find one 
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Member Since: 4/10/2012
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Releasing IKYWT = releasing BTR on Speak Now era
If you turn into pop star, just release the totally pop single
Actually I expect many things from Bieber's cover of IKYWT
Let IKYWT to shine all around the world, and ppl won't call her local anymore
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Member Since: 8/27/2012
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WANEFLOP is doing exceedingly well in Germany. Currently #5 on Itunes. 
What is highest peak for any Taylor song in Germany?????
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