[Sasha.]

Originally posted by Kworb

Amazing cover though

queen of not looking pregnant at all

[Ozzy8923]

Originally posted by FatShady

what does JH stand for?

Jennifer Hudson

[primo.]

Originally posted by Dream

I heard Stormfront is stanning for 1989 more than ATRL is.

I just read that "Style" is being used as a soundtrack for lynchings this fall.

[satellites.™]

Bitch wait at Katy having a Charlie & The Chocolate Factory themed 25th Birthday party.

[Whatevaaaaa]

[Duca]

Originally posted by RobynYoBank

None of Katy's album tracks entered the Top 100 on Prism release week?

#40 This Is How We Do
#52 By the Grace of God
#54 Legendary Lovers
#64 Birthday
#72 It Takes Two
#82 This Moment

[Dream]

Originally posted by MrPeanut

Jennifer Hudson

Great minds!

[Sasha.]

5 months pregnant and even fatga has a bigger belly

[jose168]

Originally posted by RobynYoBank

None of Katy's album tracks entered the Top 100 on Prism release week?

6 Katy Perry - Roar
18 Katy Perry - Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J)
32 Katy Perry - Unconditionally
38 Katy Perry - Walking On Air
70 Katy Perry - By the Grace of God
79 Katy Perry - Legendary Lovers
82 Katy Perry - Birthday

106. Katy Perry - It Takes Two
108. Katy Perry - This Is How We Do
121. Katy Perry - This Moment
136. Katy Perry - Ghost
141. Katy Perry - Love Me
143. Katy Perry - Double Rainbow
176. Katy Perry - International Smile
187. Katy Perry - Roar

225. Katy Perry - Choose Your Battles
264. Katy Perry - Spiritual

this was in its first 24 hours i think

[RobynYoBank]

Originally posted by Duca

#40 This Is How We Do
#52 By the Grace of God
#54 Legendary Lovers
#64 Birthday
#72 It Takes Two
#82 This Moment

Hm, I don't see that in Kworb's archives. Unless the 10/18 release date on Wikipedia is incorrect.

[Kworb]

Carrie’s Greatest Hits: Decade #1 (she has said she’s hoping the title gives good vibes so she gets to release another greatest hits album with new hits down the road) will include all her officially promoted singles to country radio, 2 original songs including her current hit single “Something In The Water,” her smash “Remind Me” duet with Brad Paisley, an audio version of her viral, show-stopping performance of “How Great Thou Art” with accompaniment by Vince Gill from 2011’s ACM Girls Night Out, and 3 worktapes from writing sessions for 3 of her hits. Also included? Carrie’s LOLzy Idol coronation song, which hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Wow this puts things in perspective, my fave's GH is even more amazing than I thought

[rbautz]

Lefsetz

Apple Pay is a revolution.

“1989” is a retread.

The “1989” songs I’ve heard are catchy. But there’s nothing groundbreaking there. And the way the press is fawning over it makes me puke. Is that how far we’ve come? When our leading recording artist makes retro music with hired hands in an effort to stay sales relevant and everybody in the media laps it up?

Well, not everybody:

Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’: A pivot into pop, a misstep into conformity

Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, so here goes.

Taylor Swift’s “1989” — an antiseptic pop album scrubbed of any greasy country music fingerprints — qualifies as a rare and exquisite dud. When it’s triumphant, it’s like that Super Bowl Sunday when your team is up 42 points at the half. When it’s bland, it’s like noshing on empty calories in a dream you won’t remember. Sometimes, somehow, it’s both.

But above all, it’s shrewd. The album’s first single, “Shake It Off,” preemptively shushes any criticism Swift may have shouldered for officially renouncing Nashville — and she does it with a cascading refrain that’s pure pop. “Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate,” she chirps. “Baby, I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake — shake it off.

She sure sounds comfy inside that armor. Which is weird, right? One of the most powerful entertainers on the planet shouldn’t have to sing in a defensive crouch. But in addition to penning real-talk mega-hits about breakups, make-ups, flame-outs and happily-ever-afters, Swift is always honing the illusion that she’s an underdog — a global superstar earnestly beseeching our sympathies, our ears and our dollars.

“1989” makes that illusion seem more ridiculous than ever. Named after the year she was born, the 24-year-old’s fifth album has all the pomp and razzmatazz of a big career pivot. But as a pop record, it’s ultimately a declaration of conformity. Swift wants to sound like everybody else. And she wants to be the best at it, too.

In a society that seeks constant validation through social media, “1989” serves as a conformist power fantasy that might resonate more than we’d like to admit — because it’s also a big, dull gesture we’re expected to applaud no matter what. Clap a little louder or be excommunicated to the valley of the haters. Those are your options in this ludicrous world.

Sonically, the world Swift curates on “1989” couldn’t sound more familiar. She’s assembled an arsenal of weapons-grade radio pop, largely with the help of Max Martin, the Swedish producer who knows how to make Swift’s hooks sound like reincarnated new-wave hits. Drum machines and synthesizers good; acoustic guitars and decorative mandolins bad.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...to-conformity/

[Subomie]

Originally posted by Dream

She looks like the TRUE queen of Europe - Anastacia



(best greatest hits album AFTER Ultimate Kylie!)

I loved her when I was like 10, what happened to her?

[Sasha.]

Originally posted by jose168

6 Katy Perry - Roar
18 Katy Perry - Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J)
32 Katy Perry - Unconditionally
38 Katy Perry - Walking On Air
70 Katy Perry - By the Grace of God
79 Katy Perry - Legendary Lovers
82 Katy Perry - Birthday

106. Katy Perry - It Takes Two
108. Katy Perry - This Is How We Do
121. Katy Perry - This Moment
136. Katy Perry - Ghost
141. Katy Perry - Love Me
143. Katy Perry - Double Rainbow
176. Katy Perry - International Smile
187. Katy Perry - Roar

225. Katy Perry - Choose Your Battles
264. Katy Perry - Spiritual

this was in its first 24 hours i think

ugh katy WOA is the smash that got away

why is she so bad at picking singles

[Duca]

Originally posted by RobynYoBank

Hm, I don't see that in Kworb's archives. Unless the 10/18 release date on Wikipedia is incorrect.

the album came out on the 22nd in the US

[RobynYoBank]

Walking On Air would bomb.

[Nialler]

Originally posted by satellites.™

Bitch wait at Katy having a Charlie & The Chocolate Factory themed 25th Birthday party.

is this true

[Dream]

Originally posted by Subomie

I loved her when I was like 10, what happened to her?

she got rid of her iconic glasses and flopped

[Kworb]

http://kworb.net/pop/archive/20131022.html

By The Grace Of God

[Sasha.]

Originally posted by RobynYoBank

Walking On Air would bomb.

even if it did, it was still a better option than birthday and this is how we do (uncle wasn't that tragic of a single choice, but dark horse should've had its chance first - uncle could've been released a year later)