[daydreams]

Taylor. She may have created waves at the beginning of the 1989 era by formally ditching guitars for synths, but lyrically it was pretty much the same stuff...if not weaker.

[chilicheese01]

Let's see, Taylor has made a mix of country and pop over five albums.

Over four albums, Katy has made only pop music. The answer is obvious.

[OBEY]

Taylor of course.

[chilicheese01]

Originally posted by ohhidaniel

Taylor's album have no edge. They aren't risky, she's been pop from the get-go, so don't even start with the "jumping genres."

Not that I'm saying Katy is a better artist, I feel like she's generic pop as well, but she definitely has more edge. Teenage Dream was far from safe , Circle The Drain is a prime example of her not being "safe" with her songs.

So definitely Katy>Taylor as far as the safest musically

I agree.

Including a song as terrible as Circle the Drain on your album is a huge risk.

[liberalmusiclover]

Taylor.

[Yvess]

I Kissed A Girl is enough proof to conclude that Katy did took some risk

[♚ PRiNCE HiGH ♚]

katy

[chilicheese01]

Originally posted by Yvess

I Kissed A Girl is enough proof to conclude that Katy did took some risk

I Kissed a Girl isn't an example of a risk, because at that point, Katy had nothing to lose. She worked with her producers to make a radio-friendly song with lyrics that would lend it controversy and attention. It isn't an example of a risk; it's an example of desperation, especially after many failed attempts at breaking into the market.

[FAN]

You Belong With Me was a massive pop hit years ago. Her stanbase is acting like she JUST started releasing songs there. She already had a massive pop fan base before 1989 and even Red.

[Aurora]

Originally posted by chilicheese01

Let's see, Taylor has made a mix of country and pop over five albums.

Over four albums, Katy has made only pop music. The answer is obvious.

Four albums? If you're including KH that's gospel and Christian rock. She's also delved in pop-rock, hip hop, trap etc. so not sure what you're talking about...

[Mr.Link]

No shade but has Katy ever done anything remotely risky?
At least Taylor took a huge risk with the Shake It Off/1989 shift, she could've lost everything had it backfired.

[Yvess]

Originally posted by chilicheese01

I Kissed a Girl isn't an example of a risk, because at that point, Katy had nothing to lose. She worked with her producers to make a radio-friendly song with lyrics that would lend it controversy and attention. It isn't an example of a risk; it's an example of desperation, especially after many failed attempts at breaking into the market.

Desperate? I guess every aspiring pop star needs to have that burning desire and somehow desperation, right?

[Nait Phoenix]

Miss Four-chords or Miss Trend-follower? That IS tough...

[superben]

Not people calling Taylor a risk-taker for switching from teen-oriented country pop to teen-oriented pop through a course of 5 albums

[Buffy]

Some of you are saying Taylor's naturally been progressing towards pop and don't consider that risk-taking, when in reality that's what happened. She took risks alienating her country fan base by becoming more and more pop. I Knew You Were Trouble was a departure from her usual country-pop genre. 1989 was a major departure from country. She even publicly addressed Country that she was no longer country, but everyone still loved her and couldn't let her go. That's definition of risk.

Taylor has sonically taken more risks than Katy. Katy remains in the safe zone, creating only generic pop songs.

[BabyCantYouSee]

Katy Perry obviously. Taylor's safe too, but anybody who is voting for Taylor against Katy in this situation is simply hating.

[♚ PRiNCE HiGH ♚]

Originally posted by Mr.Link

No shade but has Katy ever done anything remotely risky?
At least Taylor took a huge risk with the Shake It Off/1989 shift, she could've lost everything had it backfired.

Originally posted by BabyCantYouSee

Katy Perry obviously. Taylor's safe too, but anybody who is voting for Taylor against Katy in this situation is simply hating.

the T

[chilicheese01]

Originally posted by Sam 

Four albums? If you're including KH that's gospel and Christian rock. She's also delved in pop-rock, hip hop, trap etc. so not sure what you're talking about...

I'm guessing One of the Boys is her "pop-rock" album, probably just because Butch Walker's name is attached to some of the songs. The only songs that could even be considered pop-rock on there are Mannequin, If You Can Afford Me, and Self Inflicted. Meanwhile, Taylor's Change is more rock than any of those. Taylor also has Picture to Burn and State of Grace, which are influenced by rock. Anyways, Katy has always made pop music with little influences of other genres and nothing more. You could say E.T. and Dark Horse are hip hop because a rapper is featured, but Taylor also has songs that are influenced by other genres, such as dubstep on I Knew You Were Trouble, orchestrated music on Haunted, pop punk on The Story of Us (according to Wikipedia ). Taylor Swift (country) and 1989 (pop) have a distinct difference in sound, which can't really be said for One of the Boys and Prism.

You can't really categorize any of Katy's major label () albums as anything other than pop, whereas Taylor's debut is pure country. I mean, you could say that Katy Hudson is Christian rock (I haven't sat through it), but I'm pretty sure the question being asked is in relation to both artists' mainstream audience.

[Outlaws]

Katy.

[chilicheese01]

Originally posted by Yvess

Desperate? I guess every aspiring pop star needs to have that burning desire and somehow desperation, right?

Critics noted Katy's terrible personality and desperation on One of the Boys, from I Kissed a Girl and Ur So Gay. Taylor didn't need any gimmicks to get attention.

Originally posted by Nait Phoenix

Miss Four-chords or Miss Trend-follower? That IS tough...

dddd, I'm pretty sure half of Taylor's discography can be played with Cadd9, G, Dsus4, and Em7.