[HausOfCarlos]

Blank Space grew on me, A LOT.
Style still needs to be single no.3

[beherebynow]

Can it actually sell around 3.6M-3.7M based on HDD's prediction though?

[revel8]

Originally posted by beherebynow

Can it actually sell around 3.6M-3.7M based on HDD's prediction though?

You mean by the end of 2014? Maybe. I think their estimate is very optimistic though. The biggest sales weeks of the year are during Christmas period. We could see 1989 sell 300-400k per week for a couple of week during December.

[RobynYoBank]

Originally posted by beherebynow

Can it actually sell around 3.6M-3.7M based on HDD's prediction though?

If you're considering New Year's week, I don't see why not.

1 Taylor Swift - Red 1,208,000 1 week 1,208,000 #1
1 (=) Red 344,000 -72% 2 weeks 1,552,000 #1x2
1 (=) Red 196,000 -43% 3 weeks 1,748,000 #1x3
2 (-1) Red 145,000 -26% 4 weeks 1,893,000 #1x3
2 (=) Red 185,000 +28% 5 weeks 2,078,000 #1x3
2 (=) Red 137,000 -26% 6 weeks 2,215,000 #1x3
1 (+1) Red 167,000 +22% 7 weeks 2,382,000 #1x4
1 (=) Red 208,000 +25% 8 weeks 2,590,000 #1x5
1 (=) Red 276,000 +33% 9 weeks 2,866,000 #1x6
1 (=) Red 241,000 -13% 10 weeks 3,107,000 #1x7

1 Taylor Swift - 1989 1,287,000 1 week 1,316,000
1 (=) 1989 403,000 (-69%) 2 weeks 1,690,000
1 (=) 1989 310,000 (-23%) 3 weeks 2,000,000
2 (-1) 1989 212,000 (-31%) 4 weeks 2,212,000
1 (+1) 1989 281,000 (+31%) 5 weeks 2,493,000

Over the next five weeks, Red sold 1.029M.That would already put Taylor north of 3.5M. Over the first 5 weeks, 1989 has averaged +83K/week over Red.

So, if trends hold, we're talking somewhere between 3.5-4.0M

[Dani97]

US iTunes Top Albums

1 Taylor Swift - 1989

[revel8]

Total Sales so far in the US.

SIO: 3.043m
BS: 1.292m

[fridayteenage]

Solo songs which have sold 300k for 3+ weeks:
Royals
I Knew You Were Trouble
Roar
Shake it Off
Happy
Blessed Space

Oh look, half of those are from the same goddess.

[revel8]

After just 5 weeks of sales, 1989 is now the 14th highest selling album in the US this decade.

[Finny]

Some of my least favs like Bad Blood and HYGAG have been punching lately

[alestevens]

Originally posted by Icannot

A sales juggernaut no more.
A critics darling no more.
Long-time fans have escaped to find their peace of mind with K-Pop.

So do you think Taylor, her time is over?

Discuss.

Wait

[a_little_sinner]

Now that Taylor has a ton of lady friends, I see jezebel is singling her out for not having a black friend.

where is Beyonce's white friend or kanye's white friend?
I dont see them getting called out

Taylor always being judged by a different standard

p.s. I dont see katy perry hobnobbing with some black girl either

[Dingdong123]

Originally posted by Dani97

US iTunes Top Albums

1 Taylor Swift - 1989

Unstoppable

[Taylor fanboy]

This slays so much

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKar...aCbLQFWXBC95Jg

[Coklek92]

Tbh I don't like I Wish You Would. It's the only track I skipped in 1989. New Romantics should replace it tho.

[swiftie13]

^ I wish you would get into IYWY.. your loss the production >>>>>


1989 will pass Teenage Dream in about 2/3 weeks and will enter the top 10 best selling albums of the decade... slay she'll have 3 in the top 10

SIO finally passed 3m even with the CMA effect

and fridayteenage, didn't E.T. also sell 300k for multiple weeks? anyway, random question...

She is slaying so hard.... lately I've been discovering even more production sounds here and there, it's always magical

[Finny]

Originally posted by Coklek92

Tbh I don't like I Wish You Would. It's the only track I skipped in 1989. New Romantics should replace it tho.

[Taylor fanboy]

All are great - least faves are This Love and I Know Places. Could be easily replaced by You Are In Love and New Romantics.

[Taylor fanboy]

Originally posted by swiftie13

^ I wish you would get into IYWY.. your loss the production >>>>>


1989 will pass Teenage Dream in about 2/3 weeks and will enter the top 10 best selling albums of the decade... slay she'll have 3 in the top 10

SIO finally passed 3m even with the CMA effect

and fridayteenage, didn't E.T. also sell 300k for multiple weeks? anyway, random question...

She is slaying so hard.... lately I've been discovering even more production sounds here and there, it's always magical

I want that MJ record beaten. Hope the charts be ever in her favor.

[a_little_sinner]

Taylor leading the way for Poptimism via The Guardian

Swift, the year’s biggest star, has far more in common with these artists than peers such as Perry or Selena Gomez, to whom she’s regularly compared. Their music reflects an attitude and aesthetic – think of the diva identity so many adopt – but lack a consistent sound. These stars are content to hop genre and present contradictory ideas. Consider the ying-yang of Katy Perry’s bombastic girl power anthem Roar and urban-dance track This is How We Do, a celebration of party-girl decadence.



Intentionally or not, Swift finds herself at the forefront of a loose musical movement that’s pushing pop’s boundaries. And the shift is already being felt. Former chart champs Gwen Stefani and Fergie each released comeback singles this fall. Both tracks try to shoehorn their singers back into the zeitgeist Swift spurned – and neither has made much of an impact, critically or commercially.

Meanwhile, Aitchison’s Sucker, which she describes as “self-aware,” was bumped back after the unexpected success of Boom Clap. It’s now one of the most anticipated releases of the season. And there’s Lorde, 2013’s poptimist heroine, who was given the reins for the Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 soundtrack.

History suggests that poptimism’s eclectic offspring are likely to find their sound co-opted and homogenized. But with a star as big as Swift pointing a new way forward, poptimism might finally have its revenge.



http://www.theguardian.com/music/201...wift-poptimism

[Taylor fanboy]

Originally posted by a_little_sinner

Taylor leading the way for Poptimism via The Guardian

Swift, the year’s biggest star, has far more in common with these artists than peers such as Perry or Selena Gomez, to whom she’s regularly compared. Their music reflects an attitude and aesthetic – think of the diva identity so many adopt – but lack a consistent sound. These stars are content to hop genre and present contradictory ideas. Consider the ying-yang of Katy Perry’s bombastic girl power anthem Roar and urban-dance track This is How We Do, a celebration of party-girl decadence.



Intentionally or not, Swift finds herself at the forefront of a loose musical movement that’s pushing pop’s boundaries. And the shift is already being felt. Former chart champs Gwen Stefani and Fergie each released comeback singles this fall. Both tracks try to shoehorn their singers back into the zeitgeist Swift spurned – and neither has made much of an impact, critically or commercially.

Meanwhile, Aitchison’s Sucker, which she describes as “self-aware,” was bumped back after the unexpected success of Boom Clap. It’s now one of the most anticipated releases of the season. And there’s Lorde, 2013’s poptimist heroine, who was given the reins for the Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 soundtrack.

History suggests that poptimism’s eclectic offspring are likely to find their sound co-opted and homogenized. But with a star as big as Swift pointing a new way forward, poptimism might finally have its revenge.



http://www.theguardian.com/music/201...wift-poptimism

Thread worthy.