I cant tell if you are trying to shade Speak Now, because it sold around 5.5 million albums WW and heaps of singles and also won loads of grammys. But if you really haven't heard it, you should take a listen, it's my favourite taylor album
enchanted, dear john and speak now>>>>>>>>>>>careers
+1 except
Haunted, Back To December, Last Kiss >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
we are speaking about peaks.
Beyonce´s quality peak >>>> Taylor´s quality peak.
Taylor's quality peak so far was when she was 19/20, on an album she wrote entirely by herself and co-produced all of it. Beyonce got her most acclaimed album 16 years into her career, Taylor is only 8 years into her career.
interesting considering IASF according to was her quality peak
Album Of The Year (Grammy)
Lady Gaga -The Fame Monster
Beyoncé - I'Am Sasha Fierce
Taylor Swift - Fearless (Winner)
The BlackEyed Peas - The End
How is this relevant ? whether or not you win is based hugely on your competition. Metascore is far more objective (the same magazines review both albums)
And lets not act Beyonce album doesnt have the best shot to win AOTY next year.
It doesn't really make much difference tbh
Taylor wins both ways.
The Hive really having tough time since I came back. Someone had to tell them the truth. I think we all need to accept the fact Taylor is a bigger, more respected artist, with bigger peak and better album sales. We all should respect one another but stay objective at the same time. The fact is they're both extremely successful, but Taylor is simply bigger. She's the biggest artist of our generation.