Not when Beyoncé was impacting pop culture before Taylor's career even started. Even Taylor is a stan
Who cites Taylor as an influence or inspiration?
As a vocalist?
As a performer?
As an artist?
What is her legacy and impact on pop culture?
Taylor is very commercially successful but her music is not generally praised by her peers, critics or artists that have come before her. Nobody is trying to be the next Taylor Swift. She has no classic or iconic songs or memorable eras/performances and her most memorable pop culture moment involves Beyoncé.
No shade but 10 years from now people will still be talking about, referencing, covering and using Beyoncé's discography, not Taylors
According to some people, her open letter to Apple backs up Taylor's impact.
I hate when people pull the 'impact' or 'acclaim' card. How stupid
Taylor Swift is commercially a bigger artist than Beyoncé in the United States, period. Nothing debatable about that. It doesn't mean she is the better artist or anything.
I hate when people pull the 'impact' or 'acclaim' card. How stupid
Taylor Swift is commercially a bigger artist than Beyoncé in the United States, period. Nothing debatable about that. It doesn't mean she is the better artist or anything.
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Who has a bigger music career - sales-wise, acclaim-wise, cultural impact-wise - in the US? Beyonce or Taylor Swift?
All fourteen songs on the album and three bonus tracks have charted on the US Billboard Hot 100, eleven of them charted concurrently making Swift just the third artist in history and first female artist to have over ten concurrent Hot 100 hits.Speak Now is also the only album in history to spawn seventeen Hot 100 hits.It produced four top ten, seven top twenty, and nine top thirty hits.
in January 11, 2012, the album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and, as of January 2015, it has sold 4.5 million copies in the US It is Swift's third album to reach this plateau, following Taylor Swift and Fearless, making her the first female solo artist to top the 4 million mark with three studio albums in a row in a decade.
The album also made music history for claiming the biggest one-week sales tally for an album by a female country artist. As of 2014, Speak Now is ranked 17th in United States history to sell one million copies in a single week. It was also an international success, charting within the top 10 in several countries, including Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The album has been certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA and, as of January 2015, has sold 4.5 million copies in the United States. It is also the tenth best-selling digital album of all time.
Speak Now was included in the 50 Best Female Albums of All Time list published by Rolling Stone in 2012, ranking at number forty-five. This gave Swift, 22 at the time of publication, the distinction of being the youngest artist across all genres to be included on the list.
All fourteen songs on the album and three bonus tracks have charted on the US Billboard Hot 100, eleven of them charted concurrently making Swift just the third artist in history and first female artist to have over ten concurrent Hot 100 hits.Speak Now is also the only album in history to spawn seventeen Hot 100 hits.It produced four top ten, seven top twenty, and nine top thirty hits.
in January 11, 2012, the album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),[3] and, as of January 2015, it has sold 4.5 million copies in the US It is Swift's third album to reach this plateau, following Taylor Swift and Fearless, making her the first female solo artist to top the 4 million mark with three studio albums in a row in a decade.
The album also made music history for claiming the biggest one-week sales tally for an album by a female country artist. As of 2014, Speak Now is ranked 17th in United States history to sell one million copies in a single week. It was also an international success, charting within the top 10 in several countries, including Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The album has been certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA and, as of January 2015, has sold 4.5 million copies in the United States. It is also the tenth best-selling digital album of all time.
Speak Now was included in the 50 Best Female Albums of All Time list published by Rolling Stone in 2012, ranking at number forty-five. This gave Swift, 22 at the time of publication, the distinction of being the youngest artist across all genres to be included on the list.
All of these are "sales impact" which seem dwarfed when comparing it to the artists of the 90's and 80's. Can you please tell me what cultural impact these albums or records have.
Beyonce is literally changing the conversation of the nation.
All fourteen songs on the album and three bonus tracks have charted on the US Billboard Hot 100, eleven of them charted concurrently making Swift just the third artist in history and first female artist to have over ten concurrent Hot 100 hits.Speak Now is also the only album in history to spawn seventeen Hot 100 hits.It produced four top ten, seven top twenty, and nine top thirty hits.
in January 11, 2012, the album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and, as of January 2015, it has sold 4.5 million copies in the US It is Swift's third album to reach this plateau, following Taylor Swift and Fearless, making her the first female solo artist to top the 4 million mark with three studio albums in a row in a decade.
The album also made music history for claiming the biggest one-week sales tally for an album by a female country artist. As of 2014, Speak Now is ranked 17th in United States history to sell one million copies in a single week. It was also an international success, charting within the top 10 in several countries, including Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The album has been certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA and, as of January 2015, has sold 4.5 million copies in the United States. It is also the tenth best-selling digital album of all time.
Speak Now was included in the 50 Best Female Albums of All Time list published by Rolling Stone in 2012, ranking at number forty-five. This gave Swift, 22 at the time of publication, the distinction of being the youngest artist across all genres to be included on the list.
What does any of this have to with impact, iconic moments or pop culture?
Yes we know Taylor is extremely commercially successful. That answers the OP question about sales.
Now answer his questions about impact and acclaim.
