The average person does not know 15 Taylor Swift songs in the same way that the average person can name 15 Drake songs

The bulk of her popularity is the result of her diehard immediate fanbase

Even Justin Bieber is bigger than Taylor Swift honestly

Recency bias is so funny to me

Taylor sold 30+ million albums while Benito was still bagging groceries

Congrats on the streams tho!

When he pulls a UVST 5 more times we'll talk

Recency bias is so funny to me

MJ had the highest-selling album of all-time while Taylor was still in middle school and waiting on her father to buy her a record deal

Congrats on the 4M first week though!

When she has the highest-selling album of all-time we'll talk

She's taken over that generation by being a celebrity icon though, not by being someone they're constantly listening to

Like if you look at US celebrity culture, almost every top celebrity from 2016-2020 took a huge step back in the public eye, especially the "newgen" like Kylie and Ariana, they both live very private lives compared to what they were doing around 2016-2018

whilst taylor went on a huge celeb run, which arguably stopped in the last 6 months ish

UVST is much bigger than any taylor album ever btw

Taylor has sold more albums than Michael Jackson. Even on the year he died, which was his highest selling year, he still failed to outsell her peak.

Shoutout Quincy, he saved his solo career. Guy was on the way out before he grabbed the pen.

Taylor has surpassed him in certified RIAA units. That's it. Every other metric, MJ is hundreds of millions above her.

Shoutout vinyl variants and Taylor's Versions, her career was starting to look a little shaky at the end of the 2010s

Midzy is a K-pop/Taylor Swift stan, he's afraid of the Spanish language

When you're an esteemed songwriter, you're never really over. Quincy left and his career crumbled. Towards the end he was doing songs with Will. i. am and Akon.

His career diminished because of abuse allegations, lawsuits, and health problems. Taylor Swift's career began to wane in the mid-to-late 2010s because her fans were starting to outgrow her high school-level prose and songwriting

What's the excuse for his four albums flopping prior to Quincy?

Reputation was the 2nd biggest album in 2017, she ranked 3rd.
Lover was the 2nd biggest album of 2019, she ranked 1st.

Billboard 200 Peaks:

Got to Be there: #14
Ben: #5
Music & Me: #92
Forever, Michael: #101 (IT'S OVER)

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Off the Wall: #3, Diamond.

Thanks Quincy, thanks Rod!

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young women don’t give a f*** about Taylor dating Travis Kelce or her relationship status

they have Opalite on repeat making dance routines

what the f*** you niggas be talking about man lmfaooo

ya’ll in toooooo deep to s*** that got nothing to do with the music. it’s well liked by multiple generations of women across multiple ethnicities. why goats like Bey or Dot stand next to her cause they have…daughters and see the impact

Ariana literally had cheating drama for Wicked lmfaoooo

but guess what? young women DID NOT GIVE A F***

they were watching the movie and wanting to be like the sisterhood characters what are ya’ll on about

Comparing the albums he was basically forced to make as a child that were fully overseen by Motown vs. the first solo album he released as an adult that he had full creative control over

You're talking about albums that he was forced by his father to make between the ages of 13 and 16

He got exposed as nonce in 93'

In 1995 he had a #1 song (written by R.Kelly)

Tell me again about how allegations was the cause of his career crumbling

Invincible went #1 in 2001, and then he became a recluse after the charges in 2003

As an adult, he never released a studio album that wasn't a success on some level

Success is relative ofc. Bad was the last Quincy album and that spawned five #1 singles

He had only two more #1s over the next 3 albums. The last one being a R Kelly song. Very fitting.

Cool? Thriller alone is still bigger than Taylor Swift's entire career

Nope. Stick to comparing Thriller with just one album and you'd be right. Taylor's longevity is unmatched. She sold more albums than him that's a fact.

She releases multiple variants of the same album and encourages her fans to collect them all

She’s not bigger than Drake, Bad Bunny or Mike

No, it's not a fact. The only stat she has that is higher than him is US RIAA certifications. That's not including the rest of the world, and any sales that haven't been officially certified yet. Michael is closer to The Beatles in all-time records sold than Taylor is to Michael