Also this, half of her imperial 2020s phase have been re-released albums that she brainwashed her fans into buying so they can support her directly like she's some struggling artist

lol her engagement announcement IG post has 3x+ more likes than the announcement for life of a showgirl, her literal album, what are you on about bro?

Life of a Showgirl is now barely streamed also, compared to its peak just 6 months ago. Why is that if all these girls are all listening to it on repeat dancing? Lol

Come on man I'm an Ariana stan lol, she's had drama but really stepped back when Mac died, she's far more private now

Taylor has basically created a cult, and no one really compares celeb wise right now tbh, but it's about her, not really the music. The music is just a vehicle to spread the cult.

There's probably 10+ taylor/travis tweets that have more Likes than ariana/sabrina album announcements lol

I’m just saying man, I’ve seen the impact live across different women and girls of all age ranges and they all pretty much say the same thing

either they really still like her, she was a part of their childhood/teenage years, or they think she the devil or just don’t care

but the first 2 significantly outweighs the other

and most people know Ariana for her music and Disney channel, not cause she f***ed a bunch of dudes lol. come on have some respect for women my nigga

Let me guess. Source: ChartMasters 😂

Here's another stat

Michael released 6 albums as an adult, compared to Taylor's 15, in which over half were during the streaming era. Keep trying

Her music is not anywhere near as ubiquitous as it was during her 2010-2017 run. Her celebrity now is carried by her cult-like fanbase who are obsessed with her as a human being, not just her music

You realize I can be as stupid as you and say Thriller only sold that many copies because his catalog was so small?

So many excuses. There's no "trying", the facts are right there. Quincy was a busy man, he took his time writing those albums.

Yes, Thriller sold 70M+ copies worldwide and counting because he only released 6 albums

That's a perfectly sound line of reasoning

Thriller has more streams on Spotify than 10 of Taylor's albums and it released in 1982

Also while looking that up, I learned that Taylor has 66 different album versions available on Spotify

Taylor Swift has 100 billion more Spotify streams than Michael Jackson

king s***

It's almost like MJ died before Spotify even launched in the United States

You brought up streams now I can't compare them.

Always fun chatting Fader

Friday afternoon in 2026 and this nigga is just making up things to argue about

It's notable that an album released 44 years ago has more streams than half of a contemporary artist's discography on a platform that didn't even exist until 15 years ago

It's not notable that an artist who is currently in her commercial prime during the streaming era has more overall streams than an artist who's commercial prime predates streaming by 30 years and who also died 7 years before streaming took over

Midzy probably thinks that Arctic Monkeys are a more popular band than The Beatles since AM has more streams on Spotify

lemme cop some thriller bad and off the wall vinyls for the 1 time after watching the movie later today too

Comparing Thriller to evermore has me ctfu. She really is the goat

Tf is a TXT

Should I stir the pot

She don't even have the highest-streamed album in her own era, she ain't the GOAT of anything

7 albums above any Taylor Swift album on the all-time Spotify chart

Fader alt vs GropeDivine alt ITT

#8 highest-streamed album

Only one song in the Top 130 highest-streamed songs all-time, at #30

66 different album versions on the platform

660 tracks

Bad Bunny is only 3M streams behind with 56 less albums and 388 less tracks