DiscoHeaven23 35,007 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 First off, this isn't to bash Taylor. I'm pretty neutral on her. This is just a realization i had. So Taylor's 1989 album sold at twice the rate that reputation is. By it's 4th month released, 1989 had sold 4.1 million copies By it's 5th month release, reputation has sold 2 million copies Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuuri 21,636 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 I know you didn't mean to bash Taylor, but what other female artist, who's album was released last year, passed 2M? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorrgh 679 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 To be fair 1989 never was on spotify until recently. So it makes sense that it was able to keep physical sales high Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoHeaven23 35,007 Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Sharyu said: I know you didn't mean to bash Taylor, but what other female artist, who's album was released last year, passed 2M? for sure, just comparing data Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikolaj 11,633 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Hmm. To put that two million in perspective, this was the best selling album in U.S. at the end of 2017, so even if it's half of what 1989 sold at reputation's age, it is still a success. She couldn't possibly pull off an era this huge second time in a row. The fact that she's nowhere to be seen for most of the time doesn't help. No promo, no interviews, almost no performances. It's great she still sold that much. It was close to impossible to top 1989 anyway. Such a gem... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ordinarynam1310 2,453 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 1989 is her peak, with multiple hits. Plus, no Spotify Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlop 4,773 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Joanne didn’t even sell 2 mil WW. Soooo. I think Reputation is doing fine considering it’s 2018 BYE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haroon 49,685 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 1989's first two singles were huge #1s reputation had an amazing start too but I don't think Look What You Made Me Do was as successful as Shake It Off but then I don't know the actual numbers so might be wrong about that Both successful eras but one just more successful than the other. Kinda like 21 and 25, 21 is more successful but that doesn't mean 25 wasn't successful - I know you're not saying that reputation wasn't successful but just adding that as a point of comparison Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not The Real Gaga 7,233 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Flop Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakariah 11,556 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Well, she really isn't promoting at the same level she was with 1989 so it would make sense that the sales won't be as good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoremonLove 7,760 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 30 minutes ago, Phlop said: Joanne didn’t even sell 2 mil WW. Soooo. I think Reputation is doing fine considering it’s 2018 Whats the need to bring joanne in between How can anoyone not love gaga Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiona Apple 13,006 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Well u can't have 1989 sucess with every album Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrea B 16,358 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Unites said: Flop Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelganger 3,740 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Record sales have also reduced considerably due to streaming so it's not even a fair comparison. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic 49,371 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 4 hours ago, DiscoHeaven23 said: for sure, just comparing data but what's the point of comparing data if you don't contextualize it, such as 1989 not being available on Spotify and album sales declining even more? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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