The Hot 100 top 10 (chart dated May 4, 2024)

[River 117,655]

Just now, olive specter said:

well, 6th track is not drake's

well, I didn't waste my time much to dig

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1 hour ago, ALGAYDO said:

This reads like a 13 year old wrote it lol 

Your replies don't look like someone who passed their 20s either

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31 minutes ago, River said:

I mean.. it's not like she's the only one who did it lol

Justin Bieber is Drake's alter ego? Didn't know 

I think I am not ok, I am living for these reactions of people who can't process her success 

[Yaaaas Gaga 937]

This just proves how ridiculous the whole system is nowadays. Like this literally couldn't happen until recently so it's just not a fair comparison against previous artists. Lets not pretend that Thriller wouldn't have occupied the entirety of the top of the charts if it was possible, or other albums by some of the legends of music.

I'm sick and tired if all these "Taylor Swift breaks record" articles because it just simply isn't fair. There's really no point in even having charts at this point because there's no variety. It's just occupied mostly by the big name artists whenever they release a new album.

How I miss the days of physical/digital sales only as I feel it had a much truer, and fairer, reflection of the charts and not just who has the biggest fan base and the best management/marketing that's willing to abuse the system.

[LadyxGaGa 2,215]

omg this is so amazing i am so proud of her. she rly is slaying and killing it 

[LadyxGaGa 2,215]

let’s all pray and hope she sells another million or two and takes over the top ten again next week 

[olive specter 1,166]

13 minutes ago, Yaaaas Gaga said:

This just proves how ridiculous the whole system is nowadays. Like this literally couldn't happen until recently so it's just not a fair comparison against previous artists. Lets not pretend that Thriller wouldn't have occupied the entirety of the top of the charts if it was possible, or other albums by some of the legends of music.

I'm sick and tired if all these "Taylor Swift breaks record" articles because it just simply isn't fair. There's really no point in even having charts at this point because there's no variety. It's just occupied mostly by the big name artists whenever they release a new album.

How I miss the days of physical/digital sales only as I feel it had a much truer, and fairer, reflection of the charts and not just who has the biggest fan base and the best management/marketing that's willing to abuse the system.

exacly
back in the day you bought the album/single, it counted as 1 sale - end of the story

now every stream counts and it adds to the album chart and to the hot100? it's ridiculous

 

it's almost like counting how many times did people play their cds/vinyls

i'm sure when albums like thriller, or the dark side of the moon came out people were playing it all the time too, but nobody counted that to the charts, because it was impossible lol

[Yaaaas Gaga 937]

4 minutes ago, olive specter said:

exacly
back in the day you bought the album/single, it counted as 1 sale - end of the story

now every stream counts and it adds to the album chart and to the hot100? it's ridiculous

 

it's almost like counting how many times did people play their cds/vinyls

i'm sure when albums like thriller, or the dark side of the moon came out people were playing it all the time too, but nobody counted that to the charts, because it was impossible lol

And i'm not being funny but if you asked a large number of people outside of Taylor Swift's fanbase to name a song of hers in the last 10 years, I bet there would be a lot of people that could only name a couple.

Doesn't really measure up to the scale of success she is achieving now does it.

[River 117,655]

23 minutes ago, Mocchi said:

Justin Bieber is Drake's alter ego? Didn't know 

I think I am not ok, I am living for these reactions of people who can't process her success 

when swifties are pissed they're starting to insult other people, what they don't know that here in GGD they are digging their own grave

[olive specter 1,166]

Just now, Yaaaas Gaga said:

And i'm not being funny but if you asked a large number of people outside of Taylor Swift's fanbase to name a song of hers in the last 10 years, I bet there would be a lot of people that could only name a couple.

Doesn't really measure up to the scale of success she is achieving now does it.

that's the other thing with streaming
people can play couple of songs from the album and it counts to the overall number

back in the day people were listening to the whole thing from start to finish, especially with vinyls

 

now you don't even have to go to the album page, all it takes is for the song to be added to your playlist

[Red 98,191]

At least there are only women (or just woman) in the charts

[phantasmas 10,677]

1 hour ago, River said:

I mean.. it's not like she's the only one who did it lol

dont remind us 

[gabeoz 7,915]

8 minutes ago, olive specter said:

that's the other thing with streaming
people can play couple of songs from the album and it counts to the overall number

back in the day people were listening to the whole thing from start to finish, especially with vinyls

 

now you don't even have to go to the album page, all it takes is for the song to be added to your playlist

The album still sold 1.8M pure, and this is a song chart anyways 

[domixwodix 3,529]

pleaseee stop posting about her 

[RenegAde 19,487]

This is possible because Taylor swift really treats and markets her music like a commercial product in a capitalist system. It's like selling fast fashion, make up or perfumes. Its almost the same formula tech giants like apple uses to secure their spot it in the market if you think about it. And obviously the flaws in the new charting system since streaming took over is a perfect breeding ground for this.