Broken Chart
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Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department has debuted at number one on Billboard's album chart – and all 31 songs from the album have debuted on the Hot 100. The Beatles had the top five songs on the chart for the week ending April 4, 1964. On this week's chart, Taylor Swift has the top fourteen songs! Take that, John and Paul and George and Ringo!
Taylor Swift claims top 14 spots of Billboard's Hot 100 with songs from 'Tortured Poets'
She also tied Jay-Z for the most albums to hit No. 1 for a solo artist.
www.usatoday.com
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
At the end of our civilization (which is coming much sooner than expected) all that will be left will be cockroaches, and Tay-Tay at the top of the broken charts.
This reminds me of the old Bill Hicks joke about Keef & the apocalypse.
"I saw a bright light...I thought we were on."
I can't watch any schmuck who talks with his hands – but here are the statistics:
Number-one singles: Beatles 20, Taylor Swift 12
Top-five singles: Beatles 29, Taylor Swift 36
Top-ten singles: Beatles 35, Taylor Swift 59
Top-40 singles: Beatles 52, Taylor Swift 164
Top-100 singles: Beatles 72, Taylor Swift 263
Number-one albums: Beatles 19, Taylor Swift 14
Number-one singles: Beatles 20, Taylor Swift 12
Top-five singles: Beatles 29, Taylor Swift 36
Top-ten singles: Beatles 35, Taylor Swift 59
Top-40 singles: Beatles 52, Taylor Swift 164
Top-100 singles: Beatles 72, Taylor Swift 263
Number-one albums: Beatles 19, Taylor Swift 14
The Hot 100 used to measure how much money was being put into the song, combining sales to the public and how often it was broadcasted (which cost a lot of money to do). Now the chart measures how many times people play the song in their house with no financial investment on their end (and includes companies being hired to jack the streaming numbers up).
The albums chart used to measure how many albums were paid for. Now it measures "album equivalent units" - again easily manipulated.
Premium streaming totals are divided by 1,250 and free streaming totals are divided by 3,750. Thus, 1,250 premium streams or 3,750 free streams from the same album is equivalent to 1 album unit.
All of those Taylor numbers are bullshit. If they had a way to track how often people were spinning songs from the Beatles on their record players, they'd be the entire Hot 100 every week from 1964-1970.
The albums chart used to measure how many albums were paid for. Now it measures "album equivalent units" - again easily manipulated.
Premium streaming totals are divided by 1,250 and free streaming totals are divided by 3,750. Thus, 1,250 premium streams or 3,750 free streams from the same album is equivalent to 1 album unit.
All of those Taylor numbers are bullshit. If they had a way to track how often people were spinning songs from the Beatles on their record players, they'd be the entire Hot 100 every week from 1964-1970.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
Taylor Swift has never won a DRC Madness. The Beatles have won several.
You should watch. He's a brilliant guy, and he doesn't do anything annoying with his hands - like playing air-concertina.
He really knows his stuff. Real music, real musicians, music theory, recording industry, and pretty well everything music related.
The Beatles never did this. Therefore Taylor > The Beatles.
Let's, of course, ignore the fact the way the chart is calculated is completely different now.
Let's, of course, ignore the fact the way the chart is calculated is completely different now.
On the Hot 100 dated September 2, 1995, Michael Jackson's You Are Not Alone became the first song to debut at number one. Four weeks later, Mariah Carey's Fantasy debuted at number one. To date, 80 songs have debuted at number one. Seven are by Taylor Swift. Nine (including duets) are by Drake and seven (including duets) are by Ariana Grande.