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Post by Duca on Aug 29, 2014 13:12:20 GMT -5
Debuts at #1 worldwide with a 73% lead:
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Post by Joe1240 on Aug 30, 2014 0:20:01 GMT -5
This is going to be one of Taylor's biggest singles ever. As for single #2,I hope whatever Taylor's team puts out there,it's going to be good.so far still no announcement of any Itunes countdown or pre-order singles yet.This is going to be one of Taylor's most interesting album ever with the full-on pop direction that she said she was going in.
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Post by Az Paynter on Aug 30, 2014 5:45:45 GMT -5
POP: 16 10 TAYLOR SWIFT Shake It Off 9447 6560 2887 60.651
+154 Spins -1112 Bullet +1.609 Audience
HOT AC: 14 8 TAYLOR SWIFT Shake It Off 3701 2367 1334 26.641
+113 Spins -351 Bullet +0.562 Audience
AC: 21 16 TAYLOR SWIFT Shake It Off 445 151 294 2.187
+5 Spins -54 Bullet +0.146 Audience
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Post by Joe1240 on Aug 30, 2014 9:57:50 GMT -5
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Aug 30, 2014 20:07:52 GMT -5
The problem I have with Taylor is that she has no identity. I'm not talking about switching from genre to genre. Adele has a sound, that one Jason Derulo song everybody said "that sounds like a Katy Perry song, Black Widow sounding like Dark Horse. That Billboard snippet sounding like Madonna. Britney for sure has a sound. The list goes on, but what is Taylor's sound?
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Post by cause_for_celebration on Aug 30, 2014 20:17:16 GMT -5
The problem I have with Taylor is that she has no identity. I'm not talking about switching from genre to genre. Adele has a sound, that one Jason Derulo song everybody said "that sounds like a Katy Perry song, Black Widow sounding like Dark Horse. That Billboard snippet sounding like Madonna. Britney for sure has a sound. The list goes on, but what is Taylor's sound? Cause it's such a horrible thing for an artist to switch up her sound and not keep releasing retreads of her previous hits?
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Aug 30, 2014 20:39:55 GMT -5
The problem I have with Taylor is that she has no identity. I'm not talking about switching from genre to genre. Adele has a sound, that one Jason Derulo song everybody said "that sounds like a Katy Perry song, Black Widow sounding like Dark Horse. That Billboard snippet sounding like Madonna. Britney for sure has a sound. The list goes on, but what is Taylor's sound? Cause it's such a horrible thing for an artist to switch up her sound and not keep releasing retreads of her previous hits? Right. Having a "signature sound" is the equivalent of being typecasted in Hollywood. I love that she keeps switching the s**t up and going with whatever direction she feels is best for her, regardless of ramifications. If you can be identified by a "sound", time to switch it up boo.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Aug 30, 2014 20:41:05 GMT -5
The problem I have with Taylor is that she has no identity. I'm not talking about switching from genre to genre. Adele has a sound, that one Jason Derulo song everybody said "that sounds like a Katy Perry song, Black Widow sounding like Dark Horse. That Billboard snippet sounding like Madonna. Britney for sure has a sound. The list goes on, but what is Taylor's sound? Cause it's such a horrible thing for an artist to switch up her sound and not keep releasing retreads of her previous hits? Of course not. But Madonna switched up her sound dozens of times, and no matter what, you always knew the song was "so Madonna". It had a flare to it. I guess I'm not hearing a "signature Taylor flare" when listening to her music. Obviously she is doing better than everyone else, but I have to question people's incentive or personal connection to it.
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Aug 30, 2014 20:50:56 GMT -5
Furthermore, Taylor doesn't need a "signature sound", as evidenced by the stability of her album sales. Unlike someone like Rihanna or Katy Perry, people are invested in more than just the music. People are invested in her character/personality and her ability, lyrically, to relate to the masses. So those fans will stay with her with her evolving sound because they find her personable and relatable. She is more than a collection of hits to a lot of people.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Aug 30, 2014 21:09:06 GMT -5
Furthermore, Taylor doesn't need a "signature sound", as evidenced by the stability of her album sales. Unlike someone like Rihanna or Katy Perry, people are invested in more than just the music. People are invested in her character/personality and her ability, lyrically, to relate to the masses. So those fans will stay with her with her evolving sound because they find her personable and relatable. She is more than a collection of hits to a lot of people. see she still is with me. I totally understand why people would applaud her writing ability, but I have no idea why people would be invested in her character/personality. She's never in the tabloids, I have no idea who she is dating. I really don't know anything about her other than she has millions and millions of fans. Her character/personality never makes a big enough headline to where I would pay attention. She wasn't a huge draw for the VMA's in terms of "i have to tune in to see Taylor!!" she has some good tunes, I just can't identify with her I guess. And that's why i'm questioning why others do. Not bashing by any means. I understand why she's popular, just don't understand why she's SOOOOOOOOOOO popular.
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Aug 30, 2014 21:18:17 GMT -5
Furthermore, Taylor doesn't need a "signature sound", as evidenced by the stability of her album sales. Unlike someone like Rihanna or Katy Perry, people are invested in more than just the music. People are invested in her character/personality and her ability, lyrically, to relate to the masses. So those fans will stay with her with her evolving sound because they find her personable and relatable. She is more than a collection of hits to a lot of people. see she still is with me. I totally understand why people would applaud her writing ability, but I have no idea why people would be invested in her character/personality. She's never in the tabloids, I have no idea who she is dating. I really don't know anything about her other than she has millions and millions of fans. Her character/personality never makes a big enough headline to where I would pay attention. She wasn't a huge draw for the VMA's in terms of "i have to tune in to see Taylor!!" she has some good tunes, I just can't identify with her I guess. And that's why i'm questioning why others do. Not bashing by any means. I understand why she's popular, just don't understand why she's SOOOOOOOOOOO popular. Fans don't need tabloids or similiar to be able to relate to her personality or to be able to learn the type of woman she is: they can listen to the lyrical content of her albums. Unlike most musicians, she is earning recognition of who she is in a positive light (talent-lyrics/material) as opposed to negative (tabloids). She lays her personality and life into her albums through each and every track and that is all people need. Every song she writes or co-writes has an extremely personal connection behind it, unlike some other songwriters who have a few select incredibly personal songs on their respective releases and the remainder being something they MIGHT distantly draw parallells to in some way. Her personality and who she is is laid out in full from the jump. And the marketing shows that. And furthermore, how would you know whether or not she was a huge draw for the VMA audience? Lmao.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Aug 30, 2014 21:52:37 GMT -5
Because as a non-stan, I've never heard people say she is a great performer, or "you have to watch Taylor, you have no idea what you're missing!" Even a theatrical element. Even tho Katy is slammed for performance skills, you know there will be some type of theatrical element to offset that.
Again not bashing, just am not seeing what you are seeing.
/ends my rant.
I will say it's exciting that her second week is by far greater than BTW's second week, and it's fun to watch as a chart nerd. Kudos to her for bringing life back to the charts. There are always key releases every year, and this is one of them. If will be memorable in that regard.
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Aug 30, 2014 23:10:01 GMT -5
How does Taylor not have a signature style? Sure, her music might not 'sound' distinctly hers but her songwriting is all her. She hasn't had many (or any?) copycats but it's easy to pick a Taylor Swift song out of a lineup.
And is it in sales that SOI is having a better second week than BTW? I don't remember the sales numbers for Gaga's song. Only the incredible initial airplay, which still have yet to be matched. #theimpact :'(
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Post by slayZ on Aug 30, 2014 23:15:32 GMT -5
There's plenty of theatrical elements in her performances. You may not hear about it because she's performing at the same awards shows as artists who are headline grabbers, mostly for the wrong reasons, but she was once country music's most exciting act, and now that she's classifying herself as Pop, it wouldn't surprise me if those theatrical productions got bigger.
Check out this performance -
She's definitely growing as a performer and getting more and more into her element. I wouldn't say she's the best performer, best singer, or best dancer out there, but she's pretty aware of that which is why her productions have gotten bigger and bigger as her career has progressed. She's about as exciting as Katy is on stage if you ask me. She has the best performance of the night at the VMA's after Beyonce IMO, especially when you compare it to the mess that was Ariana's, or Usher's.
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Post by Joe1240 on Aug 31, 2014 0:33:51 GMT -5
The problem I have with Taylor is that she has no identity. I'm not talking about switching from genre to genre. Adele has a sound, that one Jason Derulo song everybody said "that sounds like a Katy Perry song, Black Widow sounding like Dark Horse. That Billboard snippet sounding like Madonna. Britney for sure has a sound. The list goes on, but what is Taylor's sound? Taylor's sets of music is very diverse as they would say.Look at all her albums and EPs.If I were to listen to them all in one day,I would never get tired of the songs because they are all so different unlike some other artists that rehash the same thing over and over again. As for comparing Katy Perry's performances to Taylor's. They both are on a different level in the music industry. My friends who aren't even Taylor fans talked about Taylor's VMA performance a few days after it happened.Yes it wasn't as talked about as Beyonce's but who can compare any artist to the icon that Beyonce is. Taylor can still create buzz no matter what she releases and yes some releases come and go like "Sweeter Than Fiction" one year ago.The only country artist that is trying to do the old Taylor sound is Kacey Musgraves. Taylor's performances have gotten bigger and bigger each era,Remember Lorde's intro at the VMAs,This is a new era of Taylor Swift.
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Post by grandelf on Aug 31, 2014 0:40:10 GMT -5
Of course not. But Madonna switched up her sound dozens of times, and no matter what, you always knew the song was "so Madonna". It had a flare to it. Not entirely true, after Like A Prayer she started the "jumping from sound to sound, producer to producer", leaving Stephen Bray and Patrick Leonard behind and a lot of times she was criticized for "losing identity" like when she did AC for years, even sounding like Celine Dion on You'll See or imitating Bjork on Bedtime Story, then abandoning dance music on American Life etc. It's only in retrospect to feel that they all have the "Madonna taste", but Shake It Off is hardly any different than that. I applaud both acts for not sticking to their "signature sound" and try out something entirely new for new audiences (even though that means leaving some old fans behind because they want more of the same), I hope Katy will do this too and get out of the Martin-Luke-Ahlund zone.
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Post by #brayden on Aug 31, 2014 3:53:17 GMT -5
The problem I have with Taylor is that she has no identity. LOL. No "identity" yet she still sells more than nearly all the people you listed.
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Post by Az Paynter on Aug 31, 2014 5:42:21 GMT -5
POP: 15 10 TAYLOR SWIFT Shake It Off 9656 7787 1869 62.729
+209 Spins -1018 Bullet +2.078 Audience
HOT AC: 10 8 TAYLOR SWIFT Shake It Off 3804 2856 948 27.419
+103 Spins -386 Bullet +0.778 Audience
AC: 20 15 TAYLOR SWIFT Shake It Off 468 193 275 2.439
+23 Spins -19 Bullet +0.252 Audience
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Post by deatheater13 on Aug 31, 2014 6:22:48 GMT -5
Great radio updates!
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Post by deatheater13 on Aug 31, 2014 8:20:14 GMT -5
@ australiancharts.com.au:
Singles:
1. Taylor Swift - Shake It Off: 32,370 (Total: 50,570) 2. Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass: 31,880 (Total: 167,000)
It was a very close fight for the #1 in Australia
I guess #2 is kind of on lock with this lead:
1 Taylor Swift - Shake It Off 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 2 Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass 0.7871 0.8995 0.9027
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Post by think pink. on Sept 1, 2014 6:04:55 GMT -5
POP 12 9 TAYLOR SWIFT Shake It Off 9849 9016 833 64.145 +193 spins -1036 bullet +1.416 audience
HAC 9 8 TAYLOR SWIFT Shake It Off 3930 3324 606 28.098 +126 spins -342 bullet +0.679 audience
AC 18 14 TAYLOR SWIFT Shake It Off 490 250 240 2.581 +22 spins -35 bullet +0.142 audience
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Post by Clauss on Sept 1, 2014 10:16:03 GMT -5
Should the bullet start to go up now? :(
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Post by die Lotterie on Sept 1, 2014 10:31:52 GMT -5
I can't at the "Rude" hate, it's far superior than this. Really. "Shake It Off" is more catchy and has the best combo of singer/producer in pop music[Max Martin/Taylor Swift]. This will be #1 for awhile. Happy for your best "singer"/producer combo in pop music. This song really showcases Taylor's impeccable and innate vocal abilities, she totally wiped me with the floor with her #beautiful talk singing. Not trying to be rude, happy you're getting to enjoy a #1 from your favorite like us Lambs have witnessed 18 different times. Cool song!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2014 11:07:43 GMT -5
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Post by Love Plastic Love on Sept 1, 2014 11:08:40 GMT -5
I actually think Taylor has one of the most distinct identities in music right now. Like, this song and the video are very, very, very Taylor to me even though I have never heard her do a song like this and arguably it could have been released by other people. I think that is why she is just so popular. She has a very, very strong identity that people identify with through vocals, lyrics, and just her persona and it makes all of her efforts cohesive even when the sound is technically changing around. She knows exactly who she is and I have not seen her stray from that, yet. We will see on this new album.
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Post by musicismylife on Sept 1, 2014 13:30:56 GMT -5
I think it's great that Taylor Swift is adresssing her haters, good for her. I think the song is really good, and wow at those sales. 550K in 1 week :O
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Post by Spidey on Sept 1, 2014 14:28:42 GMT -5
Should the bullet start to go up now? :( In a few days it should start to rise. It was still getting those 1,000+ updates last Sunday.
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Post by Keelzit on Sept 1, 2014 14:59:13 GMT -5
I'm sorry but this song is 1000% Taylor. Her lyrics have a very distinct identity despite the overall change of sound over the last 2 years.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Sept 2, 2014 3:40:16 GMT -5
2014 will down as remembered as a mediocre joke music year, with just a hint of quality music here and there.
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Post by deatheater13 on Sept 2, 2014 5:22:53 GMT -5
POP 9 9 TAYLOR SWIFT Shake It Off 10138 9445 693 66.594
+289 Spins -140 Bullet +2.449 AI
HAC 8 8 TAYLOR SWIFT Shake It Off 4056 3526 530 28.875
+126 Spins -76 Bullet +0.777 AI
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17 14 TAYLOR SWIFT Shake It Off 492 315 177 2.628 +2 Spins -63 Bullet +0.047 AI
This song is a monster!
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