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supermario128 on 18 November 2009
Ps3 said:
highwaystar101 said:
Ps3 said:
Paul Mccatney's new album is expected to sell 50-55k. Taylor will outsell him in like her 70th week on the chart. lol

Paul McCartney isn't the Beatles, he is one of four, and 50 years into a music career.

How's Taylor Swifts album doing against Sgt. Pepper or Abbey road?

It's not fair to compare the sales of those albums together. Anyone who follows music today, knows that albums usually NEVER sell more than 3 million now a days in the U.S. 5 million is very rare and Taylor is about to do it. Her 5 million, like I said in a previous post, is like 50 million back in the day.

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Don't try to argue with him.




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Ps3 on 18 November 2009
supermario128 said:
Ps3 said:
highwaystar101 said:
Ps3 said:
Paul Mccatney's new album is expected to sell 50-55k. Taylor will outsell him in like her 70th week on the chart. lol

Paul McCartney isn't the Beatles, he is one of four, and 50 years into a music career.

How's Taylor Swifts album doing against Sgt. Pepper or Abbey road?

It's not fair to compare the sales of those albums together. Anyone who follows music today, knows that albums usually NEVER sell more than 3 million now a days in the U.S. 5 million is very rare and Taylor is about to do it. Her 5 million, like I said in a previous post, is like 50 million back in the day.

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Don't try to argue with him.

Thank you for finally seeing my side in this. Taylor is the next legend.



 

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highwaystar101 on 18 November 2009
Ps3 said:
highwaystar101 said:
Ps3 said:
Paul Mccatney's new album is expected to sell 50-55k. Taylor will outsell him in like her 70th week on the chart. lol

Paul McCartney isn't the Beatles, he is one of four, and 50 years into a music career.

How's Taylor Swifts album doing against Sgt. Pepper or Abbey road?

It's not fair to compare the sales of those albums together. Anyone who follows music today, knows that albums usually NEVER sell more than 3 million now a days in the U.S. 5 million is very rare and Taylor is about to do it. Her 5 million, like I said in a previous post, is like 50 million back in the day.

Really? I don't know who told you that, but you're living in a fantasy world I'm afraid.

I mean for a start in the 1960's there were only 3 billion people worldwide, half the number today, so if anything the sales from back then should be doubled for standards now.

And look, CD albums sell far better than Vinyl or Cassettes ever did. Downloads add even more to be honest. 

Source

So if anything we should be keeping Taylor Swifts album sales as they are now and multiplying the Beatles by 6. Making 5 million seem like a paltry number to be honest, almost a failure by Beatles standards in the modern day. Before you know it Taylor Swift has sold only 5 million albums and the Beatles have sold over 3-5 billion albums (Current sales stand at 600 million to a billion source)



Ps3 on 18 November 2009
highwaystar101 said:
Ps3 said:
highwaystar101 said:
Ps3 said:
Paul Mccatney's new album is expected to sell 50-55k. Taylor will outsell him in like her 70th week on the chart. lol

Paul McCartney isn't the Beatles, he is one of four, and 50 years into a music career.

How's Taylor Swifts album doing against Sgt. Pepper or Abbey road?

It's not fair to compare the sales of those albums together. Anyone who follows music today, knows that albums usually NEVER sell more than 3 million now a days in the U.S. 5 million is very rare and Taylor is about to do it. Her 5 million, like I said in a previous post, is like 50 million back in the day.

Really? I don't know who told you that, but you're living in a fantasy world I'm afraid.

I mean for a start in the 1960's there were only 3 billion people worldwide, half the number today, so if anything the sales from back then should be doubled for standards now.

And look, Cd albums sell far better than Vinyl or cassettes ever did. Downloads add even more to be honest. 

Source

So if anything we should be keeping Taylor swifts album sales as they are now and multiplying the Beatles by 6. Making 5 million seem like a paltry number to be honest, almost a failure by Beatles standards in the modern day. Before you know it Taylor Swift has sold only 5 million albums and the Beatles have sold over 3-5 billion albums (Current sales stand at 600 million to a billion source)

So what if the worlds population went up!? Do some research on album sales. Albums don't sell anymore. It's mostly about single sales now. Albums do not sell huge like they used to. Welcome to the digital age my friend. :)



 

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Ps3 on 18 November 2009

The last album to cross the 10 million mark was Usher's Confessions... That was like 6 years ago. He had to have 5 cross over huge hits and a re release to achieve that.



 

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MontanaHatchet on 18 November 2009

Taylor Swift is nothing compared to The Beatles.

Stop trying to convince anyone otherwise, and stop denying it to yourself.



 

 

Ps3 on 18 November 2009
MontanaHatchet said:
Taylor Swift is nothing compared to The Beatles.

Stop trying to convince anyone otherwise, and stop denying it to yourself.

I'm not trying to convince anyone at all. I never said anyone had to prefer taylor to the beatles. This is just a debate full of opinions, and I don't agree she is nothing to be compared with them.. Sorry my opinion.



 

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Wildvine53 on 18 November 2009

I don't think any side is going to budge, we shouldn't be trying to convince one another



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Ps3 on 18 November 2009
Wildvine53 said:
I don't think any side is going to budge, we shouldn't be trying to convince one another

Seriously. I agree and I'm not trying to convince anyone at all.. So whatever. I'm just saying based on todays standards she is easily as popular as they were back in the 1960's and its now 2009.. Almost 40 years ago, music changes, everything changes.



 

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highwaystar101 on 18 November 2009
Ps3 said:
highwaystar101 said:
Ps3 said:

It's not fair to compare the sales of those albums together. Anyone who follows music today, knows that albums usually NEVER sell more than 3 million now a days in the U.S. 5 million is very rare and Taylor is about to do it. Her 5 million, like I said in a previous post, is like 50 million back in the day.

Really? I don't know who told you that, but you're living in a fantasy world I'm afraid.

I mean for a start in the 1960's there were only 3 billion people worldwide, half the number today, so if anything the sales from back then should be doubled for standards now.

And look, Cd albums sell far better than Vinyl or cassettes ever did. Downloads add even more to be honest. 

Source

So if anything we should be keeping Taylor swifts album sales as they are now and multiplying the Beatles by 6. Making 5 million seem like a paltry number to be honest, almost a failure by Beatles standards in the modern day. Before you know it Taylor Swift has sold only 5 million albums and the Beatles have sold over 3-5 billion albums (Current sales stand at 600 million to a billion source)

So what if the worlds population went up!? Do some research on album sales. Albums don't sell anymore. It's mostly about single sales now. Albums do not sell huge like they used to. Welcome to the digital age my friend. :)

Oh really? So why did you make the argument of 5 million albums being good sales then if this wasn't about albums? And as I've shown Album sales have increased from the 60's to now by quite some way. And if I haven't done any research, then how can I present research and results? 

The world population of the 60's was half, therefore half the market is available, so really an album had to do twice as well back the.

Let's do this by singles then, seeing as my proof for the Beatles obviously wasn't good enough. The best selling single of the 1960's in the US was I want to hold your hand by the Beatles. It sold 5 million copies source.

Worldwide the Beatles have sold 2 singles at 10 million+, 2 at 5 million+ and dozens that are 2 million+ source.

Taylor Swift has sold 3.6 million in total.