Taylor Swift is NOT the best songwriter of this decade, of this century, or of all time. She’s not even amongst the greatest.
She’s prolific, but her songwriting is rudimentary and lacks cohesion & minimalism. She fails to convey meaning because she’s pretentious & superfluous.
@cowboylikezain
My fav is entitled to her opinion. Unlike swiftards, I’m capable of having MY own opinion without it being influenced by the artist I stan. So good for Adele
I never said she wasn’t good. She is. She’s just not that great and that’s MY take after years of listening to her music. Some of you need a wake up call: you should be able to and CAN have objective takes on an artist you like or stan.
That being said, I’m muting this now
Okay, I would love to reply to each & every single one of you (especially swifties) but this has been blown out of proportion. I still stand by what I said 🙂 and that doesn’t change the fact that I am a fan of her music - considering some of you have made baseless assumptions.
@allswifted
Well, perhaps it’s rooted in stan wars for everyone else commenting on it. But not for me. Especially not when I am a fan of her music and when I stream her music on a regular basis.
@Augustivy_
I stan the best singer-songwriter to have debuted this century. You stan a smart business-woman and capitalist whose songwriting is average, at best, and who can’t hold a mic if her life depended on it.
@taylors_reputay
Billboard 🥱 this tweet is about your favs songwriting. Not about how she’s saturated the market with 15 albums all because she’s chart obsessed and greedy.
@ereshkigal24
It was a generalization. As in, overall, her songwriting is average at best. Does she have songs where her pen game excelled? Of course. Many artists do.
@famemxnster
IDK, let’s see who she has written songs for:
Beyonce
Britney
Katy Perry
Christina Aguilera
Rihanna
Shakira
J-Flop
Kelly Clarkson
Celine Dion
Jessie J
Amongst many others
She’s the artist with the most 1B streams songs when it comes to songwriting credits.
BFFR!!!
@JohnnyT773
@cowboylikezain
Wrong again. I like Taylor’s music. My 5th most streamed artist. Listen to her on a regular basis 😘😘 but continue making baseless assumptions. You have my attention 🙂
@crystalluvsalex
That was my issue with TTPD and Midnights, too. The lack of cohesion led to a loss of relatability, hence making it rather impossible to get thru both albums. She can definitely do better.
[MEGA THREAD]
Some of you seem to be getting a bit too brave! 🫵🏼
Reminder that ADELE has NOTHING left to prove and she has NO ONE to catch up to
2 AOTY out of 4 albums vs Taylor Swift’s 4 AOTY with 14 albums. Do the math 👊🏼
Best-selling (pure) female solo of the 21st century
How delusional do you have to be to compare a generic, mainstream, synth-pop, streaming-era album to THE 25? 💀 I love Taylor, but 25 has over 22M PURE WW SALES. Not a single Taylor Swift album comes close to that, not even 1989 + 1989TV
25 was a CULTURAL RESET
Don’t be a 🤡
2023 for Taylor was way bigger than 2016 for Adele. Midnights is as big or even bigger than 25 and AH had more longevity than Hello. Taylor could easily do this at the Grammys. She deserved a sweep at least once in her career
Little did you know ✨
7 Grammys
2 BRITs
1 Juno (International AOTY)
13 BBMAs
24 weeks atop Billboard 200
39 consecutive weeks in the Top 5
84 weeks in the Top 10
Longest charting female album (595 WOC)
Happy 13th Anniversary to the greatest album OF ALL TIME - 21 🪐
@thepophive
It was iconic how everyone kept singing. And I love you Lana, but it doesn’t matter how successful you are - DONT BE LATE. It’s that simple.
@R43697139
I appreciate the fact that you were nice about this. And to be quite frank, I do listen to her music on a regular basis. I am a fan of her music. So my take on this wasn’t ill-intended. I still stand by what I said and I have similar opinions about other artists I stan.
@TheGrandeTop10
@AppleMusic
Couple of sneaks that are actually not even good albums. But you nailed some of them. The fact that the Vocal Trinity has not received single entry is insane. Daydream, Falling Into You/Lets Talk About Love, and Whitney Houston/Bodyguard should’ve been there YES or YES.
30 flopped.
According to many users on stan Twitter, 30 flopped and we’re too scared to admit it.
3 BRITs
1 Grammy
Garnered 1 Emmy and brought her one step closer to EGOT status
Topped IFPI’s 3 formats for 2021
Best selling album of 2021
2 iHeart Radio Music Awards
@elasticdijon
If Billboard wanted to, they could change the rules and easily break the “Anthology” portion into a second album. But since it’s their darling, they won’t. The moment it’s another artist doing it though, they’re quick to revise their rules.
@ndk041
Nah. I can give my opinions about artists I like whether or not their cult-like fandoms take it as a personal attack. Just because I don’t think she’s the greatest singer or songwriter doesn’t mean I’m not allowed to like her music. You’re just too biased to understand that 😚
@ndk041
Cant piss me off. It’s been the other way around since morning. Yall are pressed for no reason 🤪. I will go on about my day streaming Folklore 😘
@minekasaa
@allswifted
Just because I’m a fan of someone’s music doesn’t automatically mean I know all of their songs by heart. I can’t remember or don’t know by heart all of the songs of some artists who have about 130+ tracks, let alone someone like Taylor with 270+ tracks.
@lo13648929
I also like the storytelling on Evermore and Folklore. Two very beautifully crafted albums.
My mistake was making this tweet as a generalization. Now her fans think I think all of her music is mid. Which is not the case. Then again, they take everything as a personal attack.
@yourIosingme
It’s literally their job as members of the Academy to be well versed in them. There has been other albums/songs in the past that “nobody” has ever heard of and they’ve been nominated or have won. The Recording Academy has lost its credibility. That’s that.
@PlayThatPop
@celinedion
@xtina
@Beyonce
@Adele
@Sia
@ladygaga
Depends on what you consider powerful. For me it’s Adele, Celine, Sia, & Gaga. With Adele having a slight edge over them with her INSANE ability to convey an overwhelming amount of emotion.
Bey and Mariah being technically gifted but not that great at emoting.
2024 Top 15 most streamed artists (± compared to 2023) so far:
1 Adele
2 Sia
3 RAYE
4 Celine Dion 🔺2
5 Gaga
6 Shakira 🔺2
7 Miley Cyrus 🔺8
8 Celeste 🔺89
9 Katy Perry 🔻2
10 Taylor Swift 🔻6
11 Whitney
12 Ariana 🔺1
13 Lana Del Rey🔻3
14 Kacey Musgraves 🔺56
15 Rihanna 🔻3
@bilsamus
Capitalism meets consumerism.
I don’t know if you’ve ever heard the saying: “you have more fun as a cult follower, but you make more MONEY as a CULT LEADER”. And this couldn’t be any more true for her and her fanbase.
List of 10 Songs that literally saved my life:
I Drink Wine - Adele
Hold On - Adele
Electric Bird - Sia
Angel By The Wings - Sia
Im Still Here - Sia
Never Give Up - Sia
Someone Like You - Adele
Remedy - Adele
Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion
Til It Happens To You - Lady Gaga
@ThompsonMoon
Adele and Taylor do not write about the same things 💀 lmfao. Minimalism refers to the simplicity, or lack thereof. Some things can be simple and still be emotionally charged without the need of being basic. Is it really that difficult for you to understand? 😬
@TheePopCore
Average wks at
#1
per No. 1 Hit (a stat to help you all visualize this better. Helps you point out who has stronger/weaker hits):
Mariah - 4.79 😮
Riri - 4.29
Bey - 5.63😍
Adele - 6.8, almost a flat 7 avg 🤩😱
Katy - 3.67
Janet - 3.3
Taylor - 2.9
Madonna - 2.67
Whitney - 2.82
The BEST live rendition of ‘Skyfall’ and, arguably, one of her best live performances ever.
Vocals were served. Her gaze, her dress, the hairdo, the earrings, the sunset, the view.
SUBLIME 🪐✨
@yourIosingme
Half of those voters? Do you even know the demographics of the new voting class? Do you know how many members the Academy is comprised of? Raye isn’t only a singer, she’s a well known songwriter. Just because YOU don’t know her doesn’t mean her peers/colleagues don’t.
@elasticdijon
31 songs on an album. Real and cohesive projects have really gone out the window. Business tactics. It’s all about the money now. No genuine love for the art of making music.
@SkylaAintSorry
First week sales of 800K+
1 Emmy
3 BRITs
1 Grammy
6 weeks atop BB200
EOM 10 weeks atop BB Hot 100
Topped IFPIs 3 formats in 2021
More than 3.8M pure sales
GUTS and Debut don’t belong here either!!!!
@older_days
I think the caption is misleading. It should be artists not singers. If it’s singers, 3 or 4 of them do not belong on this list and I mean that respectfully.
1 Academy Award
1 Golden Globe
1 Emmy
3 Ivor Novello Awards
3 NRJs
5 AMAs
12 BRITs
16 Grammys
18 BMAs
Amongst many others ✨
Happy Birthday to the BEST SINGER-SONGWRITER of this generation,
@Adele
🎂 here’s to 35 🩵. May you continue to bless us with your angelic voice 🫶🏼
@vigilantesht
The tour was announced after the debut week 😉 if you’re gonna present facts, give the whole pic or don’t say anything at all. Because even then, she had multiple weeks with 1M+ sales.
@avid_original
Not the wanna-be Twitter music experts again. lol. Putting Celine at A- and the overrated woman at an A+ immediately invalidates your tweet. And Ari at B- 💀💀💀 bffr
@sunrise_abram_
They did miss the point. But that usually happens when people get defensive or take opinions that don’t align with theirs as personal attacks. Very normal/human thing to do, so I’m not surprised. It wasn’t even a controversial take, if we’re being honest.
Heaven really is a place on earth 🤩
@Adele
, there’s so much ferocity in you. I will never grow tired of listening to this heartfelt and powerfully intense piano ballad 🥹 especially this sublime performance
30 is THAT album 💚✨
@athenamount
30 being a pop album that strongly infuses elements of soul, jazz, R&B, gospel, country, and trap.
Anyone gonna tell you that TTPD is the same track recycled 30 (no pun intended) times with slight variations of the same cringey lyrics and no vocals?
She flopped? Yes, she did. She flopped by HER OWN standards. But 30 is as successful as any album can be. And that just goes to show how Adele can move the world by waving nothing but a finger.
A flop? We’ll take it 🪐 we’ll flop with her 💚
My baby 3️⃣0️⃣ 🪐✨
I will die defending this MASTERPIECE
Very few albums can take you on such a powerful vocal, lyrical, and poetical journey of self-scrutinization and self-laceration, accountability, regret, and guilt with light moments of levity 💚
I don’t think y’all understand how much I love this album 🥹
I’m OBSESSED! The opening track is soul-cleansing, Easy On Me is raw vulnerability, the transition from Can I Get It to I DRINK WINE is heart-warming to the brink of tears, and Hold On is UPLIFTING 🪐💚
I LOVE IT 🫶🏼
@fabbgrat
Streaming has reshaped the music industry. Charts in the US are so weak. Anything can chart within the top 5 now. Generic music easily trends and becomes a No. 1 and then free falls. Artists are releasing for consumerism/capitalism completely disregarding the art of real music.