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I like how he's giving out examples.

The actress is Charlotte Kirk! She was also the woman who had an affair with Kevin Tsujihara (who was CEO of Warner Bros. at the time of their affair), and she was involved with director Neil Marshall (who apparently left production for a couple of weeks during the Hellboy shoot to be with her, and broke up with his longtime girlfriend). And she had an affair with James Packer, who was a partner at RatPack Entertainment. And she pressured people like director Brett Ratner and producer Avi Lerner try to get her roles. So now we have two instances (Tsujihara and Meyer), that we know of, where she tried to blackmail top execs to advance her acting career. Wow. A movie should be made out of her story. It's quite fascinating how one woman was involved with so many powerful people in the movie business.

Awesome news! Having a Jamaican-Indian-American woman as VP would be really cool.

Has there been any other instances where someone replaced their ex at #1? LOL I respect Watermelon Sugar's slow burn rise to #1. 👏

This one surprised me......but I can't think of (a big artist) debuting a song and album at the same time. Are there any other examples of this? And does the debut song have to be the first single or it can be the second or third single (etc) just as long as it debuts at the same time as the album?

Awesome for Taylor. And congrats to Aaron Dessner. It's always cool getting your first #1. So I wanted to compare the numbers with Taylor's "ME!" and "You Need To Calm Down" to "Cardigan" because those two songs hit #2 and were blocked from the #1 spot by one of the biggest songs of the decade, "Old Town Road." "Cardigan" had less numbers than "ME!" and "YNTCD" but it was able to get #1. U.S. Streams Cardigan: 1) 34 million | Rockstar: 3) 32.9 million ME!: 2) 50.7 million | Old Town Road: 1) 104 million YNTCD: 3) 39 million | Old Town Road: 1) 91.6 million Downloads Sold Cardigan: 1) 71,000 | Rockstar: 7) 10,000 ME!: 1) 193,000 | Old Town Road: 2) 78,000 YNTCD: 1) 79,000 | Old Town Road: 2) 59,000 Radio Airplay Cardigan: 12.7 million | Rockstar: 2) 67.9 million ME!: 13) 54.1 million | Old Town Road: 6) 67.7 million YNTCD: 50) 24.2 million | Old Town Road: 3) 95.8 million The streaming numbers for "Cardigan" and "Rockstar" were pretty close, so it looks like the number of downloads was how "Cardigan" got #1. To think if Taylor started the Lover Era, like her previous eras, in the summer, I think "ME!" would've gone to #1. And then "YNTCD" also would've gone to #1 in late fall. To go even further, if she didn't release "Ready For It" two weeks after "Look What You Made Me Do," I think "Ready For It" would've hit #1 when the video was released in October - I believe the song peaked at #4. To me, those three were Taylor's missed opportunities at getting #1 songs. But hindsight is 20/20. LOL

So close to beating Lover (21,000 in units and 64,000 in pure sales)! I wonder not having the album in stores affected the numbers one way or the other. Either way, these numbers are impressive! So proud of her. She consistently creates fantastic albums and her fans are willing to buy it - gotta keep the collection going. I bought the album off iTunes and I'm also going to buy the CD and maybe the vinyl. LOL Billboard: Taylor Swift Achieves Seventh No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart & Biggest Week of 2020 With 'Folklore' Seventh No. 1 Album: Folklore marks Swift’s seventh No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, tying her with Janet Jackson for the third-most leaders among women in the history of the chart. Ahead of them on the leading ladies list are Barbra Streisand, with 11 No. 1s, and Madonna, with nine. Among all acts, The Beatles have the most No. 1 albums, with 19. Most No. 1 Debuts Among Women: All seven of Swift’s No. 1 albums have debuted at No. 1 -- a record among female artists. Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Madonna and Britney Spears are tied with the second-most debuts at No. 1 among women, with six each. (Beyoncé, Gaga and Spears each have a total of six No. 1 albums -- and all of them also debuted at No. 1. Meanwhile, six of Madonna's nine total No. 1s debuted atop the list.) Among all acts, Jay-Z has the most debuts at No. 1, with 14. All 14 of his No. 1 albums have debuted at No. 1. ‘Folklore’ Is Already 2020’s Top Selling Album: With 615,000 copies sold of Folklore in its first week, the album has already become 2020’s top selling album. It surpasses the previous top-seller, BTS’ Map of the Soul: 7, which has sold 574,000 since its release on Feb. 21.

Rolling Stone: Taylor Swift’s Cinematographer: How We Shot ‘Folklore’ Video During a Pandemic Vanity Fair: How Taylor Swift Directed a Music Video During the Coronavirus Pandemic So here are my rankings after one week, compared to listening to the album once: 1. exile (same) 2. august (same) 3. this is me trying (+1) 4. my tears ricochet (-1) 5. illicit affairs (same) 6. cardigan (+1) 7. mirrorball (+2) 8. epiphany (+3) 9. the 1 (+1) 10. betty (-4) 11. invisible string (+4) 12. the last great american dynasty (-4) 13. Seven (-1) 14. Peace (-1) 15. Mad woman (-1) 16. Hoax (same)

Trump just said he's banning TikTok. Let's see if/when this affects the charts.......until the next TikTok like app is created.

Yeah, stan culture is terrible and now it's so much worse thanks to social media. You can just look at any tweet from Chart Data and all the replies are basically fanbases trying to one-up each other with "look at how my favourite artist is better than yours" or "[artist] [song] [album] flopped" - it's so annoying. The latest thing I've noticed from stans is the altering of people's faces into these outrageous expressions - it's so creepy.

I know people hated those long days but I loved it. I don't think I ever complained how long the day was - I just enjoyed the journey.

I don't remember what year Hell In a Closet was but this is all I could find in my archives. Days in 2002: All dates US 1 - January 2 to January 17 (12 episodes aired) 2 - January 18 to February 28 (29 episodes aired) 3 - March 1 yo March 18 (12 episodes aired) 4 - March 19 to April 15 (20 episodes aired) 5 - April 16 to April 26 (9 episodes aired) 6 - April 29 to May 28 (25 episodes aired) 7 - May 29 to July 1 (24 episodes aired) 8 - July 2 to August 28 (40 episodes aired) 9 - August 29 to September 30 (22 episodes aired) 10 - October 1 to November 27 (42 episodes aired) 11 - November 29 to December 4 (4 episodes aired) 12 - December 5 to December 11 (5 episodes aired) 13 - December 12 to December 17 (4 episode aired) 14 - December 18 to December 23 (4 episodes aired) 15 - December 24 to December 25 (2 episodes aired) 16 - December 26 (1 episode aired) 17 - December 27 to December 31 (3 episodes aired) Days in 2003: All dates US 1 - January 2 to February 5 (26 episodes aired) 2 - February 6 to March 12 (25 episodes aired) 3 - March 13 to April 30 (33 episodes aired) 4 - May 1 to July 16 (53 episodes aired) 5 - July 17 to August 12 (19 episodes aired) 6 - August 13 to November 26 (76 episodes aired) 7 - November 28 to December 1 (2 episodes aired) 8 - December 2 to December 8 (5 epsiodes aired) 9 - December 9 to December 17 (7 episodes aired) 10 - December 18 December 25 (6 episodes aired) 11 - December 26 to December 31 (4 episodes aird) Days in 2004: All dates US 1 - January 2 (1 episode) 2 - January 5 to January 8 (4 episodes) 3 - January 9 to February 12 (25 episodes) 4 - February 13 to February 20 (6 episodes) 5 - February 23 to March 16 (17 episodes) 6 - March 17 to March 24 (7 episodes) 7 - March 25 to April 1 (6 episodes) 8 - April 2 to April 12 (7 episodes) 9 - April 13 to April 26 (10 episodes) 10 - April 27 to May 19 (17 episodes) 11 - May 20 to June 11 (17 episodes) 12 - June 14 to August 11 (41 episodes) 13 - August 12 to September 16 (16 episodes) 14 - September 17 to October 27 (29 episodes) 15 - October 28 to November 18 (16 episodes) 16 - November 19 to December 13 (16 episodes) 17 - December 14 to December 20 (5 episodes) 18 - December 21 to December 22 (2 episodes) 19 - December 23 to December 27 (3 episodes) 20 - December 28 to . . . Days in 2005: All dates US 1 - December 28 to January 11 (11 episodes) 2 - January 12 to February 14 (23 episodes) 3 - February 15 to March 30 (31 episodes) 4 - March 31 to May 11 (30 episodes) 5 - May 12 to July 4 (35 episodes) 6 - July 5 to August 8 (25 episodes) 7 - August 9 to August 18 (8 episodes) 8 - August 19 to September 7 (14 episodes) 9 - September 8 to September 22 (11 episodes) 10 - September 23 to October 24 (22 episodes) 11 - October 25 to November 9 (12 episodes) 12 - November 10 to November 24 (10 episodes) 13 - November 25 (1 episode) 14 - November 28 to December 13 (12 episodes) 15 - December 14 to December 27 (10 episodes) 16 - December 28 to ....... (3 episodes so far) And here are the DAYS days. Days in 2003: 1 - December 31 to January 6 (4 episodes aired) 2 - January 7 to January 13 (5 episodes aired) 3 - January 14 to January 20 (5 episodes aired) 4 - January 21 to January 27 (5 episodes aired) 5 - January 28 to February 7 (8 episodes aired) 6 - February 10 to February 25 (12 episodes aired) 7 - February 26 to March 7 (8 episodes aired) 8 - March 10 to March 13 (4 episodes aired) 9 - March 14 to March 25 (6 episodes aired) 10 - March 26 to April 1 (5 episodes aired) 11 - April 2 to April 9 (6 episodes aired) 12 - April 11 to April 18 (6 episodes aired) 13 - April 21 to April 30 (8 episodes aired) 14 - May 1 to May 6 (4 episodes aired) 15 - May 7 to May 12 (4 episodes aired) 16 - May 13 to May 15 (3 episodes aired) 17 - May 16 to May 22 (5 episodes aired) 18 - May 23 to May 27 (3 episodes aired) 19- May 28 to June 3 (5 episodes aired) 20 - June 4 to June 6 (3 episodes aired) 21 - June 9 to June 20 (10 episodes aired) 22 - June 23 to June 30 (6 episodes aired) 23 - July 1 to July 11 (7 episodes aired) 24 - July 14 to July 23 (8 episodes aired) 25 - July 24 to July 30 (5 episodes aired) 26 - July 31 to August 7 (6 episodes aired) 27 - August 8 to August 13 (4 episodes aired) 28 - August 14 to August 27 (10 episodes aired) 29 - August 28 to September 3 (5 episodes aired) 30 - September 4 to September 8 (3 episodes aired) 31 - September 9 to September 17 (7 episodes aired) 32 - September 18 to September September 30 (9 episodes aired) 33- October 1 to October 9 (7 episoded aired) 34 - October 10 to October 21 (8 episodes aired) 35 - October 22 to October 28 (5 episodes aired) 36 - October 29 to November 11 (7 episodes) 37 - November 12 to November 18 (5 episodes) 38 - November 19 to November 26 (6 episodes) 39 - November 28 to December 8 (7 epsiodes) 40 - December 9 to December 22 (10 episodes) 41 - December 23 to December 24 (2 episodes) 42 - December 25 (1 episode) 43 - December 26 to January 6 Days in 2004: 1 - December 26 to January 6 (7 episodes) 2 - January 7 to January 15 (7 episodes) 3 - January 16 to January 20 (3 episodes) 4 - January 21 to February 5 (12 episodes) 5 - February 6 to March 11 (25 episodes) 6 - March 12 to April 13 (23 episodes) 7 - April 14 to May 19 (25 episodes) 8 - May 20 to May 28 (7 episodes) 9 - May 31 to June 15 (11 episodes) 10 - June 16 to June 28 (9 episodes) 11 - June 29 to July 16 (12 episodes) 12 - July 19 to August 13 (20 episodes) 13- August 30 to September 28 (22 episodes) 14 - September 29 to November 8 (29 episodes) 15 - November 9 to November 24 (12 episodes) 16 - November 26 (1 episode) 17 - November 29 to December 22 (18 episodes) 18 - December 23 to December 24 (2 episodes) 19 - December 27 to December 28 (2 episodes) 20 - December 29 to . . . (3 episodes) Days in 2005: 1 - December 29 to January 21 (17 episodes) 2 - January 24 to February 14 (16 episodes) 3 - February 15 to February 22 (6 episodes) 4 - February 23 to April 8 (33 episodes) 5 - April 11 to May 16 (26 episodes) 6 - May 17 to June 16 (22 episodes) 7 - June 17 to June 20 (2 episodes) 8 - June 21 to July 8 (12 episodes) 9 - July 11 to July 28 (14 episodes) 10 - July 29 to August 19 (16 episodes) 11 - August 22 to August 31 (8 episodes) 12 - September 1 to September 7 (5 episodes) 13 - September 8 to September 16 (7 episodes) 14 - September 19 to October 4 (12 episodes) 15 - October 5 to October 20 (12 episodes) 16 - October 21 to November 10 (15 episodes) 17 - November 11 to December 2 (15 episodes) 18 - December 5 to December 6 (2 episodes) 19 - December 7 to December 20 (10 episodes) 20 - December 21 to December 22 (2 episodes) 21 - December 23 to December 27 (2 episodes) 22 - December 27 to .................. ( 4 episodes so far.....)

The Story Behind Every Song on Taylor Swift’s folklore According to the National’s Aaron Dessner. If you've reached your limit on the site, you can read it here. "I sent it before I went on a run, and when I got back from the run, that song was there." That made laugh. What was interesting was that on some of the songs, Aaron sent Taylor instrumentals and then she wrote the lyrics to them. She doesn't do that too often. Off the top of my head, I can only think of "I Wish You Would" (Jack Antonoff). Most of the time, it's Taylor coming up with the lyrics and melodies, and then bringing the partially written song to her collaborator.

"Perhaps more interestingly, singer-songwriters Sia and Lady Gaga both used to be reviewed, but after their albums started hitting No. 1, Pitchfork stopped covering them." Geez!!! I can't them take seriously at all. LOL Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ Off to Fast Start, Over Half-Million Units Earned in U.S. in First Three Days "Taylor Swift’s new album Folklore has earned more than 500,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in its first three days of release, according to initial reports to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Of Folklore’s more than 500,000 units tallied in its first three days, album sales power more than 400,000, while the bulk of the remainder is in SEA units." Lover sold 867,000 units with 679,000 being pure albums in its first week. Can folklore get 280,000 pure albums in the last 4 days? Rooting for that to happen.

Why is Pitchfork so highly regarded? To me, I'm going to always have a negative view point towards them because of what they did to Taylor's 1989 album. They refused to review for 1989 and then when Ryan Adams did a cover of 1989, they decided to review that instead. It was so sexist. They also just seem so pretentious. It's rising up my ranks. The lyrics are great! And the story is pretty dark. To me it's about an alcoholic (They told me all of my cages were mental / So I got wasted like all my potential.......Pouring out my heart to a stranger / But I didn't pour the whiskey) who's trying to make amends with the person they care about (And maybe I don't quite know what to say / But I'm here in your doorway). And at one point, they thought about possibly ending it all (Pulled the car off the road to the lookout / Could've followed my fears all the way down). I also love the production - it reminds me of The Archer. And I like how Taylor's voice is processed (don't know the correct audio term for it.......reverb maybe?).

The National’s Aaron Dessner Talks Taylor Swift’s New Album folklore

Wow, didn't think the album would do that well on its first day on Spotify. Must be because of curiosity (from non fans) and the critical acclaim (she's receiving the best reviews of her career). I'm sure Rihanna and Adele will break Folklore's numbers. Adele is Adele and there's so much anticipation for Rihanna's next album. Folklore only came in 2nd behind Drake's Scorpion album which got 132 million - I hope Rihanna or Adele breaks that record.

It's so good. I love instrumental outro for the last minute. The song is one-third of the "Teenage Love Triangle" with the other two songs being"Betty" (from James' POV) and "Cardigan" (from Betty's POV). "August" (other girl's POV) has such a summer-feeling/nostalgic vibe which fits the feeling of the story (Inez is thinking back to high school when she had an affair with James). BTW, Inez and James are the Blake Lively/Ryan Reynolds' daughters. Could Betty be the name of their 3rd child? LOL

I like every song on the album which is what I was hoping for. LOL. Quick thoughts on the album: the storytelling is really good! She's a story teller at heart and she proves that with this album. The production on the songs were simple and beautiful and matched really well with her vocals (I think her vocals are getting better as she gets older). So with no singles being released before the album, I'm able to do this now, rank all the songs after just one listen. I want to see which songs move up or down as I continue to listen to the album. I have them in three groups and I didn't think the song with Bon Iver would be my #1 off the bat. LOL. 1. Exile 2. August 3. My Tears Ricochet 4. This Is Me Trying 5. Illicit Affairs 6. Betty 7. Cardigan 8. The Last Great American dynasty 9. Mirrorball 10. The 1 11. epiphany 12. Seven 13. Peace 14. Mad Woman 15. Invisible String 16. Hoax

3 songs connect to each other. Interesting.

Cruel Summer is such a fan favourite. She did 3 pure pop albums in a row so maybe she's done with pure pop? I want my pop-rock-stadium-anthem album! LOL I honestly did not know all that stuff about Joe until today when people were speculating on "William Bowery". I like Joe but not enough to research everything about him - I only do that with Taylor. 😂

@Faulkner Thanks! Those are a bit better. Aaron Dessner is credited with 11 songs on the album and that's the most since Max Martin and Shellback with 11 on 1989. That's a lot of songs for a first time collaborator. Taylor put a lot of trust in him. Bon Iver is another artist who I don't listen to - it's just not my style. LOL I'm curious who "William Bowery" is - he co-wrote 2 songs. If he's credited on "Betty" then it has to be her boyfriend Joe Alwyn. Joe's mom's name is Elizabeth and his great-grandfather was named William. And they went to see a Kings of Leon concert at the Bowery Hotel when they started dating.

I couldn't name one song of theirs, so I just listened to the first two songs that was listed on youtube - "I Need My Girl" and "Light Years". They're not bad but it's not something I would listen to on a consistent basis. My music taste is more pop-ish. However, do want Taylor to go back to more live instrument based songs with guitars and drums. I'm obviously super excited for the new album but I'm also disappointed that the Lover era is officially (maybe?) over. My guess were that "Cruel Summer" was going to be released in May and "Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince" being released in October. I am hoping that the "Cruel Summer" video was filmed and she's holding on to it and maybe she'll release it next summer to promote the tour (if there's a vaccine).

Whaaaaat!!!????? There’s been no lead up to this at all!! And it’s possibly a folk/indie pop album??? I’m didn’t think she would go this route at 30 years old. LOL I figured she do this when she’s older, like in her 40’s or 50’s. This is too much. I’m on overload right now. 😂