Swift Is the Only Top-50 All-Time Best-Selling Artist to Debut Post-2000
David Rosenthal · Taylor Swift (Acquired’s Version) · Acquired · Jan 24, 2022 · at 2:06:37
David Rosenthal contextualizes Taylor Swift's sales rank relative to legacy artists on Acquired.
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“She's the only artist in the top 50 who started her career after the year 2000, and she started in 2006. Everybody else in the top 50 started at least one, if not multiple decades before Taylor.”
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