Taylor Swift fans outraged by new title for singer: “It’s manipulated”

Taylor Swift really could have been “The One” if it hadn’t been like that billboard.

On Tuesday, November 26, the “So High School” singer was ranked No. 2 billboards list of the biggest pop stars of the 21st century – but despite the honor, fans wondered why she wasn’t at the top.

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billboard has not yet announced who will get the top spot, although online fans are already speculating that spot will be taken Beyonce. Other artists on the list so far include: Rihanna at No. 3, drake at No. 4 and Lady Gaga at No. 5.

However, many fans raised eyebrows at Swift’s placement on the list, especially given her listed achievements billboard to qualify them for the honor.

Among her many accolades, Swift, 34, is listed as the best-selling debut artist of this century. She is also the highest-grossing female artist with the most Hot 100 entries (264 songs) and the solo artist who has had the most No. 1 weeks.

Additionally, she is said to have made a historic debut by occupying the entire top 14 of the Hot 100 list. She also has the most consecutive years at No. 1 (soloist), the most albums that spent at least a full year in the top 10, the most albums in the top 10 simultaneously, and the most albums in the top 25 simultaneously.

“Every achievement on the banner has the word ‘highest’ on it and you’re telling me she’s the *second* greatest?” A joke,” wrote one outraged fan on X.

“This is rigged,” someone else complained, while another user insisted: “This must be a joke.”

“This woman is literally the music industry, she has the highest grossing tour of all time and is one of the top selling artists and they expect us to believe she is #2,” someone else added added.”

Another tweet said: “We all know this is wrong.”

Despite assumptions that Beyoncé will be named number 1, billboard At the time of writing, I had not yet announced the top artist on the list.

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