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  she's super talented and smart and seems like a good person
  
  This is how she 'buys' her awards, lol.
context: Her fan base is annoyingly good at keeping her at the top of the charts. >
  
  Semi related, when music review sites release their top 100 albums of the year, Swift and Beyonce always make the list. I saw both of their albums in a top 100 for mostly exclusive indie music site/magazine. Kinda funny. >
  
  I know this is kind of off subject, but this bit intrigues the fuck out of me: If awards (or just more so bragging rights) are counting # of sales for a given artist in a year, every release from an artist counts towards that.  So if an artist releases an album (1 source of sales) and releases 6 different exclusive versions of said album with 1 exclusive bonus track... BUT THE REST OF THE ALBUM IS THE FUCKING SAME, that's 7 different "individual" albums whose sales count towards the total.  Re-Releases count towards that as well.  
  Is it wrong?  Ehhh debatable, technically every exclusive release is a different album because it has a different track listing, but it feels slimy.  Especially for huge artists that know they have a fan base that will buy every single release so they have every single exclusive track.
  The re-releases tho... that sales shouldn't count towards a damn thing.
  This concludes my random useless stance on counting album sales.  Thank you. >
  
  get this guy in office please >
  
  Potatobrain2024 >
  
  Where's the substance? 
   Is it just that you don't like her, or that you aren't her target demographic? At the end of the day the only thing that matters is $$$ and Taylor Swift brings in boatloads so she gets awarded for that. It's not any different than it's always been. I mean there's a talentless 9 year old that has a Grammy. >
  
  Who’s the 9 year old? Probably never heard of them. >
  
  Blue Ivy, Jay-Z and Beyonce's daughter >
  
  Of course it’s a celebrity’s kid. >
  
  I can't speak for all awards but, in a way, she probably does "buy" these awards. In most mediums, for most awards, there is a massive amount of lobbying to get nominated and win awards. The studio/label does a lot of the initial work to get a movie/album considered, but once they're considered the artists often get involved to secure a nomination or a win. No money may be exchanged but gifts are given, and there are likely quid pro quos. 
  Taylor Swift is an A list celebrity with a lot of money and power. Even without getting into the dirty (Weinsteinian) underbelly of the entertainment industry, she has a lot more to offer people in exchange for a nomination or a win. >
  
  Her songs are too literal for me. She’s just a chick singing her diary. >
  
  That’s generally the appeal >
  
  Well, I just don’t see her as that much of an artist for that. I know it’s popular to hate on her, but she truly is overrated as hell. I don’t hate her and respect her hustle or whatever, I just hate when people act like she’s some sort of icon and shit the way they do Beyoncé. They’re both fine, but it’s mostly their PR teams telling people they’re icons and queens and shit. >
  
  It’s really not. Idk know about Taylor because I’m not a fan but Beyoncé’s PR team does not push the icon status on her. She got that through talent, great music, and a longevity in her career most musicians only dream of. The Beyhive pushes her icon/queen status more than her PR team. >
  
  Hey maybe just don't spend as much time paying attention to celebrities. That way you won't be sick! >
  
  
  like it's so cringe, bizarre and unbearable how she keeps winning awards
  
  Well I heard an explanation for this recently:
  
  she's super talented and smart and seems like a good person >
  
  Her co2 emmisions say otherwise >
  
  Should be between 35 and 45 mm/Hg. Which is normal. >
  
  KANYE? >
  
  Just Ye I think. >
  
  Then stop listening to her music and following her if you're so sick of her. I dont understand why this bothers you so much. >
  
  So you’re not a fan of hers then. And she’s extremely extremely popular so she gets more votes?? Crazy >
  
  Awards are honestly meaningless to me, especially when it comes to music, video games, movies and other subjective stuff. If you ask me, everything Taylor Swift has ever made is garbage. Well-executed garbage, but ultimately garbage that does nothing to me and my emotions. >
  
  Well for video games I think we can all agree that the award should’ve gone to my reformed orthodox rabbi Bill Clinton. >
  
  Found the Kanye >
  
  I know right I’m going to let her finish but Beyoncé made one of the best music videos of all time, one of the best videos of all time! >
  
  Beyonce had one of the greatest albums of all time >
  
  I don't get the appeal either but awards shows conform to popularity, especially the televised parts. I'm not a huge skrillex fan but when he was actually popular there was an awards show he got like 19 wins at, but they only show the major awards. "Minor" awards or more technical feats aren't televised typically. >
  
  That is an unpopular opinion.  You've got my upvote. >
  
  super talented and smart is a stretch >
  
  Slightly off a bit but I heard who ever in Hollywood has to pay something like $10,000 to the academy to be nominated for an Oscar for the film they participate in and then they have to promote the fk out of it and it is up to the committee people there to decide whether you were good enough to win for the category they are in based on their contributions to the movie and possibly how much promotional work they did while being nominated. 
  I don’t know if it is the same in the music industry but it does seem a little sus that Taylor Swift has received a crap ton of award that she maybe shouldn’t have won. >
  
  Good to be a metalhead. I always see those celebrity names tosses around, people are always arguing about them being shoved down their throats, and I don't even know any of their songs. >
  
  Taylor Swift and Beyonce are equally played out overhyped garbage