Highlights
- Swift outsold Eilish's new album in 2024 by 39,000 units.
- Eilish's recent album marked her best-selling week ever, an impressive feat for the rising music star.
- Despite speculation, there is little evidence of a feud between Eilish and Swift.
In the modern music landscape, very few artists are at Billie Eilish's level. After all, Eilish became rich and famous for crafting unique and popular songs as she lived with Tourette syndrome. Unfortunately, according to some reports, Eilish may be feuding with one of her only peers, Taylor Swift.
No matter how many songs Swift has written and released already, it is a big deal when she releases a new album that will make her richer. Unfortunately for Eilish, in 2024, she released her latest album weeks after Swift put out new music, and her rumored rival crushed her sales.
This article will reveal how much more Taylor Swift's 2024 album sold the week Billie Eilish released her 2024 album. Then, the article will look at how toxic the rumors about Eilish and Swift feuding have become.
Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' Initially Crushed Billie Eilish's 'Hit Me Hard And Soft' In Album Sales
When Taylor Swift released "The Tortured Poets Department", the pop megastar's album became a sensation virtually overnight. In fact, for many people, it quickly seemed like none of the other songs on the music charts mattered very much at that time.
However, it seemed like Swift's peers could rest assured that their music would be more relevant a month later. As a result, it made sense that some observers expected Billie Eilish's album to rule supreme when it was released weeks later.
Unfortunately for Eilish, The Daily Mail reported that things didn't exactly work out that way for her. In fact, Swift's album which had been out for weeks outsold Eilish's album amid rumors that the two singers were feuding.
As Taylor Swift's fans may remember, she released "The Tortured Poets Department" on April 19, 2024. Billie Eilish released her third studio album "Hit Me Hard and Soft" 28 days later, on May 17, 2024.
How much older than Taylor Swift than Billie Eilish, according to Britannica?
When was Taylor Swift born?: | December 13, 1989 |
When was Billie Eilish born?: | December 18, 2001 |
How much older is Taylor Swift than Billie Eilish? | 12 years and 5 days |
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According to The Daily Mail, even though it had been weeks since Swift's album came out, it continued to top the charts after Eilish released her album. Citing Billboard, The Daily Mail reported that "The Tortured Poets Department" sold the equivalent of 378,000 albums.
Alternatively, Eilish's "Hit Me Hard and Soft" reportedly sold 339,000 equivalent album units. That meant Swift's album sold roughly 39,000 more albums than Eilish's.
Before Eilish released "Hit Me Hard and Soft", it was commonly believed that she and Swift were feuding. Like most feud rumors, people learn about the gossip at various times, so it can be hard to know when the feud rumors began.
What is clear, however, is that many of Swift's fans thought that Eilish called Swift out for releasing several different versions of her albums. According to an article from The Things, that belief stemmed from Eilish talking to Billboard about how bad that is for the environment. "I can’t even express to you how wasteful it is."
However, Eilish later clarified that she wasn't calling Swift out. Eilish also pointed out that while talking to Billboard, Eilish called herself out for selling various versions of the same album in the past.
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Looking at those comments in the full context and the fact that Eilish and Swift have praised each other, they likely weren't feuding in May 2024. Still, many fans believed that the duo didn't get along.
Many of Billie Eilish's fans also believe that she and Taylor Swift have been feuding. According to Yahoo! News, some of Eilish's fans accused Swift of intentionally sabotaging the release of "Hit Me Hard and Soft".
Believing in the supposed feud made some of Swift's fans delight in "The Tortured Poets Department" outselling "Hit Me Hard and Soft".
However, The Daily Mail's article about Swift's album beating Eilish revealed that both singers had reasons to be happy. In Eilish's case, even though Swift's album did better, "Hit Me Hard and Soft" was a huge hit for the "Bad Guy" singer.
Eilish was already a music superstar before "Hit Me Hard and Soft" was released. With that in mind, it is amazing to note that the week that "Hit Me Hard and Soft" was the best-selling period of Eilish's career. According to The Daily Mail, Eilish had never sold 339,000 equivalent album units in a week before.
With Eilish selling more albums than ever before, losing to Swift shouldn't sting at all.
The Rumors About Taylor Swift And Billie Eilish Feuding Caused Very Toxic Online Discourse
Around the same time that Taylor Swift's 2024 album outperformed Billie Eilish's, fans believed there was new evidence of them supposedly feuding. In May 2024, someone uploaded audio of Eilish saying something that was perceived as a slight against Swift.
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At the time, a Swift fan account uploaded audio of Eilish saying that three-hour concerts are ridiculous as an article from The Cut reveals.
“Nobody wants that. You guys don’t want that … I don’t even want that as a fan. My favorite artist in the world — I’m not trying to hear them for three hours. You know what I mean? Far too long.”
Since Swift is known for performing for that long, Swift's fans believed Eilish was calling her out.
Is it possible that Eilish made that comment to call out Swift? Yes, it is. Should fans assume that Eilish was calling Swift out? Certainly not. After all, Eilish previously told people to stop assuming she has an issue with Swift.
On top of that, Eilish never mentioned Swift in her comments and the audio was uploaded completely out of context. In fact, even the question Eilish was asked that prompted her comment about three-hour concerts was edited out of the clip that went viral on X.
Despite all the reasons to believe that Eilish wasn't calling Swift out, she was the subject of another backlash.
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