{"id":2076507,"date":"2025-10-08T07:14:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T07:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2076507"},"modified":"2025-10-08T07:14:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T07:14:15","slug":"taylor-swifts-peers-are-fuming-at-her-for-using-cheap-trick-to-boost-album-sales-says-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/taylor-swifts-peers-are-fuming-at-her-for-using-cheap-trick-to-boost-album-sales-says-source\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift\u2019s Peers Are Fuming at Her for Using \u2018Cheap Trick\u2019 to Boost Album Sales, Says Source"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/taylor-swift-clarifies-she-didn-065509395.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Taylor;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Taylor <\/a><\/strong><span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/taylor-swift-clarifies-she-didn-065509395.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Swift\u2019;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><strong>Swift\u2019<\/strong><\/a>s<\/span> album sales seem to be skyrocketing, but her approach has reportedly left A-list pop stars fuming. On October 3, Swift released her twelfth album, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/taylor-swift-song-resembles-jonas-110443479.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Life of a Showgirl;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">The Life of a Showgirl<\/a>,\u201d which proved to be an instant hit. All 12 tracks have been made available online and are now available on CDs, cassettes, and other formats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, the singer has allegedly collaborated with Apple and released an expanded version on iTunes at a low price. According to a source, this move has irked her peers, including a Grammy winner, who have labeled it a \u201ccheap trick.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">A-list pop stars are unimpressed by Taylor Swift\u2019s tactics to boost album sales, says source<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Taylor Swift\u2019s new album, \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl,\u201d has become the hot topic of discussion since its release last week. She released 12 songs, which seemed to have caught attention. The pop sensation has also been seen attending many talk shows and events to promote her TS12 album.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Swift\u2019s aim to break the all-time sales record appeared to be nearing after she lowered prices on iTunes. With just $4.99, Apple users can enjoy her new album. While this approach seemed smart, some A-list pop stars are \u201cfurious.\u201d In general, the albums are priced between $11.99 and $14.99, as per <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.showbiz411.com\/2025\/10\/07\/taylor-swift-desperate-move-to-break-sales-records-this-week-expanded-edition-of-life-of-a-showgirl-for-sale-on-itunes-4-99\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Showbiz411;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Showbiz411<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Meanwhile, a rival executive told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/robshuter.substack.com\/p\/exclusive-taylor-swift-hit-with-cheating?open=false#%C2%A7exclusive-taylor-swift-accused-of-cheating-to-break-sales-records-adele-and-other-artists-are-furious\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rob;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Rob <\/a><span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/robshuter.substack.com\/p\/exclusive-taylor-swift-hit-with-cheating?open=false#%C2%A7exclusive-taylor-swift-accused-of-cheating-to-break-sales-records-adele-and-other-artists-are-furious\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Shuter\u2019;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Shuter\u2019<\/a>s<\/span> #ShuterScoop, \u201cTaylor\u2019s gaming the system. Everyone knows it.\u201d They accused the 35-year-old of using \u201ccheap tricks\u201d to boost the album sales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One of the artists seemed to be Adele, who sold over three million copies in the first week of her 2015 hit album, \u201c25.\u201d A source claimed that she is \u201clivid\u201d over Swift\u2019s approach. \u201cAdele believes records should be earned, not discounted. She worked for those numbers \u2014 Taylor\u2019s just buying them,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Furthermore, the outlet quoted a Grammy winner who was also unimpressed by the singer\u2019s tactics. They stated that if every artist dropped the prices of their albums to \u201cfive bucks,\u201d then they would \u201cgo platinum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite the criticisms, Taylor Swift\u2019s strategy is said to have been successful, as her album has reportedly aimed to sell over 3 million copies in its first week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/2025\/10\/08\/taylor-swift-album-sales-grammy-winner-reaction\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Taylor Swift\u2019s Peers Are Fuming at Her for Using \u2018Cheap Trick\u2019 to Boost Album Sales, Says Source;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Taylor Swift\u2019s Peers Are Fuming at Her for Using \u2018Cheap Trick\u2019 to Boost Album Sales, Says Source<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Reality Tea;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Reality Tea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift\u2019s album sales seem to be skyrocketing, but her approach has reportedly left A-list pop stars fuming. On October 3, Swift released her twelfth album, \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl,\u201d which proved to be an instant hit. All 12 tracks have been made available online and are now available on CDs, cassettes, and other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2076508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[328191,357827,23084,378447],"class_list":["post-2076507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-album-sales","tag-pop-stars","tag-taylor-swift","tag-twelfth-album"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Taylor-Swifts-Peers-Are-Fuming-at-Her-for-Using-\u2018Cheap.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2076507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2076509,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076507\/revisions\/2076509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2076508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2076507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2076507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2076507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}