He Swift and West feud continues, at least as far as music is concerned. Taylor Swift‘s The Department of Tortured Poets The album is number one on the Billboard 200 chart for the 14th time, while Kanye “Ye” West‘s Vultures 2 is ranked number 2 in the table. Billboard reported the rankings on Sunday, August 11.
TPPD was released earlier this year as a double album and quickly became one of Taylor’s most successful albums of all time. The 34-year-old singer, creator of the hit “Karma,” announced she would be releasing the new music after winning the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album in February.
“I want to say ‘thank you’ to the fans by telling them a secret that I’ve been keeping from them for the past two years,” Taylor said as she accepted her award, before adding, “And that is that my new album comes out April 19th. It’s called “The Department of Tortured Poets”
In addition to her latest album, Taylor has been performing around the world for her Tour of the ages since mid-2023. As for Ye, 47, the rapper Vultures 2 It was in collaboration with Ty Dolla $ign.
Kanye West breaks his streak of 11 consecutive #1 albums on the Billboard 200 with ‘VULTURES 2’.
It debuts at number 2 behind Taylor Swift’s ‘THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT’. photo.twitter.com/d5u3jre1JR
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) August 11, 2024
Taylor and Ye have been in a frosty feud since 2009, when the “Stronger” artist interrupted her Video Music Awards acceptance speech after winning Best Female Video. At the time, Ye grabbed the microphone from Taylor and said that Beyoncé released one of the best albums “of all time.” As she handed the microphone back to Taylor, she fell silent. Later, Bey, 42, invited Taylor to finish her acceptance speech on stage.
Despite the rough patch, Taylor and Ye patched things up and became friends a few years later. However, their alliance quickly turned into a rivalry after Ye released his single “Famous,” which includes a taunt to Taylor: “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / Why? I made that bitch famous.”
Ye’s wife at the time, Kim Kardashianreleased recordings of a phone call between Ye and Taylor, in which the “Love Story” singer can be heard agreeing with a portion of those lyrics. Ye and Taylor have since been at odds.
Last year, Taylor He brought up the dispute during its December 2023 TIME Cover story.
“They have a completely fabricated setup, in an illegally recorded phone call, that Kim Kardashian edited and then released to tell everyone that I was a liar,” Taylor said in her interview with the outlet. “That took me psychologically to a place I had never been before.”