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Both eras had massive hype, and were both loved by the GP and critics, but it seems that even Ariana's title as the queen of streaming can't help her outstream or outsell Taylor's album that is 4 years older. Sweetener left the Billboard 200 in its 85th week, whereas 1989 was stable that week, reaching its 280th week. Additionally 1989 reached 100,000 units moved in 2020 in the United States faster than sweetener (via chartdata), and if that isn't enough evidence, 1989 (which was held back from streaming for 3 years) is currently gaining 1.75m daily streams on Spotify compared to 1.62m for sweetener. Why is this the case?