Billy Joel claims Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo are the only two artists ‘making albums these days’

Billy Joel praised Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo as the only two singers currently “working on a new album”.

Speaking to Variety about today’s artists, the 75-year-old hitmaker wondered whether other artists can still create new work.

“Who makes albums anymore?” Joel said. “I think the only people making new albums these days are Taylor Swift or Olivia Rodrigo. I don’t know who else makes albums. I don’t know what it’s like to market that album now.”

Swift and Rodrigo have achieved significant commercial success and critical acclaim over the past few years.

by Rodrigo Sour And Intestine have been positively praised by fans and critics since its release. The album was also successful on the charts, making Rodrigo the first artist in the 2020s decade to have her first two albums debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Additionally, both of her albums were both nominated for Grammy awards. Sour won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album of 2022.

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Swift’s most recent album, The poetry department was tortured, Breaking streaming and chart records. The album has since earned the record for the second-largest album debut (in units) on the Billboard 200 albums chart with 2.61 million units.

The album’s first week marked the biggest streaming week for an album ever, the second-biggest week for an album, the third-biggest sales week in the modern era, and the biggest sales week for a albums on vinyl in the modern era. The poet group was tortured claims the top spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart, on pace for a ninth consecutive week next week, completing a two-month run at the top.

As for Joel, he has no plans to release any albums in the coming months or possibly the near future. Speaking to the newspaper, Joel revealed that writing is “a form of torture” for him.

Joel confessed: “There was a big black beast with 88 teeth that wanted to bite off my finger while I was writing. I drove myself crazy. It’s not as good as I wanted.” “It was incredibly tormenting, and I decided I didn’t want to put myself through that anymore. I had a drinking problem and all kinds of self-hatred for writing, because I set the bar.” too high. That’s not what I remember. I like doing music.”

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