The ongoing dispute between Kanye West and Taylor Swift has taken on a new dimension. The relationship between the two individuals commenced with the now-infamous incident at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards and has subsequently undergone numerous alterations. Swift is currently exerting a more significant influence over West than previously, particularly in the context of Billboard chart success. Recently, Swift terminated the rapper’s 11-week tenure at the summit of the Billboard 200 following the release of Kanye West’s Vultures 2, which debuted at number two. The album was released on August 3, 2024, in collaboration with singer Ty Dolla $ign. In its initial week of release, Vultures 2 is estimated to have sold approximately 107,000 equivalent album units.

It is unfortunate for Kanye West and his album Vultures 2 that Taylor Swift’s album The Tortured Poets Department was the highest-ranking album on the chart for the week ending August 8. The album concluded Ye’s series of consecutive number-one albums in the United States, with sales of 142,000 equivalent album units. This achievement marked the fourteenth consecutive week the album held the top position since its initial release in April 2024. Before Swift’s impact, Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time” had spent 19 weeks on the chart, though not consecutively. The period under consideration encompasses the months of March 2023 to March 2024. 

Meanwhile, professional achievement occurred approximately 15 years after the enmity between Taylor Swift and Kanye West commenced. In 2009, West made headlines when he crashed the stage and interrupted Swift’s acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards. While the Yeezy mogul expressed satisfaction with Swift’s achievement, he asserted that Beyoncé was more deserving of the award. “I would like to extend my sincerest congratulations to Taylor on her well-deserved success. I will allow her to conclude, but I must interject that Beyoncé’s video was, in my opinion, one of the most outstanding in the genre’s history.” In his own words, Ye stated: For the subsequent two-year period, the pair appeared to reconcile, and their relationship appeared to function well.

Nevertheless 2016, another discrepancy emerged following the release of Ye’s song “Famous.” Subsequently, the differences between Taylor Swift and Kanye West have yet to be resolved. The pair is currently concentrating on achieving new career milestones.