I love to give new stuff a listen. If it's worth buying, I'll shell out for it.
For me, it's all about the music, so don't expect me to buy anything based on what
the artist looks like or how well he or she dresses or the range of their vocal calisthenics. Image doesn't figure into it for me.
As for Taylor Swift selling 1.2 million whatever in one day or whatever, I think it's pretty easy when you're a sellout singing to 20 million screaming little girls. Not much of a feat there, Swifty. Try challenging your audience. Oh, wait... that would be too hard, wouldn't it?