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Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/a> is weaponizing the release of her music to sabotage her rivals on the charts, critics charge.<\/p>\n The ambitious pop star launched several tunes in the U.K. from The Tortured Poets Department<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u2014 the same week British songbird Charli XCX<\/strong><\/a> threatened to challenge the American queen\u2019s No. 1 spot with her new album, Brat<\/em>.<\/p>\n As Charli, 31, languished in second place, podcaster Meghan McCain<\/strong> fumed, \u201cThere are people coming up who could have their first No. 1, and you have the power to let them have No. 1 or not. I just don\u2019t know how classy it is.\u201d<\/p>\n Taylor, 34, also rolled out three new digital versions of TTPD<\/em> in May just as Billie Eilish<\/strong><\/a>, 22, unveiled Hit Me Hard and Soft<\/em> \u2014 and industry insiders suspect the \u201cBad Blood\u201d singer purposely torpedoed her younger competition.<\/p>\n \u201cTaylor clearly wants to maintain the success she\u2019s enjoyed and will do everything in her power to stay on top of the charts,\u201d bestselling pop music biographer Mark Bego <\/strong>exclusively tells Life & Style<\/em>. \u201cEven if that means riling Billie and her fans.\u201d<\/p>\n As previously reported, sources have accused public sweetheart Taylor of being a secret mean girl.<\/p>\n The beautiful billionaire has dominated the charts \u2014 and grown her phenomenal fortune \u2014 by redoing four of her first six records after entertainment mogul Scooter Braun<\/strong> scooped up their masters in 2019 for $300 million \u2014 and she has urged fans<\/a> to buy her new albums so her nemesis can\u2019t earn any cash from the sales.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n