Xder Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 I know her hits weren't released in the streaming era but the king of pop Michael has a song with 1.2b streams and many songs over 300m streams on spotify. Are Madonna's (lqueen of pop) hits forgotten? even Cyndi has song with 700m streams... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planet Mars Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 I'm gonna need you guys to stop making Spotify the be all end all metric for "iconic" and "remembered" hits. Just to fit your narratives might I add Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mintpasty Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 6 minutes ago, Xder said: I know her hits weren't released in the streaming era but the king of pop Michael has a song with 1.2b streams and many songs over 300m streams on spotify. Are Madonna's (lqueen of pop) hits forgotten? even Cyndi has song with 700m streams... Answered your own question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonGoodandHappy Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Because people have the albums and listen to it. And the gen Z listen to the cd of their parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spree Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 I don’t have Spotify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xder Posted December 6, 2022 Author Share Posted December 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, mintpasty said: Answered your own question. Yes, but Michael and Cyndi's hits are also from the 80s/90s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spree Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 3 minutes ago, Xder said: Yes, but Michael and Cyndi's hits are also from the 80s/90s And is Cyndi or Michael about to go on a global stadium tour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vale9001 Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Xder said: I know her hits weren't released in the streaming era but the king of pop Michael has a song with 1.2b streams and many songs over 300m streams on spotify. Are Madonna's (lqueen of pop) hits forgotten? even Cyndi has song with 700m streams... Mj top catalog sounds classic. Madonna top catalog (the 80s catalog) sounds more dated and some of that was so big only because of marketing and controversy to sell them. Her better and really top quality material wasn't big as the 80s catalog even during its release era. Mj, Abba, Elton and artists a lot more streamed than her have musical, movies and tribute shows about them. Let's see if her biopic can give her a catalog boost (I think so). Also bad choice not touring in arenas and stadium since 2016 (some countries since 2015) For this classic acts a big live exposure it's the best way to get newer and younger fans. Edited December 6, 2022 by vale9001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Jacobs Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Cause the last time she wore that crown was last century.. The title isn't permanent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopThatCorn Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Literally who cares. I've never heard of anyone discussing "300M" streamed songs. Sounds like the dumbest criteria for measuring success I've seen on here. 100M streams for a song released decades ago is impressive enough. La Isla Bonita music video also has 660,000,000 views on YouTube and that doesn't even include the private upload that also had over 100M streams or other uploads with millions of views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoPapi Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Who cares? She’s the most successful female artist of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToxDust Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 16 minutes ago, MotoPapi said: Who cares? She’s the most successful female artist of all time. This. Like she has so many hits and she's sn icon who cares about spotify:rip: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vale9001 Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 If a song is big on Spotify it means it's an hit now and i was an hit in the past. I don't see what it's so wrong to talk about music legacy. If i see Uk album chart this week we have greatest hits albums from Elton John, Abba, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, Beatles, Elvis, Michael Jackson. Whitney, Bob Marley, George Michael, Billy Joel. It's not so scandalous to ask why Madonna is not there when she was as if not bigger than them in the same era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oktober Knight Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 "...her hits weren't released in the streaming era." This is not rocket science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trash Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 She hasn't had a streaming era hit, if she does her streaming could get better. She also hasn't been culturally relevant in a while, maybe if her Superbowl Halftime show happened when streaming was a force it would be a different story. Her fanbase might not be into streaming, hell even some Britney fans refused to use streaming when Glory was released, her fans are even older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pisuke Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 I do not stream. I hear her flacs on my DAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FightDragonsWithMe Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 If Madonna stopped releasing bad music she would probably have better streaming stats tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahn Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 This thread is made every month I think. She is picking up. 20% of her total streams on Spotify are from 2022. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnusualBoy Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Her streaming power has gotten better but her playlisting is not good. She has songs here and there in some 80s playlists but don't dare searching for her 90s and 00s songs in playlists from those decades because you won't find her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacardo Royale Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Her classics simply aren't as remembered as much as the others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diocles Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 People don’t care to listen to her music. Simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Pop Queen Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 (edited) I would love to say it's a combo of age and misogyny because it is a factor in most things but Tina, Cher and Cyndi are all senior citizen women and have at least 1 song with more than 300M streams... but then again, none of them were ever as polarizing as Madonna was to the public/industry and opposed to settling down in old age, she's only gotten more polarizing. That being said, her streaming is coming around. Edited December 7, 2022 by Soda Pop Queen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babyforlife Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Her classic song isn’t bigger than any of those songs mentioned For songs released in pre-streaming era: More streams = bigger classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naval23 Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Her monthly listeners are huge though and her catalogue is so widespread that she doesn't really have just a few signature songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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