poll Bigger Impact: Adele vs Lana Del Rey

[Taylena]

Spotify Global chart:

 

#22 - Lana Del Rey

#63 - Adele

 

Adele only really has the chart success going for her and even at that she's lacking on streaming. 

[dooart]

4 hours ago, RideOrDie said:

lana. she created an entire sub genre of music. adele sells more and has bigger widestream appeal but no one comes out and says yeah i was influenced by adele to sing and make this type of music... no one's "copying" adele... 

 

3 hours ago, MingYouToo said:

Adele is the poster girl for ballads and 'serious' music by Boomers and older generations. But that's all she is, she is not inspiring new generations of artists to be like her because she is the exception to the rule. Sam Smith floundered with his ballads and eventually even had to go dance pop and smash.

 

Lana del Rey, for all her relative commercial floppery, is an absolute cultural behemoth amongst fellow musicians. She has influenced everyone from Taylor Swift, Halsey, Lorde, Billie Eilish, Selena Gomez, Olivia Rodrigo.

 

1. Her singing style. Before Halsey butchered it into the avoecaedoes style of singing, Lana's breathy whisper pop has been the blueprint of pop music since Rihanna's departure from her radio dominance.

 

2. Her brand of lo fi hip hop/pop. Lana, with BTD and Ultraviolence, created a very unique genre of pop music that melded strong hip hop and trap beats with a very serene almost depressing way of vocal delivery, and its very clear in its manifestations with Billie Eilish. Lana walked so Billie could run and I will not have anyone fight me over this. Her abuse of 808s, bass and synthesizers is very hip hop-ish and yet her vocal delivery is very 1950s, its very old school take on a modern beat.

 

3. Tumblr. Yes, Lana is the queen of tumblr aesthetics. The suicidal but still beautiful and sexy depressed maniac aesthetic she used to parade around the Summertime Sadness era has plagued millenials for years and still bleeds on to this day. Lana allowed for sadness and being depressed to become a commercial point of exploitation (not blaming her but she opened musicians to this aesthetic/branding)

 

Taylor Swift's brand of pop as she herself admitted, is derivative of Lana's pop sensibilities and its very clear. 

 

Lana del Rey is inarguably the most influential figure in shaping (note, SHAPING) pop music as we know it today.

 

3 hours ago, State of Grace. said:

Literally most of the "singers" nowadays cite Mariah Carey, Céline Dion, Whitney Houston, etc as their primary influences. I can't remember a single artist that is out here naming Adele and her ballads/HAC music as their main inspitation. Adele has always positioned herself as an anti-big pop star. 21 stood out and smashed in an era of Gaga/Katy/Kesha/Rihanna and 25 was coming after the Big Pop Era 1989 and Taylor's mega domination. It stops there and she didn't really lay the groundwork for any other artists after her.

 

Yall can keep using sales all you want but they have absolutely nothing to do with impact.  Lana's voice, sound, aesthetic have inspired several singers, producers, photographers, cinematographers, music video directors, you name it. She paved the way for a whole new generation of female artists (Billie Eilish, Halsey, Lorde, and many more) and influenced several already huge pop forces like Taylor Swift. Born To Die alone became the blueprint for pop melancholia and its impact still lives on.

literally all of this. 

[Post Malone]

adele SWEETIE 

[DelRey]

What's Adele impact? 

 

Lana has impact in the music scene, not just charts.

 

Name someone who Adele has inspired... 

[vale9001]

1 hour ago, chaklux said:

Majority of the people in atrl are swifties and they will vote against anything that involves Adele. Adele has far more impact than Lana. Any other opinion is pure delusion. 

You're the delusional actually.

 

Lana music Is so impactful. Some of the last album of the year winners (folklore, Billie eilish) are inspired by lana and the artists of these work admitted that. 

confessional sad pop Is the main genre right now (midnights Is that, Sour Is that). Who Is making Adele music?. No One. Is not the main genre. This Is why even 30 "flopped".

 

 

 

 

[PopFan1996]

Adele and there's literally no argument on that

[CottageHore]

Do y’all know what impact is? It’s not about who’s more well known or commercially successful. 

 

Lana’s impact is immense. What impact has Adele really had on the soundscape or visuals of music over the past 10 years? 

[shookspeare]

the poll speaks for itself 

[Kimi]

idk adele kinda stopped electronic music domination with 21 so in a way you could say that she opened doors for slower and sadder music to enter mainstream, including Lana 

[LanaDelRey]

The answer is obviously Lana. For how many albums Adele sold, her impact is negligible to non-existent, whereas Lana is literally the most influential artist of the 21st century. 

[Taylucifer]

obviously Lana wtf 

 

who has Adele influenced? literally what has she impacted? 

[NOW]

There are up-and-coming pop artists today that are trying to break out using the Lana Del Rey blueprint:

 

But honestly, the real answer goes up a level to Amy Winehouse, who has heavily influenced the two of them.

[MotoPapi]

Lana has had more impact by far and has created the superior discography.

 

anyone could sing/write those basic love cheeey songs Adele sings. You can find better vocalists at your local church.

[Brooklyn Baby]

11 hours ago, State of Grace. said:

Literally most of the "singers" nowadays cite Mariah Carey, Céline Dion, Whitney Houston, etc as their primary influences. I can't remember a single artist that is out here naming Adele and her ballads/HAC music as their main inspitation. Adele has always positioned herself as an anti-big pop star. 21 stood out and smashed in an era of Gaga/Katy/Kesha/Rihanna and 25 was coming after the Big Pop Era 1989 and Taylor's mega domination. It stops there and she didn't really lay the groundwork for any other artists after her.

 

Yall can keep using sales all you want but they have absolutely nothing to do with impact.  Lana's voice, sound, aesthetic have inspired several singers, producers, photographers, cinematographers, music video directors, you name it. She paved the way for a whole new generation of female artists (Billie Eilish, Halsey, Lorde, and many more) and influenced several already huge pop forces like Taylor Swift. Born To Die alone became the blueprint for pop melancholia and its impact still lives on.

Oop! /endthread

[NOW]

1 minute ago, inmymendes said:

stans: lana

 

gp: adele

 

it is what it is 

 

 

You sure about that?

https://www.grammy.com/news/lana-del-rey-born-die-album-record-year-anniversary

[Reflektor_Creep]

11 hours ago, State of Grace. said:

Yall can keep using sales all you want but they have absolutely nothing to do with impact.  Lana's voice, sound, aesthetic have inspired several singers, producers, photographers, cinematographers, music video directors, you name it. She paved the way for a whole new generation of female artists (Billie Eilish, Halsey, Lorde, and many more) and influenced several already huge pop forces like Taylor Swift. Born To Die alone became the blueprint for pop melancholia and its impact still lives on.

 

I don't see Lana's influence on Lorde. In fact I think Lorde's sound is present in the girls you mentioned. 

Everything I Wanted sounds like Pure Heroine. When drives license came out everyone was comparing it to Lorde. MIDnights sounds like Melodrama's discards. 

[BloodLuster]

55 minutes ago, NOW said:

But honestly, the real answer goes up a level to Amy Winehouse, who has heavily influenced the two of them.

spilling the hot tea as always, sis. the one who pioneered the modern day AC ballad genre was Amy; in fact, she paved the way for adele. similar case to Lana/Lorde.

[Jjang]

Lana. 
 

Amy vs. Lana is a more interesting comparison IMO. 

Edited December 12, 2022 by Jjang