mrpartyrocker Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Is there a reason why Bey is not mentioned or means less than #1 and #2? Hell, the whole top 10 is impressive as it shows all the girls that debuted in 2000s are the last ones standing! It's not all about Taylor's world you know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat The Acid Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Avril skyrocketing between 2002-2011 then plummeting Sis was really the biggest artist in the world for a good 5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Movimento Perpétuo Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Britney legend 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattieB Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 On 6/16/2024 at 10:46 PM, réveuse said: Britney's was by pure interest and authenticity, while Taylor's was by capitalism and variants. Correct. Britney didn't have her team and stans manipulating anything to get her the numbers 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robyn. Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 (edited) On 6/17/2024 at 1:12 AM, By the Water said: Britney debuted at the height of album sales... I'll never understand why people say this Because why are none of the other girls from that time seeing Britney then? Christina Aguilera, Jessica Simpson, Avril Lavigne, and so on. They all debuted around the "height of album sales", why were they not pulling two diamond albums? It's a little unfair to use this take to make it seem less impressive but yeah. Edited June 20 by Robyn. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joesuxx Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Can this end the "was Britney really that big" "was oops such a moment" discourse. I mean she's literally the Britney Spears, shut up. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyboi Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 1 minute ago, Joesuxx said: Can this end the "was Britney really that big" "was oops such a moment" discourse. I mean she's literally the Britney Spears, shut up. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout2006 Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 (edited) On 6/17/2024 at 3:12 AM, By the Water said: Britney debuted at the height of album sales... The fact that Taylor passed her speaks volume about the gap in their popularity Gosh, y'all can't resist pitting female artists, can you? What happened to "We've all got crowns"? None of her peers were selling like Britney and they debuted within the same timeline. That alone shows Britney's sales were monumental for a reason. To put things in perspective, Ray of Light had the largest first-week opening for a female artist in 1998 with around 500k sales, and Britney exceeded by half a million more two years later. Both albums came out within the golden age of sales. C for confidence tho OT: These queens Love to see Britney in the top two 27 years later into her career as so many people try to diminish the success and legacy of her name. One of pop's greatest artists Edited June 20 by Blackout2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImpressMeMuch Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 On 6/19/2024 at 3:58 AM, mrpartyrocker said: Is there a reason why Bey is not mentioned or means less than #1 and #2? there's one reason and one reason only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout2006 Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 On 6/17/2024 at 3:19 AM, Alyssa Edwards said: You can come for Taylor but... Using Britney's "authenticity" as an artist to downplay Taylor Britney's the label puppet of all label puppets. Sit down. You don't have to speak on things you don't know about ATRL user, Alyssa Edwards. Can you imagine the music video of Baby One More Time being an animated video? No, because the memorable concept of Britney dancing in a high school with 17-dollar Walmart uniforms was given by her. She has conceptualized her most iconic videos that shaped pop culture in the 21st century. She has also fought with her label to get songs like Toxic as singles when the label intended to ignore them in favour of other album cuts that wouldn't have showered Britney with the same level of success. Label puppets do not do things like that and if she was a label puppet, her time would have wrapped up immediately. She was especially in charge of her career between 2001-2007 (EVERYONE who has worked with her in this timeline has said she is very involved in the process) and would have continued to assert further creative control had it not been for the conservatorship she was put in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout2006 Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 On 6/17/2024 at 3:19 AM, By the Water said: This thread is about pure album sales. But thank you for pointing out that people can't bother to listen to Britney's music for even 31 seconds Not true since many of her songs as old as two decades have over one billion streams 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout2006 Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 (edited) On 6/17/2024 at 4:38 AM, dirrtydiana said: Enough with this excuse. Britney WAS the height of cd sales with nsync and bsb, Eminem and others. Or where are xtinas diamond albums? Or are you guys claiming the 80s was the height of whatever medium MJ and Madonna had their massive sales? There was an entire process involved in buying an album You had to hear about it a lot from people in your circle (friends, peers, family) You had to hear at least one song from it You had to enjoy the song You also had to enjoy the artist You had to be convinced by the image of the artist to spend a chunk from your allowance to buy the album You have to beg your parents to buy a copy For some people, you had to academically perform well or diligently do chores to increase your allowance to ask You had to visit the closest music store and pay a lot more money for an album Nobody was interested in going through ALL of this for an artist they mildly cared about or were neutral about unless buying music was a regular and completely affordable affair in their household. Most of the time, you had to enjoy an artist that much to personally buy yourself an album from that person rather than just listen to it from your friend or on the radio. Imagine 50-55 million people around the world finding your first two albums worthy to buy (without any variants btw). It's so weird to see people try make her achievements seem insignificant because she debuted in the best time of sales. Forget about two diamond albums because most of her peers don't have even one. Edited June 20 by Blackout2006 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnusualBoy Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Some of you will do anything to undermine Britney's power, she was that girl during her best years and yeah, it was about time Taylor leapfrog her but that doesn't take away Britney's power when it took more than 20 years for someone to pass her. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout2006 Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 On 6/17/2024 at 6:12 AM, DevilsRollTheDice said: And Madonna couldn't do folklore & evermore or any of Taylor's country discography. Different strengths. SHE COULD? Y'all don't realise how much you tell on yourselves on how uneducated you guys are on such topics. Madonna has sung country many times (one of her biggest hits in the 2000s was a country song), and Ray of Light washes Folklore and Evermore like a tsunami. Mer Girl and Drowned World are still some of the most haunting songs I've ever heard lyrically and sonically-wise. Even rock dudes credit that album as a masterpiece. Please realise music existed and thrived before 2022, and it doesn't start and end with Taylor. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilsRollTheDice Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 31 minutes ago, Blackout2006 said: SHE COULD? Y'all don't realise how much you tell on yourselves on how uneducated you guys are on such topics. Madonna has sung country many times (one of her biggest hits in the 2000s was a country song), and Ray of Light washes Folklore and Evermore like a tsunami. Mer Girl and Drowned World are still some of the most haunting songs I've ever heard lyrically and sonically-wise. Even rock dudes credit that album as a masterpiece. Please realise music existed and thrived before 2022, and it doesn't start and end with Taylor. Sorry if I was unclear here, the implication was make good country music! Hope that helps! Also on what planet is Ray of Light a comp for folklore and evermore? All masterpieces but not sonically similar lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king_queen Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Beyoncé's numbers being solo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lose My Breath Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 On 6/19/2024 at 4:58 AM, mrpartyrocker said: Is there a reason why Bey is not mentioned or means less than #1 and #2? Hell, the whole top 10 is impressive as it shows all the girls that debuted in 2000s are the last ones standing! It's not all about Taylor's world you know And the fact that she'd be #1 with DC included Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGKC Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 (edited) Madonna, Britney and Bey A legendary trinity Edited June 21 by BGKC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migs Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 Making more than 1 million people get out of their houses and go to an actual cd store just to buy YOUR album… in ONE week! That's the power that Britney had. A real legend! I wonder how much bigger she would've gotten if she had kept that passion and fire from the early days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trash Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 38 minutes ago, Migs said: Making more than 1 million people get out of their houses and go to an actual cd store just to buy YOUR album… in ONE week! That's the power that Britney had. A real legend! I wonder how much bigger she would've gotten if she had kept that passion and fire from the early days. Now that I think about it, Britney was the only woman to do it during the physical era. By the time Taylor (and others) did it was already the digital era. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Music Industry Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 On 6/16/2024 at 8:09 PM, Lana Banana said: Give a white girl access to internet and that's the formula. well why doesn't it work for all the other white artists then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhateverYouWant Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 Britney's sales really are impressive. Like someone else said she really only played the game for 4 albums between 1999-2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackoutbaby Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 Okay but Madonna and Mariah slaying so hard since 1999 is impressive af 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futuresuperstar2023 Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 Why isn't Bey included in the title LOL? I have always said Bey was a seller but judging from this title I didn't expect Beyonce to be top 3 at all. These are things that make you think. Congrats to Britney and Bey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout2006 Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 17 hours ago, DevilsRollTheDice said: Sorry if I was unclear here, the implication was make good country music! Hope that helps! Also on what planet is Ray of Light a comp for folklore and evermore? All masterpieces but not sonically similar lmao You were talking of album quality… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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