poll Best debut album opener?

[rebeltwat]

Crazy in Love

[sway]

Tennis Court because it really was counterculture for what it did for pop music at the time. You wouldn't have a Melanie, Billie, or a Halsey without the production and introspective lyricism that she was working with on this song and the forthcoming album. It was very modern, atmospheric and electronic yet still accessible enough for mainstream audiences. Even the music video felt angsty and rebellious, like a statement very much in the way Charli did with the artwork of Brat. They both received very strong polarizing reactions from people. Starting off the song with "Don't you think it's boring how people talk?" really set the tone for the angsty introspective pop music that would follow later on. You'd see this subject matter more in 2000s pop rock (e.g. Avril, Paramore, etc.) but she refused to do the same sound that was a novelty in that era and it paid off.

[Maroonx]

Britney / Bey / Xtina / Gaga are the best ones x

[Patient Zero]

 

It's one of the most profilic and successcul (debut) songs EVER.

 

Deserves to be on the list. 

Edited July 20 by Patient Zero

[skizzo]

Genie In A Bottle still slays me

[Batsy Armada]

"Crazy in Love," which just hasn't aged a day. It still sounds as fresh and dramatic as ever, and I love the way she's reinvented it over the years. That's definitely the way to burst onto the scene as a solo artist. She broke out of any kind of box she would have been put in upon arrival.

[Kékette]

"Crazy in Love" & "Just Dance"

[suburbannature]

Hitting the scene with Vision of Love is just astounding. Completely changed the vocal game and birthed the entire American Idol generation. 

[modeblock]

Definitely between Crazy in Love or BOMT, like opening your album and your solo career with a global classic is just....leaves me speechless 

[BoDaToe]

Fixed it:
Katy Perry - One of the Boys. Trust In Me was released as Katy Hudson

Miley Cyrus - See You Again. We Got the Party was released as Hannah Montana as part of Hannah Montana 2 Soundtrack not Miley's album which is a separate disc.

Born to Die - Lana Del Rey. Kill Kill was first released as Lizzy Grant then Lana Del Ray.

[Gladiator]

Lorde - Tennis Court for me.

[trueromance]

tennis court. opening an album with "don't you think that it's boring how people talk" was great in itself, and closing said album with "let 'em talk" was genius

[1989]

He said the way my blue eyes shined put those Georgia stars to shame that night, I said "that's a lie".

 

Starting your career at 16 with an entirely self written song that starts like that is honestly insane. No wonder she's had such an impact on the industry ever since. 

 

Edited July 29 by 1989

[Nightingale]

La La Land immediately transformed me into a stan

 

Vision of Love was also one that immediately came to mind. CIL is amazing too