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I know she's hated now but Katy is so low. OOTD, TD, and PRISM are perfect pop eras. Especially TD. She, Taylor, and Rihanna have like the biggest hits catalogue for the 21st century.

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Eminem is overrated to me, but his huge success and influence made me think he would be much Much higher..

 

I am even surprised Britney is below him

she isn't much of a charts girl, despite being hugely successful herself ..and BB usually focuses more on Charts so..

 

but nicely surprised that they appreciate her more :clap3:getting more of ha flowers

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Ariana ranked above Eminem is so silly and this is coming from someone who listens to her 10x more 

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Success, impact, acclaim, etc isn't comparable  

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Does anyone have the list of the 25 honorable mentions? Was Selena on that? (I know she's not placing at this point lol, I'd just find it strange if she wasn't even an honorable mention)

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People still take these lists seriously?

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1 hour ago, Skestina said:

Personally I think BLACKPINK is wayyyy more influential than BTS and deserve to be on that list besides them but that's just me :chick1:

Blackpink did contributed a lot too but I feel like BTS are bigger :bird:

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No matter the metric, there's NO way Eminem isn't top 3. Flawed list

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They're really dragging this out

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They think Beyonce, Gaga and Ari are bigger than Eminem??? WTF???

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2 hours ago, zoldyck said:

I think it might be Mariah because of uearly christmas slayage, and she had comeback in 2000s.

She also had Emancipation of Mimi, Touch My Body at #1…

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3 hours ago, duybeeGAshantiGA said:

Now we have these names left: Bey, Tay, Britney, Rihanna, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Drake, Adele, Frank Ocean/Amy Winehouse?, Ariana Grande. 

 

Let's predict the rankings of the remaining ones? 

 

I think my predictions are listed as above...

:DWAS:

 

1. Britney Spears

2. Beyonce

3. Christina Aguilera

4. Taylor Swift

5. Lady Gaga

6. Ariana Grande

7. Justin Bieber

8. Rihanna

9. Pink

10. Dua Lipa

11. Drake

 

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1 hour ago, UseYourIllusion2002 said:

I know she's hated now but Katy is so low. OOTD, TD, and PRISM are perfect pop eras. Especially TD. She, Taylor, and Rihanna have like the biggest hits catalogue for the 21st century.

I don't think rappers should be on there, except Nicki Minaj. Christina, Gaga, Pink, Avril and Dua should be on there aside from the obvious ones like Beyonce, Britney, Taylor and Bieber.

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5 minutes ago, BadHabits said:

I don't think rappers should be on there, except Nicki Minaj. Christina, Gaga, Pink, Avril and Dua should be on there aside from the obvious ones like Beyonce, Britney, Taylor and Bieber.

Dua, like her but she definitely doesn't belong in top 25 conversation as of now.

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This list has been confirmed a joke as soon as Katy was announced as low as #25. Peak Katy washes everyone on the list so far, sans a couple.

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33 minutes ago, BadHabits said:

1. Britney Spears

2. Beyonce

3. Christina Aguilera

4. Taylor Swift

5. Lady Gaga

6. Ariana Grande

7. Justin Bieber

8. Rihanna

9. Pink

10. Dua Lipa

11. Drake

 

Christina didn't make it... she was only an honorable mention.

 

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Why Not Top 25? After 2006's chart-topping Back to Basics, the hits dried up pretty fast: Aguilera never released another totally successful album, and her only major pop successes of the last 15 years have come as features.

 

https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-stars-21st-century-honorable-mentions/christina-aguilera-8/

 

 

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1 hour ago, Richie.Valdez said:

Christina didn't make it... she was only an honorable mention.

 

 

https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-stars-21st-century-honorable-mentions/christina-aguilera-8/

 

 

:nicole2:

1. Britney Spears

2. Beyonce

3. Taylor Swift

4. Rihanna

5. Gaga

6. Ariana

7. Justin Bieber

8. Kanye West

9. Adele

10. Shawn Mendes

11. Amy Winehouse

 

(In no particular order)

 

I don't know who else there is...

 

 

 

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5 hours ago, zoldyck said:

I think it might be Mariah because of uearly christmas slayage, and she had comeback in 2000s.

That and possibly JLO.


I would remove Frank Ocean and Amy from the OPs list but everyone else should be listed.

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7 minutes ago, BadHabits said:

1. Britney Spears

2. Beyonce

3. Taylor Swift

4. Rihanna

5. Gaga

6. Ariana

7. Justin Bieber

8. Kanye West

9. Adele

10. Shawn Mendes

11. Amy Winehouse

 

(In no particular order)

 

I don't know who else there is...

 

 

 

I'm not sure why Amy would be that high

 

While I love Britney, the only way she'd be #1 is if they gave her brownie points for making Max Martin the go to producer and giving him his first #1 hit and it led to a massive impact on most people on the list.

 

Britney should be top 10 and hopefully close to top 5 but #1...hmm

 

I think it's going to be Taylor at #1

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Eminem should be number 2 with Taylor number 1. You can tell this list was definitely made by gay men.

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Um no to Amy and Frank. 
 

Maroon 5 and The Black Eyed Peas are right there. 

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Taylor is for sure to be crowned at the top, if only on the strength of her multiple monster-selling releases over the last 15 years alone. The hysteria around her celebrity may be relatively new, but she's been a dominant force in sales for the better part of the millennium.

 

But them giving it to Beyoncé wouldn't be all that surprising. She's still the media's favorite ultimately (yes, even present-day) and essentially the modern reference of the prototypical pop superstar, and the fact that she actually has the edge over Taylor in seniority and has managed to literally be one of the most relevant stars for the entire duration of the 21st century is a strong point in her favor.

 

A few names so far should've been omitted, by the way.

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BTS, One Direction and Bad Bunny can go. Nicki needs to be lower. 
 

Beyonce (all the stats and complete longevity, active all the time) 

 

Taylor Swift (Stats but Beyonce still has more longevity and DC launchpad)


Adele

Rihanna 

Britney 

Usher 

Justin 

Drake 

Maroon 5

Black Eyed Peas 

Ariana/Pink

 

Iffy about Kanye West, wouldn't mind if they snubbed him 

 

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5 hours ago, lustforyou said:

Does anyone have the list of the 25 honorable mentions? Was Selena on that? (I know she's not placing at this point lol, I'd just find it strange if she wasn't even an honorable mention)

She was not. Demi was not.

https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-stars-21st-century-honorable-mentions/nelly/

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Taylor will top the list of course. Drake will most likely be in the top five, if not three.

So it'll probably be:

1.) Taylor

2.) Beyoncé 

3.) Adele 

4.) Drake

5.) Rihanna

6.) Justin Bieber

7.) Britney

8.) Lady Gaga

9.) Usher

10.) P!nk

11.) Kanye West

 

Or that's what makes sense anyway.

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2 minutes ago, lonnie said:

Taylor will top the list of course. Drake will most likely be in the top five, if not three.

So it'll probably be:

1.) Taylor

2.) Beyoncé 

3.) Adele 

4.) Drake

5.) Rihanna

6.) Justin Bieber

7.) Britney

8.) Lady Gaga

9.) Usher

10.) Pink

11.) Kanye West

 

Or that's what makes sense anyway.

Pink was in  the "honorable mentions" so replace her with Ariana 

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